Re: [PATCH 5/5] set/show code-cache NEWS and doc

Eli Zaretskii
2013-11-02T07:06:28Z

> Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2013 08:23:28 +0800
> From: Yao Qi <yao@codesourcery.com>
> CC: <gdb-patches@sourceware.org>
>
> On 10/25/2013 06:00 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> >> How about "executable code"?
> > I would suggest "code section", unless you think that is incorrect for
> > some reason.
>
> GDB can also access code generated by JIT, but they are not from "code
> section". On the other hand, "read code section" usually means "read
> code section in executable file" rather than "read code section in live
> inferior".

I'm also OK with "code segment", if you think it's more accurate.

"Executable code" is too vague to be helpful, IMO.