This patch implements documentation updates for target remote mode fork and
exec events. A summary of the rationale for the changes made here:
* Connecting to a remote target -- explain that the two protocols exist.
* Connecting in target remote mode -- explain invoking gdbserver for target
remote mode, and move remote-specific text from original "Connecting to a
remote target" section.
* Connecting in target extended-remote mode -- promote this section from
"Using the gdbserver Program | Running gdbserver | Multi-Process Mode for
gdbserver". Put it next to the target remote mode section.
* Host and target files -- collect paragraphs dealing with how to locate
symbol files from original sections "Connecting to a remote target" and
"Using the gdbserver program | Connecting to gdbserver".
* Steps for connecting to a remote target -- used to be "Using the
gdbserver program | Connecting to gdbserver"
* Remote connection commands -- used to be the bulk of "Connecting to a
remote target". Added "target extended-remote" commands and information.
gdb/ChangeLog:
* NEWS: Announce fork and exec event support for target remote.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo (Forks): Correct Linux kernel version where
fork and exec events are supported, add notes about support
of these events in target remote mode.
(Connecting): Reorganize and clarify distinctions between
target remote, extended-remote, and multiprocess.
Reorganize related text from separate sections into new
sections.
(Server): Note effects of target extended-remote mode.
Delete section on Multi-Process Mode for gdbserver.
Move some text to "Connecting" node.
This warning is a few years out of date -- there's always a thread
nowadays.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo (Threads): Replace warning with explanation
about single-threaded programs.
HP-UX and SGI/IRIX are no longer supported. Remove references
throughout.
AFAICS from the sources, "catch fork" seems to be supported in
multiple Unix systems -- just remove the "only works on xxx" remarks.
Update the list of supported shared library types.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo (Threads): Remove mention of SGI.
(Forks): Remove mention of HP-UX.
(Breakpoints): Remove mention of HP-UX.
(Set Watchpoints) <hardware watchpoints>: Don't mention HP-UX.
Reword in terms of architectures.
(Set Catchpoints) <catch exec, catch fork, catch vfork>: Don't
mention supported systems.
(Convenience Vars): Don't mention HP-UX.
(Jumping): Remove mention of HP-UX in comment.
(Files) <shared libraries>: Update supported shared library types
list. Remove mention of HP-UX.
(Native): Remove HP-UX subsection.
(SVR4 Process Information): Remove mention of HP-UX.
Commit fc58fa65d4 (gdb/doc: Restructure frame command documentation)
reordered the sections in the 'Examining the Stack' chapter, but
missed updating the menu:
src/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo:6968: warning: node next `Backtrace' in menu `Frame Filter Management' and in sectioning `Selection' differ
src/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo:7167: warning: node prev `Selection' in menu `Frame Filter Management' and in sectioning `Backtrace' differ
src/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo:7252: warning: node `Frame Filter Management' is next for `Frame Info' in sectioning but not in menu
src/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo:7317: warning: node `Selection' is next for `Frame Filter Management' in menu but not in sectioning
src/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo:7317: warning: node prev `Frame Filter Management' in menu `Backtrace' and in sectioning `Frame Info' differ
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
2015-12-10 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Stack): Reorder menu.
This set of patches add support for the zero-padded hexadecimal format for
varobj's, defined as "zero-hexadecimal". We currently only support regular
non-zero-padded hexadecimal.
Talking with IDE developers, they would like to have this option that is
already available to GDB's print/x commands, in the CLI, as 'z'.
gdb/ChangeLog:
2015-12-09 Luis Machado <lgustavo@codesourcery.com>
* gdb/mi/mi-cmd-var.c (mi_parse_format): Handle new "zero-hexadecimal"
format.
* gdb/varobj.c (varobj_format_string): Add "zero-hexadecimal" entry.
(format_code): Add 'z' entry.
(varobj_set_display_format): Handle FORMAT_ZHEXADECIMAL.
* gdb/varobj.h (varobj_display_formats) <FORMAT_ZHEXADECIMAL>: New enum
field.
* NEWS: Add new note to MI changes citing the new zero-hexadecimal
format for -var-set-format.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
2015-12-09 Luis Machado <lgustavo@codesourcery.com>
* gdb.texinfo (GDB/MI Variable Objects): Update text to mention
-var-set-format's new zero-hexadecimal format.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
2015-12-09 Luis Machado <lgustavo@codesourcery.com>
* gdb.mi/mi-var-display.exp: Add new checks for the zero-hexadecimal
format and change test names to make them unique.
gdb/ChangeLog:
* NEWS: Announce this enhancement and the corresponding new
option.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo (Ada Mode Into): Move overloading support
description to its own node.
(Overloading support for Ada): New node.
Testing with "maint set target-non-stop on" causes regressions in
tests that rely on TARGET_WAITKIND_NO_RESUMED, which isn't modelled on
the RSP. In real all-stop, gdbserver detects the situation and
reporst error to GDB, and so the tests (e.g.,
gdb.threads/no-unwaited-for-left.exp) at fail quickly. But with
"maint set target-non-stop on", GDB instead hangs forever waiting for
a stop reply that never comes, and so the tests take longer to time
out.
This adds a new "N" stop reply packet that maps 1-1 to
TARGET_WAITKIND_NO_RESUMED.
gdb/ChangeLog:
2015-11-30 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
PR 14618
* NEWS (New remote packets): Mention the N stop reply.
* remote.c (remote_protocol_features): Add "no-resumed" entry.
(remote_query_supported): Report no-resumed+ support.
(remote_parse_stop_reply): Handle 'N'.
(process_stop_reply): Handle TARGET_WAITKIND_NO_RESUMED.
(remote_wait_as): Handle 'N' / TARGET_WAITKIND_NO_RESUMED.
(_initialize_remote): Register "set/show remote
no-resumed-stop-reply" commands.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
2015-11-30 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
PR 14618
* gdb.texinfo (Stop Reply Packets): Document the N stop reply.
(Remote Configuration): Add the "set/show remote
no-resumed-stop-reply" to the available settings table.
(General Query Packets): Document the "no-resumed" qSupported
feature.
gdb/gdbserver/ChangeLog:
2015-11-30 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
PR 14618
* linux-low.c (linux_wait_1): If the last resumed thread is gone,
report TARGET_WAITKIND_NO_RESUMED.
* remote-utils.c (prepare_resume_reply): Handle
TARGET_WAITKIND_NO_RESUMED.
* server.c (report_no_resumed): New global.
(handle_query) <qSupported>: Handle "no-resumed+". Report
"no-resumed+" support.
(resume): When the target reports TARGET_WAITKIND_NO_RESUMED, only
return error if the client doesn't support no-resumed events.
(push_stop_notification): New function.
(handle_target_event): Use it. Report TARGET_WAITKIND_NO_RESUMED
events if the client supports them.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
2015-11-30 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
* gdb.threads/no-unwaited-for-left.exp: Remove setup_kfail calls.
When testing with "maint set target-non-stop on", a few
threading-related tests expose an issue that requires new RSP packets.
