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authorAndrew Burgess <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com>2019-07-22 16:53:06 +0100
committerAndrew Burgess <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com>2019-08-27 16:21:42 +0100
commit4acfdd20c9ef3c0368868b4221554f0abef04196 (patch)
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gdb: Add new -n flag to some info commands
The 'info variables', its alias 'whereis', and 'info functions' all include non-debug symbols in the output by default. The list of non-debug symbols can sometimes be quite long, resulting in the debug symbol based results being scrolled off the screen. This commit adds a '-n' flag to all of the commands listed above that excludes the non-debug symbols from the results, leaving just the debug symbol based results. gdb/ChangeLog: * cli/cli-utils.c (info_print_options_defs): Delete. (make_info_print_options_def_group): Delete. (extract_info_print_options): Delete. (info_print_command_completer): Delete. (info_print_args_help): Add extra parameter, and optionally include text about -n flag. * cli/cli-utils.h (struct info_print_options): Delete. (extract_info_print_options): Delete declaration. (info_print_command_completer): Delete declaration. (info_print_args_help): Add extra parameter, extend header comment. * python/python.c (gdbpy_rbreak): Pass additional parameter to search_symbols. * stack.c (struct info_print_options): New type. (info_print_options_defs): New file scoped variable. (make_info_print_options_def_group): New static function. (info_print_command_completer): New static function. (info_locals_command): Update to use new local functions. (info_args_command): Likewise. (_initialize_stack): Add extra parameter to calls to info_print_args_help. * symtab.c (search_symbols): Add extra parameter, use this to possibly excluse non-debug symbols. (symtab_symbol_info): Add extra parameter, which is passed on to search_symbols. (struct info_print_options): New type. (info_print_options_defs): New file scoped variable. (make_info_print_options_def_group): New static function. (info_print_command_completer): New static function. (info_variables_command): Update to use local functions, and pass extra parameter through to symtab_symbol_info. (info_functions_command): Likewise. (info_types_command): Pass additional argument through to symtab_symbol_info. (rbreak_command): Pass extra argument to search_symbols. (_initialize_symtab): Add extra arguments for calls to info_print_args_help, and update help text for 'info variables', 'whereis', and 'info functions' commands. * symtab.h (search_symbols): Add extra argument to declaration. * NEWS: Mention new flags. gdb/doc/ChangeLog: * gdb.texinfo (Symbols): Add information about the -n flag to "info variables" and "info functions". gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog: * gdb.base/info-fun.exp: Extend to test the -n flag for 'info functions'. Reindent as needed. * gdb.base/info-var-f1.c: New file. * gdb.base/info-var-f2.c: New file. * gdb.base/info-var.exp: New file. * gdb.base/info-var.h: New file.
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2 files changed, 16 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
index 7fa73fb40f6..a5328259e01 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2019-08-27 Andrew Burgess <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com>
+
+ * gdb.texinfo (Symbols): Add information about the -n flag to
+ "info variables" and "info functions".
+
2019-08-25 Yoshinori Sato <ysato@users.sourceforge.jp>
* gdb.texinfo (Standard Target Features): Add RX Features sub-section.
diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index e1bc8143e6b..53b7de91e47 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -18594,7 +18594,7 @@ The matching is case-sensitive, except on operating systems that
have case-insensitive filesystem (e.g., MS-Windows).
@kindex info functions
-@item info functions [-q]
+@item info functions [-q] [-n]
Print the names and data types of all defined functions.
Similarly to @samp{info types}, this command groups its output by source
files and annotates each function definition with its source line
@@ -18607,11 +18607,16 @@ to print the function name and type according to the
language of the function, other values mean to use
the manually specified language (see @ref{Manually, ,Set Language Manually}).
+The @samp{-n} flag excludes @dfn{non-debugging symbols} from the
+results. A non-debugging symbol is a symbol that comes from the
+executable's symbol table, not from the debug information (for
+example, DWARF) associated with the executable.
+
The optional flag @samp{-q}, which stands for @samp{quiet}, disables
printing header information and messages explaining why no functions
have been printed.
-@item info functions [-q] [-t @var{type_regexp}] [@var{regexp}]
+@item info functions [-q] [-n] [-t @var{type_regexp}] [@var{regexp}]
Like @samp{info functions}, but only print the names and data types
of the functions selected with the provided regexp(s).
@@ -18641,7 +18646,7 @@ is printed only if its name matches @var{regexp} and its type matches
@kindex info variables
-@item info variables [-q]
+@item info variables [-q] [-n]
Print the names and data types of all variables that are defined
outside of functions (i.e.@: excluding local variables).
The printed variables are grouped by source files and annotated with
@@ -18654,11 +18659,13 @@ to print the variable name and type according to the
language of the variable, other values mean to use
the manually specified language (see @ref{Manually, ,Set Language Manually}).
+The @samp{-n} flag excludes non-debugging symbols from the results.
+
The optional flag @samp{-q}, which stands for @samp{quiet}, disables
printing header information and messages explaining why no variables
have been printed.
-@item info variables [-q] [-t @var{type_regexp}] [@var{regexp}]
+@item info variables [-q] [-n] [-t @var{type_regexp}] [@var{regexp}]
Like @kbd{info variables}, but only print the variables selected
with the provided regexp(s).