https://github.com/svs-quic created 
https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/207675

Add a minimal `RISC-V Architecture` plugin and implement 
`IsValidTrapInstruction` for trap opcodes. The plugin recognizes riscv32 and 
riscv64 targets and validates 32-bit `EBREAK` and 16-bit `C.EBREAK`.

On RISC-V, `EBREAK` traps with the PC still pointing at the `EBREAK` 
instruction. A plain continue resumes from that same PC and traps again. This 
issue was found while trying to run the `TestBuiltinDebugTrap` test case 
locally on a `RISC-V QEMU`.

Added a cpp unit test to verify the behaviour of `IsValidTrapInstruction`. I've 
chosen to verify `EBREAK` on `riscv32` and `C.EBREAK` on `riscv64` so that 
there is some coverage for both targets.

Assisted by gpt-5.5

>From a921acec8a4e4b577066372ce3f8511d66d18bbe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sudharsan Veeravalli <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2026 12:52:43 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] [RISCV][LLDB] Add RISC-V Architecture plugin for trap
 validation

---
 .../Plugins/Architecture/CMakeLists.txt       |  1 +
 .../Architecture/RISCV/ArchitectureRISCV.cpp  | 46 +++++++++++
 .../Architecture/RISCV/ArchitectureRISCV.h    | 36 +++++++++
 .../Plugins/Architecture/RISCV/CMakeLists.txt |  7 ++
 lldb/unittests/Architecture/CMakeLists.txt    |  1 +
 .../RISCV/ArchitectureRISCVTest.cpp           | 80 +++++++++++++++++++
 .../Architecture/RISCV/CMakeLists.txt         | 11 +++
 lldb/unittests/CMakeLists.txt                 |  1 +
 8 files changed, 183 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 lldb/source/Plugins/Architecture/RISCV/ArchitectureRISCV.cpp
 create mode 100644 lldb/source/Plugins/Architecture/RISCV/ArchitectureRISCV.h
 create mode 100644 lldb/source/Plugins/Architecture/RISCV/CMakeLists.txt
 create mode 100644 lldb/unittests/Architecture/CMakeLists.txt
 create mode 100644 lldb/unittests/Architecture/RISCV/ArchitectureRISCVTest.cpp
 create mode 100644 lldb/unittests/Architecture/RISCV/CMakeLists.txt