Say there are 3 threads running, 1-3. If GDB tries to stop thread 1,
2 and 3, and then waits for their stops, but meanwhile say, thread 2
exits, GDB hangs forever waiting for a stop for thread 2 that won't
ever happen.
This patch fixes the issue by adding support for thread exit events to
the protocol. However, we don't want these always enabled, as they're
useless most of the time, and would slow down remote debugging. So I
made it so that GDB can enable/disable them, and then made gdb do that
around the cases that need it, which currently is only
infrun.c:stop_all_threads.
In turn, if we have thread exit events, then the extra "thread x
exited" traffic slows down attach-many-short-lived-threads.exp enough
that gdb has trouble keeping up with new threads that are spawned
while gdb tries to stop existing ones. To fix that I added support
for the counterpart thread created events too. Enabling those when we
try to stop threads ensures that new threads never get a chance to
themselves start new threads, killing the race.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
2015-11-30 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Remote Configuration): List "set/show remote
thread-events" command in configuration table.
(Stop Reply Packets): Document "T05 create" stop
reason and 'w' stop reply.
(General Query Packets): Document QThreadEvents packet. Document
QThreadEvents qSupported feature.
gdb/gdbserver/ChangeLog:
2015-11-30 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
* linux-low.c (handle_extended_wait): Assert that the LWP's
waitstatus is TARGET_WAITKIND_IGNORE. If GDB wants to hear about
thread create events, leave the new child's status pending.
(linux_low_filter_event): If GDB wants to hear about thread exit
events, leave the LWP marked dead and don't delete it.
(linux_wait_for_event_filtered): Don't check for thread exit.
(filter_exit_event): New function.
(linux_wait_1): Use it, when returning an exit event.
(linux_resume_one_lwp_throw): Assert that the LWP's
waitstatus is TARGET_WAITKIND_IGNORE.
* remote-utils.c (prepare_resume_reply): Handle
TARGET_WAITKIND_THREAD_CREATED and TARGET_WAITKIND_THREAD_EXITED.
* server.c (report_thread_events): New global.
(handle_general_set): Handle QThreadEvents.
(handle_query) <qSupported>: Handle and report QThreadEvents+;
(handle_target_event): Handle TARGET_WAITKIND_THREAD_CREATED and
TARGET_WAITKIND_THREAD_EXITED.
* server.h (report_thread_events): Declare.
gdb/ChangeLog:
2015-11-30 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
* NEWS (New commands): Mention "set/show remote thread-events"
commands.
(New remote packets): Mention thread created/exited stop reasons
and QThreadEvents packet.
* infrun.c (disable_thread_events): New function.
(stop_all_threads): Disable/enable thread create/exit events.
Handle TARGET_WAITKIND_THREAD_EXITED.
(handle_inferior_event_1): Handle TARGET_WAITKIND_THREAD_CREATED
and TARGET_WAITKIND_THREAD_EXITED.
* remote.c (remove_child_of_pending_fork): Also remove threads of
threads that have TARGET_WAITKIND_THREAD_EXITED events.
(remote_parse_stop_reply): Handle "create" magic register. Handle
'w' stop reply.
(initialize_remote): Install remote_thread_events as
to_thread_events target hook.
(remote_thread_events): New function.
* target-delegates.c: Regenerate.
* target.c (target_thread_events): New function.
* target.h (struct target_ops) <to_thread_events>: New field.
(target_thread_events): Declare.
* target/waitstatus.c (target_waitstatus_to_string): Handle
TARGET_WAITKIND_THREAD_CREATED and TARGET_WAITKIND_THREAD_EXITED.
* target/waitstatus.h (enum target_waitkind)
<TARGET_WAITKIND_THREAD_CREATED, TARGET_WAITKIND_THREAD_EXITED):
New values.
There's currently no non-stop equivalent of the all-stop ^C (\003)
"packet" that GDB sends when a ctrl-c is pressed while a foreground
command is active. There's vCont;t, but that's defined to cause a
"signal 0" stop.
This fixes many tests that type ^C, when testing with extended-remote
with "maint set target-non-stop on". E.g.:
Continuing.
talk to me baby
PASS: gdb.base/interrupt.exp: process is alive
a
a
PASS: gdb.base/interrupt.exp: child process ate our char
^C
[Thread 22730.22730] #1 stopped.
0x0000003615ee6650 in __read_nocancel () at ../sysdeps/unix/syscall-template.S:81
81 T_PSEUDO (SYSCALL_SYMBOL, SYSCALL_NAME, SYSCALL_NARGS)
(gdb) FAIL: gdb.base/interrupt.exp: send_gdb control C
p func1 ()
gdb/
2015-11-30 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
* NEWS (New remote packets): Mention vCtrlC.
* remote.c (PACKET_vCtrlC): New enum value.
(async_remote_interrupt): Call target_interrupt instead of
target_stop.
(remote_interrupt_as): Remove 'ptid' parameter.
(remote_interrupt_ns): New function.
(remote_stop): Adjust.
(remote_interrupt): If the target is in non-stop mode, try
interrupting with vCtrlC.
(initialize_remote): Install set remote ctrl-c packet.
gdb/doc/
2015-11-30 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Bootstrapping): Add "interrupting remote targets"
anchor.
(Packets): Document vCtrlC.
gdb/gdbserver/
2015-11-30 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
* server.c (handle_v_requests): Handle vCtrlC.
This patch adds support for thread names in the remote protocol, and
updates gdb/gdbserver to use it. The information is added to the XML
description sent in response to the qXfer:threads:read packet.
gdb/ChangeLog:
* linux-nat.c (linux_nat_thread_name): Replace implementation by call
to linux_proc_tid_get_name.
* nat/linux-procfs.c (linux_proc_tid_get_name): New function,
implementation inspired by linux_nat_thread_name.
* nat/linux-procfs.h (linux_proc_tid_get_name): New declaration.
* remote.c (struct private_thread_info) <name>: New field.
(free_private_thread_info): Free name field.
(remote_thread_name): New function.
(thread_item_t) <name>: New field.
(clear_threads_listing_context): Free name field.
(start_thread): Get name xml attribute.
(thread_attributes): Add "name" attribute.
(remote_update_thread_list): Copy name field.
(init_remote_ops): Assign remote_thread_name callback.
* target.h (target_thread_name): Update comment.
* NEWS: Mention remote thread name support.
gdb/gdbserver/ChangeLog:
* linux-low.c (linux_target_ops): Use linux_proc_tid_get_name.
* server.c (handle_qxfer_threads_worker): Refactor to include thread
name in reply.
* target.h (struct target_ops) <thread_name>: New field.
(target_thread_name): New macro.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo (Thread List Format): Mention thread names.
