Re: [PATCH] [v5] Add gdb break point support to PowerPC kvm

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On Mon, 2008-06-09 at 18:56 -0500, Jerone Young wrote:
> On Mon, 2008-06-09 at 17:56 -0500, Hollis Blanchard wrote:
> > On Mon, 2008-06-09 at 16:08 -0500, Jerone Young wrote:
> > > 
> > > > You also have not addressed the case I pointed out where an IAC
> > > matches
> > > > after you've programmed it but before you've entered the guest.
> > > 
> > > Basically can disable them in the dbcr0 before we do any switching out
> > > of registers.
> > 
> > We'll have to enable DBCR0 some time, right?
> > 
> Yes it gets enabled when when the guest cuts on the bits it wants & the
> we restre the host DBCR0.
> 
> 
> > > If an IAC is matched before we enter the guest it will be caught host
> > > that catches it.
> > 
> > But that won't happen because you've disabled MSR[DE].
> 
> Ah... you don't rember the whole imprecise interrupts ;-) . When MSR[DE]
> =0 and an IAC will go off but not at the exact address. This was fun
> figuring out.

Right. Now, when will the deferred debug event fire, and who will handle
it? What can we do about that?

> I also have a bug in this patch. I placed the wrong definitions when
> disabling the debug interrupts. I'll respin again. Look things over more
> carefully this time.

I think you're respinning these patches too frequently, before
conversation has concluded.

-- 
Hollis Blanchard
IBM Linux Technology Center

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