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authorPedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>2016-01-13 10:56:07 +0000
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Per-inferior/Inferior-qualified thread IDs
This commit changes GDB to track thread numbers per-inferior. Then, if you're debugging multiple inferiors, GDB displays "inferior-num.thread-num" instead of just "thread-num" whenever it needs to display a thread: (gdb) info inferiors Num Description Executable 1 process 6022 /home/pedro/gdb/tests/threads * 2 process 6037 /home/pedro/gdb/tests/threads (gdb) info threads Id Target Id Frame 1.1 Thread 0x7ffff7fc2740 (LWP 6022) "threads" (running) 1.2 Thread 0x7ffff77c0700 (LWP 6028) "threads" (running) 1.3 Thread 0x7ffff7fc2740 (LWP 6032) "threads" (running) 2.1 Thread 0x7ffff7fc1700 (LWP 6037) "threads" (running) 2.2 Thread 0x7ffff77c0700 (LWP 6038) "threads" (running) * 2.3 Thread 0x7ffff7fc2740 (LWP 6039) "threads" (running) (gdb) ... (gdb) thread 1.1 [Switching to thread 1.1 (Thread 0x7ffff7fc2740 (LWP 8155))] (gdb) ... etc. You can still use "thread NUM", in which case GDB infers you're referring to thread NUM of the current inferior. The $_thread convenience var and Python's InferiorThread.num attribute are remapped to the new per-inferior thread number. It's a backward compatibility break, but since it only matters when debugging multiple inferiors, I think it's worth doing. Because MI thread IDs need to be a single integer, we keep giving threads a global identifier, _in addition_ to the per-inferior number, and make MI always refer to the global thread IDs. IOW, nothing changes from a MI frontend's perspective. Similarly, since Python's Breakpoint.thread and Guile's breakpoint-thread/set-breakpoint-thread breakpoint methods need to work with integers, those are adjusted to work with global thread IDs too. Follow up patches will provide convenient means to access threads' global IDs. To avoid potencially confusing users (which also avoids updating much of the testsuite), if there's only one inferior and its ID is "1", IOW, the user hasn't done anything multi-process/inferior related, then the "INF." part of thread IDs is not shown. E.g,.: (gdb) info inferiors Num Description Executable * 1 process 15275 /home/pedro/gdb/tests/threads (gdb) info threads Id Target Id Frame * 1 Thread 0x7ffff7fc1740 (LWP 15275) "threads" main () at threads.c:40 (gdb) add-inferior Added inferior 2 (gdb) info threads Id Target Id Frame * 1.1 Thread 0x7ffff7fc1740 (LWP 15275) "threads" main () at threads.c:40 (gdb) No regressions on x86_64 Fedora 20. gdb/ChangeLog: 2016-01-13 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> * NEWS: Mention that thread IDs are now per inferior and global thread IDs. * Makefile.in (SFILES): Add tid-parse.c. (COMMON_OBS): Add tid-parse.o. (HFILES_NO_SRCDIR): Add tid-parse.h. * ada-tasks.c: Adjust to use ptid_to_global_thread_id. * breakpoint.c (insert_breakpoint_locations) (remove_threaded_breakpoints, bpstat_check_breakpoint_conditions) (print_one_breakpoint_location, set_longjmp_breakpoint) (check_longjmp_breakpoint_for_call_dummy) (set_momentary_breakpoint): Adjust to use global IDs. (find_condition_and_thread, watch_command_1): Use parse_thread_id. (until_break_command, longjmp_bkpt_dtor) (breakpoint_re_set_thread, insert_single_step_breakpoint): Adjust to use global IDs. * dummy-frame.c (pop_dummy_frame_bpt): Adjust to use ptid_to_global_thread_id. * elfread.c (elf_gnu_ifunc_resolver_stop): Likewise. * gdbthread.h (struct thread_info): Rename field 'num' to 'global_num. Add new fields 'per_inf_num' and 'inf'. (thread_id_to_pid): Rename thread_id_to_pid to global_thread_id_to_ptid. (pid_to_thread_id): Rename to ... (ptid_to_global_thread_id): ... this. (valid_thread_id): Rename to ... (valid_global_thread_id): ... this. (find_thread_id): Rename to ... (find_thread_global_id): ... this. (ALL_THREADS, ALL_THREADS_BY_INFERIOR): Declare. (print_thread_info): Add comment. * tid-parse.h: New file. * tid-parse.c: New file. * infcmd.c (step_command_fsm_prepare) (step_command_fsm_should_stop): Adjust to use the global thread ID. (until_next_command, until_next_command) (finish_command_fsm_should_stop): Adjust to use the global thread ID. (attach_post_wait): Adjust to check the inferior number too. * inferior.h (struct inferior) <highest_thread_num>: New field. * infrun.c (handle_signal_stop) (insert_exception_resume_breakpoint) (insert_exception_resume_from_probe): Adjust to use the global thread ID. * record-btrace.c (record_btrace_open): Use global thread IDs. * remote.c (process_initial_stop_replies): Also consider the inferior number. * target.c (target_pre_inferior): Clear the inferior's highest thread num. * thread.c (clear_thread_inferior_resources): Adjust to use the global thread ID. (new_thread): New inferior parameter. Adjust