Before:
(gdb) info threads
Id Target Id Frame
3 Thread 0x7ffff77c3700 (LWP 29035) callme () at foo.c:30
2 Thread 0x7ffff7fc4700 (LWP 29034) 0x000000000040087b in child_function_2 (arg=0x0) at foo.c:60
* 1 Thread 0x7ffff7fc5740 (LWP 29030) 0x0000003b37209237 in pthread_join (threadid=140737353893632, thread_return=0x0) at pthread_join.c:92
After:
(gdb) info threads
Id Target Id Frame
* 1 Thread 0x7ffff7fc5740 (LWP 29030) 0x0000003b37209237 in pthread_join (threadid=140737353893632, thread_return=0x0) at pthread_join.c:92
2 Thread 0x7ffff7fc4700 (LWP 29034) 0x000000000040087b in child_function_2 (arg=0x0) at foo.c:60
3 Thread 0x7ffff77c3700 (LWP 29035) callme () at foo.c:30
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
2015-11-24 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
PR 17539
* gdb.texinfo (Inferiors and Programs): Adjust "maint info
program-spaces" example to ascending order listing.
(Threads): Adjust "info threads" example to ascending order
listing.
(Forks): Adjust "info inferiors" example to ascending order
listing.
gdb/ChangeLog:
2015-11-24 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
PR 17539
* inferior.c (add_inferior_silent): Append the new inferior to the
end of the list.
* progspace.c (add_program_space): Append the new pspace to the
end of the list.
* thread.c (new_thread): Append the new thread to the end of the
list.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
2015-11-24 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
PR 17539
* gdb.base/foll-exec-mode.exp: Adjust to GDB listing inferiors and
threads in ascending order.
* gdb.base/foll-fork.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.base/foll-vfork.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.base/multi-forks.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.mi/mi-nonstop.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.mi/mi-nsintrall.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.multi/base.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.multi/multi-arch.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.python/py-inferior.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.threads/break-while-running.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.threads/execl.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.threads/gcore-thread.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.threads/info-threads-cur-sal.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.threads/kill.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.threads/linux-dp.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.threads/multiple-step-overs.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.threads/next-bp-other-thread.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.threads/step-bg-decr-pc-switch-thread.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.threads/step-over-lands-on-breakpoint.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.threads/step-over-trips-on-watchpoint.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.threads/thread-find.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.threads/tls.exp: Likewise.
* lib/mi-support.exp (mi_reverse_list): Delete.
(mi_check_thread_states): No longer reverse list.
Add support for the /s modifier of the "record instruction-history" command. It
behaves exactly like /m and prints disassembled instructions in the order in
which they were recorded with interleaved sources. We accept /s in addition
to /m to align with the "disassemble" command.
The "record instruction-history" modifiers were not documented. Document
all of them.
gdb/
* record.c (get_insn_history_modifiers): Set DISASSEMBLY_SOURCE
instead of DISASSEMBLY_SOURCE_DEPRECATED. Also accept /s.
(_initialize_record): Document the /s modifier.
* NEWS: Announce record instruction-history's new /s modifier.
doc/
* gdb.texinfo (Process Record and Replay): Document "record
instruction-history" modifiers.
The 'frame' command is documented in two places. The 'select-frame'
command is only mentioned in one of these places.
Of the two places, having the description of 'frame' and 'select-frame'
in the section 'Selecting a Frame' seems like the most obvious choice,
which is where things like 'up' and 'down' are also documented.
This commit moves the documentation of 'frame' and 'select-frame' into
the 'Selecting a Frame' section, and removes the duplicate documentation
of the 'frame' command.
At the same time I have reordered the sections in the 'Examining the
Stack' chapter, moving the discussion of frame filters to the end of the
chapter; it feels odd that we talk about frame filters before such basic
things like navigating the stack, or examining stack frames in general.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo (Frames): Remove 'frame' and 'select-frame'
description.
(Frame Filter Management): Move to later in the 'Examining the
Stack' chapter.
(Selection): Add entry for 'select-frame'.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo (Process Record and Replay): Fix syntax of
"record instruction-history begin, end" and
"record function-call-history begin, end".
Record targets behave as if scheduler-locking were on in replay mode. Add a
new scheduler-locking option "replay" to make this implicit behaviour explicit.
It behaves like "on" in replay mode and like "off" in record mode.
By making the current behaviour a scheduler-locking option, we allow the user
to change it. Since it is the current behaviour, this new option is also
the new default.
One caveat is that when resuming a thread that is at the end of its execution
history, record btrace implicitly stops replaying other threads and resumes
the entire process. This is a convenience feature to not require the user
to explicitly move all other threads to the end of their execution histories
before being able to resume the process.
We mimick this behaviour with scheduler-locking replay and move it from
record-btrace into infrun. With all-stop on top of non-stop, we can't do
this in record-btrace anymore.
Record full does not really support multi-threading and is therefore not
impacted. If it were extended to support multi-threading, it would 'benefit'
from this change. The good thing is that all record targets will behave the
same with respect to scheduler-locking.
I put the code for this into clear_proceed_status. It also sends the
about_to_proceed notification.
gdb/
* NEWS: Announce new scheduler-locking mode.
* infrun.c (schedlock_replay): New.
(scheduler_enums): Add schedlock_replay.
(scheduler_mode): Change default to schedlock_replay.
(user_visible_resume_ptid): Handle schedlock_replay.
(clear_proceed_status_thread): Stop replaying if resumed thread is
not replaying.
(schedlock_applies): Handle schedlock_replay.
(_initialize_infrun): Document new scheduler-locking mode.
* record-btrace.c (record_btrace_resume): Remove code to stop other
threads when not replaying the resumed thread.
doc/
* gdb.texinfo (All-Stop Mode): Describe new scheduler-locking mode.
The previous manual change was wrong. The vfork parent thread ID
should be reported with the usual "thread" magic register:
Sending packet: $vCont;c:p7260.7260#1e...Packet received: OK
- Notification received: Stop:T05vforkdone:;
+ Notification received: Stop:T05vforkdone:;thread:p7260.7260
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This is already how the parent is reported in the vfork/fork events,
and is actually what the fix made gdbserver do. Following the
documentation change, the event would have been reported like this
instead:
Notification received: Stop:T05vforkdone:p7260.7260
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
2015-09-15 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
PR remote/18965
* gdb.texinfo (Stop Reply Packets): Revert previous change to
the vforkdone description.
The vforkdone stop reply misses indicating the thread ID of the vfork
parent which the event relates to:
@cindex vfork events, remote reply
@item vfork
The packet indicates that @code{vfork} was called, and @var{r}
is the thread ID of the new child process. Refer to
@ref{thread-id syntax} for the format of the @var{thread-id}
field. This packet is only applicable to targets that support
vfork events.
@cindex vforkdone events, remote reply
@item vforkdone
The packet indicates that a child process created by a vfork
has either called @code{exec} or terminated, so that the
address spaces of the parent and child process are no longer
shared. The @var{r} part is ignored. This packet is only
applicable to targets that support vforkdone events.
Unfortunately, this is not just a documentation issue. GDBserver
is really not specifying the thread ID. I noticed because
in non-stop mode, gdb complains:
[Thread 6089.6089] #1 stopped.
#0 0x0000003615a011f0 in ?? ()
0x0000003615a011f0 in ?? ()
(gdb) set debug remote 1
(gdb) c
Continuing.
