diff --git a/target/arm/cpu.h b/target/arm/cpu.h
index 88e5accda6..d6c2378d05 100644
--- a/target/arm/cpu.h
+++ b/target/arm/cpu.h
@@ -136,23 +136,21 @@ enum {
  */
 
 /**
- * DynamicGDBXMLInfo:
- * @desc: Contains the XML descriptions.
- * @num: Number of the registers in this XML seen by GDB.
+ * DynamicGDBFeatureInfo:
+ * @desc: Contains the feature descriptions.
  * @data: A union with data specific to the set of registers
  *    @cpregs_keys: Array that contains the corresponding Key of
  *                  a given cpreg with the same order of the cpreg
  *                  in the XML description.
  */
-typedef struct DynamicGDBXMLInfo {
-    char *desc;
-    int num;
+typedef struct DynamicGDBFeatureInfo {
+    GDBFeature desc;
     union {
         struct {
             uint32_t *keys;
         } cpregs;
     } data;
-} DynamicGDBXMLInfo;
+} DynamicGDBFeatureInfo;
 
 /* CPU state for each instance of a generic timer (in cp15 c14) */
 typedef struct ARMGenericTimer {
@@ -881,10 +879,10 @@ struct ArchCPU {
     uint64_t *cpreg_vmstate_values;
     int32_t cpreg_vmstate_array_len;
 
-    DynamicGDBXMLInfo dyn_sysreg_xml;
-    DynamicGDBXMLInfo dyn_svereg_xml;
-    DynamicGDBXMLInfo dyn_m_systemreg_xml;
-    DynamicGDBXMLInfo dyn_m_secextreg_xml;
+    DynamicGDBFeatureInfo dyn_sysreg_feature;
+    DynamicGDBFeatureInfo dyn_svereg_feature;
+    DynamicGDBFeatureInfo dyn_m_systemreg_feature;
+    DynamicGDBFeatureInfo dyn_m_secextreg_feature;
 
     /* Timers used by the generic (architected) timer */
     QEMUTimer *gt_timer[NUM_GTIMERS];
diff --git a/target/arm/internals.h b/target/arm/internals.h
index 0f01bc32a8..8421a755af 100644
--- a/target/arm/internals.h
+++ b/target/arm/internals.h
@@ -1388,7 +1388,7 @@ static inline uint64_t pmu_counter_mask(CPUARMState *env)
 }
 
 #ifdef TARGET_AARCH64
-int arm_gen_dynamic_svereg_xml(CPUState *cpu, int base_reg);
+GDBFeature *arm_gen_dynamic_svereg_feature(CPUState *cpu, int base_reg);
 int aarch64_gdb_get_sve_reg(CPUARMState *env, GByteArray *buf, int reg);
 int aarch64_gdb_set_sve_reg(CPUARMState *env, uint8_t *buf, int reg);
 int aarch64_gdb_get_fpu_reg(CPUARMState *env, GByteArray *buf, int reg);
diff --git a/target/arm/gdbstub.c b/target/arm/gdbstub.c
index f421c5d041..cd35bac013 100644
--- a/target/arm/gdbstub.c
+++ b/target/arm/gdbstub.c
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@
 #include "internals.h"
 #include "cpregs.h"
 
-typedef struct RegisterSysregXmlParam {
+typedef struct RegisterSysregFeatureParam {
     CPUState *cs;
     GString *s;
     int n;
-} RegisterSysregXmlParam;
+} RegisterSysregFeatureParam;
 
 /* Old gdb always expect FPA registers.  Newer (xml-aware) gdb only expect
    whatever the target description contains.  Due to a historical mishap
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ static int arm_gdb_get_sysreg(CPUARMState *env, GByteArray *buf, int reg)
     const ARMCPRegInfo *ri;
     uint32_t key;
 
-    key = cpu->dyn_sysreg_xml.data.cpregs.keys[reg];
+    key = cpu->dyn_sysreg_feature.data.cpregs.keys[reg];
     ri = get_arm_cp_reginfo(cpu->cp_regs, key);
     if (ri) {
         if (cpreg_field_is_64bit(ri)) {
@@ -260,7 +260,8 @@ static int arm_gdb_set_sysreg(CPUARMState *env, uint8_t *buf, int reg)
     return 0;
 }
 
