[PATCH] Sync proc_service.h ps_get_thread_area definition with GDB
Tom Tromey
tom@tromey.com
Wed Aug 17 20:04:00 GMT 2016
>>>>> "Adhemerval" == Adhemerval Zanella <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org> writes:
Adhemerval> Commit "Update and install proc_service.h [BZ #20311]" (b381a388) removed
Adhemerval> some extraneous 'const' from ps_{s,l}{stop,continue}, however it wrongly
Adhemerval> removed 'const' from ps_get_thread_area. With current definition GDB
Adhemerval> fails to build against glibc master with a conflicting type.
This was intentional, see comment #15.
The idea is that it doesn't make sense for libthread_db to decide that
the argument must be const -- the implementer might want to modify the
object for some reason.
I think it would be more correct to change gdb.
Tom
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