Re: [PATCH] Add a timeout parameter to gdb_do_one_event

[Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>]

>>>>> "Patrick" == Patrick Monnerat via Gdb-patches <gdb-patches@sourceware.org> writes:

Patrick> As Insight uses a GUI that has its own event loop, gdb and GUI event
Patrick> loops have then to be "merged" (i.e.: work together). But this is
Patrick> problematic as gdb_do_one_event is not aware of this alternate event
Patrick> loop and thus may wait forever.

Can Insight fds just be added to the GDB event loop?

Patrick> The solution is to implement a wait timeout to gdb_do_one_event. This
Patrick> cannot be done externally as gdb timers are event sources themselves.

I guess what you're doing is Insight is calling gdb_do_one_event
repeatedly?  And you want it to exit with a timeout so you can then run
the Insight event loop?

I don't really know the scenario here  so I am just guessing.

Anyway I don't understand why installing your own timer wouldn't work.
It seems to me that if a timer is handled, gdb_do_one_event will return.

Tom