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diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index 7ba0d21..5095018 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,11 @@ +2014-03-21 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> + Stan Shebs <stan@codesourcery.com> + Hui Zhu <hui@codesourcery.com> + + * gdb.texinfo (Packets): Add anchor to "? packet". + Remove fixme and update introduction of "k packet". + Add anchor to "vKill packet". + 2014-03-12 Stan Shebs <stan@codesourcery.com> * Doxyfile-gdb-api.in (INPUT): Add gdbtypes.h. diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index de5ac63..1df3ca0 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -33742,6 +33742,7 @@ The remote target both supports and has enabled extended mode. @item ? @cindex @samp{?} packet +@anchor{? packet} Indicate the reason the target halted. The reply is the same as for step and continue. This packet has a special interpretation when the target is in non-stop mode; see @ref{Remote Non-Stop}. @@ -33954,9 +33955,25 @@ step packet}. @cindex @samp{k} packet Kill request. -FIXME: @emph{There is no description of how to operate when a specific -thread context has been selected (i.e.@: does 'k' kill only that -thread?)}. +The exact effect of this packet is not specified. + +For a bare-metal target, it may power cycle or reset the target +system. For that reason, the @samp{k} packet has no reply. + +For a single-process target, it may kill that process if possible. + +A multiple-process target may choose to kill just one process, or all +that are under @value{GDBN}'s control. For more precise control, use +the vKill packet (@pxref{vKill packet}). + +If the target system immediately closes the connection in response to +@samp{k}, @value{GDBN} does not consider the lack of packet +acknowledgment to be an error, and assumes the kill was successful. + +If connected using @kbd{target extended-remote}, and the target does +not close the connection in response to a kill request, @value{GDBN} +probes the target state as if a new connection was opened +(@pxref{? packet}). @item m @var{addr},@var{length} @cindex @samp{m} packet @@ -34258,6 +34275,7 @@ request is completed. @item vKill;@var{pid} @cindex @samp{vKill} packet +@anchor{vKill packet} Kill the process with the specified process ID. @var{pid} is a hexadecimal integer identifying the process. This packet is used in preference to @samp{k} when multiprocess protocol extensions are |