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| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/doc/ChangeLog | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo | 20 |
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diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index 15d51f4..fd92048 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,10 @@ +2008-05-02 Pedro Alves <pedro@codesourcery.com> + + * gdb.texinfo (Debugging Output): Document "set/show debug + displaced". + (Maintenance Commands): Document "maint set/show + can-use-displaced-stepping". + 2008-05-02 Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@codesourcery.com> * gdb.texinfo (ARM): Document set/show arm fallback-mode diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index 17c5b11..7abac3c 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -16483,6 +16483,13 @@ Display debugging messages about inner workings of the AIX thread module. @item show debug aix-thread Show the current state of AIX thread debugging info display. +@item set debug displaced +@cindex displaced stepping debugging info +Turns on or off display of @value{GDBN} debugging info for the +displaced stepping support. The default is off. +@item show debug displaced +Displays the current state of displaying @value{GDBN} debugging info +related to displaced stepping. @item set debug event @cindex event debugging info Turns on or off display of @value{GDBN} event debugging info. The @@ -23159,6 +23166,19 @@ Shared library events. @end table +@kindex maint set can-use-displaced-stepping +@kindex maint show can-use-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 +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. + @kindex maint check-symtabs @item maint check-symtabs Check the consistency of psymtabs and symtabs. |