From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 31908 invoked by alias); 21 Feb 2017 17:06:41 -0000 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 Received: (qmail 31899 invoked by uid 89); 21 Feb 2017 17:06:40 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-2.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy= X-HELO: eggs.gnu.org Received: from eggs.gnu.org (HELO eggs.gnu.org) (208.118.235.92) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Tue, 21 Feb 2017 17:06:39 +0000 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cgDtZ-0008Rt-GI for gdb-patches@sourceware.org; Tue, 21 Feb 2017 12:06:38 -0500 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:36923) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cgDtZ-0008Rp-Ca; Tue, 21 Feb 2017 12:06:33 -0500 Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:2130 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1cgDtY-000760-Iv; Tue, 21 Feb 2017 12:06:33 -0500 Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2017 17:06:00 -0000 Message-Id: <83lgszo4nd.fsf@gnu.org> From: Eli Zaretskii To: Walfred Tedeschi CC: palves@redhat.com, qiyaoltc@gmail.com, brobecker@adacore.com, gdb-patches@sourceware.org In-reply-to: <1487695238-15286-1-git-send-email-walfred.tedeschi@intel.com> (message from Walfred Tedeschi on Tue, 21 Feb 2017 17:40:38 +0100) Subject: Re: [PATCH V8] amd64-mpx: initialize BND register before performing inferior calls. Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii References: <1487695238-15286-1-git-send-email-walfred.tedeschi@intel.com> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2017-02/txt/msg00571.txt.bz2 > From: Walfred Tedeschi > Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org, Walfred Tedeschi > Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2017 17:40:38 +0100 > > +On the other hand you can also examine the influence of the bound register in > +the execution of the function, i.e. verify if modifying bounds would cause bound ^^^^ Either "i.e.,", with a comma, or "i.e.@:", so that TeX doesn't decide this ends a sentence. > +viaolations and how. You can achieve this by stoppying the execution of the ^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^ Typos. > +called function at its prologue and setting the bnd registers continuing then ^^^ Wrong letter-case? a typo? > +the execution. See the example below: ^^ Two spaces here, please. > +At this last step the value of bnd0 can be changed for investigation of bound > +violations caused along the execution of the call. In order to know how to > +set the bnd registers or bound table for the call consult the ABI. ^^^ "bound"? Thanks.