Re: [PATCH] MI: new timing command

Nick Roberts
2006-12-31T07:50:56Z

> > From: Nick Roberts <nickrob@snap.net.nz>
> > Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2006 21:47:23 +1300
> >
> > Here's a patch for timing MI commands e.g.
>
> Thanks, but where's the documentation to go with it?

Here are some docs but I guess it could still all change.

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Nick http://www.inet.net.nz/~nickrob

2006-12-31 Nick Roberts <nickrob@snap.net.nz>

* gdb.texinfo (GDB/MI Miscellaneous Commands): Describe the new
command -enable-timings.

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*************** The corresponding @value{GDBN} command i
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(gdb)
@end smallexample

+ @subheading The @code{-enable-timings} Command
+ @findex -enable-timings
+
+ @subheading Synopsis
+
+ @smallexample
+ -enable-timings [yes | no]
+ @end smallexample
+
+ Toggle the printing of the wallclock, user and system times for an MI
+ command as a field in its output. This command is to help frontend
+ developers optimize the performance of their code. No argument is
+ equivalent to @samp{yes}.
+
+ @subheading @value{GDBN} Command
+
+ No equivalent.
+
+ @subheading Example
+
+ @smallexample
+ (gdb)
+ -enable-timings
+ ^done
+ (gdb)
+ -break-insert main
+ ^done,bkpt=@{number="1",type="breakpoint",disp="keep",enabled="y",
+ addr="0x080484ed",func="main",file="myprog.c",
+ fullname="/home/nickrob/myprog.c",line="73",times="0"@},
+ time=@{wallclock="0.05185",user="0.00800",system="0.00000"@}
+ (gdb)
+ -enable-timings no
+ ^done
+ (gdb)
+ -exec-run
+ ^running
+ (gdb)
+ *stopped,reason="breakpoint-hit",bkptno="1",thread-id="0",
+ frame=@{addr="0x080484ed",func="main",args=[@{name="argc",value="1"@},
+ @{name="argv",value="0xbfb60364"@}],file="myprog.c",
+ fullname="/home/nickrob/myprog.c",line="73"@}
+ (gdb)
+ @end smallexample
+
@node Annotations
@chapter @value{GDBN} Annotations