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Re: [PATCH v2 05/13] record-btrace: add bts buffer size configuration option


> From: Markus Metzger <markus.t.metzger@intel.com>
> Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
> Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 11:47:16 +0100
> 
> Allow the size of the branch trace ring buffer to be defined by the
> user.  The specified buffer size will be used when BTS tracing is
> enabled for new threads.
> 
> The obtained buffer size may differ from the requested size.  The
> actual buffer size for the current thread is shown in the "info record"
> command.
> 
> Bigger buffers mean longer traces, but also longer processing time.
> 
> CC: Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@gnu.org>
> 
> 2014-11-20  Markus Metzger  <markus.t.metzger@intel.com>
> 
> 	* btrace.c (parse_xml_btrace_conf_bts): Add size.
> 	(btrace_conf_bts_attributes): New.
> 	(btrace_conf_children): Add attributes.
> 	* common/btrace-common.h (btrace_config_bts): New.
> 	(btrace_config)<bts>: New.
> 	(btrace_config): Update comment.
> 	* nat/linux-btrace.c (linux_enable_btrace): Use config.
> 	* features/btrace-conf.dtd: Increment version.  Add size
> 	attribute to bts element.
> 	* record-btrace.c (set_record_btrace_bts_cmdlist,
> 	show_record_btrace_bts_cmdlist): New.
> 	(record_btrace_adjust_size, record_btrace_print_bts_conf,
> 	record_btrace_print_conf, cmd_set_record_btrace_bts,
> 	cmd_show_record_btrace_bts): New.
> 	(record_btrace_info): Call record_btrace_print_conf.
> 	(_initialize_record_btrace): Add commands.
> 	* remote.c: Add PACKET_Qbtrace_conf_bts_size enum.
> 	(remote_protocol_features): Add Qbtrace-conf:bts:size packet.
> 	(btrace_sync_conf): Synchronize bts size.
> 	(_initialize_remote): Add Qbtrace-conf:bts:size packet.
> 	* NEWS: Announce new commands and new packets.
> 
> doc/
> 	* gdb.texinfo (Branch Trace Configuration Format): Add size.
> 	(Process Record and Replay): Describe new set|show commands.
> 	(General Query Packets): Describe Qbtrace-conf:bts:size packet.
> 
> testsuite/
> 	* gdb.btrace/buffer-size: New.
> 
> gdbserver/
> 	* linux-low.c (linux_low_btrace_conf): Print size.
> 	* server.c (handle_btrace_conf_general_set): New.
> 	(hanle_general_set): Call handle_btrace_conf_general_set.
> 	(handle_query): Report Qbtrace-conf:bts:size as supported.

OK for the documentation parts.

Thanks.


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