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| -rw-r--r-- | src/target/target.h | 12 |
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diff --git a/src/target/target.h b/src/target/target.h index 4a48e5aa..ef05e751 100644 --- a/src/target/target.h +++ b/src/target/target.h @@ -257,6 +257,18 @@ int target_unregister_event_callback( int (*callback)(struct target *target, enum target_event event, void *priv), void *priv); +/* Poll the status of the target, detect any error conditions and report them. + * + * Also note that this fn will clear such error conditions, so a subsequent + * invocation will then succeed. + * + * These error conditions can be "sticky" error conditions. E.g. writing + * to memory could be implemented as an open loop and if memory writes + * fails, then a note is made of it, the error is sticky, but the memory + * write loop still runs to completion. This improves performance in the + * normal case as there is no need to verify that every single write succeed, + * yet it is possible to detect error condtions. + */ int target_poll(struct target *target); int target_resume(struct target *target, int current, uint32_t address, int handle_breakpoints, int debug_execution); |