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author | Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com> | 2017-04-23 10:54:33 -0600 |
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committer | Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com> | 2018-03-26 21:57:09 -0600 |
commit | ea3b06874c8a1037bad4fd5b9396d196e6963ac6 (patch) | |
tree | 3992edee33959fb4062ff519bbea7ec663bcba4f | |
parent | 07dca93f3bbc2426d89eba460c925863e4ebd636 (diff) | |
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Rationalize "backtrace" command line parsing
The backtrace command has peculiar command-line parsing. In
particular, it splits the command line, then loops over the arguments.
If it sees a word it recognizes, like "full", it effectively drops
this word from the argument vector. Then, it pastes together the
remaining arguments, passing them on to backtrace_command_1, which in
turn passes the resulting string to parse_and_eval_long.
The documentation doesn't mention the parse_and_eval_long at all, so
it is a bit of a hidden feature that you can "bt 3*2". The strange
algorithm above also means you can "bt 3 * no-filters 2" and get 6
frames...
This patch changes backtrace's command line parsing to be a bit more
rational. Now, special words like "full" are only recognized at the
start of the command.
This also updates the documentation to describe the various bt options
individually.
gdb/ChangeLog
2018-03-26 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
* stack.c (backtrace_command): Rewrite command line parsing.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog
2018-03-26 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Backtrace): Describe options individually.
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-rw-r--r-- | gdb/doc/ChangeLog | 4 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo | 60 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | gdb/stack.c | 62 |
4 files changed, 57 insertions, 73 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog index 47e6cff..532826c 100644 --- a/gdb/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2018-03-26 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com> + + * stack.c (backtrace_command): Rewrite command line parsing. + 2018-03-26 Simon Marchi <simon.marchi@ericsson.com> * dwarf2read.c (DEF_VEC_I(offset_type)): Remove. diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index 2441f15..413e456 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2018-03-26 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com> + + * gdb.texinfo (Backtrace): Describe options individually. + 2018-03-19 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com> * observer.texi: Remove. diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index 74e0fdb..28254c9 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -7307,45 +7307,43 @@ frame (frame zero), followed by its caller (frame one), and on up the stack. @anchor{backtrace-command} -@table @code @kindex backtrace @kindex bt @r{(@code{backtrace})} -@item backtrace -@itemx bt -Print a backtrace of the entire stack: one line per frame for all -frames in the stack. - -You can stop the backtrace at any time by typing the system interrupt -character, normally @kbd{Ctrl-c}. - -@item backtrace @var{n} -@itemx bt @var{n} -Similar, but print only the innermost @var{n} frames. - -@item backtrace -@var{n} -@itemx bt -@var{n} -Similar, but print only the outermost @var{n} frames. - -@item backtrace full -@itemx bt full -@itemx bt full @var{n} -@itemx bt full -@var{n} -Print the values of the local variables also. As described above, -@var{n} specifies the number of frames to print. - -@item backtrace no-filters -@itemx bt no-filters -@itemx bt no-filters @var{n} -@itemx bt no-filters -@var{n} -@itemx bt no-filters full -@itemx bt no-filters full @var{n} -@itemx bt no-filters full -@var{n} +To print a backtrace of the entire stack, use the @code{backtrace} +command, or its alias @code{bt}. This command will print one line per +frame for frames in the stack. By default, all stack frames are +printed. You can stop the backtrace at any time by typing the system +interrupt character, normally @kbd{Ctrl-c}. + +@table @code +@item backtrace [@var{args}@dots{}] +@itemx bt [@var{args}@dots{}] +Print the backtrace of the entire stack. The optional @var{args} can +be one of the following: + +@table @code +@item @var{n} +@itemx @var{n} +Print only the innermost @var{n} frames, where @var{n} is a positive +number. + +@item -@var{n} +@itemx -@var{n} +Print only the outermost @var{n} frames, where @var{n} is a positive +number. + +@item full +Print the values of the local variables also. This can be combined +with a number to limit the number of frames shown. + +@item no-filters Do not run Python frame filters on this backtrace. @xref{Frame Filter API}, for more information. Additionally use @ref{disable frame-filter all} to turn off all frame filters. This is only relevant when @value{GDBN} has been configured with @code{Python} support. @end table +@end table @kindex where @kindex info stack diff --git a/gdb/stack.c b/gdb/stack.c index aad8fcd..13af659 100644 --- a/gdb/stack.c +++ b/gdb/stack.c @@ -1850,61 +1850,39 @@ backtrace_command_1 (const char *count_exp, int show_locals, int no_filters, static void backtrace_command (const char *arg, int from_tty) { - int fulltrace_arg = -1, arglen = 0, argc = 0, no_filters = -1; - int user_arg = 0; + bool fulltrace = false; + bool filters = true; - std::string reconstructed_arg; if (arg) { - char **argv; - int i; + bool done = false; - gdb_argv built_argv (arg); - argv = built_argv.get (); - argc = 0; - for (i = 0; argv[i]; i++) + while (!done) { - unsigned int j; + const char *save_arg = arg; + std::string this_arg = extract_arg (&arg); - for (j = 0; j < strlen (argv[i]); j++) - argv[i][j] = TOLOWER (argv[i][j]); + if (this_arg.empty ()) + break; - if (no_filters < 0 && subset_compare (argv[i], "no-filters")) - no_filters = argc; + if (subset_compare (this_arg.c_str (), "no-filters")) + filters = false; + else if (subset_compare (this_arg.c_str (), "full")) + fulltrace = true; else { - if (fulltrace_arg < 0 && subset_compare (argv[i], "full")) - fulltrace_arg = argc; - else - { - user_arg++; - arglen += strlen (argv[i]); - } - } - argc++; - } - arglen += user_arg; - if (fulltrace_arg >= 0 || no_filters >= 0) - { - if (arglen > 0) - { - for (i = 0; i < argc; i++) - { - if (i != fulltrace_arg && i != no_filters) - { - reconstructed_arg += argv[i]; - reconstructed_arg += " "; - } - } - arg = reconstructed_arg.c_str (); + /* Not a recognized argument, so stop. */ + arg = save_arg; + done = true; } - else - arg = NULL; } + + if (*arg == '\0') + arg = NULL; } - backtrace_command_1 (arg, fulltrace_arg >= 0 /* show_locals */, - no_filters >= 0 /* no frame-filters */, from_tty); + backtrace_command_1 (arg, fulltrace /* show_locals */, + !filters /* no frame-filters */, from_tty); } /* Iterate over the local variables of a block B, calling CB with |