Re: [patch, rfa:ppc64, rfa:breakpoint] Add non-verbose breakpoint adjustment

[Kevin Buettner <kevinb at redhat dot com>]

On Oct 28, 11:08am, Andrew Cagney wrote:

> > As a user, it annoyed me :-)
> >> 
> >> If you'd prefer I'll let PPC64 print both warnings as well.
> > 
> > ppc and frv are very different.
> 
> I'm not so sure.  Here's the interaction:
> 
> (gdb) print &main
> $1 = (<data variable, no debug info> *) 0x104e5a60
> (gdb) break main
> Breakpoint 2 at 0x100895d0
> (gdb) run
> Starting program: 
> /home/cagney/PENDING/YYYY-MM-DD-target-convert-func/64/gdb/stripped.gdb
> ...
> Breakpoint 2, 0x00000000100895d0 in .main ()
> (gdb)
> 
> (I've yet to figure out why GDB keeps reporting those breakpoints).

??

> Notice how "main" is in the data space yet GDB set a code space 
> breakpoint (and even stopped on a different symbol).  Might as well 
> notify the user of this adjustment.

Okay, I see your point.  This is surprising enough to merit a warning.

Kevin