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-rw-r--r--gdb/NEWS21
-rw-r--r--gdb/doc/ChangeLog11
-rw-r--r--gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo30
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diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 0110528..3cb3427 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
2015-09-11 Don Breazeal <donb@codesourcery.com>
+ * NEWS: Announce new remote packets for the exec-events
+ feature and the exec-events feature and associated commands.
+
+2015-09-11 Don Breazeal <donb@codesourcery.com>
+
* remote.c (remote_exec_event_p): New function.
(remote_insert_exec_catchpoint): New function.
(remote_remove_exec_catchpoint): New function.
diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
index 0cf51e1..bb1c8d9 100644
--- a/gdb/NEWS
+++ b/gdb/NEWS
@@ -55,6 +55,27 @@ show remote multiprocess-extensions-packet
* Support for reading/writing memory and extracting values on architectures
whose memory is addressable in units of any integral multiple of 8 bits.
+* New remote packets
+
+exec stop reason
+ Indicates that an exec system call was executed.
+
+exec-events feature in qSupported
+ The qSupported packet allows GDB to request support for exec
+ events using the new 'gdbfeature' exec-event, and the qSupported
+ response can contain the corresponding 'stubfeature'. Set and
+ show commands can be used to display whether these features are enabled.
+
+* Extended-remote exec events
+
+ ** GDB now has support for exec events on extended-remote Linux targets.
+ For such targets with Linux kernels 2.5.46 and later, this enables
+ follow-exec-mode and exec catchpoints.
+
+set remote exec-event-feature-packet
+show remote exec-event-feature-packet
+ Set/show the use of the remote exec event feature.
+
*** Changes in GDB 7.10
* Support for process record-replay and reverse debugging on aarch64*-linux*
diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
index 29c66b8..1f99a2f 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+2015-09-11 Don Breazeal <donb@codesourcery.com>
+
+ * gdb.texinfo (Remote Configuration): Add exec event
+ feature to table of packet settings.
+ (Stop Reply Packets): Add exec events to the list of stop
+ reasons.
+ (General Query Packets): Add exec events to tables of
+ 'gdbfeatures' and 'stub features' supported in the qSupported
+ packet, as well as to the list containing stub feature
+ details.
+
2015-08-24 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Remote Configuration): Document the "set/show
diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index cd0abad..395f0d4 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -20225,6 +20225,10 @@ are:
@tab @code{vfork stop reason}
@tab @code{vfork}
+@item @code{exec-event-feature}
+@tab @code{exec stop reason}
+@tab @code{exec}
+
@end multitable
@node Remote Stub
@@ -35506,6 +35510,18 @@ appropriate @samp{qSupported} feature (@pxref{qSupported}). The
remote stub must also supply the appropriate @samp{qSupported} feature
indicating support.
+@cindex exec events, remote reply
+@item exec
+The packet indicates that @code{execve} was called, and @var{r}
+is the absolute pathname of the file that was executed, in hex.
+This packet is only applicable to targets that support exec events.
+
+This packet should not be sent by default; older @value{GDBN} versions
+did not support it. @value{GDBN} requests it, by supplying an
+appropriate @samp{qSupported} feature (@pxref{qSupported}). The
+remote stub must also supply the appropriate @samp{qSupported} feature
+indicating support.
+
@end table
@item W @var{AA}
@@ -36110,6 +36126,12 @@ This feature indicates whether @value{GDBN} supports vfork event
extensions to the remote protocol. @value{GDBN} does not use such
extensions unless the stub also reports that it supports them by
including @samp{vfork-events+} in its @samp{qSupported} reply.
+
+@item exec-events
+This feature indicates whether @value{GDBN} supports exec event
+extensions to the remote protocol. @value{GDBN} does not use such
+extensions unless the stub also reports that it supports them by
+including @samp{exec-events+} in its @samp{qSupported} reply.
@end table
Stubs should ignore any unknown values for
@@ -36373,6 +36395,11 @@ These are the currently defined stub features and their properties:
@tab @samp{-}
@tab No
+@item @samp{exec-events}
+@tab No
+@tab @samp{-}
+@tab No
+
@end multitable
These are the currently defined stub features, in more detail:
@@ -36578,6 +36605,9 @@ The remote stub reports the @samp{fork} stop reason for fork events.
The remote stub reports the @samp{vfork} stop reason for vfork events
and vforkdone events.
+@item exec-events
+The remote stub reports the @samp{exec} stop reason for exec events.
+
@end table
@item qSymbol::