[rfa/threads] Eliminate lin-lwp.c

Michael Snyder msnyder@redhat.com
Fri Sep 17 22:07:00 GMT 2004


Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 16, 2004 at 05:11:27PM -0400, Andrew Cagney wrote:
> 
>>>I do not think that leaving these functions where they are will
>>>complicate the process of cleaning them up.  Could you explain
>>>why you see this as a problem?
>>
>>As with inf-child and inf-ptrace, an important objective here is to get 
>>all the inf-linux methods local to a file so that we can ensure that all 
>>accesses are strictly via the target vector.  Leaving them where they 
>>are defeats this, a little.
> 
> 
> So the reason you want them all in one file is so that you can make
> them all static, and ensure they aren't accessed "on the side".  Is
> that right?  That's a good technical reason for this patch, one which I
> didn't think of and you didn't explain.  I'm just trying to get you to
> share your wisdom with all us other maintainers.
> 
> With that explanation presented, I have no objection.  Let's make sure
> Michael agrees.

I'm fine with it.




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