From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C0103C77B73 for ; Tue, 2 May 2023 10:43:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ptnTo-000561-1Z; Tue, 02 May 2023 06:43:32 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ptnTm-00055t-2n for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 02 May 2023 06:43:30 -0400 Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com ([170.10.129.124]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ptnTk-0004JL-DN for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 02 May 2023 06:43:29 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1683024206; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=feJmiGKFcJTxPYnnbJgYaAAonDJdUOGCBprHMWE2HuU=; b=bIWUbXbRuMrsvH017nO8D4xuTRWbv7nVG1A3WEJp1Bzk/lMrL9imh9IGQhTvP2YmRerh3h 4UFJM9JOZNFmt+z0WDRVPQnhWVFs67nfxD8SKOZuVpTaJzhvNtgtOfN88UCRAPPiwx2i+/ rz4F1FDy/u3sMwb59QCmokyL+3snTXw= Received: from mimecast-mx02.redhat.com (mx3-rdu2.redhat.com [66.187.233.73]) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP with STARTTLS (version=TLSv1.2, cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id us-mta-203-H9QK_cAtOG-iKLeuCR3XFQ-1; Tue, 02 May 2023 06:43:22 -0400 X-MC-Unique: H9QK_cAtOG-iKLeuCR3XFQ-1 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx02.intmail.prod.int.rdu2.redhat.com [10.11.54.2]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx02.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 543531C06EEB; Tue, 2 May 2023 10:43:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from blackfin.pond.sub.org (unknown [10.39.192.121]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 207B04020976; Tue, 2 May 2023 10:43:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: by blackfin.pond.sub.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 0341621E6681; Tue, 2 May 2023 12:43:21 +0200 (CEST) From: Markus Armbruster To: Peter Maydell Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org, Richard Henderson , Warner Losh , Kyle Evans , libvir-list@redhat.com, Laurent Vivier , Eric Blake Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 00/10] Deprecate/rename singlestep command line option, monitor interfaces References: <20230417164041.684562-1-peter.maydell@linaro.org> Date: Tue, 02 May 2023 12:43:20 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Peter Maydell's message of "Tue, 2 May 2023 11:22:28 +0100") Message-ID: <87jzxr814n.fsf@pond.sub.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 3.1 on 10.11.54.2 Received-SPF: pass client-ip=170.10.129.124; envelope-from=armbru@redhat.com; helo=us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com X-Spam_score_int: -22 X-Spam_score: -2.3 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.3 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-0.171, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2=-0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Peter Maydell writes: > On Mon, 17 Apr 2023 at 17:40, Peter Maydell wrote: >> >> The command line option '-singlestep' and its HMP equivalent >> the 'singlestep' command are very confusingly named, because >> they have nothing to do with single-stepping the guest (either >> via the gdb stub or by emulation of guest CPU architectural >> debug facilities). What they actually do is put TCG into a >> mode where it puts only one guest instruction into each >> translation block. This is useful for some circumstances >> such as when you want the -d debug logging to be easier to >> interpret, or if you have a finicky guest binary that wants >> to see interrupts delivered at something other than the end >> of a basic block. > > I'm going to take this series via target-arm.next since > I'm doing a pullreq anyway. Yes, please!