Re: [RFC] Add windows Thread Information Block

Eli Zaretskii
2009-06-26T07:04:03Z

> From: "Pierre Muller" <muller@ics.u-strasbg.fr>
> Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:47:31 +0200
>
> The current patch adds the code to windows-nat.c
> despite the fact that I added the thread_local_base field
> to both windows-nat.c and gdbserver/win32-low.c.
> To be also usable for a remote gdbserver,
> I would need to move that to windows-tdep.c
>
> But here I need advice on how to move the display_tib function
> to windows-tdep.c file, as it is currently using internal information
> of windows-nat.c thread_info struct.
> Also how should I handle the remote case?
> Should I add a new query, something like 'qTlb'?
> How should I call this from windows-tdep code?
>
> All comments welcomed!

If this patch is accepted, we will need a corresponding patch for the
manual, describing the new command "tib". (Btw, how about a more
descriptive name?)

Thanks.