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Re: [PATCH/doc] Remove fixme of packet "k"
- From: Hui Zhu <hui_zhu at mentor dot com>
- To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>, <stanshebs at earthlink dot net>, Pedro Alves <palves at redhat dot com>
- Cc: <gdb-patches at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 16:25:52 +0800
- Subject: Re: [PATCH/doc] Remove fixme of packet "k"
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On 03/21/14 00:06, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 11:44:23 +0800
From: Hui Zhu <hui_zhu@mentor.com>
CC: <stanshebs@earthlink.net>, <gdb-patches@sourceware.org>
Updated a new version according to your comments.
This version is OK, thanks.
Make a new patch according to your comments.
Please help me review it.
Thanks,
Hui
2014-03-21 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
Stan Shebs <stan@codesourcery.com>
Hui Zhu <hui@codesourcery.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Packets): Add anchor to "? packet".
Remove fixme and update introduction of "k packet".
Add anchor to "vKill packet".
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -33742,6 +33742,7 @@ The remote target both supports and has
@item ?
@cindex @samp{?} packet
+@anchor{? packet}
Indicate the reason the target halted. The reply is the same as for
step and continue. This packet has a special interpretation when the
target is in non-stop mode; see @ref{Remote Non-Stop}.
@@ -33954,9 +33955,25 @@ step packet}.
@cindex @samp{k} packet
Kill request.
-FIXME: @emph{There is no description of how to operate when a specific
-thread context has been selected (i.e.@: does 'k' kill only that
-thread?)}.
+The exact effect of this packet is not specified.
+
+For a bare-metal target, it may power cycle or reset the target
+system. For that reason, the @samp{k} packet has no reply.
+
+For a single-process target, it may kill that process if possible.
+
+A multiple-process target may choose to kill just one process, or all
+that are under @value{GDBN}'s control. For more precise control, use
+the vKill packet (@pxref{vKill packet}).
+
+If the target system immediately closes the connection in response to
+@samp{k}, @value{GDBN} does not consider the lack of packet
+acknowledgment to be an error, and assumes the kill was successful.
+
+If connected using @kbd{target extended-remote}, and the target does
+not close the connection in response to a kill request, @value{GDBN}
+probes the target state as if a new connection was opened
+(@pxref{? packet}).
@item m @var{addr},@var{length}
@cindex @samp{m} packet
@@ -34258,6 +34275,7 @@ request is completed.
@item vKill;@var{pid}
@cindex @samp{vKill} packet
+@anchor{vKill packet}
Kill the process with the specified process ID. @var{pid} is a
hexadecimal integer identifying the process. This packet is used in
preference to @samp{k} when multiprocess protocol extensions are