exception command

Synopsis

exception <type>

Description

The exception command is used to test the handling of exceptions like undefined instructions, segmentation faults or alignment faults.

type

type of exception to be generated. The available types are architecture dependent. Use ‘help exception’ to determine which are available.

ARM:

breakpoint

prefetch abort

unaligned

data abort

undefined

undefined instruction

RISC-V:

ebreak

breakpoint exception

unaligned

load address misaligned

undefined

undefined instruction

Sandbox:

sigsegv

illegal memory access

undefined

undefined instruction

x86:

undefined

undefined instruction

Examples

=> exception undefined

Illegal instruction
pc = 0x56076dd1a0f9, pc_reloc = 0x540f9

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