Erik Mooney wrote:
>>Can anyone think of a better way to implement this? Should I be watching
>>the stack pointer instead? Or should I actually be looking for an RTS
>>instruction, maybe?
> Why not have the trace execution stop upon reaching _either_ the target
> PC or an RTS instruction? Neither method by itself is foolproof. There's
> a few code cases where a subroutine modifies its return address on the
> stack which would miss your target PC. And looking for an RTS isn't 100%
> reliable either as some subroutines manually reset the stack pointer then
> JMP or Bxx based on a known flag (sometimes this can be faster than RTS.)
How about watching the stack pointer (too)?
Have fun!
Thomas
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