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From: Mark Kettenis <mark.kettenis@xs4all.nl>
To: msnyder@vmware.com
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In-reply-to: <4D6D8774.3090506@vmware.com> (message from Michael Snyder on	Tue, 01 Mar 2011 15:55:32 -0800)
Subject: Re: [RFA] linux-nat.c, linux_thread_alive, user errno instead of err
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> Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2011 15:55:32 -0800
> From: Michael Snyder <msnyder@vmware.com>
> 
> kill_lwp doesn't return errno.

Makes sense to me.

> 2011-03-01  Michael Snyder  <msnyder@msnyder-server.eng.vmware.com>
> 
> 	* linux-nat.c (linux_thread_alive): kill_lwp does not return
> 	an errno.
> 
> Index: linux-nat.c
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/linux-nat.c,v
> retrieving revision 1.197
> diff -u -p -u -p -r1.197 linux-nat.c
> --- linux-nat.c	1 Mar 2011 00:40:22 -0000	1.197
> +++ linux-nat.c	1 Mar 2011 23:50:34 -0000
> @@ -4045,7 +4045,7 @@ linux_thread_alive (ptid_t ptid)
>      fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stdlog,
>  			"LLTA: KILL(SIG0) %s (%s)\n",
>  			target_pid_to_str (ptid),
> -			err ? safe_strerror (err) : "OK");
> +			err ? safe_strerror (errno) : "OK");
>  
>    if (err != 0)
>      return 0;