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author | Andrew Cagney <cagney@redhat.com> | 2000-05-30 08:52:57 +0000 |
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committer | Andrew Cagney <cagney@redhat.com> | 2000-05-30 08:52:57 +0000 |
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diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog index 4b105a9..b0f23c3 100644 --- a/gdb/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +Tue May 30 18:48:33 2000 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com> + + * TODO: Re-organize. + Tue May 30 11:22:28 2000 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com> * gdbarch.sh: Add field ``postdefault''. Rename fields @@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ of these, you should consider sending mail to the same address, to find out whether anyone else is working on it. - Known problems in GDB 5.0 - ========================= + Known problems in GDB 5.0 + ========================= Below is a list of problems identified during the GDB 5.0 release cycle. People hope to have these problems fixed in a follow-on @@ -35,72 +35,6 @@ and ftp://sourceware.cygnus.com/pub/binutils -- -Generic: lin-thread cannot handle thread exit (Mark Kettenis, Michael -Snyder) http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb/2000-q1/msg00525.html - -The thread_db assisted debugging code doesn't handle exiting threads -properly, at least in combination with glibc 2.1.3 (the framework is -there, just not the actual code). There are at least two problems -that prevent this from working. - -As an additional reference point, the pre thread_db code did not work -either. - --- - -Java (Anthony Green, David Taylor) - -Anthony Green has a number of Java patches that did not make it into -the 5.0 release. - -Patch: java tests -http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-q1/msg00512.html - -Patch: java booleans -http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-q1/msg00515.html - -Patch: handle N_MAIN stab -http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-q1/msg00527.html - --- - -Pascal (Pierre Muller, David Taylor) - -Pierre Muller has contributed patches for adding Pascal Language -support to GDB. - -2 pascal language patches inserted in database -http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb/2000-q1/msg00521.html - -Indent -gnu ? -http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb/2000-q1/msg00496.html - --- - -GNU/Linux/x86 and random thread signals (and Solaris/SPARC but not -Solaris/x86). -http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb/2000-q1/msg00336.html - -Christopher Blizzard writes: - -So, I've done some more digging into this and it looks like Jim -Kingdon has reported this problem in the past: - -http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/bug-gdb/1999-10/msg00058.html - -I can reproduce this problem both with and without Tom's patch. Has -anyone seen this before? Maybe have a solution for it hanging around? -:) - -There's a test case for this documented at: - -when debugging threaded applications you get extra SIGTRAPs -http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9565 - -[There should be a GDB testcase - cagney] - --- - Possible regressions with some devel GCCs. http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb/2000-q1/msg00475.html @@ -169,21 +103,39 @@ Dan Nicolaescu writes: -- -GDB5 TOT on unixware 7 -http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb/2000-04/msg00119.html + Code Cleanups: Next Release + =========================== -Robert Lipe writes: -> I just spun the top of tree of the GDB5 branch on UnixWare 7. As a -> practical matter, the current thread support is somewhat more annoying -> than when GDB was thread-unaware. +The following are small cleanups that will hopefully be completed by +the follow on to 5.0. -- - Code Cleanups - ============= +Delete macro TARGET_BYTE_ORDER_SELECTABLE. -The following are small cleanups that will hopefully be completed by -the follow on to 5.0. +Patches in the database. + +-- + +Purge PARAMS + +Eliminate all uses of PARAMS in GDB's source code. + +-- + +Elimination of make_cleanup_func. (Andrew Cagney) + +make_cleanup_func elimination +http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-q1/msg00791.html +http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-q1/msg00814.html + +-- + + Code Cleanups: General + ====================== + +The following are