RE: [PATCH v3 35/37] x86/cet: Add PTRACE interface for CET

Schimpe, Christina
2022-11-18T17:25:41Z

> On Thu, 2022-11-17 at 15:14 +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > Also, wth is an inferior call?
>
> I think it's the GDB functionality to make a call in the process being debugged.
> So if you want to call something without an endbranch I guess.

For inferior calls, GDB builds a dummy-frame to evaluate an expression:
https://sourceware.org/gdb/onlinedocs/gdb/Calling.html

Best Regards,
Christina

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