Sending packet: $QPassSignals:e;10;14;17;1a;1b;1c;21;24;25;2c;4c;#5f...Packet received: OK
Sending packet: $vCont;c:p17c9.17c9#88...Packet received: OK
Notification received: Stop:T05vfork:p17ce.17ce;06:40d7ffffff7f0000;07:30d7ffffff7f0000;10:e4c9eb1536000000;thread:p17c9.17c9;core:2;
Sending packet: $vStopped#55...Packet received: OK
Sending packet: $D;17ce#af...Packet received: OK
Sending packet: $vCont;c:p17c9.17c9#88...Packet received: OK
Notification received: Stop:T05vforkdone:;
No process or thread specified in stop reply: T05vforkdone:;
(gdb)
This is not non-stop-mode-specific, however. Consider e.g., that in
all-stop, you may be debugging more than one process at the same time.
You continue, and both processes vfork. So when you next get a
T05vforkdone, there's no way to tell which of the parent processes is
done with the vfork.
Tests will be added later.
Tested on x86_64 Fedora 20.
gdb/ChangeLog:
2015-09-15 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
PR remote/18965
* remote-utils.c (prepare_resume_reply): Merge
TARGET_WAITKIND_VFORK_DONE switch case with the
TARGET_WAITKIND_FORKED case.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
2015-09-15 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
PR remote/18965
* gdb.texinfo (Stop Reply Packets): Explain that vforkdone's 'r'
part indicates the thread ID of the parent process.
Nowadays, GDB only knows whether architecture supports hardware single
step or software single step (through gdbarch hook software_single_step),
and for a given instruction or instruction sequence, GDB knows how to
do single step (hardware or software). However, GDB doesn't know whether
the target supports hardware single step. It is possible that the
architecture doesn't support hardware single step, such as arm, but
the target supports, such as simulator. This was discussed in this
thread https://www.sourceware.org/ml/gdb/2009-12/msg00033.html before.
I encounter this problem for aarch64 multi-arch support. When aarch64
debugs arm program, gdbarch is arm, so software single step is still
used. However, the underneath linux kernel does support hardware
single step, so IWBN to use it.
This patch is to add a new target_ops hook to_can_do_single_step, and
only use it in arm_linux_software_single_step to decide whether or not
to use hardware single step. On the native aarch64 linux target, 1 is
returned. On other targets, -1 is returned. On the remote target, if
the target supports s and S actions in the vCont? reply, then target
can do single step. However, old GDBserver will send s and S in the
reply to vCont?, which will confuse new GDB. For example, old GDBserver
on arm-linux will send s and S in the reply to vCont?, but it doesn't
support hardware single step. On the other hand, new GDBserver, on
arm-linux for example, will not send s and S in the reply to vCont?,
but old GDB thinks it doesn't support vCont packet at all. In order
to address this problem, I add a new qSupported feature vContSupported,
which indicates GDB wants to know the supported actions in the reply
to vCont?, and qSupported response contains vContSupported if the
stub is able tell supported vCont actions in the reply of vCont?.
If the patched GDB talks with patched GDBserver on x86, the RSP traffic
is like this:
-> $qSupported:...+;vContSupported+
<- ...+;vContSupported+
...
-> $vCont?
<- vCont;c;C;t;s;S;r
then, GDB knows the stub can do single step, and may stop using software
single step even the architecture doesn't support hardware single step.
If the patched GDB talks with patched GDBserver on arm, the last vCont?
reply will become:
<- vCont;c;C;t
GDB thinks the target doesn't support single step, so it will use software
single step.
If the patched GDB talks with unpatched GDBserver, the RSP traffic is like
this:
-> $qSupported:...+;vContSupported+
<- ...+
...
-> $vCont?
<- vCont;c;C;t;s;S;r
although GDBserver returns s and S, GDB still thinks GDBserver may not
support single step because it doesn't support vContSupported.
If the unpatched GDB talks with patched GDBserver on x86, the RSP traffic
is like:
-> $qSupported:...+;
<- ...+;vContSupported+
...
-> $vCont?
<- vCont;c;C;t;s;S;r
Since GDB doesn't sent vContSupported in the qSupported feature, GDBserver
sends s and S regardless of the support of hardware single step.
gdb:
2015-09-15 Yao Qi <yao.qi@linaro.org>
* aarch64-linux-nat.c (aarch64_linux_can_do_single_step): New
function.
(_initialize_aarch64_linux_nat): Install it to to_can_do_single_step.
* arm-linux-tdep.c (arm_linux_software_single_step): Return 0
if target_can_do_single_step returns 1.
* remote.c (struct vCont_action_support) <s, S>: New fields.
(PACKET_vContSupported): New enum.
(remote_protocol_features): New element for vContSupported.
(remote_query_supported): Append "vContSupported+".
(remote_vcont_probe): Remove support_s and support_S, use
rs->supports_vCont.s and rs->supports_vCont.S instead. Disable
vCont packet if c and C actions are not supported.
(remote_can_do_single_step): New function.
(init_remote_ops): Install it to to_can_do_single_step.
(_initialize_remote): Call add_packet_config_cmd.
* target.h (struct target_ops) <to_can_do_single_step>: New field.
(target_can_do_single_step): New macro.
* target-delegates.c: Re-generated.
gdb/gdbserver:
2015-09-15 Yao Qi <yao.qi@linaro.org>
* server.c (vCont_supported): New global variable.
(handle_query): Set vCont_supported to 1 if "vContSupported+"
matches. Append ";vContSupported+" to own_buf.
(handle_v_requests): Append ";s;S" to own_buf if target supports
hardware single step or vCont_supported is false.
(capture_main): Set vCont_supported to zero.
gdb/doc:
2015-09-15 Yao Qi <yao.qi@linaro.org>
* gdb.texinfo (General Query Packets): Add vContSupported to
tables of 'gdbfeatures' and 'stub features' supported in the
qSupported packet, as well as to the list containing stub
feature details.
This patch adds documentation of support for exec events on
extended-remote Linux targets.
gdb/ChangeLog:
* NEWS: Announce new remote packets for the exec-events
feature and the exec-events feature and associated commands.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo (Remote Configuration): Add exec event
feature to table of packet settings.
(Stop Reply Packets): Add exec events to the list of stop
reasons.
(General Query Packets): Add exec events to tables of
'gdbfeatures' and 'stub features' supported in the qSupported
packet, as well as to the list containing stub feature
details.
Being able to force-disable the RSP multiprocess extensions is useful
for testing.
gdb/ChangeLog:
2015-08-24 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
* NEWS (New commands): Mention set/show remote
multiprocess-extensions-packet.
* remote.c (remote_query_supported): Only tell the server to use
the multiprocess extensions if the user hasn't force-disabled them
with "set remote multiprocess-extensions-packet off".
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
2015-08-24 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Remote Configuration): Document the "set/show
remote multiprocess-extensions-packet" commands.
Support for target dbug/picobug/dink32/m32r/mon2000/ppcbug was just
removed, but support for ARM RDI, Sparclet, Sparclite, Z8000, target
r3900, target array, target sds, target op50n and target w89k had
already been removed many years ago. Drop it all in one go.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
2015-08-24 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Embedded Processors) <ARM>: Remove references to RDI.
<M32R>: Remove references to M32R/D.
