Re: [FYI] tutorial for process record and reverse debugging

Michael Snyder
2009-10-26T15:53:07Z

Jakob Engblom wrote:
>> If going straight to the end of the recording log is a valuable
>> feature, I was thinking it may deserve its own command.
>>
>> Ultimately, I'm hoping that with such a command, we can then see
>> if we can have PRecord directly jump from recorded execution
>> to live execution without stopping.
>
> Note that we had a discussion a while ago about adding a general "go to point in
> time in recording/reverse execution history" command, which would kind of solve
> this as a special case (provided you can find the "last" time). We can already
> do this in Simics, but there is no support in the gdb-serial protocol or the gdb
> CLI or MI to access the function. The undodb people had the same issue.

What would you think of "qBookmark" to request a bookmark id,
and "QBookmark:id" to "set" the bookmark (that is, to go back
to that machine state)?