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From: Felix Willgerodt <felix.willgerodt@intel.com>
To: markus.t.metzger@intel.com, gdb-patches@sourceware.org
Subject: [PATCH v3 01/12] btrace: Introduce auxiliary instructions.
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2021 09:41:54 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210616074205.1129553-2-felix.willgerodt@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210616074205.1129553-1-felix.willgerodt@intel.com>

Auxiliary instructions are pseudo instructions pointing to auxiliary data.
This auxiliary data can be printed in all commands displaying (record
function-call-history, record instruction-history) or stepping through
(stepi etc.) the execution history, which will be introduced in the next
commits.

This patch is in preparation for the new ptwrite feature, which is based on
auxiliary instructions.

gdb/ChangeLog:
2021-06-14  Felix Willgerodt  <felix.willgerodt@intel.com>

	* btrace.c (btrace_clear_history): Clear aux_data.
	* btrace.h (btrace_insn_class): Add BTRACE_INSN_AUX.
	(btrace_insn): New union.
	(btrace_thread_info): New member aux_data.

gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
2021-06-14  Felix Willgerodt  <felix.willgerodt@intel.com>

	* gdb.texinfo (Process Record and Replay): Document printing of
	auxiliary information.
---
 gdb/btrace.c        |  2 ++
 gdb/btrace.h        | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++---
 gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo |  4 ++++
 3 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gdb/btrace.c b/gdb/btrace.c
index 5e689c11d4b..9f117a5e90d 100644
--- a/gdb/btrace.c
+++ b/gdb/btrace.c
@@ -1811,6 +1811,8 @@ btrace_clear_history (struct btrace_thread_info *btinfo)
   btinfo->insn_history = NULL;
   btinfo->call_history = NULL;
   btinfo->replay = NULL;
+
+  btinfo->aux_data.clear ();
 }
 
 /* Clear the branch trace maintenance histories in BTINFO.  */
diff --git a/gdb/btrace.h b/gdb/btrace.h
index 8f6ce32103d..670c182505d 100644
--- a/gdb/btrace.h
+++ b/gdb/btrace.h
@@ -52,7 +52,10 @@ enum btrace_insn_class
   BTRACE_INSN_RETURN,
 
   /* The instruction is an unconditional jump.  */
-  BTRACE_INSN_JUMP
+  BTRACE_INSN_JUMP,
+
+  /* The instruction is a pseudo instruction containing auxiliary data.  */
+  BTRACE_INSN_AUX
 };
 
 /* Instruction flags.  */
@@ -68,8 +71,19 @@ DEF_ENUM_FLAGS_TYPE (enum btrace_insn_flag, btrace_insn_flags);
    This represents a single instruction in a branch trace.  */
 struct btrace_insn
 {
-  /* The address of this instruction.  */
-  CORE_ADDR pc;
+  union
+  {
+    /* The address of this instruction.  Applies to btrace_insn with
+       iclass == BTRACE_INSN_OTHER or
+       iclass == BTRACE_INSN_CALL or
+       iclass == BTRACE_INSN_RETURN or
+       iclass == BTRACE_INSN_JUMP.  */
+    CORE_ADDR pc;
+
+    /* Index into btrace_info::aux_data.  Applies to btrace_insn with
+       iclass == BTRACE_INSN_AUX.  */
+    uint64_t aux_data_index;
+  };
 
   /* The size of this instruction in bytes.  */
   gdb_byte size;
@@ -330,6 +344,10 @@ struct btrace_thread_info
      function segment i will be at index (i - 1).  */
   std::vector<btrace_function> functions;
 
+  /* Optional auxiliary data that is printed in all commands displaying or
+     stepping through the execution history.  */
+  std::vector<std::string> aux_data;
+
   /* The function level offset.  When added to each function's LEVEL,
      this normalizes the function levels such that the smallest level
      becomes zero.  */
diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index d09b86cda95..ff4f41941d3 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -7467,6 +7467,10 @@ Moxie, PowerPC, PowerPC64, S/390, and x86 (i386/amd64) running
 GNU/Linux.  Process record and replay can be used both when native
 debugging, and when remote debugging via @code{gdbserver}.
 
