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Re: [RFC] GDB patches for hw watchpoints - revised


On Fri, 9 Dec 2005, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:

> On Fri, Dec 09, 2005 at 10:25:33AM +0800, Wu Zhou wrote:
> > Currently what stored in the siginfo.si_addr is the address of next
> > instruction. Anton sent me a patch to change that to the data address 
> > instead. I am now playing with the patched kernel.
> > 
> > BTW. It seems that to_stopped_data_address is only used in rwatch and 
> > awatch, which is not that frequently used as watch itself.  So may we 
> > postpone its implementation till some later time?
> 
> No, let's get it right the first time.  rwatch is extremely valuable,
> and it sounds like you're having to play with ABI changes to get it to
> work.

OK. I will try to make it right the first time. :-)

And can you elaborate on the statement that I am having to play with ABI 
changes to get it to work?  It seems that you must find something 
noticeable, right? If so, please point out. Thanks.

Regards
- Wu Zhou


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