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Re: x86 incomplete/WIP software single-step implementation (Re: [PATCH] Do not respawn signals, take 2.)


> Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2012 16:34:46 +0100
> From: Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
> 
> On 06/28/2012 06:51 PM, Pedro Alves wrote:
> 
> > While I was waiting to get access to some Red Hat ARM machines,
> > I started cooking up a software single-step implementation
> > for x86, for easier-testing purposes.  I though perhaps who knows
> > it might also prove useful in the future for something else, e.g.,
> > block-step fallback support.
> > 
> > I got ARM access before I finished it, so it's largely incomplete (see
> > commit log), though it passes many tests.  It's here in case it interests
> > someone:
> > 
> >  https://github.com/palves/gdb/tree/x86_software_single_step
> 
> FYI, this is mostly complete and useable now.  A few displaced-stepping
> regressions remain, and reverse debugging breaks (but ISTR that was a generic
> software single-step issue?  If so, this should help debug it).  I've also
> tested this with a hack that forces single-step for everything (including "continue")
> (there's a branch for that, see my github's wiki).  This should make
> developing/testing all-stop-on-top-of-non-stop on software single-step
> archs a bit easier (for me).

I must admit I'd be reluctant to maintain i386/amd64 software single
step in GDB.


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