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authorDon Howard <dhoward@redhat.com>2002-04-12 22:31:23 +0000
committerDon Howard <dhoward@redhat.com>2002-04-12 22:31:23 +0000
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2002-04-12 Don Howard <dhoward@redhat.com>
* cli/cli-cmds.c (init_cli_cmds): Add new user settable value: max_user_call_depth. (init_cmd_lists): Initialize the new value; * cli/cli-script.c (execute_user_command): Limit the call depth of user defined commands. This avoids a core-dump when user commands are infinitly recursive.
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@@ -12781,6 +12781,13 @@ Display the @value{GDBN} commands used to define @var{commandname} (but
not its documentation). If no @var{commandname} is given, display the
definitions for all user-defined commands.
+@kindex show max-user-call-depth
+@kindex set max-user-call-depth
+@item show max-user-call-depth
+@item set max-user-call-depth
+The value of @code{max-user-call-depth} controls how many levels deep a
+user-defined call chain can go. Default is 1024.
+
@end table
When user-defined commands are executed, the