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From: Philippe Waroquiers <philippe.waroquiers@skynet.be>
To: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
Cc: Philippe Waroquiers <philippe.waroquiers@skynet.be>
Subject: [RFA 3/3] Document 'set|show exec-file-mismatch (reload|warn|off)'
Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2019 14:36:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20191221143632.15990-4-philippe.waroquiers@skynet.be> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20191221143632.15990-1-philippe.waroquiers@skynet.be>

Mention in NEWS the new option and the set/show commands.

Document in gdb.texinfo the new option and the set/show commands.

gdb/ChangeLog
YYYY-MM-DD  Philippe Waroquiers  <philippe.waroquiers@skynet.be>

	* NEWS: Mention the new option and the set/show commands.

gdb/doc/ChangeLog
YYYY-MM-DD  Philippe Waroquiers  <philippe.waroquiers@skynet.be>

	* gdb.texinfo (Attach): Document the new option and the
	set/show commands.
	(Connecting): Reference the exec-file-mismatch option.
---
 gdb/NEWS            | 12 ++++++++++++
 gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 43 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
index ee10914fd8..1a90862b0d 100644
--- a/gdb/NEWS
+++ b/gdb/NEWS
@@ -3,6 +3,18 @@
 
 *** Changes since GDB 9
 
+* New commands
+
+set exec-file-mismatch -- Set exec-file-mismatch handling (reload|warn|off).
+show exec-file-mismatch -- Show exec-file-mismatch handling (reload|warn|off).
+  Set or show the option 'exec-file-mismatch'.  When GDB attaches to
+  a running program and can determine the running program, this new option
+  indicates how to handle a mismatch between the current exec-file and
+  the automatically detected file.
+  'reload' is the default value: in case of mismatch, GDB will warn the user
+  and reload the automatically determined file after user confirmation.
+
+
 *** Changes in GDB 9
 
 * 'thread-exited' event is now available in the annotations interface.
diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index 4d25f755d7..a246ba0bf5 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -2904,6 +2904,31 @@ the program is not found) by using the source file search path
 the @code{file} command to load the program.  @xref{Files, ,Commands to
 Specify Files}.
 
+@anchor{set exec-file-mismatch}
+If the debugger can determine the program running in the process
+and this program does not match the current exec-file, the option
+@code{exec-file-mismatch} specifies how to handle the mismatch.
+
+@table @code
+@kindex exec-file-mismatch
+@cindex set exec-file-mismatch
+@item set exec-file-mismatch @samp{reload|warn|off}
+In case of mismatch between the current exec-file and the automatically
+determined exec-file of the PID the debugger is attaching to,
+@samp{reload} indicates to give a warning to the user and reload
+the automatically determined exec-file.  The user will be asked to
+confirm the loading of the automatically determined file.
+With @samp{warn}, @value{GDBN} just gives a warning to the user to
+signal the mismatch.  @samp{off} indicates to not check for mismatch.
+The default value is @samp{reload}.
+
+
+@cindex show exec-file-mismatch
+@item show exec-file-mismatch
+Show the current value of @code{exec-file-mismatch}.
+
+@end table
+
 The first thing @value{GDBN} does after arranging to debug the specified
 process is to stop it.  You can examine and modify an attached process
 with all the @value{GDBN} commands that are ordinarily available when
@@ -21780,6 +21805,12 @@ established.  If you are using @code{gdbserver}, you may also invoke
 @code{gdbserver} using the @option{--attach} option
 (@pxref{Running gdbserver}).
 
+Some remote targets allow @value{GDBN} to determine the program running
+in the process the debugger is attaching to.  In such a case, @value{GDBN}
+uses the value of @code{exec-file-mismatch} to handle a possible mismatch
+between the program running in the process and the current exec-file.
+(@pxref{set exec-file-mismatch}).
+
 @end table
 
 @anchor{Host and target files}
-- 
2.20.1


  reply	other threads:[~2019-12-21 14:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-12-21 14:36 [RFA 1/3] New option 'set exec-file-mismatch (reload|warn|off)'. Fixes PR gdb/17626 Philippe Waroquiers
2019-12-21 14:36 ` Philippe Waroquiers [this message]
2019-12-21 17:44   ` [RFA 3/3] Document 'set|show exec-file-mismatch (reload|warn|off)' Eli Zaretskii
2019-12-21 20:16     ` Philippe Waroquiers
2019-12-22 18:20       ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-12-22  2:46   ` Christian Biesinger via gdb-patches
2019-12-22  9:09     ` Philippe Waroquiers
2020-01-08  0:52     ` Tom Tromey
2019-12-21 14:36 ` [RFA 2/3] Test 'set exec-file-mismatch reload|warn|off' Philippe Waroquiers
2019-12-21 14:36 ` [RFA 1/3] Implement 'set/show exec-file-mismatch' Philippe Waroquiers
2020-01-08  0:58   ` Tom Tromey

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