[PATCH v3 8/8] Add maint set/show max-worker-threads

Tom Tromey
2019-05-29T21:29:27Z

This adds maint commands to control the maximum number of worker
threads that gdb can use.

gdb/ChangeLog
2019-05-29 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>

* NEWS: Add entry.
* maint.c (_initialize_maint_cmds): Add "max-worker-threads" maint
commands.

gdb/doc/ChangeLog
2019-05-29 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>

* gdb.texinfo (Maintenance Commands): Document new maint
commands.
---
gdb/ChangeLog | 6 ++++++
gdb/NEWS | 6 ++++++
gdb/doc/ChangeLog | 5 +++++
gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo | 14 ++++++++++++++
gdb/maint.c | 12 ++++++++++++
5 files changed, 43 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
index 6546b7243a9..84b2ea52cec 100644
--- a/gdb/NEWS
+++ b/gdb/NEWS
@@ -50,6 +50,12 @@ set logging debugredirect [on|off]
By default, GDB debug output will go to both the terminal and the logfile.
Set if you want debug output to go only to the log file.

+maint set max-worker-threads
+maint show max-worker-threads
+ Control the maximum number of worker threads that can be used by GDB.
+ The default is "unlimited". Currently worker threads are only used when
+ demangling the names of linker symbols.
+
* New MI commands

-complete
diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index 3c4535ec506..ccbb770a027 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -36928,6 +36928,20 @@ with the DWARF frame unwinders enabled.

If DWARF frame unwinders are not supported for a particular target
architecture, then enabling this flag does not cause them to be used.
+
+@kindex maint set max-worker-threads
+@kindex maint show max-worker-threads
+@item maint set max-worker-threads
+@item maint show max-worker-threads
+Control the number of worker threads that may be used by @value{GDBN}.
+On capable hosts, @value{GDBN} may use multiple threads to speed up
+certain CPU-intensive operations, such as demangling symbol names.
+While the number of threads used by @value{GDBN} may vary, this
+command can be used to set an upper bound on this number. The default
+is @code{unlimited}. Note that this only controls worker threads
+started by @value{GDBN} itself; libraries used by @value{GDBN} may
+start threads of their own.
+
@kindex maint set profile
@kindex maint show profile
@cindex profiling GDB
diff --git a/gdb/maint.c b/gdb/maint.c
index 328d6026a34..cb52d323795 100644
--- a/gdb/maint.c
+++ b/gdb/maint.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
#include "top.h"
#include "maint.h"
#include "common/selftest.h"
+#include "common/parallel-for.h"

#include "cli/cli-decode.h"
#include "cli/cli-utils.h"
@@ -1143,4 +1144,15 @@ When enabled GDB is profiled."),
show_maintenance_profile_p,
&maintenance_set_cmdlist,
&maintenance_show_cmdlist);
+
+ add_setshow_zuinteger_unlimited_cmd ("max-worker-threads",
+ class_maintenance,
+ &gdb::max_threads, _("\
+Set the maximum number of worker threads GDB can use."), _("\
+Set the maximum number of worker threads GDB can use."), _("\
+GDB may use multiple threads to speed up certain CPU-intensive operations,\n\
+such as demangling symbol names."),
+ NULL, NULL,
+ &maintenance_set_cmdlist,
+ &maintenance_show_cmdlist);
}
--
2.17.2