diff --git a/lldb/source/Plugins/Architecture/CMakeLists.txt 
b/lldb/source/Plugins/Architecture/CMakeLists.txt
index 0f898ef5116e9..93288ea5841db 100644
--- a/lldb/source/Plugins/Architecture/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lldb/source/Plugins/Architecture/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ add_subdirectory(Arm)
 add_subdirectory(Mips)
 add_subdirectory(PPC64)
 add_subdirectory(AArch64)
+add_subdirectory(RISCV)
diff --git a/lldb/source/Plugins/Architecture/RISCV/ArchitectureRISCV.cpp 
b/lldb/source/Plugins/Architecture/RISCV/ArchitectureRISCV.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f56a0712981a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lldb/source/Plugins/Architecture/RISCV/ArchitectureRISCV.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+//===-- ArchitectureRISCV.cpp 
---------------------------------------------===//
+//
+// Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM 
Exceptions.
+// See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+#include "Plugins/Architecture/RISCV/ArchitectureRISCV.h"
+#include "lldb/Core/PluginManager.h"
+#include "lldb/Utility/ArchSpec.h"
+
+#include <algorithm>
+
+using namespace lldb_private;
+
+LLDB_PLUGIN_DEFINE(ArchitectureRISCV)
+
+void ArchitectureRISCV::Initialize() {
+  PluginManager::RegisterPlugin(GetPluginNameStatic(),
+                                "RISC-V-specific algorithms",
+                                &ArchitectureRISCV::Create);
+}
+
+void ArchitectureRISCV::Terminate() {
+  PluginManager::UnregisterPlugin(&ArchitectureRISCV::Create);
+}
+
+std::unique_ptr<Architecture> ArchitectureRISCV::Create(const ArchSpec &arch) {
+  auto machine = arch.GetMachine();
+  if (machine != llvm::Triple::riscv32 && machine != llvm::Triple::riscv64)
+    return nullptr;
+  return std::unique_ptr<Architecture>(new ArchitectureRISCV());
+}
+
+bool ArchitectureRISCV::IsValidTrapInstruction(
+    llvm::ArrayRef<uint8_t> reference, llvm::ArrayRef<uint8_t> observed) const 
{
+  // RISC-V has only two trap encodings here: 16-bit C.EBREAK or 32-bit EBREAK.
+  // These instructions don't have any operands so check that the reference and
+  // exact bytes match.
+  if ((reference.size() != 2 && reference.size() != 4) ||
+      reference.size() > observed.size())
+    return false;
+
+  return std::equal(reference.begin(), reference.end(), observed.begin());
+}
diff --git a/lldb/source/Plugins/Architecture/RISCV/ArchitectureRISCV.h 
b/lldb/source/Plugins/Architecture/RISCV/ArchitectureRISCV.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0a97411a25f76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lldb/source/Plugins/Architecture/RISCV/ArchitectureRISCV.h
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+//===-- ArchitectureRISCV.h -------------------------------------*- C++ 
-*-===//
+//
+// Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM 
Exceptions.
+// See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+#ifndef LLDB_SOURCE_PLUGINS_ARCHITECTURE_RISCV_ARCHITECTURERISCV_H
+#define LLDB_SOURCE_PLUGINS_ARCHITECTURE_RISCV_ARCHITECTURERISCV_H
+
+#include "lldb/Core/Architecture.h"
+
+namespace lldb_private {
+
+class ArchitectureRISCV : public Architecture {
+public:
+  static llvm::StringRef GetPluginNameStatic() { return "riscv"; }
+  static void Initialize();
+  static void Terminate();
+
+  llvm::StringRef GetPluginName() override { return GetPluginNameStatic(); }
+
+  void OverrideStopInfo(Thread &thread) const override {}
+
+  bool IsValidTrapInstruction(llvm::ArrayRef<uint8_t> reference,
+                              llvm::ArrayRef<uint8_t> observed) const override;
+
+private:
+  static std::unique_ptr<Architecture> Create(const ArchSpec &arch);
+  ArchitectureRISCV() = default;
+};
+
+} // namespace lldb_private
+
+#endif // LLDB_SOURCE_PLUGINS_ARCHITECTURE_RISCV_ARCHITECTURERISCV_H
diff --git a/lldb/source/Plugins/Architecture/RISCV/CMakeLists.txt 
b/lldb/source/Plugins/Architecture/RISCV/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..443b948179e63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lldb/source/Plugins/Architecture/RISCV/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+add_lldb_library(lldbPluginArchitectureRISCV PLUGIN
+  ArchitectureRISCV.cpp
+
+  LINK_LIBS
+    lldbCore
+    lldbUtility
+  )
diff --git a/lldb/unittests/Architecture/CMakeLists.txt 
b/lldb/unittests/Architecture/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..4e66d7aaa260d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lldb/unittests/Architecture/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+add_subdirectory(RISCV)
diff --git a/lldb/unittests/Architecture/RISCV/ArchitectureRISCVTest.cpp 
b/lldb/unittests/Architecture/RISCV/ArchitectureRISCVTest.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..619bc5696f861
