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authorDon Breazeal <donb@codesourcery.com>2015-05-12 09:52:47 -0700
committerDon Breazeal <donb@codesourcery.com>2015-05-12 09:52:47 -0700
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Extended-remote fork event docs
This patch contains the accumulated documentation changes for the rest of the extended-remote follow fork patchset. gdb/ChangeLog: * NEWS: Announce fork support in the RSP and support for fork debugging in extended mode. gdb/doc/ChangeLog: * gdb.texinfo (Forks): Note that fork debugging is supported in extended mode. (Remote Configuration): Add fork event features to table of packet settings. (Stop Reply Packets): Add fork events to list of stop reasons. (General Query Packets): Add fork events to tables of 'gdbfeatures' and 'stub features' supported in the qSupported packet, as well as to the list containing stub feature details.
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-rw-r--r--gdb/ChangeLog5
-rw-r--r--gdb/NEWS24
-rw-r--r--gdb/doc/ChangeLog12
-rw-r--r--gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo83
4 files changed, 124 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 53d6d5d..a316b4e 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
2015-05-12 Don Breazeal <donb@codesourcery.com>
+ * NEWS: Announce fork support in the RSP and support
+ for fork debugging in extended mode.
+
+2015-05-12 Don Breazeal <donb@codesourcery.com>
+
* remote.c (remote_insert_fork_catchpoint): New function.
(remote_remove_fork_catchpoint): New function.
(remote_insert_vfork_catchpoint): New function.
diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
index 51e4f4e..bf12101 100644
--- a/gdb/NEWS
+++ b/gdb/NEWS
@@ -128,6 +128,30 @@ qXfer:exec-file:read
Return the full absolute name of the file that was executed to
create a process running on the remote system.
+fork stop reason
+ Indicates that a fork system call was executed.
+
+vfork stop reason
+ Indicates that a vfork system call was executed.
+
+vforkdone stop reason
+ Indicates that a vfork child of the specified process has executed
+ an exec or exit, allowing the vfork parent to resume execution.
+
+fork-events and vfork-events features in qSupported
+ The qSupported packet allows GDB to request support for fork and
+ vfork events using new 'gdbfeatures' fork-events and vfork-events,
+ and the qSupported response can contain the corresponding
+ 'stubfeatures'. Set and show commands can be used to display
+ whether these features are enabled.
+
+* Extended-remote fork events
+
+ ** GDB now has support for fork events on extended-remote Linux
+ targets. For targets with Linux kernels 2.5.60 and later, this
+ enables follow-fork-mode and detach-on-fork for both fork and
+ vfork, as well as fork and vfork catchpoints.
+
* The info record command now shows the recording format and the
branch tracing configuration for the current thread when using
the btrace record target.
diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
index 05aeab7..849deb8 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+2015-05-12 Don Breazeal <donb@codesourcery.com>
+
+ * gdb.texinfo (Forks): Note that fork debugging is
+ supported in extended mode.
+ (Remote Configuration): Add fork event features to table
+ of packet settings.
+ (Stop Reply Packets): Add fork events to list of stop reasons.
+ (General Query Packets): Add fork events to tables of
+ 'gdbfeatures' and 'stub features' supported in the qSupported
+ packet, as well as to the list containing stub feature
+ details.
+
2015-05-12 Gary Benson <gbenson@redhat.com>
* gdb.texinfo (General Query Packets): Document
diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index 5461356..cb9cd35 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -3135,6 +3135,9 @@ create additional processes using the @code{fork} or @code{vfork} functions.
Currently, the only platforms with this feature are HP-UX (11.x and later
only?) and @sc{gnu}/Linux (kernel version 2.5.60 and later).
+The fork debugging commands are supported in both native mode and when
+connected to @code{gdbserver} using @kbd{target extended-remote}.
+
By default, when a program forks, @value{GDBN} will continue to debug
the parent process and the child process will run unimpeded.