to use it. Set both the thread's global ID and the thread's per-inferior ID. (add_thread_silent): Adjust. (find_thread_global_id): New. (find_thread_id): Make static. Adjust to rename. (valid_thread_id): Rename to ... (valid_global_thread_id): ... this. (pid_to_thread_id): Rename to ... (ptid_to_global_thread_id): ... this. (thread_id_to_pid): Rename to ... (global_thread_id_to_ptid): ... this. Adjust. (first_thread_of_process): Adjust. (do_captured_list_thread_ids): Adjust to use global thread IDs. (should_print_thread): New function. (print_thread_info): Rename to ... (print_thread_info_1): ... this, and add new show_global_ids parameter. Handle it. Iterate over inferiors. (print_thread_info): Reimplement as wrapper around print_thread_info_1. (show_inferior_qualified_tids): New function. (print_thread_id): Use it. (tp_array_compar): Compare inferior numbers too. (thread_apply_command): Use tid_range_parser. (do_captured_thread_select): Use parse_thread_id. (thread_id_make_value): Adjust. (_initialize_thread): Adjust "info threads" help string. * varobj.c (struct varobj_root): Update comment. (varobj_create): Adjust to use global thread IDs. (value_of_root_1): Adjust to use global_thread_id_to_ptid. * windows-tdep.c (display_tib): No longer accept an argument. * cli/cli-utils.c (get_number_trailer): Make extern. * cli/cli-utils.h (get_number_trailer): Declare. (get_number_const): Adjust documentation. * mi/mi-cmd-var.c (mi_cmd_var_update_iter): Adjust to use global thread IDs. * mi/mi-interp.c (mi_new_thread, mi_thread_exit) (mi_on_normal_stop, mi_output_running_pid, mi_on_resume): * mi/mi-main.c (mi_execute_command, mi_cmd_execute): Likewise. * guile/scm-breakpoint.c (gdbscm_set_breakpoint_thread_x): Likewise. * python/py-breakpoint.c (bppy_set_thread): Likewise. * python/py-finishbreakpoint.c (bpfinishpy_init): Likewise. * python/py-infthread.c (thpy_get_num): Add comment and return the per-inferior thread ID. (thread_object_getset): Update comment of "num". gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog: 2016-01-07 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> * gdb.base/break.exp: Adjust to output changes. * gdb.base/hbreak2.exp: Likewise. * gdb.base/sepdebug.exp: Likewise. * gdb.base/watch_thread_num.exp: Likewise. * gdb.linespec/keywords.exp: Likewise. * gdb.multi/info-threads.exp: Likewise. * gdb.threads/thread-find.exp: Likewise. * gdb.multi/tids.c: New file. * gdb.multi/tids.exp: New file. gdb/doc/ChangeLog: 2016-01-07 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> * gdb.texinfo (Threads): Document per-inferior thread IDs, qualified thread IDs, global thread IDs and thread ID lists. (Set Watchpoints, Thread-Specific Breakpoints): Adjust to refer to thread IDs. (Convenience Vars): Document the $_thread convenience variable. (Ada Tasks): Adjust to refer to thread IDs. (GDB/MI Async Records, GDB/MI Thread Commands, GDB/MI Ada Tasking Commands, GDB/MI Variable Objects): Update to mention global thread IDs. * guile.texi (Breakpoints In Guile) <breakpoint-thread/set-breakpoint-thread breakpoint>: Mention global thread IDs instead of thread IDs. * python.texi (Threads In Python): Adjust documentation of InferiorThread.num. (Breakpoint.thread): Mention global thread IDs instead of thread IDs.
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@@ -3,6 +3,37 @@
*** Changes since GDB 7.10
+* Per-inferior thread numbers
+
+ Thread numbers are now per inferior instead of global. If you're
+ debugging multiple inferiors, GDB displays thread IDs using a
+ qualified INF_NUM.THR_NUM form. For example:
+
+ (gdb) info threads
+ Id Target Id Frame
+ 1.1 Thread 0x7ffff7fc2740 (LWP 8155) (running)
+ 1.2 Thread 0x7ffff7fc1700 (LWP 8168) (running)
+ * 2.1 Thread 0x7ffff7fc2740 (LWP 8157) (running)
+ 2.2 Thread 0x7ffff7fc1700 (LWP 8190) (running)
+
+ As consequence, thread numbers as visible in the $_thread
+ convenience variable and in Python's InferiorThread.num attribute
+ are no longer unique between inferiors.
+
+ GDB now maintains a second thread ID per thread, referred to as the
+ global thread ID, which is the new equivalent of thread numbers in
+ previous releases.
+
+ For backwards compatibility, MI's thread IDs always refer to global
+ IDs.
+
+* Commands that accept thread IDs now accept the qualified
+ INF_NUM.THR_NUM form as well. For example:
+
+ (gdb) thread 2.1
+ [Switching to thread 2.1 (Thread 0x7ffff7fc2740 (LWP 8157))] (running)
+ (gdb)
+
* The new convenience variable $_inferior holds the number of the
current inferior.
@@ -177,6 +208,9 @@ show remote catch-syscall-packet
* Python Scripting
+ ** The "num" attribute of gdb.InferiorThread objects now refers to
+ the thread's per-inferior number. See "Per-inferior thread
+ numbers" above.
** gdb.InferiorThread objects have a new attribute "inferior", which
is the Inferior object the thread belongs to.