Re: [PATCH]: Make Linux use the new unified x86 watchpoint support

[Mark Salter <msalter@redhat.com>]

>>>>> Eli Zaretskii writes:

> On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, Mark Salter wrote:

>> I looked at that a little further and it seems that if one of those is
>> defined, then GDB will step the target. It looks like one of those
>> should be defined iff GDB needs to step past the insn causing the
>> watchpoint. That is the case for architectures where the watchpoint
>> is triggered before the insn executes. On the architecture I'm working
>> with, the insn executes before the watchpoint triggers, so GDB doesn't
>> need to step.

> Yes, it seems like there's a similar code fragment which doesn't step the 
> target.  I will look into it.

> In any case, given that there's a way to cause GDB to remove watchpoints 
> without stepping the target, it will solve your problem, yes?

Yes, if GDB can be made to remove watchpoints without stepping and before
watchpoint_check reads from the watched area, then my problem is solved.

--Mark