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| author | Andrew Burgess <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com> | 2015-04-13 16:31:21 +0100 |
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| committer | Andrew Burgess <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com> | 2015-08-18 14:03:14 +0100 |
| commit | 18989b3c5642e2ba533e02737797dcf06134229b (patch) | |
| tree | 71762e63cc8aa431f9d047994b660f8b51d7de20 /gdb/NEWS | |
| parent | c04fe68f6b94815d3f49c9aed64b2c388d45f4aa (diff) | |
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gdb: New maintenance command to disable bfd sharing.
In some rare maintainer cases it is desirable to be able to disable bfd
sharing. This patch adds new commands maintenance set/show commands for
bfd-sharing, allowing gdb's bfd cache to be turned off.
gdb/ChangeLog:
* gdb_bfd.c (bfd_sharing): New variable.
(show_bfd_sharing): New function.
(gdb_bfd_open): Check bfd_sharing variable.
(_initialize_gdb_bfd): Add new set/show command.
* NEWS: Mention new command.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo (Maintenance Commands): Move documentation of "main
info bfds" to...
(File Caching): A New section. Outline bfd caching, and add new
description for "main set/show bfd-sharing".
Diffstat (limited to 'gdb/NEWS')
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@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ maint show target-non-stop "set non-stop" is "off". The default is "auto", meaning non-stop mode is enabled if supported by the target. +maint set bfd-sharing +maint show bfd-sharing + Control the reuse of bfd objects. + * The "disassemble" command accepts a new modifier: /s. It prints mixed source+disassembly like /m with two differences: - disassembled instructions are now printed in program order, and |