Re: [RFC/RFA] new command: maintenance print target-stack

Mark Kettenis
2006-10-22T20:03:41Z

> Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 10:01:00 -0700
> From: Kevin Buettner <kevinb@redhat.com>
>
> On Tue, 17 Oct 2006 18:52:47 -0400
> Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com> wrote:
>
> > While working to "auto-solib-add", I found that I was very frequently
> > in need to dumping the current target stack (I just need the names),
> > to see if the multi-thread layer has been pushed or not. So I
> > implemented a new "maintenance" command, hoping that others might
> > find it useful.
> >
> > (gdb) maintenance print target-stack
> > The current target stack is:
> > - multi-thread (multi-threaded child process.)
> > - child (Unix child process)
> > - exec (Local exec file)
> > - None (None)
> >
> > Opinions? Eventually, we might want to actually dump more
> > information if that's useful to others, but that's a start.
>
> As a developer, I know that I'd find this to be useful from time to
> time. I'm in favor of this patch.

No objections from me either. I don't think we make any guarantees
about the availibility of the maintenance commands, so we can always
improve this later (if necessary).

Mark