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.
Commit fbea99ea8a added this to both the "Changes in GDB 7.10" and
"Changes since GDB 7.10" sections by mistake.
gdb/ChangeLog:
2015-09-14 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
* NEWS (Changes in GDB 7.10, New commands>: Remove duplicate
mention of maint set/show target-non-stop.
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.
I think it would be a good idea to document that gdb now has (basic)
support to read/write memory on architectures with non-8-bits memory.
Hopefully somebody will see it and say "Hey! We can now (more easily)
port GDB to our strange DSP that has 32-bits-addressable memory!" and do
it.
gdb/ChangeLog:
* NEWS: Document support for non-8-bits addressable memory.
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.
Ref: https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb/2015-07/msg00011.html
All of these targets use gdb/monitor.c, which has bit rotted
years ago (I'd guess around ~6), and nobody seems to
have noticed:
| target | source |
|----------------+----------------------|
| target dbug | gdb/dbug-rom.c |
| target picobug | gdb/microblaze-rom.c |
| target dink32 | gdb/dink32-rom.c |
| target m32r | gdb/m32r-rom.c |
| target mon2000 | gdb/m32r-rom.c |
| target ppcbug | gdb/ppcbug-rom.c |
This deletes them, along with finally removing monitor.c.
A manual update will be done separately.
gdb/ChangeLog:
2015-08-24 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
* NEWS: Mention removed support for the various ROM monitors.
* Makefile.in (ALL_TARGET_OBS): Remove dbug-rom.o, dink32-rom.o,
ppcbug-rom.o, m32r-rom.o, dsrec.o and monitor.o from gdb_target_obs.
* configure.tgt (h8300-*-*): Remove monitor.o and m32r-rom.o from
gdb_target_obs.
(m68*-*-*): Remove monitor.o dbug-rom.o and dsrec.o from
gdb_target_obs.
(microblaze*-linux-*): Remove microblaze-rom.o, monitor.o and
dsrec.o from gdb_target_obs.
(microblaze*-*-*): Remove microblaze-rom.o, monitor.o and dsrec.o
from gdb_target_obs.
(powerpc-*-lynx*178): Remove monitor.o and dsrec.o from
gdb_target_obs.
(powerpc*-*-*): Remove monitor.o, dsrec.o, ppcbug-rom.o and
dink32-rom.o from gdb_target_obs.
(sh*-*-linux*): Remove monitor.o and dsrec.o from gdb_target_obs.
(sh*): Remove monitor.o and dsrec.o from gdb_target_obs.
* dbug-rom.c, dink32-rom.c, dsrec.c, m32r-rom.c, microblaze-rom.c,
monitor.c, monitor.h, ppcbug-rom.c, srec.h: Delete files.
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.
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.
Check for libipt, an Intel(R) Processor Trace decoder library. The sources
can be found on github at:
https://github.com/01org/processor-trace
gdb/
* configure.ac: Check for libipt
* configure: Regenerate.
* config.in: Regenerate.
* Makefile.in (LIBIPT): New.
(CLIBS): Add $LIBIPT.
* NEWS: document new configure options
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.
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.
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.
This commit announces the newly added ability to directly access
executable and shared library files when attaching to processes
running in containers on GNU/Linux systems.
gdb/ChangeLog:
* NEWS: Announce support for direct access of executable and
shared library files when attaching to inferiors in containers
on GNU/Linux systems.
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".
This patch adds the NEWS entry for aarch64-linux record replay
support.
It has been reviewed and approved.
gdb:
2015-05-26 Omair Javaid <omair.javaid@linaro.org>
* NEWS: Add a note on process record-replay support on aarch64*-linux*
targets.
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.
As this change was ported to GDB 7.9.1, the NEWS entry is moved to
a newly-created "Changes in GDB 7.9.1" section, matching the NEWS
file which is going to be distributed with the GDB 7.9.1 release.
gdb/ChangeLog:
* NEWS: Create "Changes in GDB 7.9.1" section. Move news about
Xmethods now being able to specify a result type to that new
section.
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.
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.
With the S390 vector ABI, vector registers are used for passing vector
arguments and for returning a vector. Support this ABI in inferior
function calls and when setting or retrieving a function's return
value.
gdb/ChangeLog:
* s390-linux-tdep.c: Include "elf/s390.h" and "elf-bfd.h".
(enum s390_vector_abi_kind): New enum.
(struct gdbarch_tdep)<vector_abi>: New field.
(s390_effective_inner_type): Add parameter min_size. Stop
unwrapping if the inner type is smaller than min_size.
(s390_function_arg_float): Adjust call to
s390_effective_inner_type.
(s390_function_arg_vector): New function.
(s390_function_arg_integer): Adjust comment.
(struct s390_arg_state)<vr>: New field.
(s390_handle_arg): Add parameter 'is_unnamed'. Pass vector
arguments according to vector ABI when appropriate.
(s390_push_dummy_call): Initialize the argument state's field
'vr'. Adjust calls to s390_handle_arg.
(s390_register_return_value): Handle vector return values.
(s390_return_value): Apply the "register" return value convention
to a vector when appropriate.
(s390_gdbarch_init): Initialize tdep->vector_abi.
* NEWS: Announce S390 vector ABI support.
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.
