From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: by sourceware.org (Postfix, from userid 1551) id 012D53857426; Tue, 31 May 2022 12:22:34 +0000 (GMT) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 sourceware.org 012D53857426 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From: Pedro Alves To: gdb-cvs@sourceware.org Subject: [binutils-gdb] Improve break-range's documentation X-Act-Checkin: binutils-gdb X-Git-Author: Pedro Alves X-Git-Refname: refs/heads/master X-Git-Oldrev: d7f735269f78cce3ae9b8dd1a96013d185f0c883 X-Git-Newrev: e595ad4cc20a9b34fbda044b161cc7daccdfcf66 Message-Id: <20220531122234.012D53857426@sourceware.org> Date: Tue, 31 May 2022 12:22:34 +0000 (GMT) X-BeenThere: gdb-cvs@sourceware.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Gdb-cvs mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 31 May 2022 12:22:34 -0000 https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=3Dbinutils-gdb.git;h=3De595ad4cc20a= 9b34fbda044b161cc7daccdfcf66 commit e595ad4cc20a9b34fbda044b161cc7daccdfcf66 Author: Pedro Alves Date: Tue May 31 12:18:49 2022 +0100 Improve break-range's documentation =20 Change-Id: Iac26e1d2e7d8dc8a7d9516e6bdcc5c3fc4af45c8 Diff: --- gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo | 16 +++++++++------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index 8c85c5a0c82..f94df686bab 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -25470,7 +25470,7 @@ about the @code{mask} argument in @ref{Set Watchpoi= nts}. PowerPC embedded processors support hardware accelerated @dfn{ranged breakpoints}. A ranged breakpoint stops execution of the inferior whenever it executes an instruction at any address within -the range it specifies. To set a ranged breakpoint in @value{GDBN}, +the range it was set at. To set a ranged breakpoint in @value{GDBN}, use the @code{break-range} command. =20 @value{GDBN} provides the following PowerPC-specific commands: @@ -25481,12 +25481,14 @@ use the @code{break-range} command. Set a breakpoint for an address range given by @var{start-locspec} and @var{end-locspec}, which are location specs. @xref{Location Specifications}, for a list of all the possible forms of location -specs. If either @var{start-locspec} or @var{end-locspec} resolve to -multiple addresses in the program, then the command aborts with an -error without creating a breakpoint. The breakpoint will stop -execution of the inferior whenever it executes an instruction at any -address within the specified range, including @var{start-locspec} and -@var{end-locspec}. +specs. @value{GDBN} resolves both @var{start-locspec} and +@var{end-locspec}, and uses the addresses of the resolved code +locations as start and end addresses of the range to break at. The +breakpoint will stop execution of the inferior whenever it executes an +instruction at any address between the start and end addresses, +inclusive. If either @var{start-locspec} or @var{end-locspec} resolve +to multiple code locations in the program, then the command aborts +with an error without creating a breakpoint. =20 @kindex set powerpc @item set powerpc soft-float