Re: [PATCH v3] Add a 'starti' command.

John Baldwin
2017-09-18T23:15:23Z

On Monday, September 11, 2017 03:08:03 PM John Baldwin wrote:
> This works like 'start' but it stops at the first instruction rather than
> the first line in main(). This is useful if one wants to single step
> through runtime linker startup.
>
> While here, introduce a RUN_ARGS_HELP macro for shared help text between
> run, start, and starti. This includes expanding the help for start and
> starti to include details from run's help text.
>
> gdb/ChangeLog:
>
> * NEWS (Changes since GDB 8.0): Add starti.
> * infcmd.c (enum run_break): New.
> (run_command_1): Queue pending event for RUN_STOP_AT_FIRST_INSN
> case.
> (run_command): Use enum run_how.
> (start_command): Likewise.
> (starti_command): New function.
> (RUN_ARGS_HELP): New macro.
> (_initialize_infcmd): Use RUN_ARGS_HELP for run and start
> commands. Add starti command.
>
> gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
>
> * gdb.texinfo (Starting your Program): Add description of
> starti command. Mention starti command as an alternative for
> debugging the elaboration phase.
>
> gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
>
> * gdb.base/starti.c: New file.
> * gdb.base/starti.exp: New file.
> * lib/gdb.exp (gdb_starti_cmd): New procedure.

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John Baldwin