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-rw-r--r--scripts/gdb/linux/symbols.py11
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/gdb/linux/symbols.py b/scripts/gdb/linux/symbols.py
index bf05e45..cd5bea9 100644
--- a/scripts/gdb/linux/symbols.py
+++ b/scripts/gdb/linux/symbols.py
@@ -34,12 +34,23 @@ if hasattr(gdb, 'Breakpoint'):
# enforce update if object file is not found
cmd.module_files_updated = False
+ # Disable pagination while reporting symbol (re-)loading.
+ # The console input is blocked in this context so that we would
+ # get stuck waiting for the user to acknowledge paged output.
+ show_pagination = gdb.execute("show pagination", to_string=True)
+ pagination = show_pagination.endswith("on.\n")
+ gdb.execute("set pagination off")
+
if module_name in cmd.loaded_modules:
gdb.write("refreshing all symbols to reload module "
"'{0}'\n".format(module_name))
cmd.load_all_symbols()
else:
cmd.load_module_symbols(module)
+
+ # restore pagination state
+ gdb.execute("set pagination %s" % ("on" if pagination else "off"))
+
return False
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