Re: [PATCH 7/7] range stepping: doc and NEWS

["Abid, Hafiz" <hafiz_abid@mentor.com>]

On 11/03/13 12:51:31, Yao Qi wrote:
> gdb/doc:
> 
> 2013-03-11  Yao Qi  <yao@codesourcery.com>
> 
> 	* gdb.texinfo (Packets): Document about 'vCont;r'.
> 
> gdb:
> 
> 2013-03-11  Yao Qi  <yao@codesourcery.com>
> 
> 	* NEWS: Mention range stepping, new packet and new
> 	commands.
> ---
>  gdb/NEWS            |   12 ++++++++++++
>  gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo |    5 +++++
>  2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
> index 99b8add..836638c 100644
> --- a/gdb/NEWS
> +++ b/gdb/NEWS
> @@ -89,6 +89,10 @@ catch signal
>  maint info bfds
>    List the BFDs known to GDB.
> 
> +maint set range-stepping
> +maint show range-stepping
> +  Control and show whether do range stepping.
What about having a to here. ^^

> +
>  python-interactive [command]
>  pi [command]
>    Start a Python interactive prompt, or evaluate the optional command
> @@ -164,11 +168,19 @@ show filename-display
>    feature to be enabled.  For more information, see:
>        http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/MiniDebugInfo
> 
> +* GDB now supports range stepping, which improves the performance of
> +  single stepping over a source line by reducing the number of  
> control
> +  packets from GDB.
> +
>  * New remote packets
> 
>  QTBuffer:size
>     Set the size of trace buffer.  The remote stub reports support  
> for this
>     packet to gdb's qSupported query.
> +vCont;r
> +  Tell the remote stub to do range stepping in an address range.   
> The remote
> +  stub reports a stop reply when the program goes out of the range  
> or is
> +  stopped due to other reasons, such as hitting a breakpoint.
> 
>  *** Changes in GDB 7.5
> 
> diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
> index 7c06120..b505cda 100644
> --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
> +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
> @@ -36261,6 +36261,11 @@ Step.
>  Step with signal @var{sig}.  The signal @var{sig} should be two hex  
> digits.
>  @item t
>  Stop.
> +@item r @var{start},@var{end}
> +Step repeatedly while the PC is within the range [@var{start},
> +@var{end}).  Note that a stop reply may be sent at any point even if
> +the PC is within the stepping range; for example, it is permissible  
> to
> +implement this packet in a degenerate way as a single step operation.
>  @end table
> 
>  The optional argument @var{addr} normally associated with the
> --
> 1.7.7.6
> 
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