gregset vs prgregset vs elf_gregset in thread_db
Daniel Jacobowitz
drow@mvista.com
Fri Sep 14 20:15:00 GMT 2001
On Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 07:56:47PM -0700, Ulrich Drepper wrote:
> Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@mvista.com> writes:
>
> > I posted this patch three months ago and no one objected; could it
> > please be applied?
>
> There is absolutely no reason to apply this.
Why not?
Without them, a prgregset_t on, say, MIPS/Linux does not have enough
space to fit some important registers - like the PC. That makes it
just about impossible to debug threads. If you won't apply the patch,
what do you suggest as an alternative?
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Daniel Jacobowitz Carnegie Mellon University
MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer
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