<M68K>: Remove references to target dbug.
<MIPS Embedded>: Remove references to target r3900 and target
array.
<PowerPC Embedded>: Remove references to target dink32 and target
ppcbug, target sds
<PA, Sparclet, Sparclite, Z8000>: Delete nodes.
In commit 18989b3c56 I broke the creation
of gdb's info manual; I added a new section without adding a suitable
menu entry.
This commit adds the missing menu entry and fixes the build of gdb's
info manual.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo (GDB Files): Add 'File Caching' menu entry.
This patch adds a new debug flag bfd-cache, which when set to non-zero
produces debugging log messages relating to gdb's bfd cache.
gdb/ChangeLog:
* gdb_bfd.c (debug_bfd_cache): New variable.
(show_bfd_cache_debug): New function.
(gdb_bfd_open): Add debug logging.
(gdb_bfd_ref): Likewise.
(gdb_bfd_unref): Likewise.
(_initialize_gdb_bfd): Add new set/show command.
* NEWS: Mention new command.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo (File Caching): Document "set/show debug bfd-cache".
In some rare maintainer cases it is desirable to be able to disable bfd
sharing. This patch adds new commands maintenance set/show commands for
bfd-sharing, allowing gdb's bfd cache to be turned off.
gdb/ChangeLog:
* gdb_bfd.c (bfd_sharing): New variable.
(show_bfd_sharing): New function.
(gdb_bfd_open): Check bfd_sharing variable.
(_initialize_gdb_bfd): Add new set/show command.
* NEWS: Mention new command.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo (Maintenance Commands): Move documentation of "main
info bfds" to...
(File Caching): A New section. Outline bfd caching, and add new
description for "main set/show bfd-sharing".
The "source centric" /m option to the disassemble command is often
unhelpful, e.g., in the presence of optimized code.
This patch adds a /s modifier that is better.
For one, /m only prints instructions from the originating source file,
leaving out instructions from e.g., inlined functions from other files.
gdb/ChangeLog:
PR gdb/11833
* NEWS: Document new /s modifier for the disassemble command.
* cli/cli-cmds.c (disassemble_command): Add support for /s.
(_initialize_cli_cmds): Update online docs of disassemble command.
* disasm.c: #include "source.h".
(struct deprecated_dis_line_entry): Renamed from dis_line_entry.
All uses updated.
(dis_line_entry): New struct.
(hash_dis_line_entry, eq_dis_line_entry): New functions.
(allocate_dis_line_table): New functions.
(maybe_add_dis_line_entry, line_has_code_p): New functions.
(dump_insns): New arg end_pc. All callers updated.
(do_mixed_source_and_assembly_deprecated): Renamed from
do_mixed_source_and_assembly. All callers updated.
(do_mixed_source_and_assembly): New function.
(gdb_disassembly): Handle /s (DISASSEMBLY_SOURCE).
* disasm.h (DISASSEMBLY_SOURCE_DEPRECATED): Renamed from
DISASSEMBLY_SOURCE. All uses updated.
(DISASSEMBLY_SOURCE): New macro.
* mi/mi-cmd-disas.c (mi_cmd_disassemble): New modes 4,5.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo (Machine Code): Update docs for mixed source/assembly
disassembly.
(GDB/MI Data Manipulation): Update docs for new disassembly modes.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
* gdb.mi/mi-disassemble.exp: Update.
* gdb.base/disasm-optim.S: New file.
* gdb.base/disasm-optim.c: New file.
* gdb.base/disasm-optim.h: New file.
* gdb.base/disasm-optim.exp: New file.
This patch adds documentation for explicit locations to both the
User Manual and gdb's online help system.
gdb/ChangeLog:
* NEWS: Mention explicit locations.
* breakpoint.c [LOCATION_HELP_STRING]: New macro.
[BREAK_ARGS_HELP]: Use LOCATION_HELP_STRING.
(_initialize_breakpoint): Update documentation for
"clear", "break", "trace", "strace", "ftrace", and "dprintf".
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo (Thread-Specific Breakpoints, Printing Source Lines):
Use "location(s)"instead of "linespec(s)".
(Specifying a Location): Rewrite.
Add subsections describing linespec, address, and explicit locations.
Add node/menu for each subsection.
(Source and Machine Code, C Preprocessor Macros)
(Create and Delete Trace points)
(Extensions for Ada Tasks): Use "location(s)" instead of "linespec(s)".
(Continuing at a Different Address): Remove "linespec" examples.
Add reference to "Specify a Location"
(The -break-insert Command): Rewrite. Add anchor.
Add reference to appropriate manual section discussing locations.
(The -dprintf-insert Command): Refer to -break-insert for
specification of 'location'.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
* gdb.base/help.exp: Update help_breakpoint_text.
This finally implements user-visible all-stop mode running with the
target_ops backend always in non-stop mode. This is a stepping stone
towards finer-grained control of threads, being able to do interesting
things like thread groups, associating groups with breakpoints, etc.
From the user's perspective, all-stop mode is really just a special
case of being able to stop and resume specific sets of threads, so it
makes sense to do this step first.
With this, even in all-stop, the target is no longer in charge of
stopping all threads before reporting an event to the core -- the core
takes care of it when it sees fit. For example, when "next"- or
"step"-ing, we can avoid stopping and resuming all threads at each
internal single-step, and instead only stop all threads when we're
about to present the stop to the user.
The implementation is almost straight forward, as the heavy lifting
has been done already in previous patches. Basically, we replace
checks for "set non-stop on/off" (the non_stop global), with calls to
a new target_is_non_stop_p function. In a few places, if "set
non-stop off", we stop all threads explicitly, and in a few other
places we resume all threads explicitly, making use of existing
methods that were added for teaching non-stop to step over breakpoints
without displaced stepping.
This adds a new "maint set target-non-stop on/off/auto" knob that
allows both disabling the feature if we find problems, and
force-enable it for development (useful when teaching a target about
this. The default is "auto", which means the feature is enabled if a
new target method says it should be enabled. The patch implements the
method in linux-nat.c, just for illustration, because it still returns
false. We'll need a few follow up fixes before turning it on by
default. This is a separate target method from indicating regular
non-stop support, because e.g., while e.g., native linux-nat.c is
close to regression free with all-stop-non-stop (with following
patches will fixing the remaining regressions), remote.c+gdbserver
will still need more fixing, even though it supports "set non-stop
on".
Tested on x86_64 Fedora 20, native, with and without "set displaced
off", and with and without "maint set target-non-stop on"; and also
against gdbserver.
gdb/ChangeLog:
2015-08-07 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
* NEWS: Mention "maint set/show target-non-stop".
* breakpoint.c (update_global_location_list): Check
target_is_non_stop_p instead of non_stop.
* infcmd.c (attach_command_post_wait, attach_command): Likewise.
* infrun.c (show_can_use_displaced_stepping)
(can_use_displaced_stepping_p, start_step_over_inferior):
Likewise.
(internal_resume_ptid): New function.
(resume): Use it.
(proceed): Check target_is_non_stop_p instead of non_stop. If in
all-stop mode but the target is always in non-stop mode, start all
the other threads that are implicitly resumed too.
