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* [PATCH v3 0/7] Thread handle to thread info mapping
@ 2017-07-19  0:42 Kevin Buettner
  2017-07-19  0:54 ` [PATCH v3 2/7] Add `thread_from_thread_handle' method to (Python) gdb.Inferior Kevin Buettner
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From: Kevin Buettner @ 2017-07-19  0:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: gdb-patches

This patch set introduces support for mapping thread handles to the
thread_info structs which GDB uses to keep track of threads in the
inferiors which it's debugging.  I need this in order to find the GDB
thread which corresponds to a saved thread handle (e.g. pthread_t)
within an implementation of a thread library built atop pthreads.
The mechanism is general enough however to support other thread
handle representations as well.

Simon reviewed the v2 version of these patches and found a number
of problems.  I believe I have addressed all of these in this new
patch set.

Pedro noticed a fundamental problem with v2 patch series - the
mapping operation did not take into account the inferior!  After a
fork, the parent and the child will have the same sets of thread
handles at the same addresses.  These v3 patches also address this
problem.

Part 1 introduces a target method which maps a thread handle to
the corresponding internal GDB thread object, i.e. something of type
`struct thread_info *'.  An implementation of this new method is
provided for the Linux thread target.  Additional work will be
required, over time, for other thread targets.

Part 2 adds a python interface for the mechanism introduced in part 1.

Part 3 is a documentation patch.  It has been adjusted to address Eli's
concerns in an earlier patch series.  Simon also proposed some changes
which I've incorporated.

Part 4 adds a test case.  I've incorporated Simon's suggestions from
his review of the v2 patchset.

Part 5 is a bug fix for a problem discovered while working on part 6.

Part 6 adds support for remote targets.

Part 7 is a documentation patch for the remote protocol changes that
were implemented in part 6.

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2017-07-19  0:42 [PATCH v3 0/7] Thread handle to thread info mapping Kevin Buettner
2017-07-19  0:54 ` [PATCH v3 2/7] Add `thread_from_thread_handle' method to (Python) gdb.Inferior Kevin Buettner
2017-07-23 20:53   ` Simon Marchi
2017-07-19  0:54 ` [PATCH v3 1/7] Add target method for converting thread handle to thread_info struct pointer Kevin Buettner
2017-07-23 20:39   ` Simon Marchi
2017-07-19  0:55 ` [PATCH v3 4/7] Test case for Inferior.thread_from_thread_handle Kevin Buettner
2017-07-23 21:17   ` Simon Marchi
2017-07-19  0:55 ` [PATCH v3 3/7] Documentation " Kevin Buettner
2017-07-19  2:33   ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-07-19  0:55 ` [PATCH v3 5/7] Add thread_db_notice_clone to gdbserver Kevin Buettner
2017-07-23 21:27   ` Simon Marchi
2017-07-19  0:56 ` [PATCH v3 7/7] Documentation for qXfer:threads:read handle attribute Kevin Buettner
2017-07-19  2:34   ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-07-19  0:56 ` [PATCH v3 6/7] Add thread_handle_to_thread_info support for remote targets Kevin Buettner
2017-07-23 21:47   ` Simon Marchi

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