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author | Don Breazeal <donb@codesourcery.com> | 2015-05-12 09:52:47 -0700 |
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committer | Don Breazeal <donb@codesourcery.com> | 2015-05-12 09:52:47 -0700 |
commit | 0d71eef55dc5ce12d9bfa3cefb40d81a9b5fa2e6 (patch) | |
tree | 6c84d44dcc2bda606a9fb6c20bed3c7c555229e0 /gdb/NEWS | |
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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.
Diffstat (limited to 'gdb/NEWS')
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@@ -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. |