more general cleanups and fixes. They are not tied +to any specific release. -- @@ -210,9 +162,97 @@ file at a time. -- -Delete macro TARGET_BYTE_ORDER_SELECTABLE. +Elimination of ``(catch_errors_ftype *) func''. -Patches in the database. +Like make_cleanup_func it isn't portable. + +-- + +Nuke USG define. + +-- + +[PATCH/5] src/intl/Makefile.in:distclean additions +http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-04/msg00363.html + +Do not forget to merge the patch back into the trunk. + +-- + +Rationalize the host-endian code (grep for HOST_BYTE_ORDER). + +At present defs.h includes <endian.h> (which is linux specific) yet +almost nothing depends on it. Suggest "gdb_endian.h" which can also +handle <machine/endian.h> and only include that where it is really +needed. + +-- + +Replace asprintf() calls with xasprintf() calls. + +As with things like strdup() most calls to asprintf() don't check the +return value. + +-- + +Replace strsave() + mstrsave() with libiberty:xstrdup(). + +-- + +Replace savestring() with something from libiberty. + +An xstrldup()? but that would have different semantics. + +-- + +Rationalize use of floatformat_unknown in GDB sources. + +Instead of defaulting to floatformat_unknown, should hosts/targets +specify the value explicitly? + +http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-05/msg00447.html + +-- + +Add a ``name'' member to include/floatformat.h:struct floatformat. +Print that name in gdbarch.c. + +-- + +Sort out the harris mess in include/floatformat.h (it hardwires two +different floating point formats). + +-- + +See of the GDB local floatformat_do_doublest() and libiberty's +floatformat_to_double (which was once GDB's ...) can be merged some +how. + +-- + +Eliminate mmalloc() from GDB. + +Also eliminate it from defs.h. + +-- + +Eliminate PTR. ISO-C allows ``void *''. + +-- + +Eliminate abort (). + +GDB should never abort. GDB should either throw ``error ()'' or +``internal_error ()''. Better still GDB should naturally unwind with +an error status. + +-- + +GDB probably doesn't build on FreeBSD pre 2.2.x +http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-05/msg00378.html + +Fixes to get FreeBSD working on 2.2.x, 3.x and 4.x caused the code to +suffer bit rot. -- @@ -222,184 +262,249 @@ Readline 4.? is out. A merge wouldn't hurt. -- -Purge PARAMS + New Features and Fixes + ====================== -Eliminate all uses of PARAMS in GDB's source code. +These are harder than cleanups but easier than work involving +fundamental architectural change. -- -Elimination of make_cleanup_func. (Andrew Cagney) +Add built-by, build-date, tm, xm, nm and anything else into gdb binary +so that you can see how the GDB was created. -make_cleanup_func elimination -http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-q1/msg00791.html -http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-q1/msg00814.html +Some of these (*m.h) would be added to the generated config.h. That +in turn would fix a long standing bug where by the build process many +not notice a changed tm.h file. Since everything depends on config.h, +a change to *m.h forces a change to config.h and, consequently forces +a rebuild. -- -Elimination of ``(catch_errors_ftype *) func''. +Add an "info bfd" command that displays supported object formats, +similarly to objdump -i. -Like make_cleanup_func it isn't portable. +Is there a command already? -- -Re: Various C++ things +Fix ``I'm sorry, Dave, I can't do that.'' from symfile.c. -value_headof/value_from_vtable_info are worthless, and should be removed. -The one place in printcmd.c that uses it should use the RTTI functions. +This requires internationalization. -RTTI for g++ should be using the typeinfo functions rather than the vtables. -The typeinfo functions are always at offset 4 from the beginning of the vtable, -and are always right. The vtables will have weird names like E::VB sometimes. -The typeinfo function will always be "E type_info function", or somesuch. +-- -value_virtual_fn_field needs to be fixed so there are no failures for virtual -functions for C++ using g++. +Convert GDB build process to AUTOMAKE. -Testsuite cases are the major priority right now for C++ support, since i have -to make a lot of changes that could potentially break each other. +See also sub-directory configure below. -- -Fix ``set architecture <tab>'' +Cleanup configury support for optional sub-directories. -This command should expand to a list of all supported architectures. -At present ``info architecture'' needs to be used. That is simply -wrong. It involves the use of add_set_enum_cmd(). +Check how GCC handles multiple front ends for an example of how things +could work. A tentative first step is to rationalize things so that +all sub directories are handled in a fashion similar to gdb/mi. + +See also automake above. -- -GDBARCH cleanup (Andrew Cagney) +Restructure gdb directory tree so that it avoids any 8.3 and 14 +filename problems. -The non-generated parts of gdbarch.