Re: info thread

Denis PILAT
2006-09-19T13:16:14Z

Nick Roberts wrote:

>>Sol 1 - developping a new MI command that gives the above target extra
>>information only (ie -thread-list-extra-info) or implementing a
>>non-implemented one with a parameter. I see in the doc that
>>-thread-list-all-threads is not specified for instance.
>>
>>
>>Then we need to modify Eclipse so that it uses MI command "-thread-list-ids"
>>plus this command to get all info. This can be an Eclipse contribution
>>as well, I need to ask to Eclipse maintainer as well.
>>
>>
>
>There is only a slot for -thread-list-all-threads and no implementation so I
>see no harm in using a new name, especially if your command doesn't list _all_
>the info. I'm not very familiar with debugging threaded applications but I
>think the command should be general and not just suited to your requirements.
>Also if there is a common usage pattern then I think it would be good if that
>information can be obtained with one MI command rather than two/many. That is
>the essence of many of the changes that I have made to MI.
>
>

Daniel wrote:
> I think we've got two visible options: make -thread-list-all-threads
> do exactly what you want, without stack information, or make
> -thread-info return the target extra info for the thread. Either
> makes sense to me. Might as well make -thread-list-all-threads
> do it.

Daniel, Nick,
Thanks for your answers.
Let's continue this thread on the gdb mailing list as Nick suggested.

I still don't have answer from the Eclipse community but reading my
email, it's not a surprise ... I think it was not so easy to read,
I was probably drunk when I wrote it.

Where can I find the specifications for the MI commands
-thread-list-all-threads and -thread-info ?

Denis