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authorTom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>2019-03-16 14:36:57 -0600
committerTom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>2019-11-26 14:02:58 -0700
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Add maint set/show worker-threads
This adds maint commands to control the number of worker threads that gdb can use. 2019-11-26 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com> * NEWS: Add entry. * maint.c (_initialize_maint_cmds): Add "worker-threads" maint commands. Call update_thread_pool_size. (update_thread_pool_size, maintenance_set_worker_threads): New functions. (n_worker_threads): New global. gdb/doc/ChangeLog 2019-11-26 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com> * gdb.texinfo (Maintenance Commands): Document new maint commands. Change-Id: I4fb514faa05879d8afe62c77036a4469d57dca2a
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@@ -149,6 +149,13 @@ set style highlight background COLOR
set style highlight intensity VALUE
Control the styling of highlightings.
+maint set worker-threads
+maint show worker-threads
+ Control the number of worker threads that can be used by GDB. The
+ default is "unlimited", which lets GDB choose a number that is
+ reasonable. Currently worker threads are only used when demangling
+ the names of linker symbols.
+
maint set test-settings KIND
maint show test-settings KIND
A set of commands used by the testsuite for exercising the settings