From: Gary Benson <gbenson@redhat.com>
To: Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/7] Access executable from remote system when first inferior appears
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2015 13:56:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150415135555.GA18079@blade.nx> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <552E3C6B.2090300@redhat.com>
Pedro Alves wrote:
> On 04/01/2015 12:22 PM, Gary Benson wrote:
> > 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.
> >
> > 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.
>
> So this is significant user-visible change too. I think it deserves
> an example in the commit log, and a NEWS entry. The manual should
> probably be updated to explain/mention this too. We already mention
> something like this in the "attach" docs:
>
> "When you use @code{attach}, the debugger finds the program running in
> the process first (...)"
How about these?
diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
index b11a6fc..e88210f 100644
--- a/gdb/NEWS
+++ b/gdb/NEWS
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@
the operating system) when starting processes remotely, and when
attaching to already-running local or remote processes.
+* GDB now supports automatic location and retrieval of executable
+ files from remote targets. Remote debugging can now be initiated
+ using only a "target remote" or "target extended-remote" command
+ (no "set sysroot" or "file" commands are required).
+
* Python Scripting
** gdb.Objfile objects have a new attribute "username",
diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index 964f9c4..4f9c21b 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -2531,7 +2531,8 @@ programs on bare-board targets that lack an operating system. You must
also have permission to send the process a signal.
When you use @code{attach}, the debugger finds the program running in
-the process first by looking in the current working directory, then (if
+the process first by querying the operating system. If this fails,
+@value{GDBN} looks first in the current working directory, then (if
the program is not found) by using the source file search path
(@pxref{Source Path, ,Specifying Source Directories}). You can also use
the @code{file} command to load the program. @xref{Files, ,Commands to
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-04-15 13:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 52+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-04-01 11:22 [PATCH 0/7] Do not require "file" commands for remote targets Gary Benson
2015-04-01 11:22 ` [PATCH 3/7] Use gdb_sysroot for main executable on attach Gary Benson
2015-04-01 14:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-04-15 12:45 ` Gary Benson
2015-04-15 10:43 ` Pedro Alves
2015-04-01 11:22 ` [PATCH 2/7] Introduce exec_file_find Gary Benson
2015-04-01 11:22 ` [PATCH 1/7] Introduce exec_file_locate_attach Gary Benson
2015-04-01 11:27 ` [PATCH 4/7] Introduce linux_pid_to_exec_file Gary Benson
2015-04-06 16:41 ` Doug Evans
2015-04-07 9:07 ` Gary Benson
2015-04-08 3:15 ` Doug Evans
2015-04-08 8:06 ` Gary Benson
2015-04-15 9:37 ` Pedro Alves
2015-04-15 13:14 ` [PATCH 4/7 v2] Introduce linux_proc_pid_to_exec_file Gary Benson
2015-04-15 16:01 ` Pedro Alves
2015-04-01 11:29 ` [PATCH 5/7] Implement remote_pid_to_exec_file using qXfer:exec-file:read Gary Benson
2015-04-01 14:55 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-04-06 17:00 ` Doug Evans
2015-04-06 17:21 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-04-06 21:57 ` Doug Evans
2015-04-07 6:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-04-07 9:08 ` Gary Benson
2015-04-08 1:57 ` Doug Evans
2015-04-08 6:00 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-04-01 11:30 ` [PATCH 6/7] Implement qXfer:exec-file:read in gdbserver Gary Benson
2015-04-06 17:11 ` Doug Evans
2015-04-07 9:19 ` Gary Benson
2015-04-17 23:43 ` Possible regression on gdb.base/attach.exp when using native-extended-gdbserver (was: Re: [PATCH 6/7] Implement qXfer:exec-file:read in gdbserver) Sergio Durigan Junior
2015-04-20 9:13 ` Gary Benson
2015-04-20 10:41 ` [OB PATCH] Fix three test failures with extended remote targets Gary Benson
2015-04-01 11:39 ` [PATCH 7/7] Access executable from remote system when first inferior appears Gary Benson
2015-04-15 10:24 ` Pedro Alves
2015-04-15 13:56 ` Gary Benson [this message]
2015-04-15 14:06 ` Gary Benson
2015-04-15 16:15 ` Pedro Alves
2015-04-15 16:09 ` Pedro Alves
2015-04-16 8:23 ` Gary Benson
2015-04-15 16:13 ` Pedro Alves
2015-04-16 9:30 ` Gary Benson
2015-04-16 9:53 ` Pedro Alves
2015-04-16 11:47 ` Gary Benson
2015-04-16 15:06 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-04-16 15:23 ` Pedro Alves
2015-04-16 15:05 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-04-16 19:34 ` Gary Benson
2015-04-15 16:21 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-04-15 10:47 ` [PATCH 0/7] Do not require "file" commands for remote targets Pedro Alves
2015-04-15 12:02 ` Gary Benson
2015-04-15 12:16 ` Pedro Alves
2015-04-15 14:16 ` Gary Benson
2015-04-15 16:20 ` Pedro Alves
2015-04-17 9:01 ` Gary Benson
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