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authorJan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>2011-10-09 19:46:05 +0000
committerJan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>2011-10-09 19:46:05 +0000
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Entry values NEWS entries, DWARF disassembly support. * NEWS: New entry values entry. (set print entry-values, show print entry-values) (set debug entry-values, show debug entry-values): New entries. * dwarf2loc.c (disassemble_dwarf_expression): New parameters start and indent. Remove variable start. Move header printing out. Respect INDENT. Support DW_OP_GNU_entry_value. (locexpr_describe_location_1): Move the header printing here, extend the disassemble_dwarf_expression passed parameters. gdb/testsuite/ * gdb.arch/amd64-entry-value.s: New file. * gdb.mi/mi2-amd64-entry-value.s: New file.
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* New commands "info macros", and "info definitions" have been added.
+* New function parameters suffix @entry specifies value of function parameter
+ at the time the function got called. Entry values are available only since
+ gcc version 4.7.
+
* Changed commands
watch EXPRESSION mask MASK_VALUE
@@ -100,6 +104,19 @@ info auto-load-scripts [REGEXP]
begin, assuming that tracepoints will be enabled as needed while the trace
is running.
+* New options
+
+set print entry-values (both|compact|default|if-needed|no|only|preferred)
+show print entry-values
+ Set printing of frame argument values at function entry. In some cases
+ GDB can determine the value of function argument which was passed by the
+ function caller, even if the value was modified inside the called function.
+
+set debug entry-values
+show debug entry-values
+ Control display of debugging info for determining frame argument values at
+ function entry and virtual tail call frames.
+
* New remote packets
QTEnable