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Re: [Fwd: Re: [RFA 3/5] Prec: x86 segment register support: target]
- From: Doug Evans <dje at google dot com>
- To: Michael Snyder <msnyder at vmware dot com>
- Cc: "gdb-patches at sourceware dot org" <gdb-patches at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:47:33 -0700
- Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: [RFA 3/5] Prec: x86 segment register support: target]
- References: <4BA7B64D.7090403@vmware.com>
On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 11:26 AM, Michael Snyder <msnyder@vmware.com> wrote:
> I'd just like to point out that while all this sounds great,
> it shouldn't be a prerequisite to the original task of just
> getting prec to record the segments and offsets correctly.
>
> Maybe we should split these two tasks, so that Teawater can
> go ahead and accomplish his.
To the extent that they can be split, IWBN alright.
I wonder if the interface is sufficient though (setting aside where to
put it and how it will look).
Any particular o/s might not provide sufficient hooks of course.
linux's modify_ldt, AIUI, let's one change more than just foo_base.
NativeClient http://code.google.com/p/nativeclient/ uses it, for example.