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Re: [PATCH/RFA] Testsuite improvements for non-decr_pc_after_break i386

From: Michael Chastain <mec dot gnu at mindspring dot com>
To: drow at false dot org
Cc: kettenis at chello dot nl, gdb-patches at sources dot redhat dot com
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 05:43:26 -0400
Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFA] Testsuite improvements for non-decr_pc_after_break i386
References: <200408142006.i7EK6bEE001195@elgar.kettenis.dyndns.org><411F0AEA.nail9Q211HV3N@mindspring.com><20040816011842.GA7780@nevyn.them.org>

mec> I proofread it.  I also tested it on native i686-pc-linux-gnu,
mec> which is a no-adjust platform ($eip points after the breakpoint).

drow> FYI, you've got the nomenclature backwards - adjust-pc-after-break
drow> means "GDB must adjust the PC after break to figure out where the
drow> breakpoint was".

Gah.  I knew that!  Let me retry:

native i686-pc-linux-gnu has $eip pointing after the breakpoint,
so I threw in "set $pc [expr $pc - 1]" to make it look like the
program counter was pointing at the breakpoint instruction.

References:
- [PATCH/RFA] Testsuite improvements for non-decr_pc_after_break i386
  - From: Mark Kettenis
- Re: [PATCH/RFA] Testsuite improvements for non-decr_pc_after_break i386
  - From: Michael Chastain
- Re: [PATCH/RFA] Testsuite improvements for non-decr_pc_after_break i386
  - From: Daniel Jacobowitz

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