The documentation for the 'frame' command has gotten a little out of
date, it still mentions architecturally specific details that are no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.
This commit allows GDB to access executables and shared libraries
on remote targets where the remote stub does not share a common
filesystem with the inferior(s). A new packet "vFile:setfs" is
added to the remote protocol and the three remote hostio functions
with filename arguments are modified to send "vFile:setfs" packets
as necessary.
gdb/ChangeLog:
* remote.c (struct remote_state) <fs_pid>: New field.
(new_remote_state): Initialize the above.
(PACKET_vFile_setfs): New enum value.
(remote_hostio_set_filesystem): New function.
(remote_hostio_open): Call the above.
(remote_hostio_unlink): Likewise.
(remote_hostio_readlink): Likewise.
(_initialize_remote): Register new "set/show remote
hostio-setfs-packet" command.
* NEWS: Announce new vFile:setfs packet.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo (Remote Configuration): Document the
"set/show remote hostio-setfs-packet" command.
(Host I/O Packets): Document the vFile:setfs packet.
This commit allows GDB to access executables and shared libraries
on native Linux targets where GDB and the inferior have different
mount namespaces.
gdb/ChangeLog:
* linux-nat.c (nat/linux-namespaces.h): New include.
(fileio.h): Likewise.
(linux_nat_filesystem_is_local): New function.
(linux_nat_fileio_pid_of): Likewise.
(linux_nat_fileio_open): Likewise.
(linux_nat_fileio_readlink): Likewise.
(linux_nat_fileio_unlink): Likewise.
(linux_nat_add_target): Initialize to_filesystem_is_local,
to_fileio_open, to_fileio_readlink and to_fileio_unlink.
(_initialize_linux_nat): New "set/show debug linux-namespaces"
commands.
* NEWS: Mention new "set/show debug linux-namespaces" commands.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo (Debugging Output): Document the "set/show debug
linux-namespaces" command.
Intel(R) Memory protection bound information are located in register
to be tested using the MPX new instructions. Since the number of
bound registers are limited a table is used to provide storage for
bounds during run-time.
In order to investigate the contents of the MPX bound table two new
commands are added to GDB. "show mpx bound" and "set mpx bound" are
used to display and set values on the MPX bound table.
2015-04-20 Walfred Tedeschi <walfred.tedeschi@intel.com>
Mircea Gherzan <mircea.gherzan@intel.com>
* i386-tdep.c (MPX_BASE_MASK, MPX_BD_MASK, MPX_BT_MASK, MPX_BD_MASK_32,
MPX_BT_MASK_32): New macros.
(i386_mpx_set_bounds): New function that implements
the command "set-mpx-bound".
(i386_mpx_enabled) Helper function to test MPX availability.
(i386_mpx_bd_base) Helper function to calculate the base directory
address. (i386_mpx_get_bt_entry) Helper function to access a bound
table entry. (i386_mpx_print_bounds) Effectively display bound
information. (_initialize_i386_tdep): Qdd new commands
to commands "set mpx" and "show mpx". (_initialize_i386_tdep):
Add "bound" to the commands "show mpx" and "set mpx" commands.
(mpx_set_cmdlist and mpx_show_cmdlist):
list for the new prefixed "set mpx" and "show mpx" commands.
* NEWS: List new commands for MPX support.
testsuite:
* gdb.arch/i386-mpx-map.c: New file.
* gdb.arch/i386-mpx-map.exp: New File.
doc:
* gdb.texinfo (i386): Add documentation about "show mpx bound"
and "set mpx bound".
Add new commands to specifically enable and disable tui mode. This is
in addition to the readline bindings, but might be easier for a user to
discover if they accidentally end up in tui mode.
gdb/ChangeLog:
* NEWS: Mention 'tui enable' and 'tui disable'.
* tui/tui.c (tui_enable_command): New function.
(tui_disable_command): New function.
(_initialize_tui): New function.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo (TUI): Include 'tui enable' in the introduction.
(TUI Commands): Add 'tui enable' and 'tui disable' details.
It is planned the existing GDB command 'print' will be able to evaluate its
expressions using the compiler. There will be some option to choose between
the existing GDB evaluation and the compiler evaluation. But as an
intermediate step this patch provides the expression printing feature as a new
command.
I can imagine it could be also called 'maintenance compile print' as in the
future one should be able to use its functionality by the normal 'print'
command.
