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authorDoug Evans <dje@google.com>2010-02-13 01:13:54 +0000
committerDoug Evans <dje@google.com>2010-02-13 01:13:54 +0000
commit6076632b700e20fbb180fd582ed892ed3d0c2d91 (patch)
tree321a3ccc1f22f9b550cd084f8604293acc4f579f
parent0da6fa6c5b5a2b4fc5b64fbae25ccd9509210860 (diff)
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* linux-low.c (linux_supports_tracefork_flag): Document.
(linux_look_up_symbols): Add comment.
-rw-r--r--gdb/gdbserver/ChangeLog5
-rw-r--r--gdb/gdbserver/linux-low.c4
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/gdbserver/ChangeLog b/gdb/gdbserver/ChangeLog
index ac6af76a73..fb968ebe0d 100644
--- a/gdb/gdbserver/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/gdbserver/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2010-02-12 Doug Evans <dje@google.com>
+
+ * linux-low.c (linux_supports_tracefork_flag): Document.
+ (linux_look_up_symbols): Add comment.
+
2010-02-03 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
* regcache.c (supply_register): Clear regcache if buf is NULL.
diff --git a/gdb/gdbserver/linux-low.c b/gdb/gdbserver/linux-low.c
index 12c40bc4c8..262a1df15d 100644
--- a/gdb/gdbserver/linux-low.c
+++ b/gdb/gdbserver/linux-low.c
@@ -2580,6 +2580,7 @@ linux_write_memory (CORE_ADDR memaddr, const unsigned char *myaddr, int len)
return 0;
}
+/* Non-zero if the kernel supports PTRACE_O_TRACEFORK. */
static int linux_supports_tracefork_flag;
/* Helper functions for linux_test_for_tracefork, called via clone (). */
@@ -2735,6 +2736,9 @@ linux_look_up_symbols (void)
if (proc->private->thread_db != NULL)
return;
+ /* If the kernel supports tracing forks then it also supports tracing
+ clones, and then we don't need to use the magic thread event breakpoint
+ to learn about threads. */
thread_db_init (!linux_supports_tracefork_flag);
#endif
}
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