[PATCH RFA] process/thread/lwp identifier mega-patch

[Kevin Buettner]

On Nov 30, 10:44pm, Pavel Cisler wrote:

> I was wondering if there any plans to proceed with Kevin's patch that
> fixes the problem with pids overflowing the 16 bit precision they
> currently use.
> 
> We've been using it in at Eazel since mid-october. Without it gdb 5.0 is
> pretty much unusable for debugging code that uses threads liberally (the
> case of our file manager, Nautilus), a serious degradation from the
> older versions of gdb that didn't manifest this problem.
> 
> I understand the current thinking is to set up a separate branch on
> which the bug fix will be driven to completion, if there is one we would
> be delighted to help test.

Putting the patch on the branch is still the plan, but enough time has
elapsed since the patch was created that it will likely take a bit of
effort to reintegrate it into the current sources.  I simply need to
find time to do this work.

I will certainly appreciate the help in testing these changes once the
branch is created.

Thanks,

Kevin