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Re: [PATCH 2/3] set/show code-cache
- From: Doug Evans <dje at google dot com>
- To: Pedro Alves <palves at redhat dot com>
- Cc: Yao Qi <yao at codesourcery dot com>, gdb-patches <gdb-patches at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 12:48:04 -0800
- Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] set/show code-cache
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On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 3:47 AM, Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> wrote:
> On 11/21/2013 03:03 AM, Yao Qi wrote:
>> +@kindex set code-cache
>> +@item set code-cache on
>> +@itemx set code-cache off
>> +Enable or disable caching of code segment accesses. When @code{ON},
>> +use caching. By default, this option is @code{ON}. This improves
>> +performance of disassembly in remote debugging without affecting
>> +correctness.
>> +
>
> Putting a user hat on, I'd be left wondering what "affecting
> correctness" means here.
I wondered about this and left it as is, given that's what's written
for the stack-cache case.