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From: David Mosberger <davidm@hpl.hp.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 16:42:21 +0000
Subject: Re: [Linux-ia64] differentiating single-step vs taken-branch trap
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Hi Wei,

>>>>> On Sun, 23 Sep 2001 18:43:18 -0700 (PDT), Weihaw Chuang <weihaw@yahoo.com> said:

  Wei> Hi everyone, I've got two questions, but only the first is
  Wei> really important.  1. I'm using the ptrace kernel interface to
  Wei> trace a child process via single-step or taken-branch traps
  Wei> (through David Mosberger's utrace tool).  Is there a way I can
  Wei> use ptrace to allow me to single-step, and in addition observe
  Wei> occurances of taken-branches?

Yes, the siginfo trap code (si_code) will tell you.  It is set to
TRAP_BRANCH for a taken branch and to TRAP_TRACE for a single step
trap.  Use PTRACE_GETSIGINFO to get a hold of the siginfo of the
traced task.

	--david