Re: [patch] Watchpoints: support for thread <thread_num> parameters

Luis Machado
2007-08-23T21:15:34Z

On Thu, 2007-08-23 at 17:12 -0400, Joel Brobecker wrote:
> > > Makes sense. So instead of having GDB insert watchpoints in all the
> > > threads, we would insert it just in the one we specified in the command.
> > > That could make use of the changes to the watchpoint command, but then
> > > we're discarding Jeff's patches, right?
> >
> > No, this still requires Jeff's patches as a starting point. I hope
> > to respond to them today.
>
> Another reason why I believe these patches would still be necessary
> is the fact that some targets might not support thread-specific
> hardware watchpoints, right?
>

For that case it's a good idea to have something like the additional
parameter. In time, which ones have such behaviour?

Best regards,
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Luis Machado
Software Engineer
IBM Linux Technology Center
e-mail: luisgpm@linux.vnet.ibm.com