[rfc;rfa:breakpoint] Pass full breakpoint/watchpoint count to target
Andrew Cagney
ac131313@redhat.com
Mon Sep 30 09:59:00 GMT 2002
> On Sun, 29 Sep 2002, Andrew Cagney wrote:
>
>
>> The attached patch changes the target vector so that a count of each
>> type of hardware watchpoint/breakpoint is passed to the
>> target_can_use_hardware_breakpoints() function. (Anyone got a better
>> name for the function?).
>>
>> This lets targets make a better guess at how many watchpoints are going
>> to be needed.
>
>
> Sorry, I don't see the large-scale picture: how will this facility be
> used in routine GDB operations by the application-level GDB code?
>
> Also, on a i386, for example, if you don't pass the size and alignment of
> each address to be watched, the guess of the amount of required resources
> can be very wrong. This is even more exacerbated due to debug register
> sharing implemented for i386.
Yes, see my reply to the other e-mail. I think we can do slightly
better with the current model. However, to make things optimal we'll
need to totally overhaul things.
>> The intent is for the Z? packet to pass these totals down
>> to the target.
>
>
> Do you mean to say this is only for remote targets?
Other architectures can use the info. Its just that remote will be first.
Andrew
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