gdb/doc: Clarify vCont packet description

Specifically, what happens with multiple actions that could match a
thread, and what happens when we get a vCont action that matches a
thread that was already running.  E.g., what does:

 "vCont;s:2"
 "vCont;s:1;c"

mean for thread 2.

(Thread 2 continues stepping.)

gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
2016-10-26  Pedro Alves  <palves@redhat.com>

	* gdb.texinfo (Packets): Clarify vCont packets with multiple
	actions that match a thread, and what happens when an action
	matches a thread that is already running.
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Pedro Alves 2016-10-26 11:08:27 +01:00
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2016-10-26 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Packets): Clarify vCont packets with multiple
actions that match a thread, and what happens when an action
matches a thread that is already running.
2016-10-14 Simon Marchi <simon.marchi@ericsson.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Using Trace Files): Fix typo.

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@ -35530,13 +35530,17 @@ for success in non-stop mode (@pxref{Remote Non-Stop})
@cindex @samp{vCont} packet
@anchor{vCont packet}
Resume the inferior, specifying different actions for each thread.
If an action is specified with no @var{thread-id}, then it is applied to any
threads that don't have a specific action specified; if no default action is
specified then other threads should remain stopped in all-stop mode and
in their current state in non-stop mode.
Specifying multiple
default actions is an error; specifying no actions is also an error.
Thread IDs are specified using the syntax described in @ref{thread-id syntax}.
For each inferior thread, the leftmost action with a matching
@var{thread-id} is applied. Threads that don't match any action
remain in their current state. Thread IDs are specified using the
syntax described in @ref{thread-id syntax}. If multiprocess
extensions (@pxref{multiprocess extensions}) are supported, actions
can be specified to match all threads in a process by using the
@samp{p@var{pid}.-1} form of the @var{thread-id}. An action with no
@var{thread-id} is called the default action and matches all threads.
Specifying multiple default actions is an error; specifying no actions
is also an error.
Currently supported actions are:
@ -35581,11 +35585,17 @@ the corresponding stop reply should indicate that the thread has stopped with
signal @samp{0}, regardless of whether the target uses some other signal
as an implementation detail.
The server must ignore @samp{c}, @samp{C}, @samp{s}, @samp{S}, and
@samp{r} actions for threads that are already running. Conversely,
the server must ignore @samp{t} actions for threads that are already
stopped.
@emph{Note:} In non-stop mode, a thread is considered running until
@value{GDBN} acknowleges an asynchronous stop notification for it with
the @samp{vStopped} packet (@pxref{Remote Non-Stop}).
The stub must support @samp{vCont} if it reports support for
multiprocess extensions (@pxref{multiprocess extensions}). Note that in
this case @samp{vCont} actions can be specified to apply to all threads
in a process by using the @samp{p@var{pid}.-1} form of the
@var{thread-id}.
multiprocess extensions (@pxref{multiprocess extensions}).
Reply:
@xref{Stop Reply Packets}, for the reply specifications.