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| author | Doug Evans <dje@google.com> | 2014-03-31 12:07:48 -0700 |
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| committer | Doug Evans <dje@google.com> | 2014-03-31 12:07:48 -0700 |
| commit | 770e7fc78c3c94195cacf2d7698a252d410886a1 (patch) | |
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New option "set print symbol-loading".
* NEWS: Mention it.
* solib.c (solib_read_symbols): Only print symbol loading messages
if requested.
(solib_add): If symbol loading is in "brief" mode, notify user
symbols are being loaded.
(reload_shared_libraries_1): Ditto.
* symfile.c (print_symbol_loading_off): New static global.
(print_symbol_loading_brief): New static global.
(print_symbol_loading_full): New static global.
(print_symbol_loading_enums): New static global.
(print_symbol_loading): New static global.
(print_symbol_loading_p): New function.
(symbol_file_add_with_addrs): Only print symbol loading messages
if requested.
(_initialize_symfile): Register "print symbol-loading" set/show
command.
* symfile.h (print_symbol_loading_p): Declare.
doc/
* gdb.texinfo (Symbols): Document set/show print symbol-loading.
testsuite/
* gdb.base/print-symbol-loading-lib.c: New file.
* gdb.base/print-symbol-loading-main.c: New file.
* gdb.base/print-symbol-loading.exp: New file.
Diffstat (limited to 'gdb/doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/doc/ChangeLog | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo | 22 |
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diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index 156b2c9..4b36f2c 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2014-03-31 Doug Evans <dje@google.com> + + * gdb.texinfo (Symbols): Document set/show print symbol-loading. + 2014-03-30 Doug Evans <dje@google.com> * gdb.texinfo (Non-Stop Mode): Remove trailing whitespace. diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index 0bf33b7..b218769 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -16184,6 +16184,28 @@ is printed as follows: @item show opaque-type-resolution Show whether opaque types are resolved or not. +@kindex set print symbol-loading +@cindex print messages when symbols are loaded +@item set print symbol-loading +@itemx set print symbol-loading full +@itemx set print symbol-loading brief +@itemx set print symbol-loading off +The @code{set print symbol-loading} command allows you to control the +printing of messages when @value{GDBN} loads symbol information. +By default a message is printed for the executable and one for each +shared library, and normally this is what you want. However, when +debugging apps with large numbers of shared libraries these messages +can be annoying. +When set to @code{brief} a message is printed for each executable, +and when @value{GDBN} loads a collection of shared libraries at once +it will only print one message regardless of the number of shared +libraries. When set to @code{off} no messages are printed. + +@kindex show print symbol-loading +@item show print symbol-loading +Show whether messages will be printed when a @value{GDBN} command +entered from the keyboard causes symbol information to be loaded. + @kindex maint print symbols @cindex symbol dump @kindex maint print psymbols |