Drops into Simulator Debugger only in a session that is already interactive.

runtime/vm/simulator_mips.h

 // Copyright (c) 2013, the Dart project authors.  Please see the AUTHORS file
 // for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
 // BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
 // Declares a Simulator for MIPS instructions if we are not generating a native
 // MIPS binary. This Simulator allows us to run and debug MIPS code generation
 // on regular desktop machines.
 // Dart calls into generated code by "calling" the InvokeDartCode stub,
 // which will start execution in the Simulator or forwards to the real entry
 // on a MIPS HW platform.
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   // Illegal memory access support.
   static bool IsIllegalAddress(uword addr) {
     return addr < 64*1024;
   }
   void HandleIllegalAccess(uword addr, Instr* instr);
 
   // Read and write memory.
   void UnalignedAccess(const char* msg, uword addr, Instr* instr);
 
+  // Handles a legal instruction that the simulator does not implement.
+  void UnimplementedInstruction(Instr* instr);
+
+  // If something goes wrong (Unimplemented instruction, illegal access, etc.),
+  // this flag is used to decide whether to die or to drop into the simulator
+  // debugger. Its initial value is false. Then, when we enter the simulator
+  // debugger (for a user set breakpoint, etc.) it is set to true.
+  bool debugger_attached_;
+
+  // Accessors to set and check whether the simulator debugger is attached.
+  bool debugger_attached() const { return debugger_attached_; }
+  void set_debugger_attached(bool b) { debugger_attached_ = b; }
+
   bool OverflowFrom(int32_t alu_out,
                     int32_t left,
                     int32_t right,
                     bool addition);
 
   void set_pc(uword value) { pc_ = value; }
 
   void Format(Instr* instr, const char* format);
 
   inline int8_t ReadB(uword addr);
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   void Execute();
   void ExecuteDelaySlot();
 
   friend class SimulatorDebugger;
 };
 
 }  // namespace dart
 
 #endif  // VM_SIMULATOR_MIPS_H_