Document new {set,show} dump-excluded-mappings commands.

gdb/ChangeLog:
2017-11-29  Sergio Lopez  <slp@redhat.com>

	* NEWS (Changes since GDB 8.0): Announce {set,show}
	dump_excluded_mappings commands.

gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
2017-11-29  Sergio Lopez  <slp@redhat.com>

	* gdb.texinfo (gcore): Mention new {set,show}
	dump-excluded-mappings commands.
	(set dump-excluded-mappings): Document new command.

diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
index 7ca626252f3e7bffbfb45d3e49ea99f36aa7a841..86fcbd90a2ee165ca6e603921c03df7293c4b923 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/NEWS
+++ b/gdb/NEWS
@@ -185,6 +185,11 @@ set debug separate-debug-file
 show debug separate-debug-file
   Control the display of debug output about separate debug file search.
 
+set dump-excluded-mappings
+show dump-excluded-mappings
+  Control whether mappings marked with the VM_DONTDUMP flag should be
+  dumped when generating a core file.
+
 maint info selftests
   List the registered selftests.
 

diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index 689025feabd1031614e8520a1c2e3286b5005d75..1039f4c27bbf80aad7c2d8817f38f57600059384 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -11594,7 +11594,9 @@ this writing, @sc{gnu}/Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, and S390).
 
 On @sc{gnu}/Linux, this command can take into account the value of the
 file @file{/proc/@var{pid}/coredump_filter} when generating the core
-dump (@pxref{set use-coredump-filter}).
+dump (@pxref{set use-coredump-filter}), and by default honors the
+@code{VM_DONTDUMP} flag for mappings where it is present in the file
+@file{/proc/@var{pid}/smaps} (@pxref{set dump-excluded-mappings}).
 
 @kindex set use-coredump-filter
 @anchor{set use-coredump-filter}
@@ -11624,6 +11626,16 @@ value is currently @code{0x33}, which means that bits @code{0}
 (anonymous private mappings), @code{1} (anonymous shared mappings),
 @code{4} (ELF headers) and @code{5} (private huge pages) are active.
 This will cause these memory mappings to be dumped automatically.
+
+@kindex set dump-excluded-mappings
+@anchor{set dump-excluded-mappings}
+@item set dump-excluded-mappings on
+@itemx set dump-excluded-mappings off
+If @code{on} is specified, @value{GDBN} will dump memory mappings
+marked with the @code{VM_DONTDUMP} flag.  This flag is represented in
+the file @file{/proc/@var{pid}/smaps} with the acronym @code{dd}.
+
+The default value is @code{off}.
 @end table
 
 @node Character Sets