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From: Aravinda <aravindakidambi@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:30:00 -0000
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Subject: Re: GDB library to insert and delete watchpoints
To: Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>, gdb@sourceware.org
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Thanks Jan,

I am aware of the mudflap gcc option. Since software buffer overrun
protection is slow, the work im doing is kind of to experiment and see
if there is any substantial runtime improvement by using debug
resgisters to monitor buffer overflows.

Thanks,
Aravinda

On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 12:11 PM, Jan Kratochvil
<jan.kratochvil@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:20:57 +0100, Aravinda wrote:
> > that I want to be safe from buffer overruns all the time,
>
> FYI there is `gcc -fmudflap -lmudflap'.
>
>
> Regards,
> Jan