Re: gdbserver i386_linux hardware watchpoints in a multi threaded application

[Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org>]

On Wed, Aug 15, 2007 at 04:12:29PM -0300, Luis Machado wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-08-15 at 21:38 +0300, Claus Baumgartner wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I implemented the hardware watchpoints for the i386 linux target in the 
> >   gdbserver and it works fine in the same thread where the watchpoint 
> > has been assigned. I would like to use gdb and gdb server to debug 
> > memory locations overwritten by other threads and this is where gdb fails.
> > 
> > Is there any work in progress regarding this?
> 
> Yes, there is. The patch Jeff Johnston wrote some time ago should
> address this on GDB. I'm currently taking over his work and adding
> support for ppc.

I think that Jeff's patches only affect gdb native debugging, and
gdbserver would need an independent fix.  But the same solution should
work there, too.

Claus, do you have a copyright assignment?  Are you interested in
contributing the i386 watchpoint support for gdbserver?

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery