Re: gcore and nptl threads on linux

J. Johnston
2003-03-11T00:00:33Z

Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> 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?
>

How about uow_info with uow standing for "unit of work"?

-- Jeff J.