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| author | Simon Marchi <simon.marchi@ericsson.com> | 2015-11-26 09:49:04 -0500 |
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| committer | Simon Marchi <simon.marchi@ericsson.com> | 2015-11-26 10:50:08 -0500 |
| commit | 79efa585c51f0657b319beb1e213d5721eaacdcc (patch) | |
| tree | 9aad1092fe7553087c7cffb036422864870f6c56 /gdb/NEWS | |
| parent | 73ede76585a987a07fbd67a7474b193e4ca05517 (diff) | |
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Display names of remote threads
This patch adds support for thread names in the remote protocol, and
updates gdb/gdbserver to use it. The information is added to the XML
description sent in response to the qXfer:threads:read packet.
gdb/ChangeLog:
* linux-nat.c (linux_nat_thread_name): Replace implementation by call
to linux_proc_tid_get_name.
* nat/linux-procfs.c (linux_proc_tid_get_name): New function,
implementation inspired by linux_nat_thread_name.
* nat/linux-procfs.h (linux_proc_tid_get_name): New declaration.
* remote.c (struct private_thread_info) <name>: New field.
(free_private_thread_info): Free name field.
(remote_thread_name): New function.
(thread_item_t) <name>: New field.
(clear_threads_listing_context): Free name field.
(start_thread): Get name xml attribute.
(thread_attributes): Add "name" attribute.
(remote_update_thread_list): Copy name field.
(init_remote_ops): Assign remote_thread_name callback.
* target.h (target_thread_name): Update comment.
* NEWS: Mention remote thread name support.
gdb/gdbserver/ChangeLog:
* linux-low.c (linux_target_ops): Use linux_proc_tid_get_name.
* server.c (handle_qxfer_threads_worker): Refactor to include thread
name in reply.
* target.h (struct target_ops) <thread_name>: New field.
(target_thread_name): New macro.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo (Thread List Format): Mention thread names.
Diffstat (limited to 'gdb/NEWS')
| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/NEWS | 5 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
@@ -94,6 +94,11 @@ set remote exec-event-feature-packet show remote exec-event-feature-packet Set/show the use of the remote exec event feature. + * Thread names in remote protocol + + The reply to qXfer:threads:read may now include a name attribute for each + thread. + *** Changes in GDB 7.10 * Support for process record-replay and reverse debugging on aarch64*-linux* |