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Re: [downstream patch FYI] workaround stale frame_info * (PR 13866)
- From: Tom Tromey <tromey at redhat dot com>
- To: Pedro Alves <palves at redhat dot com>
- Cc: Jan Kratochvil <jan dot kratochvil at redhat dot com>, gdb-patches at sourceware dot org
- Date: Fri, 18 May 2012 13:16:19 -0600
- Subject: Re: [downstream patch FYI] workaround stale frame_info * (PR 13866)
- References: <20120404191416.GA29603@host2.jankratochvil.net> <87obplgz9q.fsf@fleche.redhat.com> <4FB68E47.1080903@redhat.com>
>>>>> "Pedro" == Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> writes:
Pedro> It seems to me that combining the both points, we should be able
Pedro> to get back the old behavior, where calling a breakpoint
Pedro> insertion function wouldn't invalidate the frame chain.
That would definitely be an improvement.
The thinking behind my approach was that we would replace crashing bugs
involving a stale cache with performance bugs (and maybe not even
those). I think this would be friendlier for users.
Tom