Re: Patches to allow GDB to use NEW_PROC_API on Solaris x86

[Andrew Cagney <ac131313 at cygnus dot com>]

"Peter.Schauer" wrote:
> 
> These patches will allow GDB to use NEW_PROC_API on Solaris x86.
> 
> Currently GDB is not yet configured to use NEW_PROC_API, but it might be
> in the future (I am making progress on hardware watchpoint support for
> Solaris x86, which works only under the new API).
> 
> They clean up an old hack in sol-thread.c, which is no longer necessary
> with the new procfs.c code (thanks a lot Michael Snyder, I assume that you
> will have to approve these patches also).
> 
> The patches cause no testsuite regressions, with or without NEW_PROC_ABI
> defined.
> 
> 2000-02-28  Peter Schauer  <pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de>
> 
>         Make NEW_PROC_ABI interface functional on Solaris x86.
>         * sol-thread.c (ps_lgetLDT):  Rewrite to use new procfs_find_LDT_entry
>         function from procfs.c, mostly copied from lin-thread.c.
>         * inferior.h, procfs.c (procfs_get_pid_fd):  Removed, no longer needed.
> 

I've applied the attatched.  One observation - I like how the comment:

> !   /* NOTE: only used on Solaris, therefore OK to refer to procfs.c */
> !   extern struct ssd *procfs_find_LDT_entry (int);
> !   struct ssd *ret;

was coppied to lin-thread.c and then back again :-)

	Andrew