From: Pedro Alves <pedro@palves.net>
To: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Windows gdb: Document "info threads" Windows specifics
Date: Mon, 4 May 2026 18:33:42 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260504173344.1278735-4-pedro@palves.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260504173344.1278735-1-pedro@palves.net>
Document "info threads" Windows specifics in the Windows debugging
features section.
Change-Id: I2123899bb8482381657ffbb4f0cc99f196526623
commit-id:856225ce
---
gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo | 17 +++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)
diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index 29d959e68f7..318299fdd3d 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -25905,6 +25905,23 @@ supports @kbd{C-@key{BREAK}} as an alternative interrupt key
sequence, which can be used to interrupt the debuggee even if it
ignores @kbd{C-c}.
+The @code{info threads} command displays whether a thread stopped due
+to an exception or whether it stopped while running a system call.
+For example:
+
+@smallexample
+(@value{GDBP}) info threads
+ Id Target Id Frame
+ 1 Thread 15648.0x4338 main () at example.c:5
+ 2 Thread 15648.0x3d58 (in syscall) 0x00007ffde37057b4 in ntdll!ZwWaitForWorkViaWorkerFactory () from C:/WINDOWS/SYSTEM32/ntdll.dll
+* 3 Thread 15648.0x12d4 (in exception) 0x00007ffde00aa464 in KERNELBASE!CtrlRoutine () from C:/WINDOWS/System32/KERNELBASE.dll
+@end smallexample
+
+Above we see that thread 2 is blocked inside a system call, thread 3
+stopped for an exception, and thread 1 simply stopped while running
+user space code. Debug events such as breakpoint traps, single-steps,
+and @samp{Ctrl-C} interruptions are considered exceptions.
+
There are various additional Windows-specific commands, described in
this section. Working with DLLs that have no debugging symbols is
described in @ref{Non-debug DLL Symbols}.
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-04 17:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-04 17:33 [PATCH 0/3] Show CONTEXT_EXCEPTION_REQUEST info in "info threads" Pedro Alves
2026-05-04 17:33 ` [PATCH 1/3] Windows gdb: " Pedro Alves
2026-05-04 19:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
2026-05-04 17:33 ` [PATCH 2/3] gdb manual: Cygwin => Windows Pedro Alves
2026-05-04 19:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
2026-05-07 17:42 ` Pedro Alves
2026-05-08 13:08 ` Eli Zaretskii
2026-05-04 17:33 ` Pedro Alves [this message]
2026-05-04 19:14 ` [PATCH 3/3] Windows gdb: Document "info threads" Windows specifics Eli Zaretskii
2026-05-07 17:59 ` Pedro Alves
2026-05-08 13:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
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