[RFC v2] Pretty printers for NPTL lock types

[Mike Frysinger]

On 12 Mar 2015 14:33, Martin Galvan wrote:
>         self.output = ""

i prefer to stick to single quotes when possible

>     def to_string(self):
>         """gdb API function. This is called from gdb when we try to print
>         a mutex."""

docstrings should follow PEP257

see the style guide for details:
https://sourceware.org/glibc/wiki/Style_and_Conventions#Code_formatting_in_python_sources

>         if mutexType == PTHREAD_MUTEX_NORMAL:
>             self.output += "* Type: Normal\n"
>         elif mutexType == PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE:
>             self.output += "* Type: Recursive\n"
>         elif mutexType == PTHREAD_MUTEX_ERRORCHECK:
>             self.output += "* Type: Error check\n"
>         elif mutexType == PTHREAD_MUTEX_ADAPTIVE_NP:
>             self.output += "* Type: Adaptive\n"

this is symply a frozen dict lookup

>         else:  # Mutex is locked
>             if self.lock & FUTEX_WAITERS:

i prefer to avoid inline comments

>             mutex = self.mutex.cast(gdb.lookup_type('pthread_mutex_t').pointer()).dereference()

we stick to 80 cols
-mike
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