RFA: gdb linux nptl patch 1
Daniel Jacobowitz
drow@mvista.com
Wed Jun 18 23:11:00 GMT 2003
On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 04:08:15PM -0700, Michael Snyder wrote:
> J. Johnston wrote:
> [...]
> >This patch proposes adding a secondary list of thread_info structs that
> >keeps
> >track of the lwps. This list is kept distinct from the regular thread
> >list.
> >Since manipulating either list involves common operations, some base
> >operations
> >are added for generic thread_info list manipulation. The lin-lwp.c
> >layer is
> >changed to add and delete lwp thread_info structs to the lwp list when lwps
> >are added or deleted. The linux-proc.c code is changed to iterate
> >through the
> >lwp thread_info list rather than the thread list when creating the
> >pr_status
> >notes.
>
> Jeff, did you realize that lin-lwp.c already maintains a list of lwps?
> It even exports an iterator function. I think this list you're adding
> may be redundant.
It exports an iterator, but you can't usefully declare the iterator's
callback anywhere, since struct lwp_info is local to lin-lwp.c...
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Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer
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