1 /* Simulate breakpoints by patching locations in the target system, for GDB.
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6 Contributed by Cygnus Support. Written by John Gilmore.
8 This file is part of GDB.
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25 /* This file is only useful if BREAKPOINT_FROM_PC is set. If not, we
29 #include "breakpoint.h"
34 /* Insert a breakpoint on targets that don't have any better
35 breakpoint support. We read the contents of the target location
36 and stash it, then overwrite it with a breakpoint instruction.
37 BP_TGT->placed_address is the target location in the target
38 machine. BP_TGT->shadow_contents is some memory allocated for
39 saving the target contents. It is guaranteed by the caller to be
40 long enough to save BREAKPOINT_LEN bytes (this is accomplished via
44 default_memory_insert_breakpoint (struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
45 struct bp_target_info *bp_tgt)
48 const unsigned char *bp;
51 /* Determine appropriate breakpoint contents and size for this address. */
52 bp = gdbarch_breakpoint_from_pc
53 (gdbarch, &bp_tgt->placed_address, &bp_tgt->placed_size);
55 error (_("Software breakpoints not implemented for this target."));
57 /* Save the memory contents. */
58 bp_tgt->shadow_len = bp_tgt->placed_size;
59 val = target_read_memory (bp_tgt->placed_address, bp_tgt->shadow_contents,
62 /* Write the breakpoint. */
64 val = target_write_memory (bp_tgt->placed_address, bp,
72 default_memory_remove_breakpoint (struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
73 struct bp_target_info *bp_tgt)
75 return target_write_memory (bp_tgt->placed_address, bp_tgt->shadow_contents,
81 memory_insert_breakpoint (struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
82 struct bp_target_info *bp_tgt)
84 return gdbarch_memory_insert_breakpoint (gdbarch, bp_tgt);
88 memory_remove_breakpoint (struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
89 struct bp_target_info *bp_tgt)
91 return gdbarch_memory_remove_breakpoint (gdbarch, bp_tgt);