breakpoint insert API (was: A patch for ia32 hardware watchpoint.)

[J.T. Conklin]

>>>>> "Todd" == Todd Whitesel <toddpw@windriver.com> writes:
Andrew> I'd prefer to see something that tightens rather than loosens
Andrew> access to ``struct breakpoint''.  Perhaphs something along the
Andrew> lines of multi-arch where the target is notified of breakpoint
Andrew> create, insert, remove, delete operations.

Todd> Basically what I need is the moral equivalent of a "user" field
Todd> tacked onto every breakpoint struct.
Todd>
Todd> Based on my existing code, the contents of this field would be:
Todd> 	UINT32	breakpointID; /* WTX-supplied handle for this breakpoint */
Todd> 	bool	is_foreign;   /* true if breakpoint was set by someone else */
Todd> 	bool	is_global;    /* true if breakpoint active for all tasks */

The reason I was passing the breakpoint pointer (with the intention of
adding a "void *private_data" field), is that I don't want to preclude
any target implementation.  A 32 bit integer ID is probably the most
common breakpoint handle, but you never can tell...

I don't think your is_foreign flag is suitable for the target specific
data, because it changes the behavior of generic breakpoint code.  You
didn't describe is_global, so I'm not sure about it.  How is it
different from (bp->thread == -1)?

        --jtc

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