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diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index c003cd4..6b5c2a5 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -24296,18 +24296,33 @@ Shared library events. @end table -@kindex maint set can-use-displaced-stepping -@kindex maint show can-use-displaced-stepping +@kindex set displaced-stepping +@kindex show displaced-stepping @cindex displaced stepping support @cindex out-of-line single-stepping -@item maint set can-use-displaced-stepping -@itemx maint show can-use-displaced-stepping +@item set displaced-stepping +@itemx show displaced-stepping Control whether or not @value{GDBN} will do @dfn{displaced stepping} -if the target supports it. The default is on. Displaced stepping is -a way to single-step over breakpoints without removing them from the -inferior, by executing an out-of-line copy of the instruction that was -originally at the breakpoint location. It is also known as -out-of-line single-stepping. +if the target supports it. Displaced stepping is a way to single-step +over breakpoints without removing them from the inferior, by executing +an out-of-line copy of the instruction that was originally at the +breakpoint location. It is also known as out-of-line single-stepping. + +@table @code +@item set displaced-stepping on +If the target architecture supports it, @value{GDBN} will use +displaced stepping to step over breakpoints. + +@item set displaced-stepping off +@value{GDBN} will not use displaced stepping to step over breakpoints, +even if such is supported by the target architecture. + +@cindex non-stop mode, and @samp{set displaced-stepping} +@item set displaced-stepping auto +This is the default mode. @value{GDBN} will use displaced stepping +only if non-stop mode is active (@pxref{Non-Stop Mode}) and the target +architecture supports displaced stepping. +@end table @kindex maint check-symtabs @item maint check-symtabs |