[RFA] Submit process record and replay third time, 0/9

[teawater]

Hi guys,

Do you think I can check in the P record function?

Thanks,
Hui

On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 13:43, teawater <teawater@gmail.com> wrote:
> For this submit, I changed the names of some code and move the code in
> linux-nat.c to record.c.
> Thanks for help of everybody in the maillist.
>
> Process record and replay make gdb can record inferior execute log and
> replay (include reverse debug).
> Now, it support I386-Linux single-thread inferior native debug.
>
> I've divided this patch into ten sections, for ease of review.
> They group as:
> 1) Architecture support layer (gdbarch.sh, gdbarch.c, gbarch.h).
> 2) New stratum of strata in target layer (target.h).
> 3) Process record and replay target (record.c, record.h, Makefile.in).
> 4) Set the variables for process record and replay target (target.c).
> 5) Process record and replay for Linux (linux-record.c,
> linux-record.h, Makefile.in, configure.tgt).
> 6) Event handling (infrun.c).
> 7) Intel 386 target-dependent stuff (i386-tdep.c, i386-tdep.h).
> 8) Target-dependent code for GNU/Linux i386 (i386-linux-tdep.c).
> 9) User interface and documentation.
>
> For the NEWS:
> * Process record and replay
>
>  In a architecture environment that supports ``process record and
>  replay'', ``process record and replay'' target can record a log of
>  the process execution, and replay it with both forward and reverse
>  execute commands.
>
> These patches be tested with testsuite gdb.twreverse in branch
> reverse-20081226-branch.
>