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Re: [reverse RFA] no singlestep-over-BP in reverse

On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 12:05:25PM -0700, Michael Snyder wrote:
>> If there is a breakpoint on the previous instruction, will you hit it
>> before or after de-executing that instruction? 
>
> Well, if trap insns are in place, that's what will be
> executed (not the shadow insn).

Presumably it'd be a hardware breakpoint.  Software breakpoints in
reverse execution seem... awkward.

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery
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