There was a discussion with Eli about the command name:
https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2015-03/msg00880.html
As there were no other comments yet I haven't renamed it yet, before there is
some confirmation about settlement on the final name.
Support for the GDB '@' operator to create arrays has been submitted for GCC:
[gcc patch] libcc1: '@' GDB array operator
https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2015-03/msg01451.html
gdb/ChangeLog
2015-05-16 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
Phil Muldoon <pmuldoon@redhat.com>
* NEWS (Changes since GDB 7.9): Add compile print.
* compile/compile-c-support.c (add_code_header, add_code_footer)
(c_compute_program): Add COMPILE_I_PRINT_ADDRESS_SCOPE and
COMPILE_I_PRINT_VALUE_SCOPE.
* compile/compile-internal.h (COMPILE_I_PRINT_OUT_ARG_TYPE)
(COMPILE_I_PRINT_OUT_ARG, COMPILE_I_EXPR_VAL, COMPILE_I_EXPR_PTR_TYPE):
New.
* compile/compile-object-load.c: Include block.h.
(get_out_value_type): New function.
(compile_object_load): Handle COMPILE_I_PRINT_ADDRESS_SCOPE and
COMPILE_I_PRINT_VALUE_SCOPE. Set compile_module's OUT_VALUE_ADDR and
OUT_VALUE_TYPE.
* compile/compile-object-load.h (struct compile_module): Add fields
out_value_addr and out_value_type.
* compile/compile-object-run.c: Include valprint.h and compile.h.
(struct do_module_cleanup): Add fields out_value_addr and
out_value_type.
(do_module_cleanup): Handle COMPILE_I_PRINT_ADDRESS_SCOPE and
COMPILE_I_PRINT_VALUE_SCOPE.
(compile_object_run): Propagate out_value_addr and out_value_type.
Pass OUT_VALUE_ADDR.
* compile/compile.c: Include valprint.h.
(compile_print_value, compile_print_command): New functions.
(eval_compile_command): Handle failed COMPILE_I_PRINT_ADDRESS_SCOPE.
(_initialize_compile): Update compile code help text. Install
compile_print_command.
* compile/compile.h (compile_print_value): New prototype.
* defs.h (enum compile_i_scope_types): Add
COMPILE_I_PRINT_ADDRESS_SCOPE and COMPILE_I_PRINT_VALUE_SCOPE.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog
2015-05-16 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Compiling and Injecting Code): Add compile print.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
2015-05-16 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
* gdb.compile/compile-print.c: New file.
* gdb.compile/compile-print.exp: New file.
This patch contains the accumulated documentation changes for the
rest of the extended-remote follow fork patchset.
gdb/ChangeLog:
* NEWS: Announce fork support in the RSP and support
for fork debugging in extended mode.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo (Forks): Note that fork debugging is
supported in extended mode.
(Remote Configuration): Add fork event features to table
of packet settings.
(Stop Reply Packets): Add fork events to list of stop reasons.
(General Query Packets): Add fork events to tables of
'gdbfeatures' and 'stub features' supported in the qSupported
packet, as well as to the list containing stub feature
details.
This commit allows GDB to determine filenames of main executables
when debugging using remote stubs without multiprocess extensions.
The qXfer:exec-file:read packet is extended to allow an empty
annex, with the meaning that the remote stub should supply the
filename of whatever it thinks is the current process.
gdb/ChangeLog:
* remote.c (remote_add_inferior): Call exec_file_locate_attach
for fake PIDs as well as real ones.
(remote_pid_to_exec_file): Send empty annex if PID is fake.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo (General Query Packets): Document
qXfer:exec-file:read with empty annex.
gdb/gdbserver/ChangeLog:
* server.c (handle_qxfer_exec_file): Use current process
if annex is empty.
The "info dll", an alias of the "info sharedlibrary" command, is
currently only defined in windows native versions. This patch makes
it universally available by moving the alias declaration to solib.c,
and adjusts the documentation accordingly.
Making it universally available has two benefits:
- Windows users moving to a Unix platforms are still able to use
the same command for getting the list of shared libraries;
- Unix to Windows cross debuggers now provide that command also.
gdb/ChangeLog:
* solib.c (_initialize_solib): Add "info dll" alias creation.
* windows-nat.c (set_windows_aliases): Delete.
(_initialize_windows_nat): Remove deprecated_init_ui_hook
assignment.