{sh,h,c} should be separated out -into arch-utils.[hc]. +-- -Document that gdbarch_init_ftype could easily fail because it didn't -identify an architecture. +Add a transcript mechanism to GDB. + +Such a mechanism might log all gdb input and output to a file in a +form that would allow it to be replayed. It could involve ``gdb +--transcript=FILE'' or it could involve ``(gdb) transcript file''. -- -Migrate qfThreadInfo packet -> qThreadInfo. (Andrew Cagney) +Can the xdep files be replaced by autoconf? -Add support for packet enable/disable commands with these thread -packets. General cleanup. +-- -[PATCH] Document the ThreadInfo remote protocol queries -http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-q1/msg00832.html +Document trace machinery -[PATCH] "info threads" queries for remote.c -http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-q1/msg00831.html +-- + +Document overlay machinery. -- - General Cleanups / Fixes - ======================== +``(gdb) catch signal SIGNAL'' -The following are more general cleanups and fixes. They are not tied -to any specific release. +Overlaps with ``handle SIGNAL'' but the implied behavour is different. +You can attach commands to a catch but not a handle. A handle has a +limited number of hardwired actions. -- -Nuke USG define. +Get the TUI working on all platforms. -- -[PATCH/5] src/intl/Makefile.in:distclean additions -http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-04/msg00363.html +Add support for ``gdb --- PROGRAM ARGS ...''. +Add support for ``gdb -cmd=...'' -Do not forget to merge the patch back into the trunk. +Along with many variations. Check: + +????? for a full discussion. + +for a discussion. -- -Update ALPHA so that it uses ``struct frame_extra_info'' instead of -EXTRA_FRAME_INFO. +Implement ``(gdb) !ls''. -This is a barrier to replacing mips_extra_func_info with something -that works with multi-arch. +Which is very different from ``(gdb) ! ls''. Implementing the latter +is trivial. + +http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb/2000-q1/msg00034.html -- -Multi-arch mips_extra_func_info. +Replace the code that uses the host FPU with an emulator of the target +FPU. -This first needs the alpha to be updated so that it uses ``struct -frame_extra_info''. +-- + + Thread Support + ============== -- -Send normal output to gdb_stdout. -Send error messages to gdb_stderror. -Send debug and log output log gdb_stdlog. +Generic: lin-thread cannot handle thread exit (Mark Kettenis, Michael +Snyder) http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb/2000-q1/msg00525.html -GDB still contains many cases where (f)printf or printf_filtered () is -used when it should be sending the messages to gdb_stderror or -gdb_stdlog. The thought of #defining printf to something has crossed -peoples minds ;-) +The thread_db assisted debugging code doesn't handle exiting threads +properly, at least in combination with glibc 2.1.3 (the framework is +there, just not the actual code). There are at least two problems +that prevent this from working. + +As an additional reference point, the pre thread_db code did not work +either. -- -Rationalize the host-endian code (grep for HOST_BYTE_ORDER). +GNU/Linux/x86 and random thread signals (and Solaris/SPARC but not +Solaris/x86). +http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb/2000-q1/msg00336.html -At present defs.h includes <endian.h> (which is linux specific) yet -almost nothing depends on it. Suggest "gdb_endian.h" which can also -handle <machine/endian.h> and only include that where it is really -needed. +Christopher Blizzard writes: + +So, I've done some more digging into this and it looks like Jim +Kingdon has reported this problem in the past: + +http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/bug-gdb/1999-10/msg00058.html + +I can reproduce this problem both with and without Tom's patch. Has +anyone seen this before? Maybe have a solution for it