From 711e434b390a0b953862435eb81f3b89e720b030 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pierre Muller Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 07:49:37 +0000 Subject: Support for Windows OS Thread Information Block. * NEWS: Document new feature. * remote.c (PACKET_qGetTIBAddr): New enum element. (remote_get_tib_address): New function. (init_remote_ops): Set to_get_tib_address field to remote_get_tib_address. (_initialize_remote): Add add_packet_config_cmd for PACKET_qGetTIBAddr. * target.c (update_current_target): Set default value for new to_get_tib_address field. * target.h (target_ops): New field to_get_tib_address. (target_get_tib_address): New macro. * windows-nat.c (thread_info): Add thread_local_base field. (windows_add_thread): Add tlb argument of type 'void *'. (fake_create_process): Adapt windows_add_thread call. (get_windows_debug_event): Idem. (windows_get_tib_address): New function. (init_windows_ops): Set to_get_tib_address field to remote_get_tib_address. (_initialize_windows_nat): Replace info_w32_cmdlist initialization by a call to init_w32_command_list. (info_w32_command, info_w32_cmdlist): Removed from here... to windows-tdep.c file. * windows-tdep.h (info_w32_cmdlist): Declare. (init_w32_command_list): New external function declaration. * windows-tdep.c: Add several headers. (info_w32_cmdlist): to here, made global. (thread_information_32): New struct. (thread_information_64): New struct. (TIB_NAME): New char array. (MAX_TIB32, MAX_TIB64, FULL_TIB_SIZE): New constants. (maint_display_all_tib): New static variable. (windows_get_tlb_type): New function. (tlb_value_read, tlb_value_write): New functions. (tlb_value_funcs): New static struct. (tlb_make_value): New function. (display_one_tib): New function. (display_tib): New function. (show_maint_show_all_tib):New function. (info_w32_command): Moved from windows-nat.c. (init_w32_command_list): New function. (_initialize_windows_tdep): New function. New "maint set/show show-all-tib" command New "$_tlb" internal variable. gdbserver/ChangeLog entry: * server.c (handle_query): Handle 'qGetTIBAddr' query. * target.h (target_ops): New get_tib_address field. * win32-low.h (win32_thread_info): Add thread_local_base field. * win32-low.c (child_add_thread): Add tlb argument. Set thread_local_base field to TLB. (get_child_debug_event): Adapt to child_add_thread change. (win32_get_tib_address): New function. (win32_target_ops): Set get_tib_address field to win32_get_tib_address. * linux-low.c (linux_target_ops): Set get_tib_address field to NULL. doc/ChangeLog entry: gdb.texinfo ($_tlb): Document new automatic convinience variable. (info w32 thread-information-block): Document new command. (qGetTIBAddress): Document new gdbserver query. (maint set/show show-all-tib): Document new command. --- gdb/NEWS | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) (limited to 'gdb/NEWS') diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS index 9369873..5c5caf5 100644 --- a/gdb/NEWS +++ b/gdb/NEWS @@ -3,6 +3,21 @@ *** Changes since GDB 7.1 +* Windows Thread Information Block access. + + On Windows targets, GDB now supports displaying the Windows Thread + Information Block (TIB) structure. This structure is visible either + by using the new command `info w32 thread-information-block' or, by + dereferencing the new convenience variable named `$_tlb', a + thread-specific pointer to the TIB. This feature is also supported + when remote debugging using GDBserver. + +* New remote packets + +qGetTIBAddr + + Return the address of the Windows Thread Information Block of a given thread. + * The source command now accepts a -s option to force searching for the script in the source search path even if the script name specifies a directory. -- cgit v1.1