[RFC] Systemtap translator support for hardware breakpoints on
Roland McGrath
roland@redhat.com
Fri Jan 8 18:52:00 GMT 2010
> For ppc, any length upto 8 is acceptable. IIRC, the hwbkpt kernel API
> takes care of filtering a hit if the defined hwbkpt probe has a separate
> address interval and the hit is at an address which is outside that
> interval. (I need to check its implementation with hw breakpoint kernel
> API).
I don't understand. Do you mean that the trap handler gets the precise
address of the load/store, not just the address aligned to 8?
Thanks,
Roland
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