Re: What to do with threads?

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On Sun, 2 Feb 2003, Andrew Cagney wrote:

> Hello,
>
> To put it simply, how can one fix this:
>
> static CORE_ADDR
> d10v_read_pc (ptid_t ptid)
> {
>    ....
>    read_register (PC_REGNUM);
>    ....
> }
>
> There are problems at many levels.  Off the top of my head:
>
> - ptid can identify a thread and/or a LWP
> - there sometimes isn't even a thread and/or a LWP
> - the selected and current thread both fight over the same global data
> structures
> - long long term, an objective is to have gdb debug multiple processes /
>   ISAs
> - so long term that it is probably funny, an objective is to have gdb
> debugging multiple targets
>
> I think we've fought the frame battle and won (the casualties will take
> ages to recover mind :-), the thread battle, I think, is next.

Again, the battle would much easier if we will refactor to C++ ASAP.

>
> Andrew
>

Thanks,

Aleksey