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Re: [PATCH]: Don't use deprecated regcache functions
From: Michael Snyder <msnyder@redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 19:41:42 -0700
> I get confused just thinking about all these variants.
> If you have an argument for why one is more correct in
> this context, I'm certainly open to it. I can't really
> convince myself that the current behavior is correct,
> since deprecated_read_register_gen calls regcache_cooked_read,
> which may call regcache_raw_read, which may call
> target_fetch_registers *before* capturing the current value.
> Which it seems like would defeat the purpose of the whole
> exercise...
Any of these arguments for or against apply to the Solaris thread code
which does use regcache_raw_read() in this same exact situation.