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From: Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
To: Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>, gdb-patches@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: [patch] linux_nat_kill() compat. with linux-2.4.x
Date: Wed, 21 May 2014 12:49:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <537CA0E7.6010505@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20140316135916.GA31463@host2.jankratochvil.net>

Hi Jan,

On 03/16/2014 01:59 PM, Jan Kratochvil wrote:

> gdb/
> 2014-03-16  Jan Kratochvil  <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
> 
> 	PR gdb/15358
>         * linux-nat.c (linux_nat_kill): Use kill_callback first.
>         Extend the comment for stop_callback.
> 
> diff --git a/gdb/linux-nat.c b/gdb/linux-nat.c
> index b615423..ec84188 100644
> --- a/gdb/linux-nat.c
> +++ b/gdb/linux-nat.c
> @@ -3777,8 +3777,15 @@ linux_nat_kill (struct target_ops *ops)
>      {
>        ptid_t ptid = pid_to_ptid (ptid_get_pid (inferior_ptid));
>  
> +      /* Kill all LWP's before trying to stop them.  In rare cases the
> +	 lwp_info state may not match the inferior and
> +	 stop_wait_callback could lock up.  */

Hmm, I find this comment confusing and not really enlightening.
What sort of rare cases?  It that PR15713?  Best just fix that.
I've sent a patch:
https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2014-05/msg00473.html

-- 
Pedro Alves


  reply	other threads:[~2014-05-21 12:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-03-16 13:59 Jan Kratochvil
2014-05-21 12:49 ` Pedro Alves [this message]
2014-06-06 20:15   ` Jan Kratochvil
2014-06-09 10:29     ` Pedro Alves
2014-06-09 10:32       ` Jan Kratochvil

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