hanging around? +:) + +There's a test case for this documented at: + +when debugging threaded applications you get extra SIGTRAPs +http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9565 + +[There should be a GDB testcase - cagney] -- -Replace asprintf() calls with xasprintf() calls. +GDB5 TOT on unixware 7 +http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb/2000-04/msg00119.html -As with things like strdup() most calls to asprintf() don't check the -return value. +Robert Lipe writes: +> I just spun the top of tree of the GDB5 branch on UnixWare 7. As a +> practical matter, the current thread support is somewhat more annoying +> than when GDB was thread-unaware. -- -Rationaize savestring(), msavestring() and mstrsave(). +Migrate qfThreadInfo packet -> qThreadInfo. (Andrew Cagney) -In general libiberty's xstrdup () can be used. +Add support for packet enable/disable commands with these thread +packets. General cleanup. + +[PATCH] Document the ThreadInfo remote protocol queries +http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-q1/msg00832.html + +[PATCH] "info threads" queries for remote.c +http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-q1/msg00831.html -- -Eliminate mmalloc() from GDB. + Language Support + ================ -Also eliminate it from defs.h. +New languages come onto the scene all the time. -- -Check/cleanup MI documentation. +Pascal (Pierre Muller, David Taylor) -The list of commands specified in the documentation needs to be -checked against the mi-cmds.c table in a mechanical way (so that they -two can be kept up-to-date). +Pierre Muller has contributed patches for adding Pascal Language +support to GDB. + +2 pascal language patches inserted in database +http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb/2000-q1/msg00521.html + +Indent -gnu ? +http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb/2000-q1/msg00496.html -- -Eliminate error_begin(). +Java (Anthony Green, David Taylor) -With ui_file, there is no need for the statefull error_begin () -function. +Anthony Green has a number of Java patches that did not make it into +the 5.0 release. + +Patch: java tests +http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-q1/msg00512.html + +Patch: java booleans +http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-q1/msg00515.html + +Patch: handle N_MAIN stab +http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-q1/msg00527.html -- -Add built-by, build-date, tm, xm, nm and anything else into gdb binary -so that you can see how the GDB was created. +[Comming...] -Some of these (*m.h) would be added to the generated config.h. That -in turn would fix a long standing bug where by the build process many -not notice a changed tm.h file. Since everything depends on config.h, -a change to *m.h forces a change to config.h and, consequently forces -a rebuild. +Modify gdb to work correctly with Pascal. -- -Replace gdb_stdtarg with gdb_targout (and possibly gdb_targerr). +Re: Various C++ things -gdb_stdtarg is easily confused with gdb_stdarg. +value_headof/value_from_vtable_info are worthless, and should be removed. +The one place in printcmd.c that uses it should use the RTTI functions. + +RTTI for g++ should be using the typeinfo functions rather than the vtables. +The typeinfo functions are always at offset 4 from the beginning of the vtable, +and are always right. The vtables will have weird names like E::VB sometimes. +The typeinfo function will always be "E type_info function", or somesuch. + +value_virtual_fn_field needs to be fixed so there are no failures for virtual +functions for C++ using g++. + +Testsuite cases are the major priority right now for C++ support, since i have +to make a lot of changes that could potentially break each other. -- -Remote protocol doco feedback. +Add support for Modula3 -Too much feedback to mention needs to be merged in (901660). Search -for the word ``remote''. +Get DEC/Compaq to contribute their Modula-3 support. + +-- + + Remote Protocol Support + ======================= -- @@ -410,42 +515,77 @@ responses. The help message needs to be expanded. -- -Extra ui_file methods - dump. +Remote protocol doco feedback. -These are for debugging / testing. An aside is to set up a whitebox -testsuite for key internals such as ui_file. +Too much feedback to mention needs to be merged in (901660). Search +for the word ``remote''. + + +http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb/2000-q1/msg00023.html +http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb/2000-q1/msg00056.html +http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb/2000-q1/msg00382.html -- -Add an "info bfd" command that displays supported object formats, -similarly to objdump -i. +GDB doesn't recover gracefully from remote protocol errors. -Is there a command already? +GDB wasn't checking for NAKs from the remote target. Instead a NAK is +ignored and a timeout is required before GDB retries. A pre-cursor to +fixing this this is making GDB's remote protocol packet more robust. + +While downloading to a remote protocol target, gdb ignores packet +errors in so far as it will continue to edownload with chunk N+1 even +if chunk N was not correctly sent. This causes gdb.base/remote.exp to +take a painfully long time to run. As a PS that test needs to be +fixed so that it builds on 16 bit machines. -- -Eliminate PTR. ISO-C allows ``void *''. +Add the cycle step command. + +http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb/2000-q1/msg00237.html -- -Eliminate abort (). + Symbol Support + ============== -GDB should never abort. GDB should either throw ``error ()'' or -``internal_error ()''. Better still GDB should naturally unwind with -an error status. +If / when GDB starts to support the debugging of multi-processor +(rather than multi-thread) applications the symtab code will need to +be updated a little so that several independant symbol tables are +active at a given time. + +The other interesting change is a clarification of the exact meaning +of CORE_ADDR and that has had consequences for a few targets (that +were abusing that data type). -- -GDB probably doesn't build on FreeBSD pre 2.2.x -http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-05/msg00378.html +Investiagate ways of reducing memory. -Fixes to get FreeBSD working on 2.2.x, 3.x and 4.x caused the code to -suffer bit rot. +-- + +Investigate ways of improving load time. + +-- + +Get the d10v to use POINTER_TO_ADDRESS and ADDRESS_TO_POINTER. + +Consequence of recent symtab clarification. No marks for figuring out +who maintains the d10v. -- - Architectural Changes - ===================== +Get the MIPS to correctly sign extend all address <-> pointer +conversions. + +Consequence of recent symtab clarification. No marks for figuring out +who maintains the MIPS. + +-- + + Architectural Changes: General + ============================== These are harder than simple cleanups / fixes and, consequently involve more work. Typically an Architectural Change will be broken @@ -453,6 +593,15 @@ down into a more digestible set of cleanups and fixes. -- +Cleanup software single step. + +At present many targets implement software single step by directly +blatting memory (see rs6000-tdep.c). Those targets should register +the applicable breakpoints using the breakpoint framework. Perhaphs a +new internal breakpoint class ``step'' is needed. + +-- + Replace READ_FP() with FRAME_HANDLE(). READ_FP() is a hangover from the days of the vax when the ABI really @@ -467,17 +616,6 @@ the true register set presented to the user. -- -MI's input does not use buffering. - -At present the MI interface reads raw characters of from an unbuffered -FD. This is to avoid several nasty buffer/race conditions. That code -should be changed so that it registers its self with the event loop -(on the input FD) and then push commands up to MI as they arrive. - -The serial code already does this. - --- - Register Cache Cleanup (below from Andrew Cagney) I would depict the current register architecture as something like: @@ -597,12 +735,6 @@ Following that would, finaly be the corresponding changes to the target. -- -Fix ``I'm sorry, Dave, I can't do that.'' from symfile.c. - -This requires internationalization. - --- - Check that GDB can handle all BFD architectures (Andrew Cagney) There should be a test that checks that BFD/GDB are in sync with @@ -612,51 +744,70 @@ to GDB.. Anyone interested in learning how to write tests? :-) -- -Add support for Modula3 + Architectural Change: Multi-arch et al. + ======================================= -Get DEC/Compaq to contribute their Modula-3 support. +The long term objective is to remove all assumptions that there is a +single target with a single address space with a single instruction +set architecture and single application binary interface. --- +This is an ongoing effort. The first milestone is to enable +``multi-arch'' where by all architectural decisions are made at +runtime. -Convert ALL architectures to MULTI-ARCH. +It should be noted that ``gdbarch'' is really ``gdbabi'' and +``gdbisa''. Once things are multi-arched breaking that down correctly +will become much easier. -- -Convert GDB build process to AUTOMAKE. +GDBARCH cleanup (Andrew Cagney) -See also sub-directory configure below. +The non-generated parts of gdbarch.