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Re: [patch] [i386] Put hlt at the ON_STACK breakpoint [Re: GDB 7.4.91 available for testing]
On Wed, 25 Jul 2012 22:04:01 +0200, Philippe Waroquiers wrote:
> IIUC, Jan's patch was to have GDB storing a hlt after the place
> where GDBSERVER will put 0xCC.
Not after, all the storage happens for the same byte.
hlt is stored there by memory write, int3 is stored there by Z0.
> What Valgrind needs is to have GDB storing the 0xCC
> (the hlt will then have no positive nor negative impact on Valgrind).
I will put 0xcc == int3 there although I believe valgrind could decode hlt (or
even nop) the same way.
Thanks,
Jan