-static void arm_gen_one_xml_sysreg_tag(GString *s, DynamicGDBXMLInfo *dyn_xml,
+static void arm_gen_one_feature_sysreg(GString *s,
+                                       DynamicGDBFeatureInfo *dyn_feature,
                                        ARMCPRegInfo *ri, uint32_t ri_key,
                                        int bitsize, int regnum)
 {
@@ -268,25 +269,25 @@ static void arm_gen_one_xml_sysreg_tag(GString *s, DynamicGDBXMLInfo *dyn_xml,
     g_string_append_printf(s, " bitsize=\"%d\"", bitsize);
     g_string_append_printf(s, " regnum=\"%d\"", regnum);
     g_string_append_printf(s, " group=\"cp_regs\"/>");
-    dyn_xml->data.cpregs.keys[dyn_xml->num] = ri_key;
-    dyn_xml->num++;
+    dyn_feature->data.cpregs.keys[dyn_feature->desc.num_regs] = ri_key;
+    dyn_feature->desc.num_regs++;
 }
 
-static void arm_register_sysreg_for_xml(gpointer key, gpointer value,
-                                        gpointer p)
+static void arm_register_sysreg_for_feature(gpointer key, gpointer value,
+                                            gpointer p)
 {
     uint32_t ri_key = (uintptr_t)key;
     ARMCPRegInfo *ri = value;
-    RegisterSysregXmlParam *param = (RegisterSysregXmlParam *)p;
+    RegisterSysregFeatureParam *param = (RegisterSysregFeatureParam *)p;
     GString *s = param->s;
     ARMCPU *cpu = ARM_CPU(param->cs);
     CPUARMState *env = &cpu->env;
-    DynamicGDBXMLInfo *dyn_xml = &cpu->dyn_sysreg_xml;
+    DynamicGDBFeatureInfo *dyn_feature = &cpu->dyn_sysreg_feature;
 
     if (!(ri->type & (ARM_CP_NO_RAW | ARM_CP_NO_GDB))) {
         if (arm_feature(env, ARM_FEATURE_AARCH64)) {
             if (ri->state == ARM_CP_STATE_AA64) {
-                arm_gen_one_xml_sysreg_tag(s , dyn_xml, ri, ri_key, 64,
+                arm_gen_one_feature_sysreg(s , dyn_feature, ri, ri_key, 64,
                                            param->n++);
             }
         } else {
@@ -296,10 +297,10 @@ static void arm_register_sysreg_for_xml(gpointer key, gpointer value,
                     return;
                 }
                 if (ri->type & ARM_CP_64BIT) {
-                    arm_gen_one_xml_sysreg_tag(s , dyn_xml, ri, ri_key, 64,
+                    arm_gen_one_feature_sysreg(s , dyn_feature, ri, ri_key, 64,
                                                param->n++);
                 } else {
-                    arm_gen_one_xml_sysreg_tag(s , dyn_xml, ri, ri_key, 32,
+                    arm_gen_one_feature_sysreg(s , dyn_feature, ri, ri_key, 32,
                                                param->n++);
                 }
             }
@@ -307,21 +308,24 @@ static void arm_register_sysreg_for_xml(gpointer key, gpointer value,
     }
 }
 
-static int arm_gen_dynamic_sysreg_xml(CPUState *cs, int base_reg)
+static GDBFeature *arm_gen_dynamic_sysreg_feature(CPUState *cs, int base_reg)
 {
     ARMCPU *cpu = ARM_CPU(cs);
     GString *s = g_string_new(NULL);
-    RegisterSysregXmlParam param = {cs, s, base_reg};
+    RegisterSysregFeatureParam param = {cs, s, base_reg};
+    DynamicGDBFeatureInfo *dyn_feature = &cpu->dyn_sysreg_feature;
+    gsize num_regs = g_hash_table_size(cpu->cp_regs);
 
