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[PATCH 3/4] catch syscall' feature -- Documentation part
- From: Sérgio Durigan Júnior <sergiodj at linux dot vnet dot ibm dot com>
- To: gdb-patches at sourceware dot org
- Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:13:35 -0300
- Subject: [PATCH 3/4] catch syscall' feature -- Documentation part
This is the documentation part of the patch.
Regards,
--
Sérgio Durigan Júnior
Linux on Power Toolchain - Software Engineer
Linux Technology Center - LTC
IBM Brazil
2008-09-29 Sergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
* gdb.texinfo (catch syscall): Documentation about the
new feature.
diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index 9db0ff8..0838d23 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -3625,6 +3625,12 @@ A failed Ada assertion.
A call to @code{exec}. This is currently only available for HP-UX
and @sc{gnu}/Linux.
+@item syscall
+@itemx syscall @var{syscall name}
+@cindex break on call to/return from a system call
+A call to/return from a @code{syscall} -- similar to the @code{strace}
+utility.
+
@item fork
A call to @code{fork}. This is currently only available for HP-UX
and @sc{gnu}/Linux.