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Re: emulating single-step in gdbserver?
Thanks for the response.
It looks like I won't need to do this after all -- I've been informed that
the CPU _does_ implement single-stepping, it's just that the documentation
claims otherwise to avoid having to support it (and all the other debugger
writers use it, so it works)!
> > A related question, BTW, is what's the precise meaning of
> > `the_low_target.breakpoint_reinsert_addr'? It's not documented very
> > well...
>
> It's essentially a very limitted next_pc function. The only
> breakpoints gdbserver places right now are in empty marker functions in
> the thread library. After hitting one, it either single-steps or
> places a breakpoint at the function's return address, and then
> reinserts it. The advantage is that finding the return address is
> quick and very simple.
I see. Now the comments that are there make a bit more sense; I was very
confused when I saw the mips just returned the function's return-address!
I guess I can just set it to null and let gdb single-step over the
breakpoint.
Thanks,
-Miles
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