RE: [PATCH v4 01/10] btrace: Introduce auxiliary instructions.

["Willgerodt, Felix" <felix.willgerodt@intel.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
> Sent: Freitag, 6. Mai 2022 13:48
> To: Willgerodt, Felix <felix.willgerodt@intel.com>
> Cc: Metzger, Markus T <markus.t.metzger@intel.com>; gdb-
> patches@sourceware.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 01/10] btrace: Introduce auxiliary instructions.
> 
> > Date: Fri,  6 May 2022 13:40:01 +0200
> > From: Felix Willgerodt via Gdb-patches <gdb-patches@sourceware.org>
> >
> > diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
> > index 38ad2ac32b0..ec45055e914 100644
> > --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
> > +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
> > @@ -7485,6 +7485,10 @@ 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.
> > +
> 
> I wonder why we need this addition.  What is the significance of
> mentioning this factoid in the manual at that place?
> 
> Thanks.

In general this is supposed to note that there might be "new  and therefore
unexpected output" when stepping in a recording. The printing will be active
by default. Since it is recording specific I put it in this place.

Thanks,
Felix

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