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diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index 4ada257..8e5922f 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -41833,6 +41833,24 @@ compilation units will be stored in memory longer, and more total memory will be used. Setting it to zero disables caching, which will slow down @value{GDBN} startup, but reduce memory consumption. +@kindex maint set dwarf synchronous +@kindex maint show dwarf synchronous +@item maint set dwarf synchronous +@itemx maint show dwarf synchronous +Control whether DWARF is read asynchronously. + +On hosts where threading is available, the DWARF reader is mostly +asynchronous with respect to the rest of @value{GDBN}. That is, the +bulk of the reading is done in the background, and @value{GDBN} will +only pause for completion of this task when absolutely necessary. + +When this setting is enabled, @value{GDBN} will instead wait for DWARF +processing to complete before continuing. + +On hosts without threading, or where worker threads have been disabled +at runtime, this setting has no effect, as DWARF reading is always +done on the main thread, and is therefore always synchronous. + @kindex maint set dwarf unwinders @kindex maint show dwarf unwinders @item maint set dwarf unwinders |