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authorTom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>2011-01-12 02:51:38 +0000
committerTom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>2011-01-12 02:51:38 +0000
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@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-2011-01-11 Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
-
- * gdb.texinfo (Threads): Remove duplicate text. Update examples.
- Fix "thread apply" text.
-
2011-01-11 Sergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@br.ibm.com>
diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
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@@ -2731,13 +2731,70 @@ For example,
@smallexample
(@value{GDBP}) info threads
- Id Target Id Frame
- 3 process 35 thread 27 0x34e5 in sigpause ()
- 2 process 35 thread 23 0x34e5 in sigpause ()
-* 1 process 35 thread 13 main (argc=1, argv=0x7ffffff8)
+ 3 process 35 thread 27 0x34e5 in sigpause ()
+ 2 process 35 thread 23 0x34e5 in sigpause ()
+* 1 process 35 thread 13 main (argc=1, argv=0x7ffffff8)
at threadtest.c:68
@end smallexample
+On HP-UX systems:
+
+@cindex debugging multithreaded programs (on HP-UX)
+@cindex thread identifier (GDB), on HP-UX
+For debugging purposes, @value{GDBN} associates its own thread
+number---a small integer assigned in thread-creation order---with each
+thread in your program.
+
+@cindex @code{New} @var{systag} message, on HP-UX
+@cindex thread identifier (system), on HP-UX
+@c FIXME-implementors!! It would be more helpful if the [New...] message
+@c included GDB's numeric thread handle, so you could just go to that
+@c thread without first checking `info threads'.
+Whenever @value{GDBN} detects a new thread in your program, it displays
+both @value{GDBN}'s thread number and the target system's identification for the thread with a message in the
+form @samp{[New @var{systag}]}. @var{systag} is a thread identifier
+whose form varies depending on the particular system. For example, on
+HP-UX, you see
+
+@smallexample
+[New thread 2 (system thread 26594)]
+@end smallexample
+
+@noindent
+when @value{GDBN} notices a new thread.
+
+@table @code
+@kindex info threads (HP-UX)
+@item info threads
+Display a summary of all threads currently in your
+program. @value{GDBN} displays for each thread (in this order):
+
+@enumerate
+@item the thread number assigned by @value{GDBN}
+
+@item the target system's thread identifier (@var{systag})
+
+@item the current stack frame summary for that thread
+@end enumerate
+
+@noindent
+An asterisk @samp{*} to the left of the @value{GDBN} thread number
+indicates the current thread.
+
+For example,
+@end table
+@c end table here to get a little more width for example
+
+@smallexample
+(@value{GDBP}) info threads
+ * 3 system thread 26607 worker (wptr=0x7b09c318 "@@") \@*
+ at quicksort.c:137
+ 2 system thread 26606 0x7b0030d8 in __ksleep () \@*
+ from /usr/lib/libc.2
+ 1 system thread 27905 0x7b003498 in _brk () \@*
+ from /usr/lib/libc.2
+@end smallexample
+
On Solaris, you can display more information about user threads with a
Solaris-specific command:
@@ -2758,10 +2815,10 @@ shown in the first field of the @samp{info threads} display.
you selected, and its current stack frame summary:
@smallexample
+@c FIXME!! This example made up; find a @value{GDBN} w/threads and get real one
(@value{GDBP}) thread 2
-[Switching to thread 2 (Thread 0xb7fdab70 (LWP 12747))]
-#0 some_function (ignore=0x0) at example.c:8
-8 printf ("hello\n");
+[Switching to process 35 thread 23]
+0x34e5 in sigpause ()
@end smallexample
@noindent
@@ -2778,7 +2835,7 @@ information on convenience variables.
@kindex thread apply
@cindex apply command to several threads
-@item thread apply [@var{threadno} | all] @var{command}
+@item thread apply [@var{threadno}] [@var{all}] @var{command}
The @code{thread apply} command allows you to apply the named
@var{command} to one or more threads. Specify the numbers of the
threads that you want affected with the command argument