[PATCH v2 1/2] ppc: use 'trap' ('tw, 31, 0, 0', 0x7fe00008) as breakpoint instruction
Jan Vrany
jan.vrany@labware.com
Wed Nov 24 13:09:25 GMT 2021
GDB used to use "tw 12, r2, r2" as a breakpoint instruction. While it
works, the PowerPC specifies 'tw, 31, 0, 0' (0x7fe00008) as the
canonical unconditional trap.
---
gdb/rs6000-tdep.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/gdb/rs6000-tdep.c b/gdb/rs6000-tdep.c
index 87a494e0bb8..43880fa4426 100644
--- a/gdb/rs6000-tdep.c
+++ b/gdb/rs6000-tdep.c
@@ -824,8 +824,8 @@ rs6000_fetch_pointer_argument (struct frame_info *frame, int argi,
/* Sequence of bytes for breakpoint instruction. */
-constexpr gdb_byte big_breakpoint[] = { 0x7d, 0x82, 0x10, 0x08 };
-constexpr gdb_byte little_breakpoint[] = { 0x08, 0x10, 0x82, 0x7d };
+constexpr gdb_byte big_breakpoint[] = { 0x7f, 0xe0, 0x00, 0x08 };
+constexpr gdb_byte little_breakpoint[] = { 0x08, 0x00, 0xe0, 0x7f };
typedef BP_MANIPULATION_ENDIAN (little_breakpoint, big_breakpoint)
rs6000_breakpoint;
--
2.30.2
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