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Re: [rfc] Simplify ppc64_sysv_abi_adjust_breakpoint_address
- From: "Ulrich Weigand" <uweigand at de dot ibm dot com>
- To: luisgpm at linux dot vnet dot ibm dot com
- Cc: drow at false dot org (Daniel Jacobowitz), gdb-patches at sourceware dot org
- Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 19:59:00 +0200 (CEST)
- Subject: Re: [rfc] Simplify ppc64_sysv_abi_adjust_breakpoint_address
Luis Machado wrote:
> This is exactly about placing breakpoint on numberic addresses like
> "break *0x...". GDB used to do that correctly before that patch, but it
> doesn't anymore. So, maybe it's OK to consider this is something the
> user should be aware of...
In that case, I'm wondering where you get those addresses from --
why are those those pointing the descriptor instead of the code?
Bye,
Ulrich
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Dr. Ulrich Weigand
GNU Toolchain for Linux on System z and Cell BE
Ulrich.Weigand@de.ibm.com