diff options
| author | Michael Snyder <msnyder@vmware.com> | 2002-02-06 18:29:38 +0000 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | Michael Snyder <msnyder@vmware.com> | 2002-02-06 18:29:38 +0000 |
| commit | 81d4647008f8d3b66ae5dacf985d7f887294e231 (patch) | |
| tree | 902fcd01e65b8e7693cd92bf3bbc737d7ceb9ff0 /gdb/doc | |
| parent | 9f77fa061470c3a871ebcac8c5d381aa42ab432f (diff) | |
| download | gdb-81d4647008f8d3b66ae5dacf985d7f887294e231.zip gdb-81d4647008f8d3b66ae5dacf985d7f887294e231.tar.gz gdb-81d4647008f8d3b66ae5dacf985d7f887294e231.tar.bz2 | |
2002-02-06 Michael Snyder <msnyder@redhat.com>
* gdb.texinfo (overlays): Mention new magic symbol
'_ovly_debug_event', which allows GDB to keep better track
of overlays.
Diffstat (limited to 'gdb/doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/doc/ChangeLog | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo | 9 |
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index 3959c6b..891851c 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +2002-02-06 Michael Snyder <msnyder@redhat.com> + + * gdb.texinfo (overlays): Mention new magic symbol + '_ovly_debug_event', which allows GDB to keep better track + of overlays. + 2002-02-03 Eli Zaretskii <eliz@is.elta.co.il> * gdb.texinfo (Memory Region Attributes): Fix the wording. diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index 260d2f1..902d765 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -6646,6 +6646,15 @@ executable file. When @value{GDBN} finds a matching entry, it consults the entry's @code{mapped} member to determine whether the overlay is currently mapped. +In addition, your overlay manager may define a function called +@var{_ovly_debug_event}. If this function is defined, @value{GDBN} +will silently set a breakpoint there. If the overlay manager then +calls this function whenever it has changed the overlay table, this +will enable @value{GDBN} to accurately keep track of which overlays +are in program memory, and update any breakpoints that may be set +in overlays. This will allow breakpoints to work even if the +overlays are kept in ROM or other non-writable memory while they +are not being executed. @node Overlay Sample Program @section Overlay Sample Program |