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diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index 48b193b..b9fc160 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -4090,6 +4090,56 @@ When @samp{on} @value{GDBN} will print additional messages when threads are created and deleted. @end table +@cindex thread local storage +@cindex @acronym{TLS} +For some debugging targets, @value{GDBN} has support for accessing +variables that reside in Thread Local Storage (@acronym{TLS}). +@acronym{TLS} variables are similar to global variables, except that +each thread has its own copy of the variable. While often used in +multi-threaded programs, @acronym{TLS} variables can also be used in +programs without threads. The C library variable @var{errno} is, +perhaps, the most prominent example of a @acronym{TLS} variable that +is frequently used in non-threaded programs. For targets where +@value{GDBN} does not have good @acronym{TLS} support, printing or +changing the value of @var{errno} might not be directly possible. + +@sc{gnu}/Linux and FreeBSD targets have support for accessing +@acronym{TLS} variables. On @sc{gnu}/Linux, the helper library, +@code{libthread_db}, is used to help resolve the addresses of +@acronym{TLS} variables. Some FreeBSD and some @sc{gnu}/Linux targets +also have @value{GDBN}-internal @acronym{TLS} resolution code. +@sc{gnu}/Linux targets will attempt to use the @acronym{TLS} address +lookup functionality provided by @code{libthread_db}, but will fall +back to using its internal @acronym{TLS} support when +@code{libthread_db} is not available. This can happen in +cross-debugging scenarios or when debugging programs that are linked +in such a way that @code{libthread_db} support is unavailable -- this +includes statically linked programs, linking against @acronym{GLIBC} +versions earlier than 2.34, but not with @code{libpthread}, and use of +other (non-@acronym{GLIBC}) C libraries. + +@table @code +@kindex maint set force-internal-tls-address-lookup +@kindex maint show force-internal-tls-address-lookup +@cindex internal @acronym{TLS} address lookup +@item maint set force-internal-tls-address-lookup +@itemx maint show force-internal-tls-address-lookup +Turns on or off forced use of @value{GDBN}-internal @acronym{TLS} +address lookup code. Use @code{on} to enable and @code{off} to +disable. The default for this setting is @code{off}. + +When disabled, @value{GDBN} will attempt to use a helper +@code{libthread_db} library if possible, but will fall back to use of +its own internal @acronym{TLS} address lookup mechanisms if necessary. + +When enabled, @value{GDBN} will only use @value{GDBN}'s internal +@acronym{TLS} address lookup mechanisms, if they exist. + +This command is only available for @sc{gnu}/Linux targets. Its +primary use is for testing -- certain tests in the @value{GDBN} test +suite use this command to force use of internal TLS address lookup. +@end table + @node Forks @section Debugging Forks @@ -27924,6 +27974,19 @@ value, then @value{GDBN} will change this to @samp{off} at startup. @item show style enabled Show the current state of styling. +@item set style emoji @samp{auto|on|off} +Enable or disable the use of emoji. On most hosts, the default is +@samp{auto}, meaning that emoji will only be used if the host +character set is @samp{UTF-8}; however, on Windows the default is +@samp{off} when using the console. Note that disabling styling as a +whole will also prevent emoji display. + +Currently, emoji are printed whenever @value{GDBN} reports an error or +a warning. + +@item show style emoji +Show the current state of emoji output. + @item set style sources @samp{on|off} Enable or disable source code styling. This affects whether source code, such as the output of the @code{list} command, is styled. The @@ -27937,6 +28000,17 @@ is used. Otherwise, if @value{GDBN} was configured with Python scripting support, and if the Python Pygments package is available, then it will be used. +@item set style warning-prefix +@itemx show style warning-prefix +@itemx set style error-prefix +@itemx show style error-prefix + +These commands control the prefix that is printed before warnings and +errors, respectively. This functionality is intended for use with +emoji display, and so the prefixes are only displayed if emoji styling +is enabled. The defaults are the warning sign emoji for warnings, and +and the cross mark emoji for errors. + @item show style sources Show the current state of source code styling. @@ -41582,6 +41656,13 @@ into remote agent bytecodes and display them as a disassembled list. This command is useful for debugging the agent version of dynamic printf (@pxref{Dynamic Printf}). +@kindex maint canonicalize +@item maint canonicalize @var{name} +Print the canonical form of @var{name}, a C@t{++} name. Because a +C@t{++} name may have multiple possible spellings, @value{GDBN} +computes a canonical form of a name for internal use. For example, +@code{short int} and @code{short} are two ways to name the same type. + @kindex maint info breakpoints @anchor{maint info breakpoints} @item maint info breakpoints |