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lldb/unittests/Architecture/RISCV/ArchitectureRISCVTest.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+//===-- ArchitectureRISCVTest.cpp 
-----------------------------------------===//
+//
+// Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM 
Exceptions.
+// See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+#include "Plugins/Architecture/RISCV/ArchitectureRISCV.h"
+#include "lldb/Core/Architecture.h"
+#include "lldb/Core/PluginManager.h"
+#include "lldb/Utility/ArchSpec.h"
+
+#include "gtest/gtest.h"
+
+using namespace lldb_private;
+
+class ArchitectureRISCVTest : public testing::Test {
+protected:
+  static void SetUpTestSuite() { ArchitectureRISCV::Initialize(); }
+  static void TearDownTestSuite() { ArchitectureRISCV::Terminate(); }
+};
+
+TEST_F(ArchitectureRISCVTest, CreatesPluginForRISCVTargets) {
+  EXPECT_TRUE(PluginManager::CreateArchitectureInstance(
+      ArchSpec("riscv32-unknown-unknown-elf")));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(PluginManager::CreateArchitectureInstance(
+      ArchSpec("riscv64-unknown-unknown-elf")));
+  EXPECT_FALSE(PluginManager::CreateArchitectureInstance(
+      ArchSpec("x86_64-unknown-unknown-elf")));
+}
+
+TEST_F(ArchitectureRISCVTest, ValidatesEBreak) {
+  std::unique_ptr<Architecture> arch =
+      PluginManager::CreateArchitectureInstance(
+          ArchSpec("riscv32-unknown-unknown-elf"));
+  ASSERT_TRUE(arch);
+
+  const uint8_t ebreak[] = {0x73, 0x00, 0x10, 0x00};
+  const uint8_t ebreak_with_extra_bytes[] = {0x73, 0x00, 0x10,
+                                             0x00, 0xff, 0xff};
+  const uint8_t wrong_immediate[] = {0x73, 0x00, 0x20, 0x00};
+  const uint8_t truncated_ebreak[] = {0x73, 0x00};
+  const llvm::ArrayRef<uint8_t> empty_reference;
+  const uint8_t bad_size_reference[] = {0x73, 0x00, 0x10};
+
+  EXPECT_TRUE(arch->IsValidTrapInstruction(ebreak, ebreak));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(arch->IsValidTrapInstruction(ebreak, ebreak_with_extra_bytes));
+  EXPECT_FALSE(arch->IsValidTrapInstruction(ebreak, wrong_immediate));
+  EXPECT_FALSE(arch->IsValidTrapInstruction(ebreak, truncated_ebreak));
+  EXPECT_FALSE(arch->IsValidTrapInstruction(empty_reference, ebreak));
+  EXPECT_FALSE(arch->IsValidTrapInstruction(bad_size_reference, ebreak));
+}
+
+TEST_F(ArchitectureRISCVTest, ValidatesCompressedEBreak) {
+  std::unique_ptr<Architecture> arch =
+      PluginManager::CreateArchitectureInstance(
+          ArchSpec("riscv64-unknown-unknown-elf"));
+  ASSERT_TRUE(arch);
+
+  const uint8_t compressed_ebreak[] = {0x02, 0x90};
+  const uint8_t compressed_ebreak_with_extra_bytes[] = {0x02, 0x90, 0xff, 
0xff};
+  const uint8_t compressed_unimp[] = {0x00, 0x00};
+  const uint8_t truncated_compressed_ebreak[] = {0x02};
+  const llvm::ArrayRef<uint8_t> empty_reference;
+  const uint8_t bad_size_reference[] = {0x02, 0x90, 0xff};
+
+  EXPECT_TRUE(
+      arch->IsValidTrapInstruction(compressed_ebreak, compressed_ebreak));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(arch->IsValidTrapInstruction(compressed_ebreak,
+                                           
compressed_ebreak_with_extra_bytes));
+  EXPECT_FALSE(
+      arch->IsValidTrapInstruction(empty_reference, compressed_ebreak));
+  EXPECT_FALSE(
+      arch->IsValidTrapInstruction(bad_size_reference, compressed_ebreak));
+  EXPECT_FALSE(
+      arch->IsValidTrapInstruction(compressed_ebreak, compressed_unimp));
+  EXPECT_FALSE(arch->IsValidTrapInstruction(compressed_ebreak,
+                                            truncated_compressed_ebreak));
+}
diff --git a/lldb/unittests/Architecture/RISCV/CMakeLists.txt 
b/lldb/unittests/Architecture/RISCV/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f8e75bd423e13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lldb/unittests/Architecture/RISCV/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+if ("RISCV" IN_LIST LLVM_TARGETS_TO_BUILD)
+  add_lldb_unittest(ArchitectureRISCVTests
+    ArchitectureRISCVTest.cpp
+
+    LINK_COMPONENTS
+      Support
+    LINK_LIBS
+      lldbCore
+      lldbPluginArchitectureRISCV
+      lldbUtility)
+endif()
diff --git a/lldb/unittests/CMakeLists.txt b/lldb/unittests/CMakeLists.txt
index 6ce3643bc65be..b0b7f68a7dcd6 100644
--- a/lldb/unittests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lldb/unittests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ if (NOT CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Windows")
   add_subdirectory(DAP)
 endif()
 add_subdirectory(ABI)
+add_subdirectory(Architecture)
 add_subdirectory(Breakpoint)
 add_subdirectory(Callback)
 add_subdirectory(Core)

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