* NEWS: Add news entry about "info dll" now being available
on all platforms.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo (Files): Add "info dll" documentation.
(Cygwin Native): Remove "info dll" documentation.
Extend the gdb 'dump' command to allow creating output in verilog hex
format. Add some tests to cover new functionality. As bfd does not
currently support reading in verilog hex formats the tests only cover
the 'dump' command, not the 'restore' command.
gdb/ChangeLog:
* cli/cli-dump.c (verilog_cmdlist): New variable.
(dump_verilog_memory): New function.
(dump_verilog_value): New function.
(verilog_dump_command): New function.
(_initialize_cli_dump): Add new commands to support verilog dump
format.
* NEWS: Add entry for "dump verilog".
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo (Dump/Restore Files): Add detail about verilog dump
format.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
* gdb.base/dump.exp: Add *.verilog files to all_files list. Add
new tests for verilog output.
This commit modifies remote_add_inferior to take an extra argument
try_open_exec. If this is nonzero, remote_add_inferior will attempt
to open this inferior's executable as the main executable if no main
executable is open already. Callers are updated appropriately.
With this commit, remote debugging can now be initiated using only a
"target remote" or "target extended-remote" command; no "set sysroot"
or "file" commands are required, e.g.
bash$ gdb -q
(gdb) target remote | gdbserver - /bin/sh
Remote debugging using | gdbserver - /bin/sh
Process /bin/sh created; pid = 32166
stdin/stdout redirected
Remote debugging using stdio
Reading symbols from target:/bin/bash...
One testcase required updating as a result of this commit. The test
checked that GDB's "info files" command does not crash if no main
executable is open, and relied on GDB's inability to access the main
executable over the remote protocol. The test was updated to inhibit
this new behavior.
gdb/ChangeLog:
* remote.c (remote_add_inferior): New argument try_open_exec.
If nonzero, attempt to open the inferior's executable file as
the main executable if no main executable is open already.
All callers updated.
* NEWS: Mention that GDB now supports automatic location and
retrieval of executable + files from remote targets.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo (Connecting to a Remote Target): Mention that
GDB can access program files from remote targets that support
qXfer:exec-file:read and Host I/O packets.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
* gdb.server/server-exec-info.exp: Inhibit GDB from accessing
the main executable over the remote protocol.
This commit adds a new packet "qXfer:exec-file:read" to the remote
protocol that can be used to obtain the pathname of the file that
was executed to create a process on the remote system. Support for
this packet is added to GDB and remote_ops.to_pid_to_exec_file is
implemented using it.
gdb/ChangeLog:
* target.h (TARGET_OBJECT_EXEC_FILE): New enum value.
* remote.c (PACKET_qXfer_exec_file): Likewise.
(remote_protocol_features): Register the
"qXfer:exec-file:read" feature.
(remote_xfer_partial): Handle TARGET_OBJECT_EXEC_FILE.
(remote_pid_to_exec_file): New function.
(init_remote_ops): Initialize to_pid_to_exec_file.
(_initialize_remote): Register new "set/show remote
pid-to-exec-file-packet" command.
* NEWS: Announce new qXfer:exec-file:read packet.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo (Remote Configuration): Document the "set/show
remote pid-to-exec-file-packet" command.
(General Query Packets): Document the qXfer:exec-file:read
qSupported features. Document the qXfer:exec-file:read packet.
This commit updates exec_file_locate_attach to use exec_file_find
to compute the full pathname of the main executable in some cases.
The net effect of this is that the main executable's path will be
prefixed with gdb_sysroot in the same way that shared library paths
currently are.
gdb/ChangeLog:
* exec.c (solist.h): New include.
(exec_file_locate_attach): Prefix absolute executable
paths with gdb_sysroot if set.
* NEWS: Mention that executable paths may be prepended
with sysroot.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo (set sysroot): Document that "set sysroot" also
applies to executable paths if supplied to GDB as absolute.
Pedro Alves:
The commands that enables aren't even documented in the manual.
Judging from that, I assume that only wdb users would ever really
be using the --xdb switch.
I think it's time to drop "support" for the --xdb switch too. I
looked through the commands that that exposes, the only that looked
potentially interesting was "go", but then it's just an alias
for "tbreak+jump", which can easily be done with "define go...end".
I'd rather free up the "go" name for something potentially
more interesting (either run control, or maybe even unrelated,
e.g., for golang).
gdb/ChangeLog
2015-04-11 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
* NEWS (Changes since GDB 7.9): Add removed -xdb.
