Re: RFA: gdb linux nptl patch 1

[Michael Snyder <msnyder@redhat.com>]

Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 04:08:15PM -0700, Michael Snyder wrote:
> 
>>J. Johnston wrote:
>>[...]
>>
>>>This patch proposes adding a secondary list of thread_info structs that 
>>>keeps
>>>track of the lwps.  This list is kept distinct from the regular thread 
>>>list.
>>>Since manipulating either list involves common operations, some base 
>>>operations
>>>are added for generic thread_info list manipulation.  The lin-lwp.c 
>>>layer is
>>>changed to add and delete lwp thread_info structs to the lwp list when lwps
>>>are added or deleted.  The linux-proc.c code is changed to iterate 
>>>through the
>>>lwp thread_info list rather than the thread list when creating the 
>>>pr_status
>>>notes.
>>
>>Jeff, did you realize that lin-lwp.c already maintains a list of lwps?
>>It even exports an iterator function.  I think this list you're adding
>>may be redundant.
> 
> 
> It exports an iterator, but you can't usefully declare the iterator's
> callback anywhere, since struct lwp_info is local to lin-lwp.c...
> 

No biggie, I'll just export that into a new file lin-lwp.h
(along with a prototype of the iterator).