Re: info thread

[Denis PILAT <denis.pilat@st.com>]

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