* breakpoint.c (command_line_is_silent): Remove xdb_commands
conditional.
(_initialize_breakpoint): Remove xdb_commands for bc, ab, sb, db, ba
and lb.
* cli/cli-cmds.c (_initialize_cli_cmds): Remove xdb_commands for v and
va.
* cli/cli-decode.c (find_command_name_length): Remove xdb_commands
conditional.
* defs.h (xdb_commands): Remove declaration.
* f-valprint.c (_initialize_f_valprint): Remove xdb_commands for lc.
* guile/scm-cmd.c (command_classes): Remove xdb from comment.
* infcmd.c (run_no_args_command, go_command): Remove.
(_initialize_infcmd): Remove xdb_commands for S, go, g, R and lr.
* infrun.c (xdb_handle_command): Remove.
(_initialize_infrun): Remove xdb_commands for lz and z.
* main.c (xdb_commands): Remove variable.
(captured_main): Remove "xdb" from long_options.
(print_gdb_help): Remove --xdb from help.
* python/py-cmd.c (gdbpy_initialize_commands): Remove xdb from comment.
* source.c (_initialize_source): Remove xdb_commands for D, ld, / and ?.
* stack.c (backtrace_full_command, args_plus_locals_info)
(current_frame_command): Remove.
(_initialize_stack): Remove xdb_commands for t, T and l.
* symtab.c (_initialize_symtab): Remove xdb_commands for lf and lg.
* thread.c (_initialize_thread): Remove xdb_commands condition.
* tui/tui-layout.c (tui_toggle_layout_command)
(tui_toggle_split_layout_command, tui_handle_xdb_layout): Remove.
(_initialize_tui_layout): Remove xdb_commands for td and ts.
* tui/tui-regs.c (tui_scroll_regs_forward_command)
(tui_scroll_regs_backward_command): Remove.
(_initialize_tui_regs): Remove xdb_commands for fr, gr, sr, +r and -r.
* tui/tui-win.c (tui_xdb_set_win_height_command): Remove.
(_initialize_tui_win): Remove xdb_commands for U and w.
* utils.c (pagination_on_command, pagination_off_command): Remove.
(initialize_utils): Remove xdb_commands for am and sm.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog
2015-04-11 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Mode Options): Remove -xdb.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog
2015-04-10 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
* gdb.texinfo (Compiling and Injecting Code): Describe set debug
compile, show debug compile. New subsection Compilation options for
the compile command. New subsection Compiler search for the compile
command.
This patch, as the subject says, extends GDB so that it is able to use
the contents of the file /proc/PID/coredump_filter when generating a
corefile. This file contains a bit mask that is a representation of
the different types of memory mappings in the Linux kernel; the user
can choose to dump or not dump a certain type of memory mapping by
enabling/disabling the respective bit in the bit mask. Currently,
here is what is supported:
bit 0 Dump anonymous private mappings.
bit 1 Dump anonymous shared mappings.
bit 2 Dump file-backed private mappings.
bit 3 Dump file-backed shared mappings.
bit 4 (since Linux 2.6.24)
Dump ELF headers.
bit 5 (since Linux 2.6.28)
Dump private huge pages.
bit 6 (since Linux 2.6.28)
Dump shared huge pages.
(This table has been taken from core(5), but you can also read about it
on Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt inside the Linux kernel source
tree).
The default value for this file, used by the Linux kernel, is 0x33,
which means that bits 0, 1, 4 and 5 are enabled. This is also the
default for GDB implemented in this patch, FWIW.
Well, reading the file is obviously trivial. The hard part, mind you,
is how to determine the types of the memory mappings. For that, I
extended the code of gdb/linux-tdep.c:linux_find_memory_regions_full and
made it rely *much more* on the information gathered from
/proc/<PID>/smaps. This file contains a "verbose dump" of the
inferior's memory mappings, and we were not using as much information as
we could from it. If you want to read more about this file, take a look
at the proc(5) manpage (I will also write a blog post soon about
everything I had to learn to get this patch done, and when I it is ready
I will post it here).
With Oleg Nesterov's help, we could improve the current algorithm for
determining whether a memory mapping is anonymous/file-backed,
private/shared. GDB now also respects the MADV_DONTDUMP flag and does
not dump the memory mapping marked as so, and will always dump
"[vsyscall]" or "[vdso]" mappings (just like the Linux kernel).
