From: Andrew Burgess <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com>
To: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
Cc: Andrew Burgess <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com>
Subject: [PATCH] gdb/doc: Additional information about 'info line'
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2018 15:41:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180216154122.1772-1-andrew.burgess@embecosm.com> (raw)
Extend the documentation of 'info line' command to:
1. Make 'info line' with no argument more obvious, and make it clearer
what this does.
2. Cover what happens when a secod 'info line' with no argument is
issued.
3. Extend the example output for 'info line ...' to include
symbolic addresses.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo (Machine Code): Additional information about "info
line" command.
---
gdb/doc/ChangeLog | 5 +++++
gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo | 19 +++++++++++++------
2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index 4ed5f6bbb21..ee7adc8df22 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -8432,21 +8432,22 @@
@table @code
@kindex info line
-@item info line @var{location}
+@item info line
+@itemx info line @var{location}
Print the starting and ending addresses of the compiled code for
source line @var{location}. You can specify source lines in any of
-the ways documented in @ref{Specify Location}.
+the ways documented in @ref{Specify Location}. With no @var{location}
+information about the current source line is printed.
@end table
For example, we can use @code{info line} to discover the location of
the object code for the first line of function
@code{m4_changequote}:
-@c FIXME: I think this example should also show the addresses in
-@c symbolic form, as they usually would be displayed.
@smallexample
(@value{GDBP}) info line m4_changequote
-Line 895 of "builtin.c" starts at pc 0x634c and ends at 0x6350.
+Line 895 of "builtin.c" starts at pc 0x634c <m4_changequote> and \
+ ends at 0x6350 <m4_changequote+4>.
@end smallexample
@noindent
@@ -8455,7 +8456,8 @@
@var{location}) what source line covers a particular address:
@smallexample
(@value{GDBP}) info line *0x63ff
-Line 926 of "builtin.c" starts at pc 0x63e4 and ends at 0x6404.
+Line 926 of "builtin.c" starts at pc 0x63e4 <m4_changequote+152> and \
+ ends at 0x6404 <m4_changequote+184>.
@end smallexample
@cindex @code{$_} and @code{info line}
@@ -8468,6 +8470,11 @@
convenience variable @code{$_} (@pxref{Convenience Vars, ,Convenience
Variables}).
+@cindex info line, repeated calls
+After @code{info line}, using @code{info line} again without
+specifying a location will display information about the next source
+line.
+
@table @code
@kindex disassemble
@cindex assembly instructions
--
2.14.3
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