+When recording an inferior, @value{GDBN} may print additional auxiliary
+information during stepping commands and commands displaying the execution
+history.
+
 For architecture environments that support process record and replay,
 @value{GDBN} provides the following commands:
 
-- 
2.25.4

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  reply	other threads:[~2021-06-16  7:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 43+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-06-16  7:41 [PATCH v3 00/12] Extensions for PTWRITE Felix Willgerodt
2021-06-16  7:41 ` Felix Willgerodt [this message]
2021-08-12 11:06   ` [PATCH v3 01/12] btrace: Introduce auxiliary instructions Metzger, Markus T
2022-05-06 11:26     ` Willgerodt, Felix
2021-06-16  7:41 ` [PATCH v3 02/12] btrace: Enable auxiliary instructions in record instruction-history Felix Willgerodt
2021-08-12 11:06   ` Metzger, Markus T
2022-05-06 11:26     ` Willgerodt, Felix
2021-06-16  7:41 ` [PATCH v3 03/12] btrace: Enable auxiliary instructions in record function-call-history Felix Willgerodt
2021-08-12 11:14   ` Metzger, Markus T
2022-05-06 11:26     ` Willgerodt, Felix
2021-06-16  7:41 ` [PATCH v3 04/12] btrace: Handle stepping and goto for auxiliary instructions Felix Willgerodt
2021-08-12 11:07   ` Metzger, Markus T
2022-05-06 11:26     ` Willgerodt, Felix
2021-06-16  7:41 ` [PATCH v3 05/12] python: Introduce gdb.RecordAuxiliary class Felix Willgerodt
2021-08-12 11:07   ` Metzger, Markus T
2022-05-06 11:26     ` Willgerodt, Felix
2021-06-16  7:41 ` [PATCH v3 06/12] python: Add clear() to gdb.Record Felix Willgerodt
2021-08-12 11:07   ` Metzger, Markus T
2021-06-16  7:42 ` [PATCH v3 07/12] btrace, gdbserver: Add ptwrite to btrace_config_pt Felix Willgerodt
2021-08-12 11:07   ` Metzger, Markus T
2022-05-06 11:26     ` Willgerodt, Felix
2022-05-10 13:59       ` Metzger, Markus T
2022-06-24  6:57         ` Willgerodt, Felix
2021-06-16  7:42 ` [PATCH v3 08/12] btrace, linux: Enable ptwrite packets Felix Willgerodt
2021-08-12 11:07   ` Metzger, Markus T
2021-06-16  7:42 ` [PATCH v3 09/12] btrace, python: Enable ptwrite listener registration Felix Willgerodt
2021-08-13 10:36   ` Metzger, Markus T
2022-05-06 11:26     ` Willgerodt, Felix
2022-05-30 14:55       ` Metzger, Markus T
2022-05-31 11:26         ` Willgerodt, Felix
2022-05-31 11:50           ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-16  7:42 ` [PATCH v3 10/12] btrace, python: Enable calling the ptwrite listener Felix Willgerodt
2021-08-13 10:36   ` Metzger, Markus T
2022-05-06 11:26     ` Willgerodt, Felix
2022-05-30 15:01       ` Metzger, Markus T
2021-06-16  7:42 ` [PATCH v3 11/12] gdb, testsuite, lib: Add libipt version check Felix Willgerodt
2021-08-13 10:36   ` Metzger, Markus T
2022-05-02  9:55     ` Willgerodt, Felix
2021-06-16  7:42 ` [PATCH v3 12/12] btrace: Extend ptwrite event decoding Felix Willgerodt
2021-06-17  7:00   ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-17 11:51     ` Willgerodt, Felix
2021-08-13 13:36   ` Metzger, Markus T
2022-05-06 11:26     ` Willgerodt, Felix

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