In a nutshell, what the new code is doing is:
- If the mapping is associated to a file whose name ends with
" (deleted)", or if the file is "/dev/zero", or if it is "/SYSV%08x"
(shared memory), or if there is no file associated with it, or if
the AnonHugePages: or the Anonymous: fields in the /proc/PID/smaps
have contents, then GDB considers this mapping to be anonymous.
There is a special case in this, though: if the memory mapping is a
file-backed one, but *also* contains "Anonymous:" or
"AnonHugePages:" pages, then GDB considers this mapping to be *both*
anonymous and file-backed, just like the Linux kernel does. What
that means is simple: this mapping will be dumped if the user
requested anonymous mappings *or* if the user requested file-backed
mappings to be present in the corefile.
It is worth mentioning that, from all those checks described above,
the most fragile is the one to see if the file name ends with
" (deleted)". This does not necessarily mean that the mapping is
anonymous, because the deleted file associated with the mapping may
have been a hard link to another file, for example. The Linux
kernel checks to see if "i_nlink == 0", but GDB cannot easily do
this check (as it has been discussed, GDB would need to run as root,
and would need to check the contents of the /proc/PID/map_files/
directory in order to determine whether the deleted was a hardlink
or not). Therefore, we made a compromise here, and we assume that
if the file name ends with " (deleted)", then the mapping is indeed
anonymous. FWIW, this is something the Linux kernel could do
better: expose this information in a more direct way.
- If we see the flag "sh" in the VmFlags: field (in /proc/PID/smaps),
then certainly the memory mapping is shared (VM_SHARED). If we have
access to the VmFlags, and we don't see the "sh" there, then
certainly the mapping is private. However, older Linux kernels (see
the code for more details) do not have the VmFlags field; in that
case, we use another heuristic: if we see 'p' in the permission
flags, then we assume that the mapping is private, even though the
presence of the 's' flag there would mean VM_MAYSHARE, which means
the mapping could still be private. This should work OK enough,
however.
Finally, it is worth mentioning that I added a new command, 'set
use-coredump-filter on/off'. When it is 'on', it will read the
coredump_filter' file (if it exists) and use its value; otherwise, it
will use the default value mentioned above (0x33) to decide which memory
mappings to dump.
gdb/ChangeLog:
2015-03-31 Sergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj@redhat.com>
Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
PR corefiles/16092
* linux-tdep.c: Include 'gdbcmd.h' and 'gdb_regex.h'.
New enum identifying the various options of the coredump_filter
file.
(struct smaps_vmflags): New struct.
(use_coredump_filter): New variable.
(decode_vmflags): New function.
(mapping_is_anonymous_p): Likewise.
(dump_mapping_p): Likewise.
(linux_find_memory_regions_full): New variables
'coredumpfilter_name', 'coredumpfilterdata', 'pid', 'filterflags'.
Removed variable 'modified'. Read /proc/<PID>/smaps file; improve
parsing of its information. Implement memory mapping filtering
based on its contents.
(show_use_coredump_filter): New function.
(_initialize_linux_tdep): New command 'set use-coredump-filter'.
* NEWS: Mention the possibility of using the
'/proc/PID/coredump_filter' file when generating a corefile.
Mention new command 'set use-coredump-filter'.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
2015-03-31 Sergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj@redhat.com>
PR corefiles/16092
* gdb.texinfo (gcore): Mention new command 'set
use-coredump-filter'.
(set use-coredump-filter): Document new command.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
2015-03-31 Sergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj@redhat.com>
PR corefiles/16092
* gdb.base/coredump-filter.c: New file.
* gdb.base/coredump-filter.exp: Likewise.
This patch adds cpu information on linux based on /proc/cpuinfo as :
cpus Listing of all cpus/cores on the system
This patch also reorders the info os commands so that they are listed
in alphabetical order.
gdb/ChangeLog:
* NEWS: Mention info os cpus support.
* gdb/nat/linux-osdata.c (linux_xfer_osdata_cpus): New function.
(struct osdata_type): Add cpus entry, reorder the entries in
alphabetical order.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo (Operating System Auxiliary Information): Add info os cpus
documentation, reorder the info os entries in alphabetical order.
Currently, "set scheduler-locking step" is a bit odd. The manual
documents it as being optimized for stepping, so that focus of
debugging does not change unexpectedly, but then it says that
sometimes other threads may run, and thus focus may indeed change
unexpectedly... A user can then be excused to get confused and wonder
why does GDB behave like this.
