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#### 21.4.1 AArch64

When GDB is debugging the AArch64 architecture, it provides the following special commands:

`set debug aarch64`

  This command determines whether AArch64 architecture-specific debugging messages are to be displayed.

`show debug aarch64`

  Show whether AArch64 debugging messages are displayed.

#### 21.4.1.1 AArch64 SVE

When GDB is debugging the AArch64 architecture, if the Scalable Vector Extension (SVE) is present, then GDB will provide the vector registers `$z0` through `$z31`, vector predicate registers `$p0` through `$p15`, and the `$ffr` register. In addition, the pseudo register `$vg` will be provided. This is the vector granule for the current thread and represents the number of 64-bit chunks in an SVE `z` register.

If the vector length changes, then the `$vg` register will be updated, but the lengths of the `z` and `p` registers will not change. This is a known limitation of GDB and does not affect the execution of the target process.

#### 21.4.1.2 AArch64 Pointer Authentication

When GDB is debugging the AArch64 architecture, and the program is using the v8.3-A feature Pointer Authentication (PAC), then whenever the link register `$lr` is pointing to an PAC function its value will be masked. When GDB prints a backtrace, any addresses that required unmasking will be postfixed with the marker [PAC]. When using the MI, this is printed as part of the `addr_flags` field.