[binutils-gdb] Update Python signal-handling documentation

Tom Tromey tromey@sourceware.org
Mon Sep 11 16:48:18 GMT 2023


https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=14432bde076fdee66e6163993eadf592742935da

commit 14432bde076fdee66e6163993eadf592742935da
Author: Tom Tromey <tromey@adacore.com>
Date:   Mon Sep 11 09:21:26 2023 -0600

    Update Python signal-handling documentation
    
    I noticed a typo in the "Basic Python" node, and when fixing it
    realized that the paragraph could use a link to the block_signals
    function.  This patch is the result.
    
    Approved-By: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>

Diff:
---
 gdb/doc/python.texi | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gdb/doc/python.texi b/gdb/doc/python.texi
index e9936991c49..5b13958aeaf 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/python.texi
+++ b/gdb/doc/python.texi
@@ -247,12 +247,14 @@ Some care must be taken when writing Python code to run in
 
 @itemize @bullet
 @item
-@value{GDBN} install handlers for @code{SIGCHLD} and @code{SIGINT}.
+@value{GDBN} installs handlers for @code{SIGCHLD} and @code{SIGINT}.
 Python code must not override these, or even change the options using
 @code{sigaction}.  If your program changes the handling of these
 signals, @value{GDBN} will most likely stop working correctly.  Note
 that it is unfortunately common for GUI toolkits to install a
-@code{SIGCHLD} handler.
+@code{SIGCHLD} handler.  When creating a new Python thread, you can
+use @code{gdb.block_signals} or @code{gdb.Thread} to handle this
+correctly; see @ref{Threading in GDB}.
 
 @item
 @value{GDBN} takes care to mark its internal file descriptors as


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