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authorGary Benson <gbenson@redhat.com>2014-06-17 11:32:26 +0100
committerGary Benson <gbenson@redhat.com>2014-06-18 10:15:08 +0100
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Comment changes
This commit fixes various comment differences between i386-nat.[ch] and i386-low.[ch]. gdb/ 2014-06-18 Gary Benson <gbenson@redhat.com> * i386-nat.c: Comment changes. gdb/gdbserver/ 2014-06-18 Gary Benson <gbenson@redhat.com> * i386-low.h: Comment changes. * i386-low.c: Likewise.
Diffstat (limited to 'gdb/gdbserver/i386-low.c')
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1 files changed, 17 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/gdbserver/i386-low.c b/gdb/gdbserver/i386-low.c
index 304d6f3..d122ff7 100644
--- a/gdb/gdbserver/i386-low.c
+++ b/gdb/gdbserver/i386-low.c
@@ -21,6 +21,17 @@
#include "target.h"
#include "i386-low.h"
+/* Support for hardware watchpoints and breakpoints using the i386
+ debug registers.
+
+ This provides several functions for inserting and removing
+ hardware-assisted breakpoints and watchpoints, testing if one or
+ more of the watchpoints triggered and at what address, checking
+ whether a given region can be watched, etc.
+
+ The functions below implement debug registers sharing by reference
+ counts, and allow to watch regions up to 16 bytes long. */
+
/* Support for 8-byte wide hw watchpoints. */
#ifndef TARGET_HAS_DR_LEN_8
/* NOTE: sizeof (long) == 4 on win64. */
@@ -156,8 +167,7 @@ i386_low_init_dregs (struct i386_debug_reg_state *state)
state->dr_status_mirror = 0;
}
-/* Print the values of the mirrored debug registers. This is enabled via
- the "set debug-hw-points 1" monitor command. */
+/* Print the values of the mirrored debug registers. */
static void
i386_show_dr (struct i386_debug_reg_state *state,
@@ -427,7 +437,7 @@ i386_update_inferior_debug_regs (struct i386_debug_reg_state *inf_state,
/* Insert a watchpoint to watch a memory region which starts at
address ADDR and whose length is LEN bytes. Watch memory accesses
- of the type TYPE_FROM_PACKET. Return 0 on success, -1 on failure. */
+ of the type TYPE. Return 0 on success, -1 on failure. */
int
i386_low_insert_watchpoint (struct i386_debug_reg_state *state,
@@ -523,8 +533,8 @@ i386_low_region_ok_for_watchpoint (struct i386_debug_reg_state *state,
}
/* If the inferior has some break/watchpoint that triggered, set the
- address associated with that break/watchpoint and return true.
- Otherwise, return false. */
+ address associated with that break/watchpoint and return non-zero.
+ Otherwise, return zero. */
int
i386_low_stopped_data_address (struct i386_debug_reg_state *state,
@@ -603,8 +613,8 @@ i386_low_stopped_data_address (struct i386_debug_reg_state *state,
return rc;
}
-/* Return true if the inferior has some watchpoint that triggered.
- Otherwise return false. */
+/* Return non-zero if the inferior has some watchpoint that triggered.
+ Otherwise return zero. */
int
i386_low_stopped_by_watchpoint (struct i386_debug_reg_state *state)