Re: Is there single step debugging support being added to aarch64-linux?

I am not sure why hw stepper not works here (might be limitation of hw
I am using).
That is may be the infrun loops as it never gets stop signal. (the
output I earlier pasted).
Is it ok to provide patch for software single step like arm here?
(I am preparing one. It will have simulate aarch64 instruction set and
implement aarch64 version of functions of
arm_linux_software_single_step, arm_insert_single_step_breakpoint and
arm_get_next_pc.)

Thanks,
Prafull

On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 4:49 PM,  <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> On Jun 15, 2015, at 4:07 AM, Prafull Suryawanshi <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> I am using gdb to talk to kgdb, so is not issue with gdb?
>> gdb is not able to set software single step like it do for arm.
>> There is implementation for gdbarch_software_single_step_p in arm gdb
>> but not in aarch64 gdb.
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>> In fact, I had small implementation to get next_pc at fixed offset
>> (+4) and it starts working. (implementing full version)
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> Why can't you use the hardware single stepper for kgdb?
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> Thanks,
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>> Let me know.
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>> Thanks,
>> Prafull
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>> On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 4:27 PM, Prafull Suryawanshi
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> I am using kgdb and trying to do single step (software single step).
>>> I see that infrun loops. (I enabled remote_debug option and compiled
>>> gdb 7.7 as 7.9 has issue with connection)
>>>
>>> infrun: clear_proceed_status_thread (Thread 3462)
>>> infrun: clear_proceed_status_thread (Thread 3444)
>>> infrun: proceed (addr=0xffffffffffffffff, signal=GDB_SIGNAL_DEFAULT, step=1)
>>> infrun: resume (step=1, signal=GDB_SIGNAL_0), trap_expected=1, current
>>> thread [Thread 3462] at 0xffffffc00021014c
>>> Sending packet: $Hcd86#7d...Ack
>>> Packet received: OK
>>> Sending packet: $s#73...Ack
>>> infrun: wait_for_inferior ()
>>> Packet received: T05thread:0d86;
>>> infrun: target_wait (-1, status) =
>>> infrun:   42000 [Thread 3462],
>>> infrun:   status->kind = stopped, signal = GDB_SIGNAL_TRAP
>>> infrun: infwait_normal_state
>>> infrun: TARGET_WAITKIND_STOPPED
>>> Sending packet: $g#67...Ack
>>> Packet received:
>>> 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
>>> infrun: stop_pc = 0xffffffc000210150
>>> Sending packet: $mffffffc000210150,4#4d...Ack
>>> Packet received: fd030091
>>> Sending packet: $mffffffc00021014c,4#7f...Ack
>>> Packet received: fd7ba3a9
>>> Sending packet: $mffffffc000210150,4#4d...Ack
>>> Packet received: fd030091
>>> infrun: stepping inside range [0xffffffc00021014c-0xffffffc000210170]
>>> Sending packet: $Z0,ffffffc00021014c,4#c8...Ack
>>> Packet received: OK
>>> infrun: resume (step=1, signal=GDB_SIGNAL_0), trap_expected=0, current
>>> thread [Thread 3462] at 0xffffffc000210150
>>> Sending packet: $Hc0#db...Ack
>>> Packet received: OK
>>> Sending packet: $s#73...Ack
>>> infrun: prepare_to_wait
>>>
>>> Then I build the gdb using arch_dump enable option
>>> gdbarch_dump: gdbarch_software_single_step_p() = 0
>>>
>>> I see that in gdb code, function aarch64_linux_software_single_step not present.
>>>
>>> I guess above loop expected if aarch64_linux_software_single_step absent, right?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Prafull
>>>
>>>> On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 4:08 PM, Andreas Schwab <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> Prafull Suryawanshi <[email protected]> writes:
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>>>>> I am trying it on 64 bit armv8 system but not able to doit.
>>>>> Found issue in gdb source code and absence of this function in
>>>>> aarch64-linux-tdep.c file. Anyone knows if support getting added or
>>>>> not?
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>>>> The stepi command is working fine on aarch64.  What do you get if you
>>>> try it?
>>>>
>>>> Andreas.
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