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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Andrew Burgess <aburgess@redhat.com>
Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org, m.weghorn@posteo.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH 15/16] gdb: new maintenance command to help debug remote argument issues
Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2024 18:32:58 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <83edeqpiv9.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4d76e490c2285dd7858b853f03465a1d798d6240.1704809585.git.aburgess@redhat.com> (message from Andrew Burgess on Tue, 9 Jan 2024 14:26:38 +0000)

> From: Andrew Burgess <aburgess@redhat.com>
> Cc: Andrew Burgess <aburgess@redhat.com>, Michael Weghorn <m.weghorn@posteo.de>
> Date: Tue,  9 Jan 2024 14:26:38 +0000
> 
> Add a new maintenance command 'maint test-remote-args', this command
> takes an argument string and splits it using gdb::remote_args::split
> and then joins the result using gdb::remote_args::join and prints all
> of the results.  This is useful for diagnosing problems with remote
> argument passing.
> 
> This new command is identical to what the remote argument self-tests
> do, I found it easier to have a maintenance command available for
> testing rather than having to add a new selftest and recompile GDB.
> ---
>  gdb/NEWS                                      |  4 ++
>  gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo                           | 21 +++++++
>  gdb/remote.c                                  | 59 +++++++++++++++++++
>  .../gdb.base/maint-test-remote-args.exp       | 40 +++++++++++++
>  4 files changed, 124 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/maint-test-remote-args.exp

The documentation parts are okay, thanks.

Reviewed-By: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>

  reply	other threads:[~2024-01-09 16:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-01-09 14:26 [PATCH 00/16] Inferior argument (inc for remote targets) changes Andrew Burgess
2024-01-09 14:26 ` [PATCH 01/16] libiberty/buildargv: POSIX behaviour for backslash handling Andrew Burgess
2024-01-09 14:26 ` [PATCH 02/16] gdb/testsuite: add some xfail in gdb.base/startup-with-shell.exp Andrew Burgess
2024-01-09 14:26 ` [PATCH 03/16] gdb: Support some escaping of args with startup-with-shell being off Andrew Burgess
2024-01-09 14:26 ` [PATCH 04/16] gdb: remove the !startup_with_shell path from construct_inferior_arguments Andrew Burgess
2024-01-21  3:56   ` Keith Seitz
2024-01-09 14:26 ` [PATCH 05/16] gdbserver: convert program_args to a single string Andrew Burgess
2024-01-09 14:26 ` [PATCH 06/16] gdbsupport: have construct_inferior_arguments take an escape function Andrew Burgess
2024-01-09 14:26 ` [PATCH 07/16] gdbsupport: split escape_shell_characters in two Andrew Burgess
2024-01-09 14:26 ` [PATCH 08/16] gdb: move remote arg splitting and joining into gdbsupport/ Andrew Burgess
2024-01-21  3:57   ` Keith Seitz
2024-01-09 14:26 ` [PATCH 09/16] gdb/python: change escaping rules when setting arguments Andrew Burgess
2024-01-09 16:30   ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-01-09 14:26 ` [PATCH 10/16] gdb: add remote argument passing self tests Andrew Burgess
2024-01-21  3:57   ` Keith Seitz
2024-01-09 14:26 ` [PATCH 11/16] gdb/gdbserver: pass inferior arguments as a single string Andrew Burgess
2024-01-09 16:34   ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-01-09 16:35   ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-01-09 14:26 ` [PATCH 12/16] gdb/gdbserver: add a '--no-escape-args' command line option Andrew Burgess
2024-01-09 16:43   ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-01-21  3:57   ` Keith Seitz
2024-01-09 14:26 ` [PATCH 13/16] gdb: allow 'set args' and run commands to contain newlines Andrew Burgess
2024-01-09 16:44   ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-01-21  3:57   ` Keith Seitz
2024-01-09 14:26 ` [PATCH 14/16] gdb/gdbserver: remove some uses of free_vector_argv Andrew Burgess
2024-01-09 14:26 ` [PATCH 15/16] gdb: new maintenance command to help debug remote argument issues Andrew Burgess
2024-01-09 16:32   ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2024-01-21  3:57   ` Keith Seitz
2024-01-09 14:26 ` [PATCH 16/16] gdb/gdbserver: rework argument splitting and joining Andrew Burgess
2024-01-09 16:37   ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-01-21  3:57   ` Keith Seitz
2024-01-09 16:58 ` [PATCH 00/16] Inferior argument (inc for remote targets) changes Eli Zaretskii
2024-01-20 22:46   ` Andrew Burgess
2024-01-21 10:22     ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-01-22 10:29       ` Andrew Burgess
2024-01-10  8:28 ` Michael Weghorn
2024-01-21  3:56 ` Keith Seitz

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