I don't think a user should have to know about details of how "next"
or whatever other run control command is implemented internally to
understand when does the "scheduler-locking step" setting take effect.
This patch completes a transition that the code has been moving
towards for a while. It makes "set scheduler-locking step" hold
threads depending on whether the _command_ the user entered was a
stepping command [step/stepi/next/nexti], or not.
Before, GDB could end up locking threads even on "continue" if for
some reason run control decides a thread needs to be single stepped
(e.g., for a software watchpoint).
After, if a "continue" happens to need to single-step for some reason,
we won't lock threads (unless when stepping over a breakpoint,
naturally). And if a stepping command wants to continue a thread for
bit, like when skipping a function to a step-resume breakpoint, we'll
still lock threads, so focus of debugging doesn't change.
In order to make this work, we need to record in the thread structure
whether what set it running was a stepping command.
(A follow up patch will remove the "step" parameters of 'proceed' and 'resume')
FWIW, Fedora GDB, which defaults to "scheduler-locking step" (mainline
defaults to "off") carries a different patch that goes in this
direction as well.
Tested on x86_64 Fedora 20, native and gdbserver.
gdb/ChangeLog:
2015-03-24 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
* gdbthread.h (struct thread_control_state) <stepping_command>:
New field.
* infcmd.c (step_once): Pass step=1 to clear_proceed_status. Set
the thread's stepping_command field.
* infrun.c (resume): Check the thread's stepping_command flag to
determine which threads should be resumed. Rename 'entry_step'
local to user_step.
(clear_proceed_status_thread): Clear 'stepping_command'.
(schedlock_applies): Change parameter type to struct thread_info
pointer. Adjust.
(find_thread_needs_step_over): Remove 'step' parameter. Adjust.
(switch_back_to_stepped_thread): Adjust calls to
'schedlock_applies'.
(_initialize_infrun): Adjust "set scheduler-locking step" help.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
2015-03-24 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
* gdb.threads/schedlock.exp (test_step): No longer expect that
"set scheduler-locking step" with "next" over a function call runs
threads unlocked.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
2015-03-24 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
* gdb.texinfo (test_step) <set scheduler-locking step>: No longer
mention that threads may sometimes run unlocked.
The "set serial parity" command allows the user to control which
parity to use when communicating over a serial connection, rather
than having the parity hardcoded to none.
gdb/ChangeLog:
* NEWS: Mention set/show serial parity command.
* monitor.c (monitor_open): Call serial_setparity.
* remote.c (remote_open_1): Likewise.
* ser-base.c (ser_base_serparity): New function.
* ser-base.h (ser_base_setparity): Add declaration.
* ser-go32.c (dos_ops): Set "setparity" field.
* ser-mingw.c (ser_windows_raw): Do not set state.fParity and
state.Parity.
(ser_windows_setparity): New function.
(hardwire_ops): Add ser_windows_setparity.
(tty_ops): Add NULL for setparity field.
(pipe_ops): Add ser_base_setparity.
(tcp_ops): Likewise.
* ser-pipe.c (pipe_ops): Likewise.
* ser-tcp.c (tcp_ops): Likewise.
* ser-unix.c (hardwire_setparity): Add declaration.
(hardwire_raw): Don't reset PARENB flag.
(hardwire_setparity): New function.
(hardwire_ops): Add hardwire_setparity.
* serial.c (serial_setparity): New function.
(serial_parity): New global.
(parity_none, parity_odd, parity_even, parity_enums, parity):
New static globals.
(set_parity): New function.
(_initialize_serial): Add set/show serial parity commands.
* serial.h (GDBPARITY_NONE): Define.
(GDBPARITY_ODD): Define.
(GDBPARITY_EVEN): Define.
(serial_setparity) Add declaration.
(struct serial_ops): Add setparity field.
* target.h (serial_parity): Add declaration.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo (Remote configuration): Document "set/show
serial parity" command.
This commit makes support for the "vFile:fstat" packet be detected
by probing rather than using qSupported, for consistency with the
other vFile: packets.
gdb/ChangeLog:
(remote_protocol_features): Remove the "vFile:fstat" feature.
(remote_hostio_fstat): Probe for "vFile:fstat" support.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo (General Query Packets): Remove documentation
for now-removed vFile:fstat qSupported features.
gdb/gdbserver/ChangeLog:
* server.c (handle_query): Do not report vFile:fstat as supported.
