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Diffstat (limited to 'gdb/defs.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/defs.h | 11 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 7 deletions
@@ -125,11 +125,10 @@ extern char *python_libdir; /* * Search path for separate debug files. */ extern char *debug_file_directory; -/* GDB has two methods for handling SIGINT. When immediate_quit is - nonzero, a SIGINT results in an immediate longjmp out of the signal - handler. Otherwise, SIGINT simply sets a flag; code that might - take a long time, and which ought to be interruptible, checks this - flag using the QUIT macro. +/* GDB's SIGINT handler basically sets a flag; code that might take a + long time before it gets back to the event loop, and which ought to + be interruptible, checks this flag using the QUIT macro, which, if + GDB has the terminal, throws a quit exception. In addition to setting a flag, the SIGINT handler also marks a select/poll-able file descriptor as read-ready. That is used by @@ -176,8 +175,6 @@ extern void default_quit_handler (void); /* Flag that function quit should call quit_force. */ extern volatile int sync_quit_force_run; -extern int immediate_quit; - extern void quit (void); /* Helper for the QUIT macro. */ |