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| <h3 class="section">13.1 Commands to Set Tracepoints</h3> |
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| <p>Before running such a <em>trace experiment</em>, an arbitrary number of |
| tracepoints can be set. A tracepoint is actually a special type of |
| breakpoint (see <a href="Set-Breaks.html#Set-Breaks">Set Breaks</a>), so you can manipulate it using |
| standard breakpoint commands. For instance, as with breakpoints, |
| tracepoint numbers are successive integers starting from one, and many |
| of the commands associated with tracepoints take the tracepoint number |
| as their argument, to identify which tracepoint to work on. |
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| <p>For each tracepoint, you can specify, in advance, some arbitrary set |
| of data that you want the target to collect in the trace buffer when |
| it hits that tracepoint. The collected data can include registers, |
| local variables, or global data. Later, you can use <small>GDB</small> |
| commands to examine the values these data had at the time the |
| tracepoint was hit. |
| </p> |
| <p>Tracepoints do not support every breakpoint feature. Ignore counts on |
| tracepoints have no effect, and tracepoints cannot run <small>GDB</small> |
| commands when they are hit. Tracepoints may not be thread-specific |
| either. |
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| <a name="index-fast-tracepoints"></a> |
| <p>Some targets may support <em>fast tracepoints</em>, which are inserted in |
| a different way (such as with a jump instead of a trap), that is |
| faster but possibly restricted in where they may be installed. |
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| <p>Regular and fast tracepoints are dynamic tracing facilities, meaning |
| that they can be used to insert tracepoints at (almost) any location |
| in the target. Some targets may also support controlling <em>static |
| tracepoints</em> from <small>GDB</small>. With static tracing, a set of |
| instrumentation points, also known as <em>markers</em>, are embedded in |
| the target program, and can be activated or deactivated by name or |
| address. These are usually placed at locations which facilitate |
| investigating what the target is actually doing. <small>GDB</small>’s |
| support for static tracing includes being able to list instrumentation |
| points, and attach them with <small>GDB</small> defined high level |
| tracepoints that expose the whole range of convenience of |
| <small>GDB</small>’s tracepoints support. Namely, support for collecting |
| registers values and values of global or local (to the instrumentation |
| point) variables; tracepoint conditions and trace state variables. |
| The act of installing a <small>GDB</small> static tracepoint on an |
| instrumentation point, or marker, is referred to as <em>probing</em> a |
| static tracepoint marker. |
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| <p><code>gdbserver</code> supports tracepoints on some target systems. |
| See <a href="Server.html#Server">Tracepoints support in <code>gdbserver</code></a>. |
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| <p>This section describes commands to set tracepoints and associated |
| conditions and actions. |
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| <tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Create-and-Delete-Tracepoints.html#Create-and-Delete-Tracepoints" accesskey="1">Create and Delete Tracepoints</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top"> |
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| <tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Enable-and-Disable-Tracepoints.html#Enable-and-Disable-Tracepoints" accesskey="2">Enable and Disable Tracepoints</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top"> |
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| <tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Tracepoint-Passcounts.html#Tracepoint-Passcounts" accesskey="3">Tracepoint Passcounts</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top"> |
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| <tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Tracepoint-Conditions.html#Tracepoint-Conditions" accesskey="4">Tracepoint Conditions</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top"> |
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| <tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Trace-State-Variables.html#Trace-State-Variables" accesskey="5">Trace State Variables</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top"> |
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| <tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Tracepoint-Actions.html#Tracepoint-Actions" accesskey="6">Tracepoint Actions</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top"> |
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| <tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Listing-Tracepoints.html#Listing-Tracepoints" accesskey="7">Listing Tracepoints</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top"> |
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| <tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Listing-Static-Tracepoint-Markers.html#Listing-Static-Tracepoint-Markers" accesskey="8">Listing Static Tracepoint Markers</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top"> |
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| <tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Starting-and-Stopping-Trace-Experiments.html#Starting-and-Stopping-Trace-Experiments" accesskey="9">Starting and Stopping Trace Experiments</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top"> |
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| <tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Tracepoint-Restrictions.html#Tracepoint-Restrictions">Tracepoint Restrictions</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top"> |
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