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authorPedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>2015-04-01 11:01:44 +0100
committerPedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>2015-04-01 11:01:44 +0100
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GDBServer: give more complete usage information
--attach/--multi are currently only mentioned on the usage info first lines, the meaning of PROG is completely absent and the COMM text does not mention '-/stdio'. A few options are missing: . --disable-randomization / --no-disable-randomization is not mentioned. Although the manual has a comment saying these are superceded by QDisableRandomization, that only makes sense for "run" in extended-remote mode. When we start gdbserver passing it a PROG, --disable-randomization / --no-disable-randomization do take effect. So I think we should document these. . We show --debug / --remote-debug, so might as well show --disable-packet too. GDB's --help has this "For more information, consult the GDB manual" blurb that is missing in GDBserver's --help. Then shuffle things around a bit into "Operating modes", "Other options" and "Debug options" sections, similarly to GDB's --help structure. Before: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $ ./gdbserver/gdbserver --help Usage: gdbserver [OPTIONS] COMM PROG [ARGS ...] gdbserver [OPTIONS] --attach COMM PID gdbserver [OPTIONS] --multi COMM COMM may either be a tty device (for serial debugging), or HOST:PORT to listen for a TCP connection. Options: --debug Enable general debugging output. --debug-format=opt1[,opt2,...] Specify extra content in debugging output. Options: all none timestamp --remote-debug Enable remote protocol debugging output. --version Display version information and exit. --wrapper WRAPPER -- Run WRAPPER to start new programs. --once Exit after the first connection has closed. Report bugs to "<http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/>". ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ After: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $ ./gdbserver/gdbserver --help Usage: gdbserver [OPTIONS] COMM PROG [ARGS ...] gdbserver [OPTIONS] --attach COMM PID gdbserver [OPTIONS] --multi COMM COMM may either be a tty device (for serial debugging), HOST:PORT to listen for a TCP connection, or '-' or 'stdio' to use stdin/stdout of gdbserver. PROG is the executable program. ARGS are arguments passed to inferior. PID is the process ID to attach to, when --attach is specified. Operating modes: --attach Attach to running process PID. --multi Start server without a specific program, and only quit when explicitly commanded. --once Exit after the first connection has closed. --help Print this message and then exit. --version Display version information and exit. Other options: --wrapper WRAPPER -- Run WRAPPER to start new programs. --disable-randomization Run PROG with address space randomization disabled. --no-disable-randomization Don't disable address space randomization when starting PROG. Debug options: --debug Enable general debugging output. --debug-format=opt1[,opt2,...] Specify extra content in debugging output. Options: all none timestamp --remote-debug Enable remote protocol debugging output. --disable-packet=opt1[,opt2,...] Disable support for RSP packets or features. Options: vCont, Tthread, qC, qfThreadInfo and threads (disable all threading packets). For more information, consult the GDB manual (available as on-line info or a printed manual). Report bugs to "<http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/>". ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ gdb/gdbserver/ChangeLog: 2015-04-01 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> Cleber Rosa <crosa@redhat.com> * server.c (gdbserver_usage): Reorganize and extend the usage message.
-rw-r--r--gdb/gdbserver/ChangeLog6
-rw-r--r--gdb/gdbserver/server.c40
2 files changed, 39 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/gdbserver/ChangeLog b/gdb/gdbserver/ChangeLog
index 396abcb..5abdac2 100644
--- a/gdb/gdbserver/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/gdbserver/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2015-04-01 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
+ Cleber Rosa <crosa@redhat.com>
+
+ * server.c (gdbserver_usage): Reorganize and extend the usage
+ message.
+
2015-03-24 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
* linux-low.c (check_stopped_by_breakpoint): Tweak debug log
diff --git a/gdb/gdbserver/server.c b/gdb/gdbserver/server.c
index 96b31b8..3408ef7 100644
--- a/gdb/gdbserver/server.c
+++ b/gdb/gdbserver/server.c
@@ -2996,10 +2996,32 @@ gdbserver_usage (FILE *stream)
"\tgdbserver [OPTIONS] --attach COMM PID\n"
"\tgdbserver [OPTIONS] --multi COMM\n"
"\n"
- "COMM may either be a tty device (for serial debugging), or \n"
- "HOST:PORT to listen for a TCP connection.\n"
+ "COMM may either be a tty device (for serial debugging),\n"
+ "HOST:PORT to listen for a TCP connection, or '-' or 'stdio' to use \n"
+ "stdin/stdout of gdbserver.\n"
+ "PROG is the executable program. ARGS are arguments passed to inferior.\n"
+ "PID is the process ID to attach to, when --attach is specified.\n"
+ "\n"
+ "Operating modes:\n"
+ "\n"
+ " --attach Attach to running process PID.\n"
+ " --multi Start server without a specific program, and\n"
+ " only quit when explicitly commanded.\n"
+ " --once Exit after the first connection has closed.\n"
+ " --help Print this message and then exit.\n"
+ " --version Display version information and exit.\n"
+ "\n"
+ "Other options:\n"
+ "\n"
+ " --wrapper WRAPPER -- Run WRAPPER to start new programs.\n"
+ " --disable-randomization\n"
+ " Run PROG with address space randomization disabled.\n"
+ " --no-disable-randomization\n"
+ " Don't disable address space randomization when\n"
+ " starting PROG.\n"
+ "\n"
+ "Debug options:\n"
"\n"
- "Options:\n"
" --debug Enable general debugging output.\n"
" --debug-format=opt1[,opt2,...]\n"
" Specify extra content in debugging output.\n"
@@ -3008,10 +3030,14 @@ gdbserver_usage (FILE *stream)
" none\n"
" timestamp\n"
" --remote-debug Enable remote protocol debugging output.\n"
- " --version Display version information and exit.\n"
- " --wrapper WRAPPER -- Run WRAPPER to start new programs.\n"
- " --once Exit after the first connection has "
- "closed.\n");
+ " --disable-packet=opt1[,opt2,...]\n"
+ " Disable support for RSP packets or features.\n"
+ " Options:\n"
+ " vCont, Tthread, qC, qfThreadInfo and \n"
+ " threads (disable all threading packets).\n"
+ "\n"
+ "For more information, consult the GDB manual (available as on-line \n"
+ "info or a printed manual).\n");
if (REPORT_BUGS_TO[0] && stream == stdout)
fprintf (stream, "Report bugs to \"%s\".\n", REPORT_BUGS_TO);
}