Re: gcore and nptl threads on linux

Daniel Jacobowitz
2003-03-06T20:21:03Z

On Thu, Mar 06, 2003 at 03:17:33PM -0500, Andrew Cagney wrote:
>
> >>You mean add them to the `struct thread_info' list? Why not (ignoring
> >>technical realities for the moment :-)?
> >
> >
> >How about a second list made up of thread_info structs for lwps? That
> >way, the current
> >thread routines wouldn't have to constantly validate whether the list item
> >was
> >a thread or lwp. This also would simplify the numbering system. There
> >could be equivalent lwp routines for accessing the list (e.g.
> >iterate_over_lwps() ).
>
> Something like that. Is a new term needed though?
>
> Have the thread and lwp code each have their own instance of a `struct
> tpid_info' list (struct context_info list)?

Hmm, I'm not sure. Let's take a little while to think about a better
name?

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Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer