aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/gdb/NEWS
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorYao Qi <yao@codesourcery.com>2013-11-01 12:26:10 +0800
committerYao Qi <yao@codesourcery.com>2013-11-24 14:56:49 +0800
commit29453a14557af65ed7a0867722b0145bb9f0e0c2 (patch)
treeb73a98586473bb5a36387711bcf71778b27bab20 /gdb/NEWS
parent0fb14d8ffde0940e0b55d529c50a5d424b763b13 (diff)
downloadfsf-binutils-gdb-29453a14557af65ed7a0867722b0145bb9f0e0c2.zip
fsf-binutils-gdb-29453a14557af65ed7a0867722b0145bb9f0e0c2.tar.gz
fsf-binutils-gdb-29453a14557af65ed7a0867722b0145bb9f0e0c2.tar.bz2
set/show code-cache
Similar to stack cache, in this patch, we add TARGET_OBJECT_CODE_MEMORY to read code from target and add a new option "set code-cache on|off" to optimize code accesses by using the target memory cache. In V4: - Remove "without affecting correctness" from NEWS and doc. - Replace "ON" with "on" in doc. - "access" -> "accesses". In V3: - Rename functions and variables. - Update command help, doc and NEWS entry. - Invalidate cache on option transitions, to align with the behaviour of "stack-cache". Since cache invalidation is transparent to users, users don't know option "stack-cache" transitions cause code cache invalidation. V2 was reviewed by Doug. There are some changes in V3, so I post it here. gdb: 2013-11-24 Yao Qi <yao@codesourcery.com> * NEWS: Add note on new "set code-cache" option. * target-dcache.c (code_cache_enabled_1): New variable. (code_cache_enabled): New variable. (show_code_cache, set_code_cache): New function. (code_cache_enabled_p): New function. (_initialize_target_dcache): Register command. * target-dcache.h (code_cache_enabled_p): Declare. * target.c (memory_xfer_partial_1):Handle TARGET_OBJECT_CODE_MEMORY and code_cache_enabled. (target_read_code): New function. * target.h (enum target_object) <TARGET_OBJECT_CODE_MEMORY>: New. (target_read_code): Declare. gdb/doc: 2013-11-24 Yao Qi <yao@codesourcery.com> * gdb.texinfo (Caching Remote Data): Document new "set/show stack-cache" option.
Diffstat (limited to 'gdb/NEWS')
-rw-r--r--gdb/NEWS5
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
index 9fc3638..5110b27 100644
--- a/gdb/NEWS
+++ b/gdb/NEWS
@@ -117,6 +117,11 @@ show startup-with-shell
Specifies whether Unix child processes are started via a shell or
directly.
+set code-cache
+show code-cache
+ Use the target memory cache for accesses to the code segment. This
+ improves performance of remote debugging (particularly disassembly).
+
* You can now use a literal value 'unlimited' for options that
interpret 0 or -1 as meaning "unlimited". E.g., "set
trace-buffer-size unlimited" is now an alias for "set