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Re: breakpoints in shared libraries


>>>>> "Daniel" == Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@mvista.com> writes:

>> How can this be fixed?  I don't know the answer.  One idea I had is to
>> annotate each breakpoint with information about what shared library it
>> comes from.  Then, defer processing for that breakpoint until the
>> shared library is actually loaded by the inferior.

Daniel> I think the best approach for this is to expose an interface
Daniel> to create shlib_disabled breakpoints.  Then they'll be
Daniel> automatically re-enabled when the library containing that
Daniel> symbol is loaded.

One thing to think about is how Insight will determine that it should
save a breakpoint as shlib_disabled as opposed to the ordinary kind.
At the time Insight is saving the session, all libraries may be loaded
and all the breakpoints activated.

Tom


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