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authorPedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>2014-02-19 18:25:41 +0000
committerPedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>2014-02-19 18:27:01 +0000
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common/ptid.h: Mention that process_stratum targets should prefer ptid.lwp.
It's best that we standardize on process_stratum targets using the ptid.lwp field to store thread ids. The idea being leave the ptid.tid field free for any thread_stratum target that might want to sit on top. This patch adds a comment in that direction to struct ptid's definition. gdb/ 2014-02-19 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> * common/ptid.h (struct ptid): Mention that process_stratum targets should prefer ptid.lwp.
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-rw-r--r--gdb/common/ptid.h7
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/common/ptid.h b/gdb/common/ptid.h
index 362882d..cc1825e 100644
--- a/gdb/common/ptid.h
+++ b/gdb/common/ptid.h
@@ -25,7 +25,12 @@
consists of the process id (pid), lightweight process id (lwp) and
thread id (tid). When manipulating ptids, the constructors,
accessors, and predicates declared in this file should be used. Do
- NOT access the struct ptid members directly. */
+ NOT access the struct ptid members directly.
+
+ process_stratum targets that handle threading themselves should
+ prefer using the ptid.lwp field, leaving the ptid.tid field for any
+ thread_stratum target that might want to sit on top.
+*/
struct ptid
{