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71<h4 class="subsection">13.1.3 Tracepoint Passcounts</h4>
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77<dt><code>passcount <span class="roman">[</span><var>n</var> <span class="roman">[</span><var>num</var><span class="roman">]]</span></code></dt>
78<dd><p>Set the <em>passcount</em> of a tracepoint.  The passcount is a way to
79automatically stop a trace experiment.  If a tracepoint&rsquo;s passcount is
80<var>n</var>, then the trace experiment will be automatically stopped on
81the <var>n</var>&rsquo;th time that tracepoint is hit.  If the tracepoint number
82<var>num</var> is not specified, the <code>passcount</code> command sets the
83passcount of the most recently defined tracepoint.  If no passcount is
84given, the trace experiment will run until stopped explicitly by the
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87<p>Examples:
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90<pre class="smallexample">(gdb) <b>passcount 5 2</b> // Stop on the 5th execution of
91</pre><pre class="smallexample">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>// tracepoint 2</code>
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93(gdb) <b>passcount 12</b>  // Stop on the 12th execution of the
94</pre><pre class="smallexample">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>// most recently defined tracepoint.</code>
95</pre><pre class="smallexample">(gdb) <b>trace foo</b>
96(gdb) <b>pass 3</b>
97(gdb) <b>trace bar</b>
98(gdb) <b>pass 2</b>
99(gdb) <b>trace baz</b>
100(gdb) <b>pass 1</b>        // Stop tracing when foo has been
101</pre><pre class="smallexample">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>// executed 3 times OR when bar has</code>
102</pre><pre class="smallexample">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>// been executed 2 times</code>
103</pre><pre class="smallexample">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>// OR when baz has been executed 1 time.</code>
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