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authorSergio Lopez <slp@redhat.com>2017-12-04 09:17:15 +0100
committerSergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj@redhat.com>2017-12-04 12:05:43 -0500
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Document the new "-a" command line option for gcore
gdb/ChangeLog: 2017-11-29 Sergio Lopez <slp@redhat.com> * NEWS (Changes since GDB 8.0): Announce new "-a" command line option for gcore. gdb/doc/ChangeLog: 2017-11-29 Sergio Lopez <slp@redhat.com> * gdb.texinfo (gcore man): Document new "-a" command line option.
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diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
index 86fcbd9..2262b25 100644
--- a/gdb/NEWS
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@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@
** The "complete" command now mimics TAB completion accurately.
+* New command line options (gcore)
+
+-a
+ Dump all memory mappings.
+
* Breakpoints on C++ functions are now set on all scopes by default
By default, breakpoints on functions/methods are now interpreted as
diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index 1039f4c..3b251c6 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -43048,7 +43048,7 @@ Richard M. Stallman and Roland H. Pesch, July 1991.
@format
@c man begin SYNOPSIS gcore
-gcore [-o @var{filename}] @var{pid}
+gcore [-a] [-o @var{filename}] @var{pid}
@c man end
@end format
@@ -43062,6 +43062,13 @@ running without any change.
@c man begin OPTIONS gcore
@table @env
+@item -a
+Dump all memory mappings. The actual effect of this option depends on
+the Operating System. On @sc{gnu}/Linux, it will disable
+@code{use-coredump-filter} (@pxref{set use-coredump-filter}) and
+enable @code{dump-excluded-mappings} (@pxref{set
+dump-excluded-mappings}).
+
@item -o @var{filename}
The optional argument
@var{filename} specifies the file name where to put the core dump.