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diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index 595bbe2..8a9bb7b 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2009-09-13 Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@codesourcery.com> + + * gdbint.texinfo (Unwinding the Frame ID): Reference outer_frame_id. + 2009-09-10 Michael Snyder <msnyder@vmware.com> * gdb.texinfo (qSupported): Mention new ReverseContinue and diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdbint.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdbint.texinfo index e706caa..c2be3f7 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdbint.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdbint.texinfo @@ -2042,9 +2042,17 @@ address as its caller. On some platforms, a third address is part of the ID to further disambiguate frames---for instance, on IA-64 the separate register stack address is included in the ID. -An invalid frame ID (@code{null_frame_id}) returned from the +An invalid frame ID (@code{outer_frame_id}) returned from the @code{this_id} method means to stop unwinding after this frame. +@code{null_frame_id} is another invalid frame ID which should be used +when there is no frame. For instance, certain breakpoints are attached +to a specific frame, and that frame is identified through its frame ID +(we use this to implement the "finish" command). Using +@code{null_frame_id} as the frame ID for a given breakpoint means +that the breakpoint is not specific to any frame. The @code{this_id} +method should never return @code{null_frame_id}. + @section Unwinding Registers Each unwinder includes a @code{prev_register} method. This method |