Re: [RFA] Displaced stepping just enable in non-stop mode

[Pedro Alves <pedro at codesourcery dot com>]

On Thursday 16 October 2008 22:15:30, Michael Snyder wrote:
> What it looks like is that you try to write to memory
> that's write-protected.
> 
> This is because most replay targets will treat all of memory
> as write-protected when they are in replay mode.
> 
> Where this usually manifests is, you'll say "continue"
> (probably for the first time since attaching to the target),
> and it'll croak because it's trying to step over some
> "invisible" breakpoint such as the one that handles
> shared libraries.

I see, then this means that all the reverse targets in existance
implement inserting breakpoints (target_insert_breakpoint, Z packet),
instead of relying on memory breakpoints.  Ah, the record target
just ignores breakpoint insertions, and relies on forcing single-stepping
and checking breakpoint hits itself.

-- 
Pedro Alves