GDBMI_list_target_features.st
author Jan Vrany <jan.vrany@labware.com>
Thu, 07 Dec 2023 12:33:31 +0000
changeset 322 1b26d0a9560c
parent 272 cdd1c9ad00de
permissions -rw-r--r--
Emit and handle (custom) `-register-changed` notification This commit adds new (custom) asynchronous notification about register value being changed. Standard GDB does not notify MI clients about register value being changed when debugging (for example, by CLI command `set $rax = 1` or via Python's `Value.assign()`). This caused libgdb's register value cache being out of sync. In the past, this was partially worked around by manually emiting the notification on `GDBRegisterWithValue` APIs, but this did not (and could not) handle the case register was changed from GDB command line. To solve this problem, this commit installs a custom Python event handler that emits new GDB/MI notification - `-register-changed` - whenever a register changes after debugee is stopped. This has been enabled by upstream GDB commit 4825fd "gdb/python: implement support for sending custom MI async notifications" On libgdbs side, complete inferior state is invalidated. In theory, one could carefully invalidate only the changed `GDBRegisterWithValue` but in certain cases this could also change the backtrace (for example, if one updates stack pointer) or position in code. So it seems safer to just invalidate everything.

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"{ Package: 'jv:libgdbs' }"

"{ NameSpace: Smalltalk }"

GDBMICommand subclass:#GDBMI_list_target_features
	instanceVariableNames:''
	classVariableNames:''
	poolDictionaries:''
	category:'GDB-Commands-MI'
!

!GDBMI_list_target_features class methodsFor:'documentation'!

copyright
"
jv:libgdbs - GNU Debugger Interface Library
Copyright (C) 2015-now Jan Vrany
Copyright (C) 2022-2023 LabWare

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the 'Software'), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
SOFTWARE.
"
!

documentation
"
The `-list-target-features' Command
-----------------------------------

Returns a list of particular features that are supported by the target.
Those features affect the permitted MI commands, but unlike the
features reported by the `-list-features' command, the features depend
on which target GDB is using at the moment.  Whenever a target can
change, due to commands such as `-target-select', `-target-attach' or
`-exec-run', the list of target features may change, and the frontend
should obtain it again.  Example output:

     (gdb) -list-target-features
     ^done,result=['async']

   The current list of features is:

`async'
     Indicates that the target is capable of asynchronous command
     execution, which means that {No value for `GDBN'} will accept
     further commands while the target is running.

`reverse'
     Indicates that the target is capable of reverse execution.  *Note
     Reverse Execution::, for more information.



"
! !

!GDBMI_list_target_features methodsFor:'accessing'!

operation
	^ 'list-target-features'
! !

!GDBMI_list_target_features class methodsFor:'documentation'!

version_HG

    ^ '$Changeset: <not expanded> $'
! !