This commit adds a new packet "vFile:fstat:" to the remote protocol
that can be used by to retrieve information about files that have
been previously opened using vFile:open. vFile:fstat: support is
added to GDB, and remote_bfd_iovec_stat is implemented using it. If
vFile:fstat: is not supported by the remote GDB creates a dummy result
by zeroing the supplied stat structure and setting its st_size field
to INT_MAX. This mimics GDB's previous behaviour, with the exception
that GDB did not previously zero the structure so all other fields
would have been returned unchanged, which is to say very likely
populated with random values from the stack.
gdb/ChangeLog:
* remote-fileio.h (remote_fileio_to_host_stat): New declaration.
* remote-fileio.c (remote_fileio_to_host_uint): New function.
(remote_fileio_to_host_ulong): Likewise.
(remote_fileio_to_host_mode): Likewise.
(remote_fileio_to_host_time): Likewise.
(remote_fileio_to_host_stat): Likewise.
* remote.c (PACKET_vFile_fstat): New enum value.
(remote_protocol_features): Register the "vFile:fstat" feature.
(remote_hostio_fstat): New function.
(remote_bfd_iovec_stat): Use the above.
(_initialize_remote): Register new "set/show remote
hostio-fstat-packet" command.
* symfile.c (separate_debug_file_exists): Update comment.
* NEWS: Announce new vFile:fstat packet.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo (Remote Configuration): Document the
"set/show remote hostio-fstat-packet" command.
(General Query Packets): Document the vFile:fstat
qSupported features.
(Host I/O Packets): Document the vFile:fstat packet.
This adjusts target remote to tell the core whether a trap was caused
by a breakpoint.
To that end, the patch teaches GDB about new RSP stop reasons "T05
swbreak" and "T05 hwbreak", that remote targets report back to GDB,
similarly to how "T05 watch" indicates a stop caused by a watchpoint.
Because targets that can report these events are expected to
themselves adjust the PC after a software breakpoint, these new stop
reasons must only be reported if the stub is talking to a GDB that
understands them. Because of that, the use of the new stop reasons
needs to be handshaked on initial connection, using the qSupported
mechanism. GDB simply sends "swbreak+" in its qSupports query, and
the stub reports back "swbreak+" too.
Because these new stop reasons are required to fix a fundamental
non-stop mode problem, this commit extends the remote non-stop intro
section in the manual, documenting the events as required.
To be clear, GDB will still cope with remote targets that don't
support these new stop reasons; it will behave just like today.
Tested on x86-64 Fedora 20, native and gdbserver.
gdb/ChangeLog:
2015-03-04 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
* NEWS: Mention the new "swbreak" and "hwbreak" stop reasons.
* remote.c (struct remote_state) <remote_stopped_by_watchpoint_p>:
Delete field.
<stop_reason>: New field.
(PACKET_swbreak_feature, PACKET_hwbreak_feature): New enum values.
(packet_set_cmd_state): New function.
(remote_protocol_features): Register the "swbreak" and "hwbreak"
features.
(remote_query_supported): If not disabled with the corresponding
"set remote foo-packet" command, report support for the swbreak
and hwbreak features.
(struct stop_reply) <remote_stopped_by_watchpoint_p>: Delete
field.
<stop_reason>: New field.
(remote_parse_stop_reply): Handle "swbreak" and "hwbreak".
(remote_wait_as): Adjust.
(remote_stopped_by_sw_breakpoint)
(remote_supports_stopped_by_sw_breakpoint)
(remote_stopped_by_hw_breakpoint)
(remote_supports_stopped_by_hw_breakpoint): New functions.
(remote_stopped_by_watchpoint): New function.
(init_remote_ops): Install them.
(_initialize_remote): Register new "set/show remote
swbreak-feature-packet" and "set/show remote
swbreak-feature-packet" commands.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
2015-03-04 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Remote Configuration): Document the "set/show
remote swbreak-feature-packet" and "set/show remote
hwbreak-feature-packet" commands.
(Packets) <Z0>: Add cross link to the "swbreak" stop reason's
decription.
(Stop Reply Packets): Document the swbreak and hwbreak stop
reasons.
(General Query Packets): Document the swbreak and hwbreak
qSupported features.
(Remote Non-Stop): Explain that swbreak and hwbreak are required.
