Re: Problem with manual watchpoints

Jan Kratochvil
2009-12-28T21:49:06Z

On Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:21:34 +0100, Aravinda wrote:
> Could it be possible for a processor with debug registers to not support
> exact reporting or could there be problems since Im working on a VM ?

Which "VM"? It is true some old KVMs had some bugs with watchpoints. Those
are fixed long time (such as at least in kernel-2.6.31.9-174.fc12.x86_64).
You can run the gdb testsuite both in host and in guest OS and compare it.
You can also compare the results from:
http://sourceware.org/systemtap/wiki/utrace/tests

Regards,
Jan