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authorDoug Evans <dje@google.com>2014-03-31 12:07:48 -0700
committerDoug Evans <dje@google.com>2014-03-31 12:07:48 -0700
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New option "set print symbol-loading".
* NEWS: Mention it. * solib.c (solib_read_symbols): Only print symbol loading messages if requested. (solib_add): If symbol loading is in "brief" mode, notify user symbols are being loaded. (reload_shared_libraries_1): Ditto. * symfile.c (print_symbol_loading_off): New static global. (print_symbol_loading_brief): New static global. (print_symbol_loading_full): New static global. (print_symbol_loading_enums): New static global. (print_symbol_loading): New static global. (print_symbol_loading_p): New function. (symbol_file_add_with_addrs): Only print symbol loading messages if requested. (_initialize_symfile): Register "print symbol-loading" set/show command. * symfile.h (print_symbol_loading_p): Declare. doc/ * gdb.texinfo (Symbols): Document set/show print symbol-loading. testsuite/ * gdb.base/print-symbol-loading-lib.c: New file. * gdb.base/print-symbol-loading-main.c: New file. * gdb.base/print-symbol-loading.exp: New file.
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+2014-03-31 Doug Evans <dje@google.com>
+
+ * gdb.texinfo (Symbols): Document set/show print symbol-loading.
+
2014-03-30 Doug Evans <dje@google.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Non-Stop Mode): Remove trailing whitespace.
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@@ -16184,6 +16184,28 @@ is printed as follows:
@item show opaque-type-resolution
Show whether opaque types are resolved or not.
+@kindex set print symbol-loading
+@cindex print messages when symbols are loaded
+@item set print symbol-loading
+@itemx set print symbol-loading full
+@itemx set print symbol-loading brief
+@itemx set print symbol-loading off
+The @code{set print symbol-loading} command allows you to control the
+printing of messages when @value{GDBN} loads symbol information.
+By default a message is printed for the executable and one for each
+shared library, and normally this is what you want. However, when
+debugging apps with large numbers of shared libraries these messages
+can be annoying.
+When set to @code{brief} a message is printed for each executable,
+and when @value{GDBN} loads a collection of shared libraries at once
+it will only print one message regardless of the number of shared
+libraries. When set to @code{off} no messages are printed.
+
+@kindex show print symbol-loading
+@item show print symbol-loading
+Show whether messages will be printed when a @value{GDBN} command
+entered from the keyboard causes symbol information to be loaded.
+
@kindex maint print symbols
@cindex symbol dump
@kindex maint print psymbols