Re: [PATCH 0/7] Process record and reverse debugging support on aarch64-linux

Omair Javaid
2014-09-01T19:42:37Z

On 30 August 2014 08:41, Yao Qi <yao@codesourcery.com> wrote:
> Omair Javaid <omair.javaid@linaro.org> writes:
>
>> These patches have been tested on aarch64 foundation model as well as hardware
>> board in native and remote configurations.
>>
>> gdb.reverse Testsuite Results
>>
>> (AARCH64-Native Configuration)
>> gdb.reverse testsuite: 2273 Pass 51 failures
>>
>> (AARCH64-Remote Configuration)
>> gdb.reverse testsuite: 2273 Pass 51 failures
>
> The result looks good, but gdb.reverse/*.exp can't cover some
> instructions, such as advance simd instructions. IWBN to add some arch
> specific tests in gdb.reverse/, so that we can be more confident. x86
> and amd64 have already had some arch specific tests under gdb.reverse.

I agree that currently we cannot test full instructions coverage but
there are so many permutations for each instruction that adding these
tests dont full fill a cost vs benefit for now. I have marked this
task in my future todo list.

>
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> Yao (齐尧)