From: Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
To: Doug Evans <dje@google.com>
Cc: Gary Benson <gbenson@redhat.com>,
gdb-patches <gdb-patches@sourceware.org>,
Philippe Waroquiers <philippe.waroquiers@skynet.be>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Make only user-specified executable filenames sticky
Date: Wed, 13 May 2015 08:06:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <555305DF.5050704@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADPb22R8yoX8M7Ws0D4QFDOqK1cgdveNsrdrJwp_=SuCH64qcw@mail.gmail.com>
On 05/12/2015 04:49 PM, Doug Evans wrote:
> On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 3:36 AM, Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> wrote:
>> On 05/11/2015 09:23 PM, Doug Evans wrote:
>>> On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 3:26 AM, Gary Benson <gbenson@redhat.com> wrote:
>>
>>>> This commit updates GDB to keep track of which executable filenames
>>>> were supplied by the user. When GDB might attempt to determine an
>>>> executable filename and one is already set, filenames determined by
>>>> GDB may be overridden but user-supplied filenames will not.
>>>
>>> I can imagine sometimes wanting either behaviour, depending on
>>> the situation.
>>
>> Yeah, AFAICS, both examples you gave work the same before
>> and after Gary's patch.
>>
>>> E.g., if I supply a file name do some stuff, and then change
>>> my mind or wish to investigate a difference process I may
>>> wish gdb to automagically pick up the file name of the new process.
>>
>> In that case, one can use "file; attach PID".
>>
>> That is, you can just unload the previous program, so that GDB picks
>> up the new one automatically on next attach.
>
> I realize one *could* do that.
> Thing is, someone's muscle memory may make them expect
> "attach PID" to Just Work.
> After all, "bash$ gdb" + "(gdb) attach PID" Just Works.
>
> Plus that's two steps.
> Why do I *have* to first type "file" with no arguments?
> (Joe User may be thinking)
> The difference in the two scenarios is explainable, but there's
> still an incongruity here.
>
> We go to lengths to reduce typing in the CLI session.
> IWBN if one could type, say,
> "attach -f PID" (f for "force gdb to use the binary of the attached process",
> or whatever).
We're kind of going on a tangent now. While I agree
that streamlining the sequence of commands is desirable,
I don't think it fixes the issue with muscle memory you raise.
For the very same reason, you'll forget to use "attach -f PID"
instead of "attach PID". A warning (or query but that may be
annoying) may be the best bet for that.
Thanks,
Pedro Alves
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-05-13 8:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 47+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-05-02 9:48 qXfer:exec-file:read and non multiprocess target Philippe Waroquiers
2015-05-05 11:02 ` Gary Benson
2015-05-05 20:45 ` Philippe Waroquiers
2015-05-06 10:31 ` Gary Benson
2015-05-06 17:10 ` [PATCH] Locate executables on remote stubs without multiprocess extensions Gary Benson
2015-05-06 17:15 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-05-06 17:16 ` Gary Benson
2015-05-11 14:37 ` Pedro Alves
2015-05-12 11:03 ` Gary Benson
2015-05-05 15:14 ` qXfer:exec-file:read and non multiprocess target Gary Benson
2015-05-06 10:26 ` [PATCH] Make only user-specified executable filenames sticky Gary Benson
2015-05-06 12:19 ` Pedro Alves
2015-05-06 14:21 ` Pedro Alves
2015-05-06 15:20 ` Gary Benson
2015-05-11 13:57 ` Pedro Alves
2015-05-06 14:46 ` Philippe Waroquiers
2015-05-06 15:41 ` Gary Benson
2015-05-11 13:58 ` Pedro Alves
2015-05-11 20:25 ` Doug Evans
2015-05-11 17:14 ` Don Breazeal
2015-06-05 9:37 ` Gary Benson
2015-06-05 14:54 ` Don Breazeal
2015-07-03 11:14 ` Gary Benson
2015-07-06 12:53 ` Joel Brobecker
2015-07-17 21:48 ` Joel Brobecker
2015-05-11 20:23 ` Doug Evans
2015-05-12 10:36 ` Pedro Alves
2015-05-12 11:13 ` Gary Benson
2015-05-12 11:16 ` Pedro Alves
2015-05-12 13:48 ` Gary Benson
2015-05-12 14:08 ` Pedro Alves
2015-05-12 15:49 ` Doug Evans
2015-05-13 7:55 ` Gary Benson
2015-05-13 9:12 ` Pedro Alves
2015-06-03 17:23 ` Joel Brobecker
2015-06-05 11:22 ` [PATCH v2] Make only user-specified executable and symbol " Gary Benson
2015-06-07 11:40 ` Philippe Waroquiers
2015-06-08 9:01 ` [PATCH v3] " Gary Benson
2015-06-08 19:42 ` Philippe Waroquiers
2015-07-03 11:01 ` Gary Benson
2015-07-03 15:44 ` Pedro Alves
2015-07-06 13:01 ` Pedro Alves
2015-06-07 12:03 ` [PATCH v2] " Philippe Waroquiers
2015-06-07 12:13 ` Philippe Waroquiers
2015-05-13 8:06 ` Pedro Alves [this message]
2015-05-12 16:03 ` [PATCH] Make only user-specified executable " Doug Evans
2015-05-13 8:39 ` Pedro Alves
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