From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To: gdb-patches@sourceware.org, binutils@sourceware.org
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] Document support for 'info proc' on FreeBSD.
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2017 22:13:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20171222220513.54983-5-jhb@FreeBSD.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20171222220513.54983-1-jhb@FreeBSD.org>
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo (Native): Rename subsection from SVR4 Process
Information to Process Information.
(Process Information): Document support for "info proc" on
FreeBSD.
---
gdb/doc/ChangeLog | 7 +++++++
gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo | 19 ++++++++++++-------
2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
index 319e0c3cad..749771165a 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2017-12-22 John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
+
+ * gdb.texinfo (Native): Rename subsection from SVR4 Process
+ Information to Process Information.
+ (Process Information): Document support for "info proc" on
+ FreeBSD.
+
2017-12-15 Sergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj@redhat.com>
PR cli/16224
diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index 60ed80c363..cc70d2b249 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -21734,8 +21734,8 @@ Set current context from proc address. This command isn't available on
modern FreeBSD systems.
@end table
-@node SVR4 Process Information
-@subsection SVR4 Process Information
+@node Process Information
+@subsection Process Information
@cindex /proc
@cindex examine process image
@cindex process info via @file{/proc}
@@ -21750,8 +21750,12 @@ information about the process running your program, or about any
process running on your system. This includes, as of this writing,
@sc{gnu}/Linux and Solaris, for example.
-This command may also work on core files that were created on a system
-that has the @samp{/proc} facility.
+This command may also work on other systems that provide process
+information via other means. For example, FreeBSD systems use system
+control nodes to provide process information.
+
+This command may also work on core files that were created on
+@sc{gnu}/Linux and FreeBSD systems.
@table @code
@kindex info proc
@@ -21775,12 +21779,12 @@ a process ID rather than a thread ID).
@item info proc cmdline
@cindex info proc cmdline
Show the original command line of the process. This command is
-specific to @sc{gnu}/Linux.
+supported on @sc{gnu}/Linux and FreeBSD.
@item info proc cwd
@cindex info proc cwd
Show the current working directory of the process. This command is
-specific to @sc{gnu}/Linux.
+supported on @sc{gnu}/Linux and FreeBSD.
@item info proc exe
@cindex info proc exe
@@ -21793,7 +21797,8 @@ Report the memory address space ranges accessible in the program, with
information on whether the process has read, write, or execute access
rights to each range. On @sc{gnu}/Linux systems, each memory range
includes the object file which is mapped to that range, instead of the
-memory access rights to that range.
+memory access rights to that range. On FreeBSD systems, each memory
+range includes the memory access rights and object file.
@item info proc stat
@itemx info proc status
--
2.15.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-12-22 22:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-12-22 22:05 [PATCH 0/4] Support for 'info proc' on FreeBSD cores and native John Baldwin
2017-12-22 22:05 ` [PATCH 1/4] Create psuedo sections for FreeBSD NT_PROCSTAT_(PROC|FILES|VMMAP) notes John Baldwin
2017-12-27 1:18 ` Simon Marchi
2018-01-02 11:49 ` Nick Clifton
2017-12-22 22:05 ` [PATCH 3/4] Support 'info proc' for native FreeBSD processes John Baldwin
2017-12-27 2:23 ` Simon Marchi
2018-01-03 19:05 ` John Baldwin
2018-01-03 19:13 ` Simon Marchi
2018-01-03 21:56 ` John Baldwin
2017-12-22 22:05 ` [PATCH 2/4] Support 'info proc' for FreeBSD process core dumps John Baldwin
2017-12-27 1:56 ` Simon Marchi
2018-01-03 19:05 ` John Baldwin
2017-12-22 22:13 ` John Baldwin [this message]
2017-12-23 8:46 ` [PATCH 4/4] Document support for 'info proc' on FreeBSD Eli Zaretskii
2017-12-27 1:53 ` [PATCH 0/4] Support for 'info proc' on FreeBSD cores and native Simon Marchi
2018-01-03 19:05 ` John Baldwin
2018-01-03 19:15 ` Simon Marchi
2018-01-03 23:39 ` John Baldwin
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