On Fri, 24 Jul 2015 16:59:01 +0200 Willy Tarreau <w...@1wt.eu> wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 10:31:27AM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote: > > On Fri, 24 Jul 2015 15:21:28 +0200 > > Willy Tarreau <w...@1wt.eu> wrote: > > > > > My understanding is that by using RET we can't set the RF flag and #DB > > > > But the RF flag is only set for instruction (executing) breakpoints. It > > is not set for data (RW) ones. > > True but these also are the most complicated to deal with. The data > accesses can always be emulated (not what I'm suggesting here) while > instructions are much harder to emulate. The point is, if we trigger a #DB on an instruction breakpoint while !IF, then we simply disable that breakpoint and do the RET. What emulation is needed? -- Steve -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
