[PATCH 3/4] Document RSP support for Linux exec events

Eli Zaretskii eliz@gnu.org
Sat May 24 07:20:00 GMT 2014


> From: Don Breazeal <donb@codesourcery.com>
> Date: Fri, 23 May 2014 15:49:33 -0700
> 
> This patch adds documentation of the new RSP support for exec events.

Thanks.

> +@cindex exec events, remote reply
> +@item exec
> +The packet indicates that @code{execve} was called, and @var{r} is the
> +absolute pathname of the file that was executed, in hex.

Please use "file name".  GNU coding standards frown on using
"pathname" in this context.

>                                                            This is
> +only applicable to certain targets.

What is "only applicable to certain targets", the packet or the fact
that R is the file name of the exec'ed process?

I also think you should mention the fact that gdbserver supports
follow-exec-mode in the "Forks" node, as the text there does sound as
if this is only supported in native debugging.



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