Thread exit & create events

Veenu Verma (AS/EAB)
2007-08-24T08:51:25Z

Hello

We are integrating GDB back end with DSF ( Debugger Services Framework )
in Eclipse.
Found two stumbling blocks around thread exit/create events

1. Though GDB raises a thread exit event but -thread-list-ids command
still list the reported exited thread for quite some time.
There is a gap till I guess the thread completely exits. Only info
threads give the hint by using "Exiting" in information.
This is a problem for us as we are relying on events and thread-list-ids
commands to paint the GUI.
Info threads is used sparingly from front end.
Can -thread-list-ids command take into account the exited threads ? Is
it difficult to achieve this in GDB ?

2. GDB thread identifier is not speicified when a thread is created or
exited. Only system identifier is used.
Again thread-list-ids uses only gdb thread identifier. Hence, the
mismatch and the problem.
Since on HP-UX systems gdb thread identifier is shown, I'm guessing it
shouldn't be hard to do the same for Linux.
Is there a reason for not to have gdb identifier on linux or it's just
that it's not done yet.

Veenu Khanna Verma
Ericsson - PDU Packet Server Platform

Veenu Khanna Verma
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AS/EAB/FTI/GT TADE Design
Ericsson - PDU Packet Server Platform