From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 26502 invoked by alias); 28 Sep 2009 16:32:41 -0000 Received: (qmail 26492 invoked by uid 22791); 28 Sep 2009 16:32:40 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from NaN.false.org (HELO nan.false.org) (208.75.86.248) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:32:34 +0000 Received: from nan.false.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nan.false.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A755210EAC; Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:33:00 +0000 (GMT) Received: from caradoc.them.org (209.195.188.212.nauticom.net [209.195.188.212]) by nan.false.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8565C10E9F; Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:33:00 +0000 (GMT) Received: from drow by caradoc.them.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MsJ9L-0000PS-MT; Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:32:31 -0400 Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:32:00 -0000 From: Daniel Jacobowitz To: Ulrich Weigand Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org Subject: Re: [commit] Support displaced stepping on S/390 Message-ID: <20090928163231.GA1529@caradoc.them.org> Mail-Followup-To: Ulrich Weigand , gdb-patches@sourceware.org References: <20090927211227.GA25447@caradoc.them.org> <200909280924.n8S9ONlB016119@d12av02.megacenter.de.ibm.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200909280924.n8S9ONlB016119@d12av02.megacenter.de.ibm.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2009-09/txt/msg00865.txt.bz2 On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 11:24:22AM +0200, Ulrich Weigand wrote: > Does the decision need to be made at "attach" time? Maybe we should > allow attaching in non-stop mode, but refuse to install breakpoints > if displaced stepping is not available? That would at least allow > attaching to a process in non-stop mode and stopping/restarting > selected threads and inspecting their state. We have to be able to make the decision ahead of time, though - or we'll "run" and get an error after creating the executable that GDB can't continue it. -- Daniel Jacobowitz CodeSourcery