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-rw-r--r--target/arm/gdbstub.c9
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/target/arm/gdbstub.c b/target/arm/gdbstub.c
index 134da0d0ae..ca1de47511 100644
--- a/target/arm/gdbstub.c
+++ b/target/arm/gdbstub.c
@@ -77,8 +77,13 @@ int arm_cpu_gdb_write_register(CPUState *cs, uint8_t *mem_buf, int n)
tmp = ldl_p(mem_buf);
- /* Mask out low bit of PC to workaround gdb bugs. This will probably
- cause problems if we ever implement the Jazelle DBX extensions. */
+ /*
+ * Mask out low bits of PC to workaround gdb bugs.
+ * This avoids an assert in thumb_tr_translate_insn, because it is
+ * architecturally impossible to misalign the pc.
+ * This will probably cause problems if we ever implement the
+ * Jazelle DBX extensions.
+ */
if (n == 15) {
tmp &= ~1;
}