(for_each_just_stopped_thread, fetch_inferior_event)
(adjust_pc_after_break, stop_all_threads): Check
target_is_non_stop_p instead of non_stop.
(handle_inferior_event): Likewise. Handle detach-fork in all-stop
with the target always in non-stop mode.
(handle_signal_stop) <random signal>: Check target_is_non_stop_p
instead of non_stop.
(switch_back_to_stepped_thread): Check target_is_non_stop_p
instead of non_stop.
(keep_going_stepped_thread): Use internal_resume_ptid.
(stop_waiting): If in all-stop mode, and the target is in non-stop
mode, stop all threads.
(keep_going_pass): Likewise, when starting a new in-line step-over
sequence.
* linux-nat.c (get_pending_status, select_event_lwp)
(linux_nat_filter_event, linux_nat_wait_1, linux_nat_wait): Check
target_is_non_stop_p instead of non_stop.
(linux_nat_always_non_stop_p): New function.
(linux_nat_stop): Check target_is_non_stop_p instead of non_stop.
(linux_nat_add_target): Install linux_nat_always_non_stop_p.
* target-delegates.c: Regenerate.
* target.c (target_is_non_stop_p): New function.
(target_non_stop_enabled, target_non_stop_enabled_1): New globals.
(maint_set_target_non_stop_command)
(maint_show_target_non_stop_command): New functions.
(_initilize_target): Install "maint set/show target-non-stop"
commands.
* target.h (struct target_ops) <to_always_non_stop_p>: New field.
(target_non_stop_enabled): New declaration.
(target_is_non_stop_p): New declaration.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
2015-08-07 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Maintenance Commands): Document "maint set/show
target-non-stop".
Indicate speculatively executed instructions with a leading '?'. We use the
space that is normally used for the PC prefix. In the case where the
instruction at the current PC had been executed speculatively before, the PC
prefix will be partially overwritten resulting in "?> ".
As a side-effect, the /p modifier to omit the PC prefix in the "record
instruction-history" command now uses a 3-space PC prefix " " in order to
have enough space for the speculative execution indication.
gdb/
* btrace.c (btrace_compute_ftrace_bts): Clear insn flags.
(pt_btrace_insn_flags): New.
(ftrace_add_pt): Call pt_btrace_insn_flags.
* btrace.h (btrace_insn_flag): New.
(btrace_insn) <flags>: New.
* record-btrace.c (btrace_insn_history): Print insn prefix.
* NEWS: Announce it.
doc/
* gdb.texinfo (Process Record and Replay): Document prefixing of
speculatively executed instructions in the "record instruction-history"
command.
testsuite/
* gdb.btrace/instruction_history.exp: Update.
* gdb.btrace/tsx.exp: New.
* gdb.btrace/tsx.c: New.
* lib/gdb.exp (skip_tsx_tests, skip_btrace_pt_tests): New.
Producer part of the new "build-id" XML attribute.
gdb/ChangeLog
2015-07-15 Aleksandar Ristovski <aristovski@qnx.com
Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
gdbserver build-id attribute generator.
* features/library-list-svr4.dtd (library-list-svr4): New
'build-id' attribute.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog
2015-07-15 Aleksandar Ristovski <aristovski@qnx.com
Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
gdbserver build-id attribute generator.
* gdb.texinfo (Library List Format for SVR4 Targets): Add
'build-id' in description, example, new attribute in dtd.
gdb/gdbserver/ChangeLog
2015-07-15 Aleksandar Ristovski <aristovski@qnx.com
Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
gdbserver build-id attribute generator.
* linux-low.c (nat/linux-maps.h, search.h, rsp-low.h): Include.
(ElfXX_Ehdr, ElfXX_Phdr, ElfXX_Nhdr): New.
(ELFXX_FLD, ELFXX_SIZEOF, ELFXX_ROUNDUP, BUILD_ID_INVALID): New.
(find_phdr): New.
(get_dynamic): Use find_pdhr to traverse program headers.
(struct mapping_entry, mapping_entry_s, free_mapping_entry_vec)
(compare_mapping_entry_range, struct find_memory_region_callback_data)
(read_build_id, find_memory_region_callback, lrfind_mapping_entry)
(get_hex_build_id): New.
(linux_qxfer_libraries_svr4): Add optional build-id attribute
to reply XML document.
The documentation for the 'frame' command has gotten a little out of
date, it still mentions architecturally specific details that are no
longer relevant.
This commit removes the old details that no longer apply, and tries to
expand the existing text a little to make the usage clearer for some
cases.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo (Selection): Update documentation for 'frame'
command.
Changes the documentation for the layout and focus commands.
Instead of documenting each layout (or focus) sub-command as a separate
command, document a single layout (and focus) command which takes a
parameter, then list the possible parameters in a table nested under
each command.
The documentation for the layout command has been extended little to
make it clearer which windows are shown in each layout.
gdb/ChangeLog:
* doc/gdb.texinfo (TUI): Restructure documentation on TUI layout
and focus commands.
All uses of @xref must be followed by either '.' or ','. In commit
a4ea0946c an incorrect use of @xref was introduced. This commit
adds a comma after the use of @xref.
gdb/ChangeLog:
* doc/gdb.texinfo (TUI): Add comma after @xref.
Add maintenance commands that help debugging the btrace record target.
The following new commands are added:
maint info btrace
Print information about branch tracing internals.
maint btrace packet-history
Print the raw branch tracing data.
maint btrace clear-packet-history
Discard the stored raw branch tracing data.
maint btrace clear
Discard all branch tracing data. It will be fetched and processed
anew by the next "record" command.
maint set|show btrace pt skip-pad
Set and show whether PAD packets are skipped when computing the
packet history.
gdb/
* btrace.c: Include gdbcmd.h, cli/cli-utils.h, and ctype.h.
(maint_btrace_cmdlist, maint_btrace_set_cmdlist)
(maint_btrace_show_cmdlist, maint_btrace_pt_set_cmdlist)
(maint_btrace_pt_show_cmdlist, maint_btrace_pt_skip_pad)
(btrace_maint_clear): New.
(btrace_fetch, btrace_clear): Call btrace_maint_clear.
(pt_print_packet, btrace_maint_decode_pt)
(btrace_maint_update_pt_packets, btrace_maint_update_packets)
(btrace_maint_print_packets, get_uint, get_context_size, no_chunk)
(maint_btrace_packet_history_cmd)
(maint_btrace_clear_packet_history_cmd, maint_btrace_clear_cmd)
(maint_btrace_cmd, maint_btrace_set_cmd, maint_btrace_show_cmd)
(maint_btrace_pt_set_cmd, maint_btrace_pt_show_cmd)
(maint_info_btrace_cmd, _initialize_btrace): New.
* btrace.h (btrace_pt_packet, btrace_pt_packet_s)
(btrace_maint_packet_history, btrace_maint_info): New.
(btrace_thread_info) <maint>: New.
* NEWS: Announce it.
doc/
* gdb.texinfo (Maintenance Commands): Document "maint btrace"
commands.
