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From: Simon Marchi via Gdb-patches <gdb-patches@sourceware.org>
To: Pedro Alves <pedro@palves.net>, gdb-patches@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/12] gdb: introduce status enum for displaced step prepare/finish
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2020 08:20:59 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <339eee1d-e54b-b8e0-38d3-638a3ddd8540@efficios.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cb916559-eac0-f2f1-cd5e-dae064c340cf@palves.net>

On 2020-11-24 8:30 p.m., Pedro Alves wrote:
> On 11/10/20 9:46 PM, Simon Marchi via Gdb-patches wrote:
>> +enum displaced_step_finish_status
>> +{
>> +  /* Either the instruction was stepped and fixed up, or the specified thread
>> +     wasn't executing a displaced step (in which case there's nothing to
>> +     finish). */
>> +  DISPLACED_STEP_FINISH_STATUS_OK,
>> +
>> +  /* The thread was executing a displaced step, but didn't complete it.  */
>> +  DISPLACED_STEP_FINISH_STATUS_NOT_EXECUTED,
>
> There's an ambiguity here that gave me pause -- the enumeration is
> called "not executed", but the comment says "was executing".  I'd suggest:
>
>   /* The thread started a displaced step, but didn't complete it.  */

Fixed.

>> -/* If we displaced stepped an instruction successfully, adjust
>> -   registers and memory to yield the same effect the instruction would
>> -   have had if we had executed it at its original address, and return
>> -   1.  If the instruction didn't complete, relocate the PC and return
>> -   -1.  If the thread wasn't displaced stepping, return 0.  */
>> +/* If we displaced stepped an instruction successfully, adjust registers and
>> +   memory to yield the same effect the instruction would have had if we had
>> +   executed it at its original address, and return
>> +   DISPLACED_STEP_PREPARE_STATUS_OK.  If the instruction didn't complete,
>> +   relocate the PC and return DISPLACED_STEP_PREPARE_STATUS_NOT_EXECUTED.
>
> DISPLACED_STEP_PREPARE_... -> DISPLACED_STEP_FINISH_...

Fixed.

>
>> -static int
>> +   If the thread wasn't displaced stepping, return
>> +   DISPLACED_STEP_PREPARE_STATUS_OK as well..  */
>
> Here too.  Also, spurious double period "..".

Fixed.

Thanks,

Simon

  reply	other threads:[~2020-11-25 13:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 44+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-11-10 21:46 [PATCH 00/12] Concurrent displaced stepping Simon Marchi via Gdb-patches
2020-11-10 21:46 ` [PATCH 01/12] gdb: add inferior_execd observable Simon Marchi via Gdb-patches
2020-11-25  1:28   ` Pedro Alves
2020-11-10 21:46 ` [PATCH 02/12] gdb: clear inferior displaced stepping state on exec Simon Marchi via Gdb-patches
2020-11-25  1:28   ` Pedro Alves
2020-12-01  4:27     ` Simon Marchi
2020-11-10 21:46 ` [PATCH 03/12] gdb: rename things related to step over chains Simon Marchi via Gdb-patches
2020-11-25  1:28   ` Pedro Alves
2020-11-25 13:16     ` Simon Marchi via Gdb-patches
2020-11-10 21:46 ` [PATCH 04/12] gdb: rename displaced_step_closure to displaced_step_copy_insn_closure Simon Marchi via Gdb-patches
2020-11-25  1:29   ` Pedro Alves
2020-11-10 21:46 ` [PATCH 05/12] gdb: rename displaced_step_fixup to displaced_step_finish Simon Marchi via Gdb-patches
2020-11-25  1:29   ` Pedro Alves
2020-11-10 21:46 ` [PATCH 06/12] gdb: introduce status enum for displaced step prepare/finish Simon Marchi via Gdb-patches
2020-11-11 23:36   ` Andrew Burgess
2020-11-25 13:17     ` Simon Marchi via Gdb-patches
2020-11-25  1:30   ` Pedro Alves
2020-11-25 13:20     ` Simon Marchi via Gdb-patches [this message]
2020-11-10 21:46 ` [PATCH 07/12] gdb: pass inferior to get_linux_inferior_data Simon Marchi via Gdb-patches
2020-11-25  1:30   ` Pedro Alves
2020-11-10 21:46 ` [PATCH 08/12] gdb: move displaced stepping types to displaced-stepping.{h, c} Simon Marchi via Gdb-patches
2020-11-25  1:30   ` Pedro Alves
2020-11-10 21:46 ` [PATCH 09/12] gdb: move displaced stepping logic to gdbarch, allow starting concurrent displaced steps Simon Marchi via Gdb-patches
2020-11-25  1:40   ` Pedro Alves
2020-11-25 19:29     ` Simon Marchi via Gdb-patches
2020-11-25 19:35       ` Simon Marchi
2020-11-26 14:25         ` Pedro Alves
2020-11-30 19:13           ` Simon Marchi via Gdb-patches
2020-11-26 14:24       ` Pedro Alves
2020-11-30 20:26         ` Simon Marchi
2020-11-10 21:46 ` [PATCH 10/12] gdb: change linux gdbarch data from post to pre-init Simon Marchi via Gdb-patches
2020-11-25  1:41   ` Pedro Alves
2020-11-10 21:46 ` [PATCH 11/12] gdb: make displaced stepping implementation capable of managing multiple buffers Simon Marchi via Gdb-patches
2020-11-25  1:41   ` Pedro Alves
2020-11-30 18:58     ` Simon Marchi
2020-11-30 19:01     ` Simon Marchi
2020-11-10 21:46 ` [PATCH 12/12] gdb: use two displaced step buffers on amd64/Linux Simon Marchi via Gdb-patches
2020-11-25  1:42   ` Pedro Alves
2020-11-25  6:26     ` Simon Marchi
2020-11-25 20:07       ` Simon Marchi
2020-11-25 20:56         ` Simon Marchi
2020-11-26 21:43           ` Simon Marchi
2020-11-26 22:34             ` Simon Marchi
2020-11-28 18:56             ` Pedro Alves

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