[PATCH] improved error message
Andrew Cagney
ac131313@redhat.com
Mon Dec 16 08:31:00 GMT 2002
> There are like five places in thread-db.c that all give the same
> error message. This just adds the function name, so you have a
> chance of figuring out where the error occurred.
>
> 2002-12-13 Michael Snyder <msnyder@to-limbo.toronto.redhat.com>
>
> * thread-db.c (thread_from_lwp): Uniquify error msg.
> (lwp_from_thread): Ditto.
> (check_event): Ditto.
> (find_new_threads_callback): Ditto.
> (thread_db_pid_to_str): Ditto.
Er, this looks wrong. A normal user visible error message should not
include references to internal function names. Can you either reword
the messages or, perhaphs, add a debug mode that displys this additional
information?
Andrew
> Index: thread-db.c
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/thread-db.c,v
> retrieving revision 1.25
> diff -p -r1.25 thread-db.c
> *** thread-db.c 23 Nov 2002 01:34:43 -0000 1.25
> --- thread-db.c 13 Dec 2002 23:20:49 -0000
> *************** thread_from_lwp (ptid_t ptid)
> *** 250,256 ****
>
> err = td_thr_get_info_p (&th, &ti);
> if (err != TD_OK)
> ! error ("Cannot get thread info: %s", thread_db_err_str (err));
>
> return BUILD_THREAD (ti.ti_tid, GET_PID (ptid));
> }
> --- 250,257 ----
>
> err = td_thr_get_info_p (&th, &ti);
> if (err != TD_OK)
> ! error ("thread_from_lwp: cannot get thread info: %s",
> ! thread_db_err_str (err));
>
> return BUILD_THREAD (ti.ti_tid, GET_PID (ptid));
> }
> *************** lwp_from_thread (ptid_t ptid)
> *** 272,278 ****
>
> err = td_thr_get_info_p (&th, &ti);
> if (err != TD_OK)
> ! error ("Cannot get thread info: %s", thread_db_err_str (err));
>
> return BUILD_LWP (ti.ti_lid, GET_PID (ptid));
> }
> --- 273,280 ----
>
> err = td_thr_get_info_p (&th, &ti);
> if (err != TD_OK)
> ! error ("lwp_from_thread: cannot get thread info: %s",
> ! thread_db_err_str (err));
>
> return BUILD_LWP (ti.ti_lid, GET_PID (ptid));
> }
> *************** check_event (ptid_t ptid)
> *** 685,691 ****
>
> err = td_thr_get_info_p (msg.th_p, &ti);
> if (err != TD_OK)
> ! error ("Cannot get thread info: %s", thread_db_err_str (err));
>
> ptid = BUILD_THREAD (ti.ti_tid, GET_PID (ptid));
>
> --- 687,694 ----
>
> err = td_thr_get_info_p (msg.th_p, &ti);
> if (err != TD_OK)
> ! error ("check_event: cannot get thread info: %s",
> ! thread_db_err_str (err));
>
> ptid = BUILD_THREAD (ti.ti_tid, GET_PID (ptid));
>
> *************** find_new_threads_callback (const td_thrh
> *** 950,956 ****
>
> err = td_thr_get_info_p (th_p, &ti);
> if (err != TD_OK)
> ! error ("Cannot get thread info: %s", thread_db_err_str (err));
>
> if (ti.ti_state == TD_THR_UNKNOWN || ti.ti_state == TD_THR_ZOMBIE)
> return 0; /* A zombie -- ignore. */
> --- 953,960 ----
>
> err = td_thr_get_info_p (th_p, &ti);
> if (err != TD_OK)
> ! error ("find_new_threads_callback: cannot get thread info: %s",
> ! thread_db_err_str (err));
>
> if (ti.ti_state == TD_THR_UNKNOWN || ti.ti_state == TD_THR_ZOMBIE)
> return 0; /* A zombie -- ignore. */
> *************** thread_db_pid_to_str (ptid_t ptid)
> *** 993,999 ****
>
> err = td_thr_get_info_p (&th, &ti);
> if (err != TD_OK)
> ! error ("Cannot get thread info for thread %ld: %s",
> (long) GET_THREAD (ptid), thread_db_err_str (err));
>
> if (ti.ti_state == TD_THR_ACTIVE && ti.ti_lid != 0)
> --- 997,1003 ----
>
> err = td_thr_get_info_p (&th, &ti);
> if (err != TD_OK)
> ! error ("thread_db_pid_to_str: cannot get thread info for %ld: %s",
> (long) GET_THREAD (ptid), thread_db_err_str (err));
>
> if (ti.ti_state == TD_THR_ACTIVE && ti.ti_lid != 0)
>
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