From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Guinevere Larsen <guinevere@redhat.com>
Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/6] gdb/record: Define new version of the record-save section
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2026 09:00:52 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <86pl3zla0b.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260415185836.2732968-7-guinevere@redhat.com> (message from Guinevere Larsen on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 15:58:36 -0300)
> From: Guinevere Larsen <guinevere@redhat.com>
> Cc: Guinevere Larsen <guinevere@redhat.com>
> Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2026 15:58:36 -0300
>
> With the changes to the internal representation of the history, we can
> no longer support the previous record save format. This commit makes it
> official, documenting the new format and changing the magic number.
> ---
> gdb/NEWS | 3 +++
> gdb/record-full.c | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
> 2 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
Thanks.
> --- a/gdb/NEWS
> +++ b/gdb/NEWS
> @@ -42,6 +42,9 @@
>
> * Support for the binary file format dbx has been removed.
>
> +* The format for a saved execution record has been updated, and
> + previous formats are no longer supported.
What's a "saved execution record", and where is it used in GDB? I
think the NEWS entry should say something about that, or else it's too
mysterious.
Reviewed-By: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-16 6:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-15 18:58 [PATCH 0/6] Refactor the internals of record-full Guinevere Larsen
2026-04-15 18:58 ` [PATCH 1/6] gdb/record: Refactor record history Guinevere Larsen
2026-04-15 18:58 ` [PATCH 2/6] gdb/record: remove record_full_insn_num Guinevere Larsen
2026-04-15 18:58 ` [PATCH 3/6] gdb/record: c++ify internal structures of record-full.c Guinevere Larsen
2026-04-15 18:58 ` [PATCH 4/6] gdb/record: make record_full_history more c++-like Guinevere Larsen
2026-04-15 18:58 ` [PATCH 5/6] gdb/record: extract the PC to record_full_instruction Guinevere Larsen
2026-04-15 18:58 ` [PATCH 6/6] gdb/record: Define new version of the record-save section Guinevere Larsen
2026-04-16 6:00 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2026-04-16 12:41 ` Guinevere Larsen
2026-04-16 13:45 ` Eli Zaretskii
2026-04-16 14:03 ` Guinevere Larsen
2026-04-16 15:01 ` Eli Zaretskii
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