From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 28764 invoked by alias); 18 Jun 2010 07:34:46 -0000 Received: (qmail 28752 invoked by uid 22791); 18 Jun 2010 07:34:45 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,SPF_SOFTFAIL X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mtaout20.012.net.il (HELO mtaout20.012.net.il) (80.179.55.166) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Fri, 18 Jun 2010 07:34:41 +0000 Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout20.012.net.il by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0L4700E0090S7Q00@a-mtaout20.012.net.il> for gdb-patches@sourceware.org; Fri, 18 Jun 2010 10:34:38 +0300 (IDT) Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([77.127.88.125]) by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0L4700D8C91Q2030@a-mtaout20.012.net.il>; Fri, 18 Jun 2010 10:34:38 +0300 (IDT) Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2010 07:34:00 -0000 From: Eli Zaretskii Subject: Re: [PATCH] prec: add a switch for memory doesn't record query In-reply-to: To: Hui Zhu Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii Message-id: <83d3voiyjv.fsf@gnu.org> References: X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2010-06/txt/msg00399.txt.bz2 > From: Hui Zhu > Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2010 12:59:49 +0800 > > Some words in the doc is not very well. Did some small change. Thanks. > +Control the behavior when PREC cannot record memory change of next > +instruction. If ON, @value{GDBN} will query when it cannot record > +memory change of next instruction. First, please don't use "PREC", this is not a term we use in the manual. Second, I think a short explanation of why this could happen is in order. > +If this option is OFF(the default), @value{GDBN} will auto ignore this > +issue. It can handle it with itself. This is too mysterious. I think we should have at least some explanation of what this auto handling does. Otherwise, the reader will not be able to decide whether to set this on or not.