{sh,h,c} should be separated out +into arch-utils.[hc]. + +Document that gdbarch_init_ftype could easily fail because it didn't +identify an architecture. -- -Cleanup configury support for optional sub-directories. +Fix BELIEVE_PPC_PROMOTION. Change it to BELIEVE_PPC_PROMOTION_P? -Check how GCC handles multiple front ends for an example of how things -could work. A tentative first step is to rationalize things so that -all sub directories are handled in a fashion similar to gdb/mi. +At present there is still #ifdef BELIEVE_PPC_PROMOTION code in the +symtab file. -See also automake above. +-- + +Fix ``set architecture <tab>'' + +This command should expand to a list of all supported architectures. +At present ``info architecture'' needs to be used. That is simply +wrong. It involves the use of add_set_enum_cmd(). -- -Restructure gdb directory tree so that it avoids any 8.3 and 14 -filename problems. +Update ALPHA so that it uses ``struct frame_extra_info'' instead of +EXTRA_FRAME_INFO. + +This is a barrier to replacing mips_extra_func_info with something +that works with multi-arch. -- -Can the xdep files be replaced by autoconf? -Can the tm.h and nm.h files be eliminated by multi-arch. +Multi-arch mips_extra_func_info. + +This first needs the alpha to be updated so that it uses ``struct +frame_extra_info''. -- -Add a transcript mechanism to GDB. +Rationalize TARGET_SINGLE_FORMAT and TARGET_SINGLE_BIT et al. -Such a mechanism might log all gdb input and output to a file in a -form that would allow it to be replayed. It could involve ``gdb ---transcript=FILE'' or it could involve ``(gdb) transcript file''. +Surely one of them is redundant. -- -Make MI interface accessable from existing CLI. +Convert ALL architectures to MULTI-ARCH. -- @@ -672,20 +823,59 @@ Truly multi-arch. Enable the code to recognize --enable-targets=.... like BINUTILS does. +Can the tm.h and nm.h files be eliminated by multi-arch. + -- -Add a breakpoint-edit command to MI. + Architectural Change: MI, LIBGDB and scripting languages + ======================================================== -It would be similar to MI's breakpoint create but would apply to an -existing breakpoint. It saves the need to delete/create breakpoints -when ever they are changed. +See also architectural changes related to the event loop. LIBGDB +can't be finished until there is a generic event loop being used by +all targets. + +The long term objective is it to be possible to integrate GDB into +scripting languages. -- -Add directory path to MI breakpoint. +Implement generic ``(gdb) commmand > file'' -That way the GUI's task of finding the file within which the -breakpoint was set is simplified. +Once everything is going through ui_file it should be come fairly +easy. + +http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb/2000-04/msg00104.html + +-- + +Replace gdb_stdtarg with gdb_targout (and possibly gdb_targerr). + +gdb_stdtarg is easily confused with gdb_stdarg. + +-- + +Extra ui_file methods - dump. + +These are for debugging / testing. An aside is to set up a whitebox +testsuite for key internals such as ui_file. + +-- + +Eliminate error_begin(). + +With ui_file, there is no need for the statefull error_begin () +function. + +-- + +Send normal output to gdb_stdout. +Send error messages to gdb_stderror. +Send debug and log output log gdb_stdlog. + +GDB still contains many cases where (f)printf or printf_filtered () is +used when it should be sending the messages to gdb_stderror or +gdb_stdlog. The thought of #defining printf to something has crossed +peoples minds ;-) -- @@ -699,11 +889,65 @@ decide what to do about paging. Sounds good in theory. -- -Add mechanism to reject expression classes to MI +Check/cleanup MI documentation. + +The list of commands specified in the documentation needs to be +checked against the mi-cmds.c table in a mechanical way (so that they +two can be kept up-to-date). + +-- + +Convert MI into libgdb + +MI provides a text interface into what should be many of the libgdb +functions. The implementation of those functions should be separated +into the