gdb: LoongArch: Add support for hardware watchpoint
LoongArch defines hardware watchpoint functions for load/store
operations. After the software configures the watchpoints for
load/store, the processor hardware will monitor the access
addresses of the load/store operations and trigger watchpoint
exception when the watchpoint setting conditions are met.
After this patch, watch/rwatch/awatch command are supported. Refer to the
following document for hardware watchpoint.
https://loongson.github.io/LoongArch-Documentation/LoongArch-Vol1-EN.html#control-and-status-registers-related-to-watchpoints
A simple test is as follows:
lihui@bogon:~$ cat test.c
#include <stdio.h>
int a = 0;
int main()
{
printf("start test\n");
a = 1;
printf("a = %d\n", a);
printf("end test\n");
return 0;
}
lihui@bogon:~$ gcc -g test.c -o test
without this patch:
lihui@bogon:~$ gdb test
...
(gdb) start
...
Temporary breakpoint 1, main () at test.c:5
5 printf("start test\n");
(gdb) awatch a
Target does not support this type of hardware watchpoint.
...
with this patch:
lihui@bogon:~$ gdb test
...
(gdb) start
...
Temporary breakpoint 1, main () at test.c:5
5 printf("start test\n");
(gdb) awatch a
Hardware access (read/write) watchpoint 2: a
(gdb) c
Continuing.
start test
Hardware access (read/write) watchpoint 2: a
Old value = 0
New value = 1
main () at test.c:7
7 printf("a = %d\n", a);
(gdb) c
Continuing.
Hardware access (read/write) watchpoint 2: a
Value = 1
0x00000001200006e0 in main () at test.c:7
7 printf("a = %d\n", a);
(gdb) c
Continuing.
a = 1
end test
[Inferior 1 (process 22250) exited normally]
Signed-off-by: Hui Li <lihui@loongson.cn> Signed-off-by: Tiezhu Yang <yangtiezhu@loongson.cn>