[PATCH v2 2/8] gdb, doc: mention the 'S' option for the QTDP packet

Eli Zaretskii eliz@gnu.org
Fri Jan 10 19:04:11 GMT 2025


> From: Tankut Baris Aktemur <tankut.baris.aktemur@intel.com>
> Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2025 17:01:12 +0100
> 
> I noticed that gdbserver accepts an 'S' option for the QTDP packet to
> create a static tracepoint, but this is not mentioned in the document.
> Update the document.
> 
> I first thought about updating the argument as `[:Flen|:S]`, but then
> opted for `[:Flen][:S]`.  Although it is odd that ':F' and ':S' are
> allowed to co-exist, the implementation at the gdbserver side allows
> this and handles the packet arguments so that the right-most
> positioned ':F' or ':S' overwrites the final tracepoint type.  When
> the documentation is missing, the implementation usually determines
> the behavior.
> ---
>  gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo | 5 +++--
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Thanks, this is okay.

Reviewed-By: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>


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