* PATCH: thread-db.c get_thread_signals doc fix
@ 2004-10-19 22:50 Jim Blandy
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From: Jim Blandy @ 2004-10-19 22:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: rda
Committed as obvious.
2004-10-19 Jim Blandy <jimb@redhat.com>
* thread-db.c (get_thread_signals): Doc fix.
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*** 1205,1213 ****
}
/* Function: get_thread_signals
! Obtain the values of the "cancel", "restart" and "debug" signals
! used by linux threads, and store them in a set of global variables
! for use by check_child_state and friends. */
static int cancel_signal;
static int restart_signal;
--- 1342,1360 ----
}
/* Function: get_thread_signals
!
! Obtain the values of the "cancel", "restart" and "debug" signals
! used by LinuxThreads, and store them in a set of global variables
! for use by check_child_state and friends.
!
! Recent versions of NPTL don't define these symbols at all; you must
! use the libthread_db event functions instead (td_ta_event_addr,
! ...) to find out about thread creation, thread exits, and so on.
!
! Older versions of LinuxThreads provide both interfaces. To avoid
! changing RDA's behavior on any system it supports, we use the older
! signal-based interface if present, and use the event-based
! interface as a fall-back. */
static int cancel_signal;
static int restart_signal;
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