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From: Yao Qi <yao@codesourcery.com>
To: <gdb-patches@sourceware.org>
Subject: [PATCH 5/5] set/show code-cache NEWS and doc
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 08:29:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1382516855-32218-6-git-send-email-yao@codesourcery.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1382516855-32218-1-git-send-email-yao@codesourcery.com>

gdb:

2013-10-23  Yao Qi  <yao@codesourcery.com>

	* NEWS: Add note on new "set code-cache" option.

gdb/doc:

2013-10-23  Yao Qi  <yao@codesourcery.com>

	* gdb.texinfo (Caching Remote Data): Document new
	`set/show stack-cache' option.
---
 gdb/NEWS            |    6 ++++++
 gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo |   10 ++++++++++
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
index 10834df..2533b0c 100644
--- a/gdb/NEWS
+++ b/gdb/NEWS
@@ -98,6 +98,12 @@ set range-stepping
 show range-stepping
   Control whether target-assisted range stepping is enabled.
 
+set code-cache
+show code-cache
+  Use more aggressive caching for accesses to the code.  This improves
+  performance of remote debugging (particularly disassemble) without
+  affecting correctness.
+
 * You can now use a literal value 'unlimited' for options that
   interpret 0 or -1 as meaning "unlimited".  E.g., "set
   trace-buffer-size unlimited" is now an alias for "set
diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index 44fb174..c80f17d 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -10821,6 +10821,16 @@ caching.  By default, this option is @code{ON}.
 @item show stack-cache
 Show the current state of data caching for memory accesses.
 
+@kindex set code-cache
+@item set code-cache on
+@itemx set code-cache off
+Enable or disable caching of code accesses.  When @code{ON}, use
+caching.  By default, this option is @code{ON}.
+
+@kindex show code-cache
+@item show code-cache
+Show the current state of data caching for code accesses.
+
 @kindex info dcache
 @item info dcache @r{[}line@r{]}
 Print the information about the data cache performance.  The
-- 
1.7.7.6

  parent reply	other threads:[~2013-10-23  8:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-10-23  8:29 [PATCH 0/5] Cache code access for disassemble Yao Qi
2013-10-23  8:29 ` [PATCH 2/5] Associate target_dcache to address_space Yao Qi
2013-10-23 16:37   ` Tom Tromey
2013-10-24  8:33     ` Yao Qi
2013-10-28 20:49       ` Tom Tromey
2013-10-28 21:51   ` Doug Evans
2013-10-23  8:29 ` [PATCH 4/5] Use target_read_code in disassemble Yao Qi
2013-10-23  8:29 ` Yao Qi [this message]
2013-10-23 15:25   ` [PATCH 5/5] set/show code-cache NEWS and doc Eli Zaretskii
2013-10-24  8:26     ` Yao Qi
2013-10-24 15:21       ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-10-25  9:35         ` Yao Qi
2013-10-25 10:01           ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-11-02  0:25             ` Yao Qi
2013-11-02  7:06               ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-10-23  8:29 ` [PATCH 3/5] set/show code-cache Yao Qi
2013-10-25  7:47   ` Doug Evans
2013-10-25 14:35     ` Yao Qi
2013-10-25 15:57       ` Doug Evans
2013-10-26 13:24         ` Yao Qi
2013-10-28 18:33           ` Doug Evans
2013-10-23  8:29 ` [PATCH 1/5] Add REGISTRY for struct address_space Yao Qi
2013-10-28 20:46   ` Tom Tromey

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