Re: gdbserver Linux_low.c

[Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@mvista.com>]

On Mon, Jun 09, 2003 at 06:55:14PM +0900, Raja Saleru wrote:
>  
> Hi 
>  
> In gdbserver source file Linux_low.c look at the following data structure 
>  
> static struct target_ops linux_target_ops = {
>   linux_create_inferior,
>   linux_attach,
>   linux_kill,
>   linux_thread_alive,
>   linux_resume,
>   linux_wait,
>   linux_fetch_registers,
>   linux_store_registers,
>   linux_read_memory,
>   linux_write_memory,
>   linux_look_up_symbols,
> };
>  
> the last member linux_look_up_symbols, what this function does ?
>  
> This is assigned to the following function
>  
> linux_look_up_symbols (void)
> {
> #ifdef USE_THREAD_DB
>   if (using_threads)
>     return;
>  
>   using_threads = thread_db_init ();
> #endif
> }
>  
> Actually where it does any symbol related functionality ?
>  
> can anybody clarrify these questions ? Thanks in advance

If you look at the linuxthreads_db/ directory in glibc source, you'll
see the trick - thread_db_init calls back into the application.  Take a
look at gdbserver/proc-service.c, function ps_pglobal_lookup.

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Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software                         Debian GNU/Linux Developer