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From: Yao Qi <yao@codesourcery.com>
To: <gdb-patches@sourceware.org>
Subject: [PATCH 5/7] DOC and NEWS
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2013 02:47:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1379645226-8719-6-git-send-email-yao@codesourcery.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1379645226-8719-1-git-send-email-yao@codesourcery.com>


 -V3: Mention "in remote debugging".

gdb:

2013-09-20  Yao Qi  <yao@codesourcery.com>

	* NEWS: Describe the default option of
	"trust-readonly-sections" becomes "auto" and the related
	changes.

gdb/doc:

2013-09-20  Yao Qi  <yao@codesourcery.com>

	* gdb.texinfo (File): Mention that user has
	'set trust-readonly-sections off' to get updated contents if
	they are modified.  Explain the default option of
	"trust-readonly-sections" is "auto".
---
 gdb/NEWS            |    5 +++++
 gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo |   12 ++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
index 5eb046b..5a70adc 100644
--- a/gdb/NEWS
+++ b/gdb/NEWS
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@
 
 *** Changes since GDB 7.6
 
+* The default value of option "trust-readonly-sections" is "auto".  In
+  remote debugging, GDB will decide based on the target memory
+  protection features whether to read readonly sections from object
+  file instead of from the inferior's memory.
+
 * The "maintenance print objfiles" command now takes an optional regexp.
 
 * The "catch syscall" command now works on arm*-linux* targets.
diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index a8c854e..a26160e 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -16673,12 +16673,20 @@ out of the object file, rather than from the target program.
 For some targets (notably embedded ones), this can be a significant
 enhancement to debugging performance.
 
-The default is off.
+@item set trust-readonly-sections auto
+This is the default mode.  In remote debugging, @value{GDBN} will
+decide based on the target memory protection features whether to
+read readonly sections from object file instead of from the inferior's
+memory, because the contents of the section in the inferior can't
+change.
 
 @item set trust-readonly-sections off
 Tell @value{GDBN} not to trust readonly sections.  This means that
 the contents of the section might change while the program is running,
-and must therefore be fetched from the target when needed.
+and must therefore be fetched from the target when needed.  If you
+modified the code in the target program, you have to
+@code{set trust-readonly-sections off} to guarantee @value{GDBN} reads
+updated contents from the target program instead of object file.
 
 @item show trust-readonly-sections
 Show the current setting of trusting readonly sections.
-- 
1.7.7.6


  parent reply	other threads:[~2013-09-20  2:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 62+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-09-06  2:03 [PATCH 0/3] Trust readonly sections if target has memory protection Yao Qi
2013-09-06  2:03 ` [PATCH 3/3] Linux " Yao Qi
2013-09-06  2:03 ` [PATCH 1/3] set trust-readonly-sections off in test cases Yao Qi
2013-09-06  5:56   ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-09-06 17:23   ` Pedro Alves
2013-09-06  2:03 ` [PATCH 2/3] Trust readonly sections if target has memory protection Yao Qi
2013-09-06  6:05   ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-09-06  9:07     ` Yao Qi
2013-09-06  9:24       ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-09-06  5:57 ` [PATCH 0/3] " Eli Zaretskii
2013-09-06  8:24   ` Yao Qi
2013-09-06  8:45     ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-09-06 13:03       ` Joel Brobecker
2013-09-06 13:27         ` Yao Qi
2013-09-06 13:32         ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-09-06 14:17           ` Pierre Muller
     [not found]           ` <"000d01ceab0b$d53ae600$7fb0b200$@muller"@ics-cnrs.unistra.fr>
2013-09-06 14:38             ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-09-06 14:52           ` Joel Brobecker
2013-09-06 15:56             ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-09-06 18:10               ` Joel Brobecker
2013-09-06 18:36                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-09-06 13:00 ` Joel Brobecker
2013-09-08 12:04 ` [PATCH 0/7 V2] " Yao Qi
2013-09-08 12:04   ` [PATCH 1/7] Emit a warning when writing to a readonly section and trust_readonly is true Yao Qi
2013-09-08 15:10     ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-09-08 12:05   ` [PATCH 6/7] Linux has memory protection Yao Qi
2013-09-08 12:05   ` [PATCH 5/7] DOC and NEWS Yao Qi
2013-09-08 12:05   ` [PATCH 7/7] Windows has memory protection Yao Qi
2013-09-08 12:05   ` [PATCH 2/7] set trust-readonly-sections off in test cases Yao Qi
2013-09-08 12:05   ` [PATCH 4/7] Trust readonly sections if target has memory protection Yao Qi
2013-09-08 15:13     ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-09-09  7:49       ` Yao Qi
2013-09-09 16:25         ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-09-08 12:05   ` [PATCH 3/7] New function windows_init_abi Yao Qi
2013-09-09 19:16   ` [PATCH 0/7 V2] Trust readonly sections if target has memory protection Mark Kettenis
2013-09-10  4:06     ` Yao Qi
2013-09-12  8:30       ` Yao Qi
2013-09-12  9:49         ` Mark Kettenis
2013-09-13  8:17           ` Yao Qi
2013-09-30 17:50             ` Pedro Alves
2013-09-30 18:08               ` Pedro Alves
2013-10-07 22:29                 ` Stan Shebs
2013-10-08 12:18                   ` Pedro Alves
2013-10-08 12:47                     ` Abid, Hafiz
2013-10-08 13:36                       ` tmirza
2013-10-09  2:24               ` Doug Evans
2013-10-23 10:16                 ` Yao Qi
2013-10-15  0:44               ` Yao Qi
2013-09-20  2:47   ` [PATCH 0/7 V3] " Yao Qi
2013-09-20  2:47     ` [PATCH 4/7] Trust readonly sections if target has memory protection and in remote debugging Yao Qi
2013-09-20  2:47     ` [PATCH 7/7] Windows has memory protection Yao Qi
2013-09-20  2:47     ` [PATCH 1/7] Emit a query when writing to a readonly section and trust_readonly is true Yao Qi
2013-09-20  2:47     ` [PATCH 3/7] New function windows_init_abi Yao Qi
2013-09-30 18:23       ` Pedro Alves
2013-10-01  6:47         ` Yao Qi
2013-10-01  9:35           ` Pedro Alves
2013-10-01 13:23             ` Yao Qi
2013-09-20  2:47     ` [PATCH 2/7] set trust-readonly-sections off in test cases Yao Qi
2013-09-20  2:47     ` [PATCH 6/7] Linux has memory protection Yao Qi
2013-09-20  2:47     ` Yao Qi [this message]
2013-09-20  8:21       ` [PATCH 5/7] DOC and NEWS Eli Zaretskii
2013-09-29 13:51     ` [PATCH 0/7 V3] Trust readonly sections if target has memory protection Yao Qi

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