Re: gdb.texinfo patch

[Luis Machado <lgustavo@codesourcery.com>]

On 05/15/2014 12:48 PM, David Taylor wrote:
> Luis Machado <lgustavo@codesourcery.com> wrote:
>
>> On 05/15/2014 12:25 PM, David Taylor wrote:
>>> In writing a new stub (to replace our old stub), I have discovered what
>>> I believe to be the rule for how GDB chooses which thread to stop during
>>> the initial connection.  Knowing this sooner would have saved my some
>>> grief.  Hoping to help the next person avoid that same grief, here's a
>>> patch (as a unified diff against gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo of GDB 7.7) to
>>> document it.
>
> [...]
>
>> Does GDB always want to stop the thread, even when "may-interrupt" is=20
>> set to "off"?
>
> I wasn't aware of that variable, so I don't know.  It will require some
> investigation.  Certainly with non-stop mode turned on and may-interrupt
> at the default value, it stops it.
>

Yeah. Unfortunately it is another one of those obscure settings. :-)

Given we have this option, it may be worth mentioning it in the piece 
you are patching, just for the sake of completeness. Otherwise folks may 
think GDB will always stop the threads when connecting.

It will stop most of the time anyway, since it is the default after all.

Luis