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authorJoel Brobecker <brobecker@gnat.com>2009-04-23 18:55:20 +0000
committerJoel Brobecker <brobecker@gnat.com>2009-04-23 18:55:20 +0000
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* ada-tasks (task_command_1): Call target_find_new_threads.
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diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index a6917cb..ec17070 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
2009-04-23 Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>
+ * ada-tasks (task_command_1): Call target_find_new_threads.
+
+2009-04-23 Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>
+
* stack.c (do_gdb_disassembly): Print the exception message if an
error was thrown while trying to perform the disassembly.
diff --git a/gdb/ada-tasks.c b/gdb/ada-tasks.c
index f7bbf2d..14f2503 100644
--- a/gdb/ada-tasks.c
+++ b/gdb/ada-tasks.c
@@ -865,6 +865,15 @@ task_command_1 (char *taskno_str, int from_tty)
if (!ada_task_is_alive (task_info))
error (_("Cannot switch to task %d: Task is no longer running"), taskno);
+ /* On some platforms, the thread list is not updated until the user
+ performs a thread-related operation (by using the "info threads"
+ command, for instance). So this thread list may not be up to date
+ when the user attempts this task switch. Since we cannot switch
+ to the thread associated to our task if GDB does not know about
+ that thread, we need to make sure that any new threads gets added
+ to the thread list. */
+ target_find_new_threads ();
+
switch_to_thread (task_info->ptid);
ada_find_printable_frame (get_selected_frame (NULL));
printf_filtered (_("[Switching to task %d]\n"), taskno);