Re: [rfa] Assume thread-db loaded over a live process

[Michael Snyder <msnyder@redhat.com>]

Andrew Cagney wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> This patch changes:
> 
> -      /* We can only poke around if there actually is a child process.
> -         If there is no child process alive, postpone the steps below
> -         until one has been created.  */
> -      if (proc_handle.pid != 0)
> -       {
> -         enable_thread_event_reporting ();
> -         thread_db_find_new_threads ();
> -       }
> +      enable_thread_event_reporting ();
> +      thread_db_find_new_threads ();
> 
> this code is only executed when there is a child process so the guard 
> isn't needed.    Tested on GNU/Linux, no change in test results.
> 
> ok?

 From memory, I think this code was to guard against the corefile case.
When you load a corefile, you may call thread_db_new_objfile, but
you won't have a child process.  Is that no longer the case?  Does
loading a corefile no longer cause this function to be called?