ARM gdb warning: Unable to determine the number of hardware watchpoints available.

(gdb) b *0x40203c
Breakpoint 1 at 0x40203c: file src/pst.c, line 1332.
(gdb) r
Starting program: /data/ac/pst -A
warning: Unable to determine the number of hardware watchpoints available.
warning: Unable to determine the number of hardware breakpoints available.

Breakpoint 1, 0x000000000040203c in main (argc=2, argv=0x7ffffffc28) at src/pstree.c:1332
1332    src/pst.c: No such file or directory.
   0x0000000000402000 <main+0>: fd 7b b9 a9     stp     x29, x30, [sp, #-112]!
   0x0000000000402004 <main+4>: 0d fe 88 d2     mov     x13, #0x47f0                    // #18416
   0x0000000000402008 <main+8>: a2 00 00 f0     adrp    x2, 0x419000 <_IO_stdin_used>
   0x000000000040200c <main+12>:        fd 03 00 91     mov     x29, sp
   0x0000000000402010 <main+16>:        f3 53 01 a9     stp     x19, x20, [sp, #16]
   0x0000000000402014 <main+20>:        42 a0 34 91     add     x2, x2, #0xd28
   0x0000000000402018 <main+24>:        c3 01 00 b0     adrp    x3, 0x43b000
   0x000000000040201c <main+28>:        f5 5b 02 a9     stp     x21, x22, [sp, #32]
   0x0000000000402020 <main+32>:        63 80 37 91     add     x3, x3, #0xde0
   0x0000000000402024 <main+36>:        f4 03 01 aa     mov     x20, x1
   0x0000000000402028 <main+40>:        f7 63 03 a9     stp     x23, x24, [sp, #48]
   0x000000000040202c <main+44>:        41 40 01 91     add     x1, x2, #0x50
   0x0000000000402030 <main+48>:        f3 03 00 2a     mov     w19, w0
   0x0000000000402034 <main+52>:        f9 6b 04 a9     stp     x25, x26, [sp, #64]
   0x0000000000402038 <main+56>:        fb 73 05 a9     stp     x27, x28, [sp, #80]
=> 0x000000000040203c <main+60>:        ff 63 2d cb     sub     sp, sp, x13
   0x0000000000402040 <main+64>:        e2 07 00 f9     str     x2, [sp, #8]
   0x0000000000402044 <main+68>:        02 54 80 d2     mov     x2, #0x2a0                      // #672
   0x0000000000402048 <main+72>:        60 00 40 f9     ldr     x0, [x3]
   0x000000000040204c <main+76>:        e0 f7 23 f9     str     x0, [sp, #18408]
   0x0000000000402050 <main+80>:        00 00 80 d2     mov     x0, #0x0                        // #0
1: $sp = (void *) 0x7ffffffa30

实际的 40203c 的指令如下：

40203c:    97ffff35     bl    401d10 <getopt_long@plt>

第一次注意到这个警告，调试时发现断点位置确实有异样。首先想到了是不是gdb的编译有问题，核查没有问题。再次想到是不是应用程序有问题，重新使用相应平台编译，还是提示此警告。找板子上/bin目录下的应用测试，也是会提示此警告。

可能是重新编译了调试的应用，现使用gdb调试时断点处能与实际指令对上，但此警告还是存在。没有找到此警告的解决办法，能调试就不用管此警告。

(gdb) r
The program being debugged has been started already.
Start it from the beginning? (y or n) y
Starting program: /data/ac/pst -A
warning: Unable to determine the number of hardware watchpoints available.
warning: Unable to determine the number of hardware breakpoints available.

Breakpoint 3, 0x000000000040203c in ?? ()
=> 0x000000000040203c:  35 ff ff 97     bl      0x401d10 <getopt_long@plt>