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Subject: [PATCH 3/4] catch syscall' feature -- Documentation part
From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?S=E9rgio?= Durigan =?ISO-8859-1?Q?J=FAnior?= <sergiodj@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
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This is the documentation part of the patch.

Regards,

-- 
Sérgio Durigan Júnior
Linux on Power Toolchain - Software Engineer
Linux Technology Center - LTC
IBM Brazil

2008-09-29  Sergio Durigan Junior  <sergiodj@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

	* gdb.texinfo (catch syscall): Documentation about the
	new feature.

diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index 9db0ff8..0838d23 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -3625,6 +3625,12 @@ A failed Ada assertion.
 A call to @code{exec}.  This is currently only available for HP-UX
 and @sc{gnu}/Linux.
 
+@item syscall
+@itemx syscall @var{syscall name}
+@cindex break on call to/return from a system call
+A call to/return from a @code{syscall} -- similar to the @code{strace}
+utility.
+
 @item fork
 A call to @code{fork}.  This is currently only available for HP-UX
 and @sc{gnu}/Linux.