[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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