kdb on SMP

Keith Owens kaos at sgi.com
Tue Mar 25 13:02:56 PST 2003


On Tue, 25 Mar 2003 09:36:05 -0500 (EST), 
Hua Qin <qinhua at networks.ecse.rpi.edu> wrote:
>I have to go back to "bp" and "bpa".
>You said "bp" and "bpa" are same. Meaning  the current "bp" is a  global
>breakpoint for all cpus?
>
>I did some tests, set a break point on cpu 4 by using "bp", then "go".
>later, when the break point were hit, it was on cpu 3. 
>
>Is that correct way for "bp"?

Yes.  bp uses software breakpoints, changing the code.  There is only
one copy of the code which can be executed on any cpu.




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