Re: [PATCH 2/2] new tracepoint downloaded MI notification.

Yao Qi
2012-11-29T15:47:04Z

On 11/23/2012 02:32 AM, Pedro Alves wrote:
> What about the case of connecting to a target that is tracing, after
> disconnected tracing? Do we already tell the frontend somehow which
> tracepoints are active on the target? Should tracepoints have an
> "installed on target" field?
>
> Yao Qi wrote:
>> >On 11/01/2012 03:09 AM, Marc Khouzam wrote:
>>> >>Now that GDB pushes new tracepoints to the target immediately, that
>>> >>use-case may not apply, but I wonder if there are other situations
>>> >>where some tracepoints will be on the target and other will not?
>> >
>> >Yes, the pending tracepoints won't be downloaded after tracing is started until they are resolved. The notification is required for this case.
> Ok. If the answer to my question above is yes, it might be this
> notification ends up unnecessary in favor of a generic
> =breakpoint-modified.

Pedro, to make sure I don't misread your comments, I'd like to ask are
you suggesting that we can add an 'installed on target' field for
tracepoint in '=breakpoint-modified' notification?

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Yao (é½å°§)