gdb/doc/

	* gdbint.texinfo (Defining Other Architecture Features): Clarify *pcptr
	encoding for gdbarch_breakpoint_from_pc, bp_addr for
	gdbarch_push_dummy_call and bp_addr for gdbarch_push_dummy_code.

diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
index d6adef4c821a5684e8dae858db5842e29afa3048..17ab90012a2f9aef84381269232f9fb88b13aa9c 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2012-09-13  Jan Kratochvil  <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
+           Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@gnu.org>
+
+       * gdbint.texinfo (Defining Other Architecture Features): Clarify *pcptr
+       encoding for gdbarch_breakpoint_from_pc, bp_addr for
+       gdbarch_push_dummy_call and bp_addr for gdbarch_push_dummy_code.
+
 2012-08-27  Jan Kratochvil  <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
 
        * gdb.texinfo (objfile-gdb.py file): New paragraph for .exe stripping.

diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdbint.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdbint.texinfo
index 07493194fdcc1c5d1368d0663b14ed3a2bc2b9a1..34b0bec07d3964c576ef4eea51e74c70de7bd26c 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/doc/gdbint.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdbint.texinfo
@@ -4532,8 +4532,11 @@ contents and size of a breakpoint instruction.  It returns a pointer to
 a static string of bytes that encode a breakpoint instruction, stores the
 length of the string to @code{*@var{lenptr}}, and adjusts the program
 counter (if necessary) to point to the actual memory location where the
-breakpoint should be inserted.  May return @code{NULL} to indicate that
-software breakpoints are not supported.
+breakpoint should be inserted.  On input, the program counter
+(@code{*@var{pcptr}} is the encoded inferior's PC register.  If software
+breakpoints are supported, the function sets this argument to the PC's
+plain address.  If software breakpoints are not supported, the function
+returns NULL instead of the encoded breakpoint instruction.
 
 Although it is common to use a trap instruction for a breakpoint, it's
 not required; for instance, the bit pattern could be an invalid
@@ -4813,7 +4816,7 @@ instead of value.
 @anchor{gdbarch_push_dummy_call} Define this to push the dummy frame's call to
 the inferior function onto the stack.  In addition to pushing @var{nargs}, the
 code should push @var{struct_addr} (when @var{struct_return} is non-zero), and
-the return address (@var{bp_addr}).
+the return address (@var{bp_addr}, in inferior's PC register encoding).
 
 @var{function} is a pointer to a @code{struct value}; on architectures that use
 function descriptors, this contains the function descriptor value.
@@ -4827,12 +4830,14 @@ instruction sequence (including space for a breakpoint) to which the
 called function should return.
 
 Set @var{bp_addr} to the address at which the breakpoint instruction
-should be inserted, @var{real_pc} to the resume address when starting
-the call sequence, and return the updated inner-most stack address.
+should be inserted (in inferior's PC register encoding), @var{real_pc} to the
+resume address when starting the call sequence, and return the updated
+inner-most stack address.
 
 By default, the stack is grown sufficient to hold a frame-aligned
 (@pxref{frame_align}) breakpoint, @var{bp_addr} is set to the address
-reserved for that breakpoint, and @var{real_pc} set to @var{funaddr}.
+reserved for that breakpoint (in inferior's PC register encoding), and
+@var{real_pc} set to @var{funaddr}.
 
 This method replaces @w{@code{gdbarch_call_dummy_location (@var{gdbarch})}}.