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2 files changed, 12 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index 9b641e6..207b845 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,5 +1,10 @@ 2013-11-20 Yao Qi <yao@codesourcery.com> + * gdb.texinfo (Caching Target Data): Update doc for + per-address-space dcache. + +2013-11-20 Yao Qi <yao@codesourcery.com> + * gdb.texinfo (Data): Rename menu item. (Caching Remote Data): Rename to ... (Caching Target Data): ... it. Update. diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index 7ec16dd..d854f46 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -10828,6 +10828,8 @@ character. @cindex caching data of targets @value{GDBN} caches data exchanged between the debugger and a target. +Each cache is associated with the address space of the inferior. +@xref{Inferiors and Programs}, about inferior and address space. Such caching generally improves performance in remote debugging (@pxref{Remote Debugging}), because it reduces the overhead of the remote protocol by bundling memory reads and writes into large chunks. @@ -10867,11 +10869,11 @@ Show the current state of data caching for memory accesses. @kindex info dcache @item info dcache @r{[}line@r{]} -Print the information about the data cache performance. The -information displayed includes the dcache width and depth, and for -each cache line, its number, address, and how many times it was -referenced. This command is useful for debugging the data cache -operation. +Print the information about the performance of data cache of the +current inferior's address space. The information displayed +includes the dcache width and depth, and for each cache line, its +number, address, and how many times it was referenced. This +command is useful for debugging the data cache operation. If a line number is specified, the contents of that line will be printed in hex. |