Description of problem: GDB watchpoints do not work. There is a standalone testcase for it. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): longterm, it never worked, verified on: kernel-2.6.29.3-155.fc11.x86_64 (both as KVM host and guest) How reproducible: Always. Steps to Reproduce: wget -q -O watchpoint.c 'http://sources.redhat.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/~checkout~/tests/ptrace-tests/tests/watchpoint.c?cvsroot=systemtap'; gcc -Wall -g -o watchpoint watchpoint.c; ./watchpoint; echo $? Actual results: 2 Expected results: 0 Additional info: Return code 2 means the testcase missed the watchpoint to be hit.
Could you re-test with 2.6.30 from rawhide? This was merged in 2.6.30-rc1: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=42dbaa5a05
Tested this version-in-KVM-on-version and it is now already working, thanks for the pointer: kernel-2.6.30-0.97.rc8.fc12.x86_64