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auth=pass smtp.auth=CUSA124A263 smtp.mailfrom=eesposit@redhat.com X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Received-SPF: pass client-ip=216.205.24.124; envelope-from=eesposit@redhat.com; helo=us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com X-Spam_score_int: -30 X-Spam_score: -3.1 X-Spam_bar: --- X-Spam_report: (-3.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-0.299, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H4=-0.01, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=-0.01, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: Kevin Wolf , Emanuele Giuseppe Esposito , Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy , Eduardo Habkost , qemu-devel@nongnu.org, Max Reitz , Cleber Rosa , Paolo Bonzini , John Snow Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: "Qemu-devel" Signed-off-by: Emanuele Giuseppe Esposito Reviewed-by: Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy --- docs/devel/testing.rst | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/devel/testing.rst b/docs/devel/testing.rst index 9d6a8f8636..8b24e6fb47 100644 --- a/docs/devel/testing.rst +++ b/docs/devel/testing.rst @@ -229,6 +229,17 @@ Debugging a test case The following options to the ``check`` script can be useful when debugging a failing test: +* ``-gdb`` wraps every QEMU invocation in a ``gdbserver``, which waits for a + connection from a gdb client. The options given to ``gdbserver`` (e.g. the + address on which to listen for connections) are taken from the ``$GDB_OPTIONS`` + environment variable. By default (if ``$GDB_OPTIONS`` is empty), it listens on + ``localhost:12345``. + It is possible to connect to it for example with + ``gdb -iex "target remote $addr"``, where ``$addr`` is the address + ``gdbserver`` listens on. + If the ``-gdb`` option is not used, ``$GDB_OPTIONS`` is ignored, + regardless on whether it is set or not. + * ``-d`` (debug) just increases the logging verbosity, showing for example the QMP commands and answers. -- 2.31.1