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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Andrew Burgess <aburgess@redhat.com>
Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 2/3] gdb: introduce program_space::get_entry_point_info function
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2026 15:01:09 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <867bo0ko6y.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87ik7kp0tt.fsf@redhat.com> (message from Andrew Burgess on Mon,  15 Jun 2026 11:14:38 +0100)

> From: Andrew Burgess <aburgess@redhat.com>
> Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
> Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2026 11:14:38 +0100
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > Thanks, the documentation parts are okay.  Although I would suggest to
> > perhaps clarify the description in the manual by explaining how these
> > addresses are related to the first instruction in the 'main' function
> > of the program.  As written, the description is highly-technical, and
> > I think it will only be clear enough for people who are intimately
> > familiar with the program's startup code on different systems.
> >
> > Reviewed-By: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
> 
> I rewrote the doc/ part to try and make it more approachable.  I
> included some text describing how the reported addresses relate to the
> address of 'main', and why the inferior entry address exists, and is
> different for dynamically linked executables.  Obviously the text
> relating to dynamically linked executables is a massive simplification,
> but I don't see it as our job to be teaching about dynamic linking, I
> figure what I've written is correct enough.
> 
> If I don't hear any feedback I'll assume this is OK.

The new text is fine by me, thanks.

  reply	other threads:[~2026-06-15 12:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 54+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-06-08 18:14 [PATCH] gdb: allow 'until' to work in outermost frame Andrew Burgess
2026-06-11 19:24 ` Guinevere Larsen
2026-06-11 20:40   ` Andrew Burgess
2026-06-12 12:49     ` Guinevere Larsen
2026-06-11 21:59 ` [PATCHv2 0/3] " Andrew Burgess
2026-06-11 21:59   ` [PATCHv2 1/3] gdb: rename program_space::entry_point_address* functions Andrew Burgess
2026-06-12 15:41     ` Pedro Alves
2026-06-11 21:59   ` [PATCHv2 2/3] gdb: introduce program_space::get_entry_point_info function Andrew Burgess
2026-06-12  6:07     ` Eli Zaretskii
2026-06-15 10:14       ` Andrew Burgess
2026-06-15 12:01         ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2026-06-12 15:41     ` Pedro Alves
2026-06-15 10:29       ` Andrew Burgess
2026-06-16 18:36         ` Pedro Alves
2026-06-23  9:46           ` Andrew Burgess
2026-06-23 10:20             ` Pedro Alves
2026-06-11 21:59   ` [PATCHv2 3/3] gdb: allow 'until' to work in outermost frame Andrew Burgess
2026-06-12 15:57     ` Pedro Alves
2026-06-16 19:47   ` [PATCHv3 0/4] " Andrew Burgess
2026-06-16 19:47     ` [PATCHv3 1/4] gdb: rename program_space::entry_point_address* functions Andrew Burgess
2026-06-16 19:47     ` [PATCHv3 2/4] gdb: introduce program_space::get_entry_point_info function Andrew Burgess
2026-06-17 11:52       ` Eli Zaretskii
2026-06-16 19:47     ` [PATCHv3 3/4] gdb: allow 'until' to work in outermost frame Andrew Burgess
2026-06-16 19:47     ` [PATCHv3 4/4] gdb: cache program space entry point information Andrew Burgess
2026-06-23 10:47     ` [PATCHv4 0/4] gdb: allow 'until' to work in outermost frame Andrew Burgess
2026-06-23 10:47       ` [PATCHv4 1/4] gdb: rename program_space::entry_point_address* functions Andrew Burgess
2026-06-23 10:47       ` [PATCHv4 2/4] gdb: introduce program_space::get_entry_point_info function Andrew Burgess
2026-06-23 10:47       ` [PATCHv4 3/4] gdb: allow 'until' to work in outermost frame Andrew Burgess
2026-06-23 10:47       ` [PATCHv4 4/4] gdb: cache program space entry point information Andrew Burgess
2026-06-25 15:26       ` [PATCHv5 0/4] gdb: allow 'until' to work in outermost frame Andrew Burgess
2026-06-25 15:26         ` [PATCHv5 1/4] gdb: rename program_space::entry_point_address* functions Andrew Burgess
2026-06-25 15:26         ` [PATCHv5 2/4] gdb: introduce program_space::get_entry_point_info function Andrew Burgess
2026-06-25 15:26         ` [PATCHv5 3/4] gdb: allow 'until' to work in outermost frame Andrew Burgess
2026-06-25 15:26         ` [PATCHv5 4/4] gdb: cache program space entry point information Andrew Burgess
2026-07-10 14:24         ` [PATCHv6 0/4] gdb: allow 'until' to work in outermost frame Andrew Burgess
2026-07-10 14:24           ` [PATCHv6 1/4] gdb: rename program_space::entry_point_address* functions Andrew Burgess
2026-07-10 14:24           ` [PATCHv6 2/4] gdb: introduce program_space::get_entry_point_info function Andrew Burgess
2026-07-10 15:39             ` Simon Marchi
2026-07-10 14:24           ` [PATCHv6 3/4] gdb: allow 'until' to work in outermost frame Andrew Burgess
2026-07-10 17:00             ` Simon Marchi
2026-07-10 17:01               ` Simon Marchi
2026-07-16 15:06               ` Andrew Burgess
2026-07-10 14:24           ` [PATCHv6 4/4] gdb: cache program space entry point information Andrew Burgess
2026-07-10 17:07             ` Simon Marchi
2026-07-18 13:11           ` [PATCHv7 0/4] gdb: allow 'until' to work in outermost frame Andrew Burgess
2026-07-18 13:11             ` [PATCHv7 1/4] gdb: rename program_space::entry_point_address* functions Andrew Burgess
2026-07-18 13:11             ` [PATCHv7 2/4] gdb: introduce program_space::get_entry_point_info function Andrew Burgess
2026-07-18 13:11             ` [PATCHv7 3/4] gdb: allow 'until' to work in outermost frame Andrew Burgess
2026-07-18 13:11             ` [PATCHv7 4/4] gdb: cache program space entry point information Andrew Burgess
2026-07-20  9:52             ` [PATCHv8 0/4] gdb: allow 'until' to work in outermost frame Andrew Burgess
2026-07-20  9:52               ` [PATCHv8 1/4] gdb: rename program_space::entry_point_address* functions Andrew Burgess
2026-07-20  9:52               ` [PATCHv8 2/4] gdb: introduce program_space::get_entry_point_info function Andrew Burgess
2026-07-20  9:52               ` [PATCHv8 3/4] gdb: allow 'until' to work in outermost frame Andrew Burgess
2026-07-20  9:52               ` [PATCHv8 4/4] gdb: cache program space entry point information Andrew Burgess

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