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Re: PATCH: new "void" memory region attribute
- From: Greg McGary <gkm at kayak dot mcgary dot org>
- To: Michael Snyder <msnyder at redhat dot com>
- Cc: gdb-patches at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: 13 Feb 2002 19:05:59 -0700
- Subject: Re: PATCH: new "void" memory region attribute
- References: <msg044zz73.fsf@mcgary.org> <3C6B143A.47849E29@redhat.com>
Michael Snyder <msnyder@redhat.com> writes:
> Greg McGary wrote:
> >
> > Add "void" attribute, which disallows both read & write access. This
> > useful for guarding holes in a target's address space that cause the
> > system to hang when read/written.
> >
> > OK to commit?
>
> I like it. Would you consider adding a test to the testsuite?
Surely. Thanks for the invite. Having never hacked the gdb testsuite
before, I look forward to sleuthing it out. 8^)
I'll post diffs for the test case, then commit the whole wad when
that's approved.
Greg