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From: John Darrington <john@darrington.wattle.id.au>
To: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
Cc: John Darrington <john@darrington.wattle.id.au>
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] GDB: Document the unix::/path/to/socket of remote connection.
Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2018 17:58:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20181013175801.2670-2-john@darrington.wattle.id.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20181013175801.2670-1-john@darrington.wattle.id.au>

gdb/doc:
* gdb.texinfo (Connecting)[Remote Connection Commands]:  Provide alternative
  unix::/tmp/xxx example.  Include @code{unix::@var{local-socket} in
  the list of remote and extended-remote syntaxes.
---
 gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index b0dc3bf67c..1e97d692b6 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -20829,6 +20829,15 @@ Note that this command has the same form as the command to connect
 to a serial line.  @value{GDBN} will automatically determine which
 kind of file you have specified and will make the appropriate kind
 of connection.
+The above command is identical to the command:
+
+@smallexample
+target remote unix::/tmp/gdb-socket1
+@end smallexample
+@noindent
+
+See below for the explanation of this syntax.
+
 This feature is not available if the host system does not support
 Unix domain sockets.
 
@@ -20839,6 +20848,7 @@ Unix domain sockets.
 @itemx target remote @code{tcp4:@var{host}:@var{port}}
 @itemx target remote @code{tcp6:@var{host}:@var{port}}
 @itemx target remote @code{tcp6:@var{[host]}:@var{port}}
+@itemx target remote @code{unix::@var{local-socket}}
 @itemx target extended-remote @code{@var{host}:@var{port}}
 @itemx target extended-remote @code{@var{[host]}:@var{port}}
 @itemx target extended-remote @code{tcp:@var{host}:@var{port}}
@@ -20846,8 +20856,10 @@ Unix domain sockets.
 @itemx target extended-remote @code{tcp4:@var{host}:@var{port}}
 @itemx target extended-remote @code{tcp6:@var{host}:@var{port}}
 @itemx target extended-remote @code{tcp6:@var{[host]}:@var{port}}
+@itemx target extended-remote @code{unix::@var{local-socket}}
 @cindex @acronym{TCP} port, @code{target remote}
-Debug using a @acronym{TCP} connection to @var{port} on @var{host}.
+Debug using a @acronym{TCP} connection to @var{port} on @var{host}
+or using the Unix domain socket @var{local-socket} on the local machine.
 The @var{host} may be either a host name, a numeric @acronym{IPv4}
 address, or a numeric @acronym{IPv6} address (with or without the
 square brackets to separate the address from the port); @var{port}
@@ -20895,6 +20907,16 @@ target remote :1234
 @noindent
 
 Note that the colon is still required here.
+Alternatively you can use a Unix domain socket:
+
+@smallexample
+target remote unix::/tmp/gdb-socket1
+@end smallexample
+@noindent
+
+This has the advantage that it'll not fail if the port number is already
+in use.
+
 
 @item target remote @code{udp:@var{host}:@var{port}}
 @itemx target remote @code{udp:@var{[host]}:@var{port}}
-- 
2.11.0

  reply	other threads:[~2018-10-13 17:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-10-09 17:33 Gdbserver can listen on local domain sockets John Darrington
2018-10-09 17:33 ` [PATCH] GDBSERVER: Listen on a unix domain (instead of TCP) socket if requested John Darrington
2018-10-09 17:56   ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-10-09 18:02   ` Pedro Alves
2018-10-09 18:41     ` John Darrington
2018-10-09 18:53       ` Pedro Alves
2018-10-09 19:00         ` John Darrington
2018-10-09 19:06           ` Pedro Alves
2018-10-13 17:58     ` [PATCH 1/4] " John Darrington
2018-10-13 17:58       ` John Darrington [this message]
2018-10-13 18:11         ` [PATCH 2/4] GDB: Document the unix::/path/to/socket of remote connection Eli Zaretskii
2018-10-15  9:31         ` Simon Tatham
2018-10-15 11:28           ` John Darrington
2018-10-18 20:21         ` Sergio Durigan Junior
2018-10-13 17:58       ` [PATCH 4/4] GDB: Remote target can now accept the form unix::/path/to/socket John Darrington
2018-10-13 17:58       ` [PATCH 3/4] GDB: Fix documentation for invoking GDBSERVER John Darrington
2018-10-13 18:10         ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-10-18 20:27         ` Sergio Durigan Junior
2018-10-19  7:05           ` John Darrington
2018-10-19 20:45             ` Sergio Durigan Junior
2018-10-21  7:33               ` John Darrington
2018-10-21 16:47                 ` Sergio Durigan Junior
2018-10-23 18:25               ` John Darrington
2018-10-23 18:58                 ` Sergio Durigan Junior
2018-10-13 18:12       ` [PATCH 1/4] GDBSERVER: Listen on a unix domain (instead of TCP) socket if requested Eli Zaretskii
2018-10-18 20:18       ` Sergio Durigan Junior
2018-10-19 18:55         ` John Darrington
2018-10-19 19:43           ` Sergio Durigan Junior
2018-10-28 16:20             ` Simon Marchi
2018-10-28 18:10               ` John Darrington
2018-10-28 18:51                 ` Simon Marchi
2018-10-29  8:24                   ` John Darrington
2018-10-29  9:13                     ` Rainer Orth
2018-10-29  9:38                       ` Rainer Orth
2018-10-29 15:52                       ` Simon Marchi
2018-10-29 16:26                         ` John Darrington
2018-10-29 16:42                           ` Sergio Durigan Junior
2018-10-29 17:34                             ` John Darrington
2018-10-31 13:54                               ` Simon Marchi
2018-10-29 18:32                             ` Simon Marchi

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