-    cpu->dyn_sysreg_xml.num = 0;
-    cpu->dyn_sysreg_xml.data.cpregs.keys = g_new(uint32_t, g_hash_table_size(cpu->cp_regs));
+    dyn_feature->desc.num_regs = 0;
+    dyn_feature->data.cpregs.keys = g_new(uint32_t, num_regs);
     g_string_printf(s, "<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>");
     g_string_append_printf(s, "<!DOCTYPE target SYSTEM \"gdb-target.dtd\">");
     g_string_append_printf(s, "<feature name=\"org.qemu.gdb.arm.sys.regs\">");
-    g_hash_table_foreach(cpu->cp_regs, arm_register_sysreg_for_xml, &param);
+    g_hash_table_foreach(cpu->cp_regs, arm_register_sysreg_for_feature, &param);
     g_string_append_printf(s, "</feature>");
-    cpu->dyn_sysreg_xml.desc = g_string_free(s, false);
-    return cpu->dyn_sysreg_xml.num;
+    dyn_feature->desc.xmlname = "system-registers.xml";
+    dyn_feature->desc.xml = g_string_free(s, false);
+    return &dyn_feature->desc;
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_TCG
@@ -413,7 +417,8 @@ static int arm_gdb_set_m_systemreg(CPUARMState *env, uint8_t *buf, int reg)
     return 0; /* TODO */
 }
 
-static int arm_gen_dynamic_m_systemreg_xml(CPUState *cs, int orig_base_reg)
+static GDBFeature *arm_gen_dynamic_m_systemreg_feature(CPUState *cs,
+                                                       int orig_base_reg)
 {
     ARMCPU *cpu = ARM_CPU(cs);
     CPUARMState *env = &cpu->env;
@@ -434,10 +439,11 @@ static int arm_gen_dynamic_m_systemreg_xml(CPUState *cs, int orig_base_reg)
     }
 
     g_string_append_printf(s, "</feature>");
-    cpu->dyn_m_systemreg_xml.desc = g_string_free(s, false);
-    cpu->dyn_m_systemreg_xml.num = base_reg - orig_base_reg;
+    cpu->dyn_m_systemreg_feature.desc.xmlname = "arm-m-system.xml";
+    cpu->dyn_m_systemreg_feature.desc.xml = g_string_free(s, false);
+    cpu->dyn_m_systemreg_feature.desc.num_regs = base_reg - orig_base_reg;
 
-    return cpu->dyn_m_systemreg_xml.num;
+    return &cpu->dyn_m_systemreg_feature.desc;
 }
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_USER_ONLY
@@ -455,7 +461,8 @@ static int arm_gdb_set_m_secextreg(CPUARMState *env, uint8_t *buf, int reg)
     return 0; /* TODO */
 }
 
-static int arm_gen_dynamic_m_secextreg_xml(CPUState *cs, int orig_base_reg)
+static GDBFeature *arm_gen_dynamic_m_secextreg_feature(CPUState *cs,
+                                                       int orig_base_reg)
 {
     ARMCPU *cpu = ARM_CPU(cs);
     GString *s = g_string_new(NULL);
@@ -476,10 +483,11 @@ static int arm_gen_dynamic_m_secextreg_xml(CPUState *cs, int orig_base_reg)
     }
 
     g_string_append_printf(s, "</feature>");
-    cpu->dyn_m_secextreg_xml.desc = g_string_free(s, false);
-    cpu->dyn_m_secextreg_xml.num = base_reg - orig_base_reg;
+    cpu->dyn_m_secextreg_feature.desc.xmlname = "arm-m-secext.xml";
+    cpu->dyn_m_secextreg_feature.desc.xml = g_string_free(s, false);
+    cpu->dyn_m_secextreg_feature.desc.num_regs = base_reg - orig_base_reg;
 
-    return cpu->dyn_m_secextreg_xml.num;
+    return &cpu->dyn_m_secextreg_feature.desc;
 }
 #endif
 #endif /* CONFIG_TCG */
@@ -489,14 +497,14 @@ const char *arm_gdb_get_dynamic_xml(CPUState *cs, const char *xmlname)
     ARMCPU *cpu = ARM_CPU(cs);
 
