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| author | David Taylor <dtaylor@emc.com> | 2014-05-01 18:09:43 +0100 |
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| committer | Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> | 2014-05-01 18:09:43 +0100 |
| commit | 95cf3b38cd2fae4a53c8ff12bef21b2ae3fdd0cb (patch) | |
| tree | 1b4b41e6e17c5aeec13fac06f3df9e366011352b /gdb/doc | |
| parent | 86a80a50f2cb244e6b9ec18b93675972baa50d78 (diff) | |
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compare-sections: New -r option.
When connecting to a remote system, we use the compare-sections
command to verify that the box is running the code that we think it is
running. Since the system is up and running and *NOT* 'freshly
downloaded without yet executing anything', read-write sections, of
course, differ from what they were in the executable file.
Comparing read-write sections takes time and more importantly the
MIS-MATCHED output is confusing to some users.
The compare-sections command compares all loadable sections including
read-write sections. This patch gives the user the option to compare
just the loadable read-only sections.
gdb/
2014-05-01 David Taylor <dtaylor@emc.com>
* remote.c (compare_sections_command): Add -r option to compare
all loadable read-only sections.
gdb/doc/
2014-05-01 David Taylor <dtaylor@emc.com>
* gdb.texinfo (compare-sections): Document the new -r (read-only)
option.
Diffstat (limited to 'gdb/doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/doc/ChangeLog | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo | 5 |
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index 2b0f686..1e60575 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2014-05-01 David Taylor <dtaylor@emc.com> + + * gdb.texinfo (compare-sections): Document the new -r (read-only) + option. + 2014-04-24 Michael Sturm <michael.sturm@mintel.com> Walfred Tedeschi <walfred.tedeschi@intel.com> diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index 9d91075..7f7650d 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -8772,11 +8772,12 @@ situations. @table @code @kindex compare-sections -@item compare-sections @r{[}@var{section-name}@r{]} +@item compare-sections @r{[}@var{section-name}@r{|}@code{-r}@r{]} Compare the data of a loadable section @var{section-name} in the executable file of the program being debugged with the same section in the remote machine's memory, and report any mismatches. With no -arguments, compares all loadable sections. This command's +arguments, compares all loadable sections. With an argument of +@code{-r}, compares all loadable read-only sections. This command's availability depends on the target's support for the @code{"qCRC"} remote request. @end table |