From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Markus Metzger <markus.t.metzger@intel.com>
Cc: palves@redhat.com, gdb-patches@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] btrace: control memory access during replay
Date: Tue, 20 May 2014 16:12:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83fvk4bf9u.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1400587236-18836-1-git-send-email-markus.t.metzger@intel.com>
> From: Markus Metzger <markus.t.metzger@intel.com>
> Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
> Date: Tue, 20 May 2014 14:00:34 +0200
>
> The btrace record target does not trace data. We therefore do not allow
> accessing read-write memory during replay.
>
> In some cases, this might be useful to advanced users, though, who we assume
> to know what they are doing.
>
> Add a set|show command pair to turn this memory access restriction off.
Thanks.
> doc/
> * gdb.texinfo: Document it.
That's not how we format ChangeLog entries in gdb/doc/. Please state
the node name (as if it were a function, in parentheses).
> +@kindex set record btrace
> +The btrace record target does not trace data. As a convenience,
> +when replaying, GDB reads read-only memory off the live program
@value{GDBN}
> +Control the behavior of the @code{btrace} recording method when
Please be consistent about the markup of "btrace": either plain text
or @code{}; pick one and use it everywhere.
> +accessing memory during replay. If READ-ONLY (the default),
> +@value{GDBN} will only allow accesses to read-only memory.
> +If READ-WRITE, @value{GDBN} will allow accesses to read-only and to
> +read-write memory. Beware that the accessed memory corresponds
READ-ONLY and READ-WRITE should be in @code and in lower case.
The documentation part is OK with those fixed.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-05-20 16:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-05-20 12:01 Markus Metzger
2014-05-20 12:00 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] test, gcore: move capture_command_output into lib/gdb.exp Markus Metzger
2014-05-20 12:27 ` Pedro Alves
2014-05-20 12:00 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] btrace, vdso: add vdso target sections Markus Metzger
2014-05-20 13:16 ` Pedro Alves
2014-05-20 14:10 ` Metzger, Markus T
2014-05-20 12:26 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] btrace: control memory access during replay Pedro Alves
2014-05-20 16:12 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2014-05-21 6:10 ` Metzger, Markus T
2014-05-21 15:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-05-22 6:12 ` Metzger, Markus T
2014-05-22 14:58 ` Eli Zaretskii
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