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Re: rwatchpoint configuration

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>
To: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at false dot org>
Cc: siva dot velusamy at gmail dot com, gdb at sourceware dot org
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 06:18:51 +0200
Subject: Re: rwatchpoint configuration
References: <e7dfeff00712171642k477c0069r51e886d80952f34f@mail.gmail.com> <20071218004823.GA30270@caradoc.them.org>
Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>

> Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 19:48:23 -0500
> From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org>
> Cc: gdb@sourceware.org
> 
> Eli, I think I remember you discussing this with someone else, a year
> or two ago; do you remember the reasoning?  If the watchpoint's type
> is "only trigger on reads", then core GDB assuming it triggers on all
> accesses seems problematic to me.

It is the best compromise so far, if you take into account that the
most popular platform needs the current behavior.  As I said back
then, if someone comes with a way to support true read watchpoints,
I'll happily accept such a change.

References:
- rwatchpoint configuration
  - From: Siva Velusamy
- Re: rwatchpoint configuration
  - From: Daniel Jacobowitz

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