MI interface and the functions proper. Those functions being +moved to gdb/lib say. + +-- + +Create libgdb.h + +The first part can already be found in defs.h. + +-- + +MI's input does not use buffering. + +At present the MI interface reads raw characters of from an unbuffered +FD. This is to avoid several nasty buffer/race conditions. That code +should be changed so that it registers its self with the event loop +(on the input FD) and then push commands up to MI as they arrive. + +The serial code already does this. + +-- + +Make MI interface accessable from existing CLI. + +-- + +Add a breakpoint-edit command to MI. + +It would be similar to MI's breakpoint create but would apply to an +existing breakpoint. It saves the need to delete/create breakpoints +when ever they are changed. + +-- + +Add directory path to MI breakpoint. + +That way the GUI's task of finding the file within which the +breakpoint was set is simplified. + +-- + +Add a mechanism to reject certain expression classes to MI There are situtations where you don't want GDB's expression parser/evaluator to perform inferior function calls or variable -assignments. +assignments. A way of restricting the expression parser so that such +operations are not accepted would be very helpful. -- @@ -722,25 +966,30 @@ hard. -- -GDB doesn't recover gracefully from remote protocol errors. +Move gdb_lasterr to ui_out? -GDB wasn't checking for NAKs from the remote target. Instead a NAK is -ignored and a timeout is required before GDB retries. A pre-cursor to -fixing this this is making GDB's remote protocol packet more robust. +The way GDB throws errors and records them needs a re-think. ui_out +handles the correct output well. It doesn't resolve what to do with +output / error-messages when things go wrong. -While downloading to a remote protocol target, gdb ignores packet -errors in so far as it will continue to edownload with chunk N+1 even -if chunk N was not correctly sent. This causes gdb.base/remote.exp to -take a painfully long time to run. As a PS that test needs to be -fixed so that it builds on 16 bit machines. +-- + + Architectural Change: Async + =========================== + +While GDB uses an event loop when prompting the user for input. That +event loop is not exploited by targets when they allow the target +program to continue. Typically targets still block in (target_wait()) +until the program again halts. + +The closest a target comes to supporting full asynchronous mode are +the remote targets ``async'' and ``extended-async''. -- -Move gdb_lasterr to ui_out? +Asynchronous expression evaluator -The way GDB throws errors and records them needs a re-think. ui_out -handles the correct output well. It doesn't resolve what to do with -output / error-messages when things go wrong. +Inferior function calls hang GDB. -- @@ -771,11 +1020,21 @@ opaque may also help. -- -Document trace machinery +Make "target xxx" command interruptible. + +As things become async this becomes possible. A target would start +the connect and then return control to the event loop. A cntrl-c +would notify the target that the operation is to be abandoned and the +target code could respond. -- -Document overlay machinery. +Add a "suspend" subcommand of the "continue" command to suspend gdb +while continuing execution of the subprocess. Useful when you are +debugging servers and you want to dodge out and initiate a connection +to a server running under gdb. + +[hey async!!] -- @@ -916,10 +1175,6 @@ We should be able to write to random files at hex offsets like adb. -- -Make "target xxx" command interruptible. - --- - [elena - delete this] Handle add_file with separate text, data, and bss addresses. Maybe @@ -1159,15 +1414,6 @@ line number, etc. -- -Add a "suspend" subcommand of the "continue" command to suspend gdb -while continuing execution of the subprocess. Useful when you are -debugging servers and you want to dodge out and initiate a connection -to a server running under gdb. - -[hey async!!] - --- - Modify the handling of symbols grouped through BINCL/EINCL stabs to allocate a partial symtab for each BINCL/EINCL grouping. This will seriously decrease the size of inter-psymtab dependencies and hence @@ -1176,12 +1422,6 @@ accessed. -- -[Comming...] - -Modify gdb to work correctly with Pascal. - --- - Add a command for searching memory, a la adb. It specifies size, mask, value, start address. ADB searches until it finds it or hits an error (or is interrupted). |