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Re: [RFC] GDB patches for hw watchpoints - revised
On Fri, 9 Dec 2005, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 09, 2005 at 10:25:33AM +0800, Wu Zhou wrote:
> > Currently what stored in the siginfo.si_addr is the address of next
> > instruction. Anton sent me a patch to change that to the data address
> > instead. I am now playing with the patched kernel.
> >
> > BTW. It seems that to_stopped_data_address is only used in rwatch and
> > awatch, which is not that frequently used as watch itself. So may we
> > postpone its implementation till some later time?
>
> No, let's get it right the first time. rwatch is extremely valuable,
> and it sounds like you're having to play with ABI changes to get it to
> work.
OK. I will try to make it right the first time. :-)
And can you elaborate on the statement that I am having to play with ABI
changes to get it to work? It seems that you must find something
noticeable, right? If so, please point out. Thanks.
Regards
- Wu Zhou