Re: [RFC][PATCH 2/3] x86_64: Allow breakpoints to emulate call functions

[Steven Rostedt]

On Tue, 7 May 2019 14:49:25 -0500
Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > New version:
> > 
> >     x86_64: Allow breakpoints to emulate call functions
> >     
> >     In order to allow breakpoints to emulate call functions, they need to push  
> 
> Sorry to keep nitpicking, but "call functions" -> "function calls" would
> sound more accurate to me (in both subject and description).

I disagree ;-)

Matters how you look at it. I look at it as emulating the "call"
function, not a function call. Like emulating an "addl" function, or a
"jmp" function.

See?

To remove the ambiguity, I could replace "function" with "instruction".

> 
> Otherwise it looks good.

Thanks!

-- Steve