Adds a new command "record btrace pt" to configure the kernel to use
Intel(R) Processor Trace instead of Branch Trace Strore.
The "record btrace" command chooses the tracing format automatically.
Intel(R) Processor Trace support requires Linux 4.1 and libipt.
gdb/
* NEWS: Announce new commands "record btrace pt" and "record pt".
Announce new options "set|show record btrace pt buffer-size".
* btrace.c: Include "rsp-low.h".
Include "inttypes.h".
(btrace_add_pc): Add forward declaration.
(pt_reclassify_insn, ftrace_add_pt, btrace_pt_readmem_callback)
(pt_translate_cpu_vendor, btrace_finalize_ftrace_pt)
(btrace_compute_ftrace_pt): New.
(btrace_compute_ftrace): Support BTRACE_FORMAT_PT.
(check_xml_btrace_version): Update version check.
(parse_xml_raw, parse_xml_btrace_pt_config_cpu)
(parse_xml_btrace_pt_raw, parse_xml_btrace_pt)
(btrace_pt_config_cpu_attributes, btrace_pt_config_children)
(btrace_pt_children): New.
(btrace_children): Add support for "pt".
(parse_xml_btrace_conf_pt, btrace_conf_pt_attributes): New.
(btrace_conf_children): Add support for "pt".
* btrace.h: Include "intel-pt.h".
(btrace_pt_error): New.
* common/btrace-common.c (btrace_format_string, btrace_data_fini)
(btrace_data_empty): Support BTRACE_FORMAT_PT.
* common/btrace-common.h (btrace_format): Add BTRACE_FORMAT_PT.
(struct btrace_config_pt): New.
(struct btrace_config)<pt>: New.
(struct btrace_data_pt_config, struct btrace_data_pt): New.
(struct btrace_data)<pt>: New.
* features/btrace-conf.dtd (btrace-conf)<pt>: New.
(pt): New.
* features/btrace.dtd (btrace)<pt>: New.
(pt, pt-config, cpu): New.
* nat/linux-btrace.c (perf_event_read, perf_event_read_all)
(perf_event_pt_event_type, kernel_supports_pt)
(linux_supports_pt): New.
(linux_supports_btrace): Support BTRACE_FORMAT_PT.
(linux_enable_bts): Free tinfo on error.
(linux_enable_pt): New.
(linux_enable_btrace): Support BTRACE_FORMAT_PT.
(linux_disable_pt): New.
(linux_disable_btrace): Support BTRACE_FORMAT_PT.
(linux_fill_btrace_pt_config, linux_read_pt): New.
(linux_read_btrace): Support BTRACE_FORMAT_PT.
* nat/linux-btrace.h (struct btrace_tinfo_pt): New.
(struct btrace_target_info)<pt>: New.
* record-btrace.c (set_record_btrace_pt_cmdlist)
(show_record_btrace_pt_cmdlist): New.
(record_btrace_print_pt_conf): New.
(record_btrace_print_conf): Support BTRACE_FORMAT_PT.
(btrace_ui_out_decode_error): Support BTRACE_FORMAT_PT.
(cmd_record_btrace_pt_start): New.
(cmd_record_btrace_start): Support BTRACE_FORMAT_PT.
(cmd_set_record_btrace_pt, cmd_show_record_btrace_pt): New.
(_initialize_record_btrace): Add new commands.
* remote.c (PACKET_Qbtrace_pt, PACKET_Qbtrace_conf_pt_size): New.
(remote_protocol_features): Add "Qbtrace:pt".
Add "Qbtrace-conf:pt:size".
(remote_supports_btrace): Support BTRACE_FORMAT_PT.
(btrace_sync_conf): Support PACKET_Qbtrace_conf_pt_size.
(remote_enable_btrace): Support BTRACE_FORMAT_PT.
(_initialize_remote): Add new commands.
gdbserver/
* linux-low.c: Include "rsp-low.h"
(linux_low_encode_pt_config, linux_low_encode_raw): New.
(linux_low_read_btrace): Support BTRACE_FORMAT_PT.
(linux_low_btrace_conf): Support BTRACE_FORMAT_PT.
(handle_btrace_enable_pt): New.
(handle_btrace_general_set): Support "pt".
(handle_btrace_conf_general_set): Support "pt:size".
doc/
* gdb.texinfo (Process Record and Replay): Spell out that variables
and registers are not available during btrace replay.
Describe the new "record btrace pt" command.
Describe the new "set|show record btrace pt buffer-size" options.
(General Query Packets): Describe the new Qbtrace:pt and
Qbtrace-conf:pt:size packets.
Expand "bts" to "Branch Trace Store".
Update the branch trace DTD.
This patch implements the new option "history remove-duplicates", which
controls the removal of duplicate history entries ("off" by default).
The motivation for this option is to be able to reduce the prevalence of
basic commands such as "up" and "down" in the history file. These
common commands crowd out more unique commands in the history file (when
the history file has a fixed size), and they make navigation of the
history file via ^P, ^N and ^R more inconvenient.
The option takes an integer denoting the number of history entries to
look back at for a history entry that is a duplicate of the latest one.
"history remove-duplicates 1" is equivalent to bash's ignoredups option,
and "history remove-duplicates unlimited" is equivalent to bash's
erasedups option.
[ I decided to go with this integer approach instead of a tri-state enum
because it's slightly more flexible and seemingly more intuitive than
leave/erase/ignore. ]
gdb/ChangeLog:
* NEWS: Mention the new option "history remove-duplicates".
* top.c (history_remove_duplicates): New static variable.
(show_history_remove_duplicates): New static function.
(gdb_add_history): Conditionally remove duplicate history
entries.
(init_main): Add "history remove-duplicates" option.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo (Command History): Document the new option
"history remove-duplicates".
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
* gdb.base/history-duplicates.exp: New test.
... by mentioning in the manual that setting GDBHISTSIZE to the empty
string disables truncation, like the NEWS entry does.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo (Command History): Mention that setting
GDBHISTSIZE to the empty string disables history truncation.
When GDB reads a nonsensical value for the GDBHISTSIZE environment
variable, i.e. one that is non-numeric or negative, GDB then sets its
history size to 0. This behavior is annoying and also inconsistent
with the behavior of bash.
This patch makes the behavior of invalid GDBHISTSIZE consistent with how
bash handles HISTSIZE. When we encounter a null or out-of-range
GDBHISTSIZE (outside of [0, INT_MAX]) we now set the history size to
unlimited instead of 0. When we encounter a non-numeric GDBHISTSIZE we
do nothing.
gdb/ChangeLog:
PR gdb/16999
* NEWS: Mention new GDBHISTSIZE behavior.
* top.c (init_history): For null or out-of-range GDBHISTSIZE,
set history size to unlimited. Ignore non-numeric GDBHISTSIZE.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
PR gdb/16999
* gdb.texinfo (Command History): Mention new GDBHISTSIZE
behavior.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
PR gdb/16999
* gdb.base/gdbhistsize-history.exp: New test.
