Re: gdb/dwarf-frame.c

Andrew Cagney
2003-05-09T22:28:31Z

> Date: Fri, 09 May 2003 13:00:54 -0400
> From: Andrew Cagney <ac131313@redhat.com>
>
> > Which reminds me that we should probably have the NPTL thread support
> > patches integrated in gdb as well, since we are at this (and I have
> > your attention). Can somebody (Daniel, Mark?) take a look at the
> > patches? I can guarentee that they work, since they were shipped with
> > RHL9's gdb.
>
> Just FYI, Michael or Mark. I don't think Mark is exactly comfortable
> with the Linux thread stuff so ...
>
> Yes indeed. I mostly use FreeBSD instead of Linux nowadays, so I
> haven't tracked what's been happening on the Linux thread front too
> closely. I get the feeling though that trying to support both the old
> and the new threading model in the same code isn't a good idea :-(.

There is apparently a story here. I'm told that some people were
arguing that GDB would need a complete rewrite if it were to ever
support NPTL. Turned out to effectively be the oposite.

Andrew