@@ -19938,6 +19941,14 @@ are:
@tab @code{hwbreak stop reason}
@tab @code{hbreak}
+@item @code{fork-event-feature}
+@tab @code{fork stop reason}
+@tab @code{fork}
+
+@item @code{vfork-event-feature}
+@tab @code{vfork stop reason}
+@tab @code{vfork}
+
@end multitable
@node Remote Stub
@@ -35372,6 +35383,49 @@ The @var{r} part must be left empty.
The same remarks about @samp{qSupported} and non-stop mode above
apply.
+
+@cindex fork events, remote reply
+@item fork
+The packet indicates that @code{fork} was called, and @var{r}
+is the thread ID of the new child process. Refer to
+@ref{thread-id syntax} for the format of the @var{thread-id}
+field. This packet is only applicable to targets that support
+fork events.
+
+This packet should not be sent by default; older @value{GDBN} versions
+did not support it. @value{GDBN} requests it, by supplying an
+appropriate @samp{qSupported} feature (@pxref{qSupported}). The
+remote stub must also supply the appropriate @samp{qSupported} feature
+indicating support.
+
+@cindex vfork events, remote reply
+@item vfork
+The packet indicates that @code{vfork} was called, and @var{r}
+is the thread ID of the new child process. Refer to
+@ref{thread-id syntax} for the format of the @var{thread-id}
+field. This packet is only applicable to targets that support
+vfork events.
+
+This packet should not be sent by default; older @value{GDBN} versions
+did not support it. @value{GDBN} requests it, by supplying an
+appropriate @samp{qSupported} feature (@pxref{qSupported}). The
+remote stub must also supply the appropriate @samp{qSupported} feature
+indicating support.
+
+@cindex vforkdone events, remote reply
+@item vforkdone
+The packet indicates that a child process created by a vfork
+has either called @code{exec} or terminated, so that the
+address spaces of the parent and child process are no longer
+shared. The @var{r} part is ignored. This packet is only
+applicable to targets that support vforkdone events.
+
+This packet should not be sent by default; older @value{GDBN} versions
+did not support it. @value{GDBN} requests it, by supplying an
+appropriate @samp{qSupported} feature (@pxref{qSupported}). The
+remote stub must also supply the appropriate @samp{qSupported} feature
+indicating support.
+
@end table
@item W @var{AA}
@@ -35964,6 +36018,18 @@ reason in stop replies. @xref{swbreak stop reason}, for details.
@item hwbreak
This feature indicates whether @value{GDBN} supports the hwbreak stop
reason in stop replies. @xref{swbreak stop reason}, for details.
+
+@item fork-events
+This feature indicates whether @value{GDBN} supports fork event
+extensions to the remote protocol. @value{GDBN} does not use such
+extensions unless the stub also reports that it supports them by
+including @samp{fork-events+} in its @samp{qSupported} reply.
+
+@item vfork-events
+This feature indicates whether @value{GDBN} supports vfork event
+extensions to the remote protocol. @value{GDBN} does not use such
+extensions unless the stub also reports that it supports them by
+including @samp{vfork-events+} in its @samp{qSupported} reply.
@end table
Stubs should ignore any unknown values for
@@ -36207,6 +36273,16 @@ These are the currently defined stub features and their properties:
@tab @samp{-}
@tab No
+@item @samp{fork-events}
+@tab No
+@tab @samp{-}
+@tab No
+
+@item @samp{vfork-events}
+@tab No
+@tab @samp{-}
+@tab No
+
@end multitable
These are the currently defined stub features, in more detail:
@@ -36399,6 +36475,13 @@ breakpoints.
The remote stub reports the @samp{hwbreak} stop reason for hardware
breakpoints.
+@item fork-events
+The remote stub reports the @samp{fork} stop reason for fork events.
+
+@item vfork-events
+The remote stub reports the @samp{vfork} stop reason for vfork events
+and vforkdone events.
+
@end table
@item qSymbol::