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Re: [PATCH 1/2] Test case for entry values.
- From: Yao Qi <yao at codesourcery dot com>
- To: Vidya Praveen <vidyapraveen at arm dot com>
- Cc: "gdb-patches at sourceware dot org" <gdb-patches at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2013 08:21:38 +0800
- Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Test case for entry values.
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On 08/30/2013 11:29 PM, Vidya Praveen wrote:
+if [string equal $bar_call_foo ""] {
+ fail "Find the call or branch instruction offset in bar"
+ # The following test makes no sense if the offset is unknown. We need
+ # to update the pattern above to match call or branch instruction for
+ # the target architecture.
+ return -1
+}
This test fails for ARM targets as they generate 'bl'.
As the comment said, the pattern can be updated to match instruction
'bl'. I don't know branch instructions of all architectures, but
people familiar with one arch probably can add its branch instruction
into the pattern without much effort.
--
Yao (éå)