* Option --vex-iropt-precise-memory-exns has been removed.
It is replaced by --vex-iropt-register-updates which accepts
3 values : 'unwindregs-at-mem-access' (replacing
--vex-iropt-precise-memory-exns=no), 'allregs-at-mem-access'
(replacing --vex-iropt-precise-memory-exns=yes)
and a new value 'allregs-at-each-insn'.
'allregs-at-each-insn' allows the Valgrind gdbserver to always
show up to date values to GDB.
git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@12809
During investigations of 303963, Josef found that flags are not always
up to date and that --vex-guest-max-insns=1 ensures flags values
are (more?) correct.
=> enhance the paragraph in the gdbserver limitations to reference
this option and give an idea of the performance impact of the other
options helping to increase the precision of registers and flags.
git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@12778
This implies to change the interface between the
arch independent gdbserver files and the arch dependent files
as AVX implies a choice of xml files at run time.
In valgrind-low-amd64.c, the xml files and the nr of registers
are different depending on AVX support or not.
Other platforms still have a fully static nr of registers.
git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@12581
When investigating Valgrind out of memory situation,
it is useful to be able to output the list of segments of the
aspacemgr at any moment.
The GDB monitor command "v.info memory" has now an optional
argument allowing to output this list of segments
git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@12544
Similar to r12444 (see Log below), but this is doing it for x86 and amd64.
The xmm registers are using uint32 or uint64 for their float
union components. For the i387 80 bits float registers, as there is
no uint80, a struct uint16 + uint64 is defined.
Log:
Change the type of the shadow regs for floating point registers
to be uint64. Previously the value in such a shadow reg would
be interpreted by gdb as a floating point value which would
produce non-sensible output for e.g p/x $f1s1.
This patch covers the power and arm architectures.
git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@12445
* make a reference to --vex-iropt-precise-memory-exns=yes
to obtain up to date registers values.
git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@12416
Using n_errs_shown allows the user to stop on an error
identified in a previous run by counting errors shown.
* shows also n_errs_shown in monitor command v.info n_errs_found
* slightly clarified the manual, updated to new output of v.info n_errs_found
git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@12388
* In core advanced manual, replace 3.7.0 by current release.
* cleanup in m_gdbserver/README_DEVELOPPERS
git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@12320
* fix various typos in doc
* following commit in gdb
http://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2011-07/msg00742.html
means unlimited length for valgrind watchpoints is understood by the
(future) gdb 7.4 => doc updated
* factorize gdb version detection and reporting in
gdbserver_tests/make_local_links
* replace zignal by signal in a string used in umsg.
* updated gdbserver_tests/README_DEVELOPPERS (ref to --port vgdb option)
No functional change, tested on f12/x86, debian5/amd64, s390/RHEL4
Fixes#278892. (Philippe Waroquiers, philippe.waroquiers@skynet.be)
git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@12223
Monitor command useful for debugging/investigation of Valgrind unwinder and/or
gdbserver/gdb stack trace.
The Valgrind unwinder has some limitations compared to the GDB unwinder.
(see e.g. 278972).
With this monitor command, it is easy to see if the Valgrind unwinder
produces something different than the GDB unwinder.
Fixes#279212. (Philippe Waroquiers, philippe.waroquiers@skynet.be)
git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@12203
--cmd-time-out
* changed prefixes of Valgrind core monitor commands from vg. to v.
* removed prefixes of Tool monitor commands
* memcheck leak_check 'leakpossible' arg renamed to 'possibleleak'
* memcheck make_memory 'ifaddressabledefined' arg renamed to
'Definedifaddressable'
(with uppercase D to avoid confusion with 'defined' arg).
* vgdb options
- Some doc updates : more logical option order documentation,
specify 'standalone' for options aimed at standalone usage.
- added option --cmd-time-out for standalone vgdb
(comment of Josef Weindendorfer, needed to interface with a callgrind GUI)
* updated tests according to the above.
* updated documentation according to the above.
* some additional minor doc fixes/clarifications
(Philippe Waroquiers, philippe.waroquiers@skynet.be). Bug 214909
comment 111.
git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@11844
--vgdb-error=N is specified, print a bit of text telling the user the
magic commands to give GDB in order to attach to the process.
git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@11822
- Match the ordering of the non-tool-specific options in the usage message
with the order in the user manual. As a result, we now always print
--alignment and --trace-malloc in the core's usage messages, which saves
malloc-replacing tools from doing it themselves (and brings it in line
with options that only apply to error-collecting tools).
- Improved the presentation of the Vex options with --help-debug.
- Removed documentation of -d in the manual because it's a debugging-only flag.
- Documented --read-var-info in the manual. This fixes bug 201169.
- Renamed --auto-run-dsymutil as --dsymutil and documented it in the usage
message.
- Fixed an XML error in manual-core-adv.xml.
git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@10703
VALGRIND_{PRINTF,PRINTF_BACKTRACE,INTERNAL_PRINTF} were no longer appending
newlines. This meant that --trace-malloc=yes spewed everything onto a
single line, among other things.
Rather than adding the newline back in, I chose to offically change their
behaviour to not add the newlines, as this is more flexible (and the reason
for the underlying VG_(message) change). I updated all the relevant places
I could find.
git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@10694
line options. This commit changes them to all <option>.
Also make consistent how options with multiple names (eg. -h --help) are
shown.
Also, remove section describing --help and --version in Callgrind's chapter;
these aren't necessary and are presumably a hangover from when Callgrind was
a separate tool.
git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@10659
on some advanced aspects of the core (client requests, function
wrapping) and move stuff from the main core manual into it.
git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@7208
