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authorStan Shebs <shebs@codesourcery.com>2012-07-02 15:29:39 +0000
committerStan Shebs <shebs@codesourcery.com>2012-07-02 15:29:39 +0000
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Add target-side support for dynamic printf.
* NEWS: Mention the additional style. * breakpoint.h (struct bp_target_info): New fields tcommands, persist. (struct bp_location): New field cmd_bytecode. * breakpoint.c: Include format.h. (disconnected_dprintf): New global. (parse_cmd_to_aexpr): New function. (build_target_command_list): New function. (insert_bp_location): Call it. (remove_breakpoints_pid): Skip dprintf breakpoints. (print_one_breakpoint_location): Ditto. (dprintf_style_agent): New global. (dprintf_style_enums): Add dprintf_style_agent. (update_dprintf_command_list): Add agent case. (agent_printf_command): New function. (_initialize_breakpoint): Add new commands. * common/ax.def (printf): New bytecode. * ax.h (ax_string): Declare. * ax-gdb.h (gen_printf): Declare. * ax-gdb.c: Include cli-utils.h, format.h. (gen_printf): New function. (maint_agent_print_command): New function. (_initialize_ax_gdb): Add maint agent-printf command. * ax-general.c (ax_string): New function. (ax_print): Add printf disassembly. * Makefile.in (SFILES): Add format.c (COMMON_OBS): Add format.o. * common/format.h: New file. * common/format.c: New file. * printcmd.c: Include format.h. (ui_printf): Call parse_format_string. * remote.c (remote_state): New field breakpoint_commands. (PACKET_BreakpointCommands): New enum. (remote_breakpoint_commands_feature): New function. (remote_protocol_features): Add new BreakpointCommands entry. (remote_can_run_breakpoint_commands): New function. (remote_add_target_side_commands): New function. (remote_insert_breakpoint): Call it. (remote_insert_hw_breakpoint): Ditto. (_initialize_remote): Add new packet configuration for target-side breakpoint commands. * target.h (struct target_ops): New field to_can_run_breakpoint_commands. (target_can_run_breakpoint_commands): New macro. * target.c (update_current_target): Handle to_can_run_breakpoint_commands. [gdbserver] * Makefile.in (WARN_CFLAGS_NO_FORMAT): Define. (ax.o): Add it to build rule. (ax-ipa.o): Ditto. (OBS): Add format.o. (IPA_OBS): Add format.o. * server.c (handle_query): Claim support for breakpoint commands. (process_point_options): Add command case. (process_serial_event): Leave running if there are printfs in effect. * mem-break.h (any_persistent_commands): Declare. (add_breakpoint_commands): Declare. (gdb_no_commands_at_breakpoint): Declare. (run_breakpoint_commands): Declare. * mem-break.c (struct point_command_list): New struct. (struct breakpoint): New field command_list. (any_persistent_commands): New function. (add_commands_to_breakpoint): New function. (add_breakpoint_commands): New function. (gdb_no_commands_at_breakpoint): New function. (run_breakpoint_commands): New function. * linux-low.c (linux_wait_1): Test for and run breakpoint commands locally. * ax.c: Include format.h. (ax_printf): New function. (gdb_eval_agent_expr): Add printf opcode. [doc] * gdb.texinfo (Dynamic Printf): Mention agent style and disconnected dprintf. (Maintenance Commands): Describe maint agent-printf. (General Query Packets): Mention BreakpointCommands feature. (Packets): Document commands extension to Z0 packet. * agentexpr.texi (Bytecode Descriptions): Document printf bytecode. [testsuite] * gdb.base/dprintf.exp: Add agent style tests.
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diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
index 5cfb48a..a1e3dc8 100644
--- a/gdb/NEWS
+++ b/gdb/NEWS
@@ -244,11 +244,12 @@ set debug auto-load on|off
show debug auto-load
Control display of debugging info for auto-loading the files above.
-set dprintf-style gdb|call
+set dprintf-style gdb|call|agent
show dprintf-style
- Control the way in which a dynamic printf is performed; "gdb" requests
- a GDB printf command, while "call" causes dprintf to call a function
- in the inferior.
+ Control the way in which a dynamic printf is performed; "gdb"
+ requests a GDB printf command, while "call" causes dprintf to call a
+ function in the inferior. "agent" requests that the target agent
+ (such as GDBserver) do the printing.
set dprintf-function <expr>
show dprintf-function
@@ -257,6 +258,11 @@ show dprintf-channel
Set the function and optional first argument to the call when using
the "call" style of dynamic printf.
+set disconnected-dprintf on|off
+show disconnected-dprintf
+ Control whether agent-style dynamic printfs continue to be in effect
+ after GDB disconnects.
+
* New configure options
--with-auto-load-dir