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@@ -24,6 +24,19 @@ Renesas RX rx lists inferiors that are not running yet or that have exited already. See also "New commands" and "New options" below. +* Trace state variables + + GDB tracepoints now include support for trace state variables, which + are variables managed by the target agent during a tracing + experiment. They are useful for tracepoints that trigger each + other, so for instance one tracepoint can count hits in a variable, + and then a second tracepoint has a condition that is true when the + count reaches a particular value. Trace state variables share the + $-syntax of GDB convenience variables, and can appear in both + tracepoint actions and condition expressions. Use the "tvariable" + command to create, and "info tvariables" to view; see "Trace State + Variables" in the manual for more detail. + * Changed commands disassemble @@ -75,6 +88,15 @@ set remotebreak [on | off] show remotebreak Deprecated. Use "set/show remote interrupt-sequence" instead. +tvariable $NAME [ = EXP ] + Create or modify a trace state variable. + +info tvariables + List trace state variables and their values. + +delete tvariable $NAME ... + Delete one or more trace state variables. + * New options set follow-exec-mode new|same @@ -83,6 +105,14 @@ show follow-exec-mode creates a new one. This is useful to be able to restart the old executable after the inferior having done an exec call. +* New remote packets + +QTDV + Define a trace state variable. + +qTV + Get the current value of a trace state variable. + * Bug fixes Process record now works correctly with hardware watchpoints. |