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Re: [PATCH 5/6] linux-nat: Add function lwp_is_stepping


Hi Andreas,
Patch is good to me.  One nit below ...

On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 1:01 PM, Andreas Arnez <arnez@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> Add the function lwp_is_stepping which indicates whether the given LWP
> is currently single-stepping.  This is a common interface, usable from
> native GDB as well as from gdbserver.

"single-stepping" in hardware or software?  I know it is hardware single
step.

>
> +/* Return nonzero if we are single-stepping this LWP.  */
> +
> +extern int lwp_is_stepping (struct lwp_info *lwp);
> +
>  #endif /* LINUX_NAT_H */

in gdbserver,
struct lwp_info
{
 ....
  /* If this flag is set, the last continue operation at the ptrace
     level on this process was a single-step.  */
  int stepping;

in gdb,
struct lwp_info
{
...
  /* Non-zero if we were stepping this LWP.  */
  int step;

Looks the comments in gdbservers is better than the comments in
gdb.  lwp_is_stepping, as an api, should be documented clearly.
Something like,

/* Return nonzero if we are single-stepping this LWP at the
    ptrace level.  */

-- 
Yao (齐尧)


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