** Patch added: "armv8.1,2-hw-watch,breakpoints.diff" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdb/+bug/1608948/+attachment/4712374/+files/armv8.1%2C2-hw-watch%2Cbreakpoints.diff
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to gdb in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1608948 Title: support hw watchpoints/breakpoints on ARMv8.{1,2} Status in gdb package in Ubuntu: New Status in gdb source package in Xenial: New Bug description: [Impact] gdb reports no hw watchpoint/breakpoint support on ARMv8.1 [Test Case] Test.c: int main(void) { int a; a = 0; a++; return a!=1; } ----- CUT ---- gcc -g test.c -o testprog apinski@apinski-ss1:~/binutils-gdb$ ./tools/bin/gdb -q a.out Reading symbols from a.out...done. (gdb) start Temporary breakpoint 1 at 0x40050c: file t.c, line 4. Starting program: /home/apinski/binutils-gdb/a.out Temporary breakpoint 1, main () at t.c:4 4 a = 0; (gdb) hb 5 Hardware assisted breakpoint 2 at 0x400510: file t.c, line 5. (gdb) c Continuing. Breakpoint 2, main () at t.c:5 5 a++; (gdb) This fails on ARMv8.1 platforms w/o the patch. [Regression Risk] Patch is a clean cherry pick from upstream that just adds code to detect 8.1 & 8.2 chip debug types. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdb/+bug/1608948/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
