From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 26891 invoked by alias); 18 Dec 2007 04:19:03 -0000 Received: (qmail 26883 invoked by uid 22791); 18 Dec 2007 04:19:03 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from romy.inter.net.il (HELO romy.inter.net.il) (213.8.233.24) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Tue, 18 Dec 2007 04:18:57 +0000 Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-84-229-203-142.inter.net.il [84.229.203.142]) by romy.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.3-GA) with ESMTP id JQM82089 (AUTH halo1); Tue, 18 Dec 2007 06:18:33 +0200 (IST) Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 04:19:00 -0000 Message-Id: From: Eli Zaretskii To: Daniel Jacobowitz CC: siva.velusamy@gmail.com, gdb@sourceware.org In-reply-to: <20071218004823.GA30270@caradoc.them.org> (message from Daniel Jacobowitz on Mon, 17 Dec 2007 19:48:23 -0500) Subject: Re: rwatchpoint configuration Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii References: <20071218004823.GA30270@caradoc.them.org> X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2007-12/txt/msg00131.txt.bz2 > Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 19:48:23 -0500 > From: Daniel Jacobowitz > Cc: gdb@sourceware.org > > Eli, I think I remember you discussing this with someone else, a year > or two ago; do you remember the reasoning? If the watchpoint's type > is "only trigger on reads", then core GDB assuming it triggers on all > accesses seems problematic to me. It is the best compromise so far, if you take into account that the most popular platform needs the current behavior. As I said back then, if someone comes with a way to support true read watchpoints, I'll happily accept such a change.