From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 21307 invoked by alias); 12 Jun 2005 13:17:47 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 21300 invoked by uid 22791); 12 Jun 2005 13:17:43 -0000 Received: from legolas.inter.net.il (HELO legolas.inter.net.il) (192.114.186.24) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.30-dev) with ESMTP; Sun, 12 Jun 2005 13:17:43 +0000 Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-83-130-209-124.inter.net.il [83.130.209.124]) by legolas.inter.net.il (MOS 3.5.8-GR) with ESMTP id EPA42399 (AUTH halo1); Sun, 12 Jun 2005 16:17:35 +0300 (IDT) Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2005 13:17:00 -0000 Message-Id: From: Eli Zaretskii To: Klee Dienes CC: gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com In-reply-to: <3364FC4D-63FB-493B-9136-D118F74C13BB@mit.edu> (message from Klee Dienes on Sun, 12 Jun 2005 07:59:01 -0400) Subject: Re: The gdb x86 function prologue parser Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii References: <85C775AE-3B05-431E-96D2-49EA9D1413E6@apple.com> <20050608132431.GA4970@nevyn.them.org> <20050608095805.A67988@molenda.com> <200506120748.j5C7m75C011986@elgar.sibelius.xs4all.nl> <3364FC4D-63FB-493B-9136-D118F74C13BB@mit.edu> X-SW-Source: 2005-06/txt/msg00131.txt.bz2 > Cc: Mark Kettenis , jason-swarelist@molenda.com, > gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com > From: Klee Dienes > Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2005 07:59:01 -0400 > > (2) gets used by GDB when it wants to know where to set a breakpoint > (the idea being that when you say "break foo", it wants to insert the > breakpoint in foo() after the prologue has been fully executed). > > It also gets used where GDB wants to know if it is inside a function > prologue for some reason (for example, so "next" knows if it has > stepped into a new function, or simply jumped interprocedurally). Thanks. (I'm collecting info for gdbint.texinfo, that's why I asked.)