     if (strcmp(xmlname, "system-registers.xml") == 0) {
-        return cpu->dyn_sysreg_xml.desc;
+        return cpu->dyn_sysreg_feature.desc.xml;
     } else if (strcmp(xmlname, "sve-registers.xml") == 0) {
-        return cpu->dyn_svereg_xml.desc;
+        return cpu->dyn_svereg_feature.desc.xml;
     } else if (strcmp(xmlname, "arm-m-system.xml") == 0) {
-        return cpu->dyn_m_systemreg_xml.desc;
+        return cpu->dyn_m_systemreg_feature.desc.xml;
 #ifndef CONFIG_USER_ONLY
     } else if (strcmp(xmlname, "arm-m-secext.xml") == 0) {
-        return cpu->dyn_m_secextreg_xml.desc;
+        return cpu->dyn_m_secextreg_feature.desc.xml;
 #endif
     }
     return NULL;
@@ -514,7 +522,7 @@ void arm_cpu_register_gdb_regs_for_features(ARMCPU *cpu)
          */
 #ifdef TARGET_AARCH64
         if (isar_feature_aa64_sve(&cpu->isar)) {
-            int nreg = arm_gen_dynamic_svereg_xml(cs, cs->gdb_num_regs);
+            int nreg = arm_gen_dynamic_svereg_feature(cs, cs->gdb_num_regs)->num_regs;
             gdb_register_coprocessor(cs, aarch64_gdb_get_sve_reg,
                                      aarch64_gdb_set_sve_reg, nreg,
                                      "sve-registers.xml", 0);
@@ -560,20 +568,20 @@ void arm_cpu_register_gdb_regs_for_features(ARMCPU *cpu)
                                  1, "arm-m-profile-mve.xml", 0);
     }
     gdb_register_coprocessor(cs, arm_gdb_get_sysreg, arm_gdb_set_sysreg,
-                             arm_gen_dynamic_sysreg_xml(cs, cs->gdb_num_regs),
+                             arm_gen_dynamic_sysreg_feature(cs, cs->gdb_num_regs)->num_regs,
                              "system-registers.xml", 0);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_TCG
     if (arm_feature(env, ARM_FEATURE_M) && tcg_enabled()) {
         gdb_register_coprocessor(cs,
             arm_gdb_get_m_systemreg, arm_gdb_set_m_systemreg,
-            arm_gen_dynamic_m_systemreg_xml(cs, cs->gdb_num_regs),
+            arm_gen_dynamic_m_systemreg_feature(cs, cs->gdb_num_regs)->num_regs,
             "arm-m-system.xml", 0);
 #ifndef CONFIG_USER_ONLY
         if (arm_feature(env, ARM_FEATURE_M_SECURITY)) {
             gdb_register_coprocessor(cs,
                 arm_gdb_get_m_secextreg, arm_gdb_set_m_secextreg,
-                arm_gen_dynamic_m_secextreg_xml(cs, cs->gdb_num_regs),
+                arm_gen_dynamic_m_secextreg_feature(cs, cs->gdb_num_regs)->num_regs,
                 "arm-m-secext.xml", 0);
         }
 #endif
diff --git a/target/arm/gdbstub64.c b/target/arm/gdbstub64.c
index d7b79a6589..20483ef9bc 100644
--- a/target/arm/gdbstub64.c
+++ b/target/arm/gdbstub64.c
@@ -316,11 +316,11 @@ static void output_vector_union_type(GString *s, int reg_width,
     g_string_append(s, "</union>");
 }
 
-int arm_gen_dynamic_svereg_xml(CPUState *cs, int orig_base_reg)
+GDBFeature *arm_gen_dynamic_svereg_feature(CPUState *cs, int orig_base_reg)
 {
     ARMCPU *cpu = ARM_CPU(cs);
     GString *s = g_string_new(NULL);
-    DynamicGDBXMLInfo *info = &cpu->dyn_svereg_xml;
+    DynamicGDBFeatureInfo *info = &cpu->dyn_svereg_feature;
     int reg_width = cpu->sve_max_vq * 128;
     int pred_width = cpu->sve_max_vq * 16;
     int base_reg = orig_base_reg;
@@ -375,7 +375,8 @@ int arm_gen_dynamic_svereg_xml(CPUState *cs, int orig_base_reg)
 
     g_string_append_printf(s, "</feature>");
 
-    info->desc = g_string_free(s, false);
-    info->num = base_reg - orig_base_reg;
-    return info->num;
+    info->desc.xmlname = "sve-registers.xml";
+    info->desc.xml = g_string_free(s, false);
+    info->desc.num_regs = base_reg - orig_base_reg;
+    return &info->desc;
 }
