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authorDoug Evans <dje@google.com>2009-11-05 21:17:00 +0000
committerDoug Evans <dje@google.com>2009-11-05 21:17:00 +0000
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* amd64-tdep.c (amd64_init_frame_cache): Enhance comment describing
saved_regs.
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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/amd64-tdep.c b/gdb/amd64-tdep.c
index 51560cf..b47c4c3 100644
--- a/gdb/amd64-tdep.c
+++ b/gdb/amd64-tdep.c
@@ -1402,7 +1402,10 @@ amd64_init_frame_cache (struct amd64_frame_cache *cache)
cache->pc = 0;
/* Saved registers. We initialize these to -1 since zero is a valid
- offset (that's where %rbp is supposed to be stored). */
+ offset (that's where %rbp is supposed to be stored).
+ The values start out as being offsets, and are later converted to
+ addresses (at which point -1 is interpreted as an address, still meaning
+ "invalid"). */
for (i = 0; i < AMD64_NUM_SAVED_REGS; i++)
cache->saved_regs[i] = -1;
cache->saved_sp = 0;