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Some simulators don't handle permanent breakpoints properly and will sometimes terminate when hitting such a breakpoint instruction or have unwanted effects. When a permanent breakpoint is inserted, GDB will not attempt to insert other breakpoint locations on top of it, leading to the problem described above. By not marking permanent breakpoint locations as inserted, we allow the insertion of breakpoint locations on top of the permanent ones, preventing the simulators from running into that situation. gdb/ChangeLog: 2015-06-17 Luis Machado <lgustavo@codesourcery.com> * breakpoint.c (add_location_to_breakpoint): Don't mark permanent locations as inserted. Update and expand comment about permanent locations. (bp_loc_is_permanent): Don't return 0 for bp_call_dummy. Move comment to add_location_to_breakpoint. (update_global_location_list): Don't error out if a permanent breakpoint is not marked inserted. Don't error out if a non-permanent breakpoint location is inserted on top of a permanent breakpoint.
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