btrace: support Intel(R) Processor Trace

[deliverable/binutils-gdb.git] / gdb / NEWS

diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
index 9900d7f1287a63312806aa0b046cdb487403c17c..6e0fe6d189466df7239b72df19f2a1f03af68ce3 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/NEWS
+++ b/gdb/NEWS
@@ -112,6 +112,10 @@ show mpx bound
 set mpx bound on i386 and amd64
    Support for bound table investigation on Intel(R) MPX enabled applications.
 
+record btrace pt
+record pt
+  Start branch trace recording using Intel(R) Processor Trace format.
+
 * New options
 
 set debug dwarf-die
@@ -163,6 +167,12 @@ set debug linux-namespaces
 show debug linux-namespaces
   Control display of debugging info regarding Linux namespaces.
 
+set|show record btrace pt buffer-size
+  Set and show the size of the ring buffer used for branch tracing in
+  Intel(R) Processor Trace format.
+  The obtained size may differ from the requested size.  Use "info
+  record" to see the obtained buffer size.
+
 * The command 'thread apply all' can now support new option '-ascending'
   to call its specified command for all threads in ascending order.
 
@@ -179,6 +189,15 @@ qXfer:btrace-conf:read
 Qbtrace-conf:bts:size
   Set the requested ring buffer size for branch tracing in BTS format.
 
+Qbtrace:pt
+  Enable Intel(R) Procesor Trace-based branch tracing for the current
+  process.  The remote stub reports support for this packet to GDB's
+  qSupported query.
+
+Qbtrace-conf:pt:size
+  Set the requested ring buffer size for branch tracing in Intel(R) Processor
+  Trace format.
+
 swbreak stop reason
   Indicates a memory breakpoint instruction was executed, irrespective
   of whether it was GDB that planted the breakpoint or the breakpoint