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Re: [RFA/commit] arm-tdep.c: Do not single-step after hitting a watchpoint.
- From: Joel Brobecker <brobecker at adacore dot com>
- To: Pedro Alves <palves at redhat dot com>
- Cc: Marcus Shawcroft <marcus dot shawcroft at gmail dot com>, Terry Guo <terry dot guo at arm dot com>, Marcus Shawcroft <marcus dot shawcroft at arm dot com>, lgustavo at codesourcery dot com, Yao Qi <yao at codesourcery dot com>, "gdb-patches at sourceware dot org" <gdb-patches at sourceware dot org>, Will Deacon <will dot deacon at arm dot com>, peter dot maydell at arm dot com, "gareth at blacksphere dot co dot nz >> Gareth McMullin" <gareth at blacksphere dot co dot nz>
- Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 10:51:51 -0700
- Subject: Re: [RFA/commit] arm-tdep.c: Do not single-step after hitting a watchpoint.
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Hello all,
> Hmm. So when the data abort triggers at fault+8, the instruction
> that triggered the abort hasn't actually completed, right? No memory
> has changed yet.
>
> So if nothing does the adjustment, like Gareth found out happens with
> the Black Magic Probe, then we'll resume execution from the
> wrong address/instruction (with the effects of the skipped instructions
> missing, including the memory write...). Did I understand that
> right? (Gareth, is that what you see?)
I have been trying to understand the various contributions, and
I admit I am still not quite sure...
Does it look like the patch I proposed is correct? It seems to be
supported by Terry Guo's experiments as well...
Thanks!
--
Joel