[ping] [patch 0/8] GDB/GDBserver talks with agents

[Yao Qi <yao at codesourcery dot com>]

On 01/23/2012 08:43 PM, Yao Qi wrote:
> When I am working on the new agent library [1], I found that only
> gdbserver is able to interact with agent on static tracepoints only.
> There are two limitations here, 1) only gdbserver is able to talk with
> agent, 2) only static tracepoint operations can be performed by agent.
> In order to make the interface of gdbserver and agent more clear, and
> new agent library as flexible as possible, these two limitations should
> be overcame/removed.
> 
> In this patch set, we generalize the original code in
> gdbserver/tracepoint.c to talk with agent for static tracepoint, move
> "common" part into gdb/common/agent.c, so that both gdb and gdbserver
> can call them to interact with agent.  Secondly, the communication
> method (sync socket and command buffer) between gdbserver and
> libinproctrace.so is kept, but is generalized to some extent, so that,
> gdb and gdbserver is able to communicate with agent for other purposes,
> such as installing fast tracepoint or evaluating breakpoint conditions.
>  The operations for static tracepoint are regarded as one sort of
> commands on this communication channel.
> 
> This patch set doesn't change any existing functions of gdb and
> gdbserver, but it makes gdb and gdbserver easier to communicate with
> other agents.
> 
Ping this series of patches.
http://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2012-01/msg00762.html

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Yao (éå)