From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Yao Qi <yao@codesourcery.com>
Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/7] DOC and NEWS
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2013 08:21:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83eh8jlx8j.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1379645226-8719-6-git-send-email-yao@codesourcery.com>
> From: Yao Qi <yao@codesourcery.com>
> Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2013 10:47:04 +0800
>
>
> -V3: Mention "in remote debugging".
>
> gdb:
>
> 2013-09-20 Yao Qi <yao@codesourcery.com>
>
> * NEWS: Describe the default option of
> "trust-readonly-sections" becomes "auto" and the related
> changes.
>
> gdb/doc:
>
> 2013-09-20 Yao Qi <yao@codesourcery.com>
>
> * gdb.texinfo (File): Mention that user has
> 'set trust-readonly-sections off' to get updated contents if
> they are modified. Explain the default option of
> "trust-readonly-sections" is "auto".
This is OK, but should we perhaps mention that an attempt to write to
a read-only section will cause the prompt to turn this option off? I
would mention that prompt as part of this text:
> @item set trust-readonly-sections off
> Tell @value{GDBN} not to trust readonly sections. This means that
> the contents of the section might change while the program is running,
> -and must therefore be fetched from the target when needed.
> +and must therefore be fetched from the target when needed. If you
> +modified the code in the target program, you have to
> +@code{set trust-readonly-sections off} to guarantee @value{GDBN} reads
> +updated contents from the target program instead of object file.
Thanks.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-09-20 8:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 63+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-09-06 2:03 [PATCH 0/3] Trust readonly sections if target has memory protection Yao Qi
2013-09-06 2:03 ` [PATCH 2/3] " Yao Qi
2013-09-06 6:05 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-09-06 9:07 ` Yao Qi
2013-09-06 9:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-09-06 2:03 ` [PATCH 1/3] set trust-readonly-sections off in test cases Yao Qi
2013-09-06 5:56 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-09-06 17:23 ` Pedro Alves
2013-09-06 2:03 ` [PATCH 3/3] Linux has memory protection Yao Qi
2013-09-06 5:57 ` [PATCH 0/3] Trust readonly sections if target " Eli Zaretskii
2013-09-06 8:24 ` Yao Qi
2013-09-06 8:45 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-09-06 13:03 ` Joel Brobecker
2013-09-06 13:27 ` Yao Qi
2013-09-06 13:32 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-09-06 14:17 ` Pierre Muller
[not found] ` <"000d01ceab0b$d53ae600$7fb0b200$@muller"@ics-cnrs.unistra.fr>
2013-09-06 14:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-09-06 14:52 ` Joel Brobecker
2013-09-06 15:56 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-09-06 18:10 ` Joel Brobecker
2013-09-06 18:36 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-09-06 13:00 ` Joel Brobecker
2013-09-08 12:04 ` [PATCH 0/7 V2] " Yao Qi
2013-09-08 12:04 ` [PATCH 1/7] Emit a warning when writing to a readonly section and trust_readonly is true Yao Qi
2013-09-08 15:10 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-09-08 12:05 ` [PATCH 6/7] Linux has memory protection Yao Qi
2013-09-08 12:05 ` [PATCH 3/7] New function windows_init_abi Yao Qi
2013-09-08 12:05 ` [PATCH 5/7] DOC and NEWS Yao Qi
2013-09-08 12:05 ` [PATCH 2/7] set trust-readonly-sections off in test cases Yao Qi
2013-09-08 12:05 ` [PATCH 4/7] Trust readonly sections if target has memory protection Yao Qi
2013-09-08 15:13 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-09-09 7:49 ` Yao Qi
2013-09-09 16:25 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-09-08 12:05 ` [PATCH 7/7] Windows " Yao Qi
2013-09-09 19:16 ` [PATCH 0/7 V2] Trust readonly sections if target " Mark Kettenis
2013-09-10 4:06 ` Yao Qi
2013-09-12 8:30 ` Yao Qi
2013-09-12 9:49 ` Mark Kettenis
2013-09-13 8:17 ` Yao Qi
2013-09-30 17:50 ` Pedro Alves
2013-09-30 18:08 ` Pedro Alves
2013-10-07 22:29 ` Stan Shebs
2013-10-08 12:18 ` Pedro Alves
2013-10-08 12:47 ` Abid, Hafiz
2013-10-08 13:34 ` Pedro Alves
2013-10-08 13:36 ` tmirza
2013-10-09 2:24 ` Doug Evans
2013-10-23 10:16 ` Yao Qi
2013-10-15 0:44 ` Yao Qi
2013-09-20 2:47 ` [PATCH 0/7 V3] " Yao Qi
2013-09-20 2:47 ` [PATCH 3/7] New function windows_init_abi Yao Qi
2013-09-30 18:23 ` Pedro Alves
2013-10-01 6:47 ` Yao Qi
2013-10-01 9:35 ` Pedro Alves
2013-10-01 13:23 ` Yao Qi
2013-09-20 2:47 ` [PATCH 6/7] Linux has memory protection Yao Qi
2013-09-20 2:47 ` [PATCH 7/7] Windows " Yao Qi
2013-09-20 2:47 ` [PATCH 5/7] DOC and NEWS Yao Qi
2013-09-20 8:21 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2013-09-20 2:47 ` [PATCH 4/7] Trust readonly sections if target has memory protection and in remote debugging Yao Qi
2013-09-20 2:47 ` [PATCH 2/7] set trust-readonly-sections off in test cases Yao Qi
2013-09-20 2:47 ` [PATCH 1/7] Emit a query when writing to a readonly section and trust_readonly is true Yao Qi
2013-09-29 13:51 ` [PATCH 0/7 V3] Trust readonly sections if target has memory protection Yao Qi
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