The HISTSIZE environment variable is generally expected to be read by
shells, not by applications. Some distros for example globally export
HISTSIZE in /etc/profile -- with the intention that it only affects
shells -- and by doing so it renders useless GDB's own mechanism for
setting the history size via .gdbinit. Also, annoyances may arise when
HISTSIZE is not interpreted the same way by the shell and by GDB, e.g.
PR gdb/16999. That can always be fixed on a shell-by-shell basis but it
may be impossible to be consistent with the behavior of all shells at
once. Finally it just makes sense to not confound shell environment
variables with application environment variables.
gdb/ChangeLog:
* NEWS: Mention that GDBHISTSIZE is read instead of HISTSIZE.
* top.c (init_history): Read from GDBHISTSIZE instead of
HISTSIZE.
(init_main): Refer to GDBHISTSIZE instead of HISTSIZE.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo (Command History): Replace occurrences of HISTSIZE
with GDBHISTSIZE.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
* gdb.base/gdbinit-history.exp: Replace occurrences of HISTSIZE
with GDBHISTSIZE.
* gdb.base/readline.exp: Likewise.
New in v3:
* Change RSP documentation as well. The m, M and X packets now use
lengths in addressable memory units.
New in v2:
* Change wording: use byte for 8-bits chunks and addressable memory unit
for the unit of data associated to a single address.
* Introduce definition of addressable memory unit in the Memory
section.
This patch modifies the manual to clarify the MI, RSP and Python APIs in
regard to reading/writing memory on architectures with addressable
memory unit that are not 8 bits.
Care is taken to use the word "addressable memory unit" or "memory unit"
when referring to one piece of the smallest addressable size on the
current architecture and the word "byte" when referring to an 8-bits
data piece.
For MI, -data-{read,write}-memory are not modified, since they are
deprecated.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo (GDB/MI Data Manipulation): Clarify usage of
bytes and memory units for -data-{read,write}-memory-bytes.
(Packets): Same for m, M and X packets.
* python.texi (Inferiors In Python): Same for read_memory and
write_memory.
This promotes BFD's struct elf_build_id to the generic struct bfd_build_id,
populated when an ELF or PE BFD is read.
gdb is updated to use that, and to use the build-id to find symbols for PE files
also.
There is currently no generic way to extract the build-id from an object file,
perhaps an option to objdump to do this might make sense?
On x86_64-pc-cygwin, gdb's sepdebug.exp changes:
-# of unsupported tests 1
+# of expected passes 90
I don't seem to get consistent testsuite runs on i686-linux-gnu, but there
don't appear to be any regressions.
bfd/ChangeLog:
2015-06-10 Jon Turney <jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk>
* elf-bfd.h : Remove struct elf_build_id.
* bfd.c : Add struct bfd_build_id.
* bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
* elf.c (elfobj_grok_gnu_build_id): Update to use bfd_build_id.
* libpei.h: Add protoype and macros for
bfd_XXi_slurp_codeview_record.
* peXXigen.c (_bfd_XXi_slurp_codeview_record): Make public
* peicode.h (pe_bfd_read_buildid): Add.
(pe_bfd_object_p): Use pe_bfd_read_buildid().
gdb/ChangeLog:
2015-06-10 Jon Turney <jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk>
* build-id.c: Don't include elf-bfd.h.
(build_id_bfd_get): Use bfd_build_id.
(build_id_verify): Ditto.
* build-id.h: Ditto.
(find_separate_debug_file_by_buildid): Ditto.
* python/py-objfile.c: Don't include elf-bfd.h.
(objfpy_get_build_id) Use bfd_build_id.
(objfpy_build_id_matches, objfpy_lookup_objfile_by_build_id): Ditto.
* coffread.c: Include build-id.h.
(coff_symfile_read): Try find_separate_debug_file_by_buildid.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
2015-06-10 Jon Turney <jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk>
* gdb.texinfo (Separate Debug Files): Document that PE is also
supported.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
2015-06-10 Jon Turney <jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk>
* gdb.base/sepdebug.exp: Add EXEEXT where needed.
* lib/gdb.exp (get_build_id): Teach how to extract build-id from a
PE file.
* lib/future.exp (gdb_find_objdump): Add gdb_find_objdump.
Signed-off-by: Jon Turney <jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk>
We previously specified a few known register groups for the 'tui reg'
command. Other register groups could be accessed, but only by using the
'tui reg next' command and cycling through all the groups.
This commit removes the hard coded sub-commands of 'tui reg' and instead
adds dynamic completion of sub-commands based on the architecturally
defined register groups, giving immediate access to all available
register groups.
There is still the 'next' and 'prev' commands for cycling through the
register groups if that's wanted.
The new code maintains the ability to only enter partial names for
register groups, which is something we got for free when using the
standard sub-command mechanism.
The register (and register group) completer has been changed to use
get_current_arch rather than using the architecture of the currently
selected frame. When the target is running, this is equivalent,
however, when the target is not running, using get_current_arch will
provide results from the default architecture.
gdb/ChangeLog:
* completer.c: Add arch-utils.h include.
(enum reg_completer_targets): New enum.
(reg_or_group_completer_1): New function containing old
reg_or_group_completer, add and use new parameter to control what
is completed on. Use get_current_arch rather than architecture of
currently selected frame.
(reg_or_group_completer): Call new reg_or_group_completer_1.
(reggroup_completer): Call new reg_or_group_completer_1.
* completer.h (reggroup_completer): Add declaration.
* tui/tui-regs.c: Add 'completer.h' include.
(tui_reg_next_command): Renamed to...
(tui_reg_next): ...this. Adjust parameters and return rather than
display new group.
(tui_reg_prev_command): Renamed to...
(tui_reg_prev): ...this. Adjust parameters and return rather than
display new group.
(tui_reg_float_command): Delete.
(tui_reg_general_command): Delete.
(tui_reg_system_command): Delete.
(tui_reg_command): Rewrite to perform switching of register group.
Add header comment.
(tuireglist): Remove.
(tui_reggroup_completer): New function.
(_initialize_tui_regs): Remove 'tui reg' sub-commands, update
creation of 'tui reg' command.
* NEWS: Add comment about 'tui reg' changes.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo (TUI Commands): Bring all 'tui reg' commands into a
single table entry.
Types used for some variables could not be used for 32 bits, causing a
compilation failure.
This patch adds a cast to force a quite compilation, but at the same
time it bails out in the case that the cast performed is not safe, i.e.
in the case where the debuggee is 64bit and debugger is 32bit.
Documentation was also affected, once a different version of texinfo the
docs could not be build.
2015-06-10 Walfred Tedeschi <walfred.tedeschi@intel.com>
* i386-tdep.c (i386_mpx_get_bt_entry): Add a cast for mpx_bd_mask
and bt_mask to CORE_ADDR.
doc:
* gdb.textinfo (i386): Fix "@end table" end and "@table" placement.
Joel Brobecker
Don Breazeal
Pedro Alves
Luis Machado
Pierre-Marie de Rodat
Simon Marchi
Markus Metzger
Andrew Burgess
Doug Evans
Yao Qi
Doug Evans
Keith Seitz
H.J. Lu
Jan Kratochvil
Patrick Palka
Jon Turney
Walfred Tedeschi