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[Bug breakpoints/15317] New: Differentiate between SIGTRAP and breakpoint


http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15317

             Bug #: 15317
           Summary: Differentiate between SIGTRAP and breakpoint
           Product: gdb
           Version: 7.4
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P2
         Component: breakpoints
        AssignedTo: unassigned@sourceware.org
        ReportedBy: byron@hawkinssoftware.net
    Classification: Unclassified


When I debug programs under DynamoRIO, gdb often stops with a message about a
SIGTRAP that is not a breakpoint. When there are thousands of these stoppages,
debugging becomes impossible. The command "handle SIGTRAP nostop noprint" is
not a viable option, because then the breakpoints are skipped. 

It is clear that gdb knows for every SIGTRAP whether it corresponds to a
breakpoint, because the output is consistently different: at a breakpoint, a
message about a breakpoint appears, but at any other SIGTRAP, nothing about a
breakpoint is printed. So I need another option for the "handle SIGTRAP"
command, which applies only to signals that are not breakpoints. Given the
current behavior of gdb, this feature is certainly possible.

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