[Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH v5 04/18] Refactor and enhance break/watchpoint API

[Jan Kiszka]

Anthony Liguori wrote:
> Jan Kiszka wrote:
>> This patch prepares the QEMU cpu_watchpoint/breakpoint API to allow the
>> succeeding enhancements this series comes with.
>>
>> First of all, it overcomes MAX_BREAKPOINTS/MAX_WATCHPOINTS by switching
>> to dynamically allocated data structures that are kept in linked lists.
>> This also allows to return a stable reference to the related objects,
>> required for later introduced x86 debug register support.
>>
>> Breakpoints and watchpoints are stored with their full information set
>> and an additional flag field that makes them easily extensible for use
>> beyond pure guest debugging.
>>
>> Finally, this restructuring lays the foundation for KVM to hook into
>> the debugging infrastructure, providing its own services where hardware
>> virtualization demands it. Once QEMUAccel is considered for merge,
>> those entry point should be included into its abstraction layer so that
>> accellerators can hook in even more cleanly.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <address@hidden>
>>   
> 
> I noticed you use an open coded doubly linked list.  Can you submit a
> follow-up patch to convert the code to use a TAILQ from sys-queue.h?
> 

WIP. Takes a few changes, so a bit more testing is also required. But
this refactoring already uncovered a use-after-release bug in my
original patch.

Jan

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