Code in can_use_hardware_watchpoint()
Michael Snyder
msnyder@cygnus.com
Thu Aug 19 22:45:00 GMT 1999
J.T. Conklin wrote:
>
> The problem is that a expression containing a register variable will
> not cause this function to fail (return 0). This seems to result in
> GDB forging ahead and placing a hardware watchpoint at a random
> address for the register variable. An example of this is something
> like 'watch mem[reg] != 0'.
> [...]
> One solution is to add an:
>
> else if (v->lval == lval_register)
> return 0;
I'm leaning toward agreeing with this...
>
> But I'm wondering if instead the v->modifiable == 0 should be == 1
> instead.
Could you elaborate on that thought?
I'm not sure I understand why the function should give a negative
return if a subexpression is not_lval and !modifiable. Is it
trying to detect constants? Or what?
Michael
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