]> git.ipfire.org Git - thirdparty/binutils-gdb.git/blob - gdb/mem-break.c
2007-06-13 Markus Deuling <deuling@de.ibm.com>
[thirdparty/binutils-gdb.git] / gdb / mem-break.c
1 /* Simulate breakpoints by patching locations in the target system, for GDB.
2
3 Copyright (C) 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002,
4 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5
6 Contributed by Cygnus Support. Written by John Gilmore.
7
8 This file is part of GDB.
9
10 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
11 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
12 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
13 (at your option) any later version.
14
15 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
16 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
17 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
18 GNU General Public License for more details.
19
20 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
21 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
22 Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
23 Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. */
24
25 #include "defs.h"
26
27 /* This file is only useful if BREAKPOINT_FROM_PC is set. If not, we
28 punt. */
29
30 #include "symtab.h"
31 #include "breakpoint.h"
32 #include "inferior.h"
33 #include "target.h"
34
35
36 /* Insert a breakpoint on targets that don't have any better
37 breakpoint support. We read the contents of the target location
38 and stash it, then overwrite it with a breakpoint instruction.
39 BP_TGT->placed_address is the target location in the target
40 machine. BP_TGT->shadow_contents is some memory allocated for
41 saving the target contents. It is guaranteed by the caller to be
42 long enough to save BREAKPOINT_LEN bytes (this is accomplished via
43 BREAKPOINT_MAX). */
44
45 int
46 default_memory_insert_breakpoint (struct bp_target_info *bp_tgt)
47 {
48 int val;
49 const unsigned char *bp;
50 int bplen;
51
52 /* Determine appropriate breakpoint contents and size for this address. */
53 bp = gdbarch_breakpoint_from_pc
54 (current_gdbarch, &bp_tgt->placed_address, &bp_tgt->placed_size);
55 if (bp == NULL)
56 error (_("Software breakpoints not implemented for this target."));
57
58 /* Save the memory contents. */
59 bp_tgt->shadow_len = bp_tgt->placed_size;
60 val = target_read_memory (bp_tgt->placed_address, bp_tgt->shadow_contents,
61 bp_tgt->placed_size);
62
63 /* Write the breakpoint. */
64 if (val == 0)
65 val = target_write_memory (bp_tgt->placed_address, bp,
66 bp_tgt->placed_size);
67
68 return val;
69 }
70
71
72 int
73 default_memory_remove_breakpoint (struct bp_target_info *bp_tgt)
74 {
75 return target_write_memory (bp_tgt->placed_address, bp_tgt->shadow_contents,
76 bp_tgt->placed_size);
77 }
78
79
80 int
81 memory_insert_breakpoint (struct bp_target_info *bp_tgt)
82 {
83 return gdbarch_memory_insert_breakpoint (current_gdbarch, bp_tgt);
84 }
85
86 int
87 memory_remove_breakpoint (struct bp_target_info *bp_tgt)
88 {
89 return gdbarch_memory_remove_breakpoint (current_gdbarch, bp_tgt);
90 }