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Re: notice_signals
- To: "Brethour, Tanya (tonic)" <tonic at sequent dot com>
- Subject: Re: notice_signals
- From: Michael Snyder <msnyder at redhat dot com>
- Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 11:07:38 -0700
- CC: "'gdb-patches at sourceware dot cygnus dot com'" <gdb-patches at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>
- Organization: Red Hat, Inc.
- References: <166E75C06F27D211B9860000C0AE13F509396354@wembley.sequent.com>
Brethour, Tanya (tonic) wrote:
>
> Hello..
>
> I was curious if anyone knew what the notice_signals function (ie.
> hpux_thread_notice_signals, child_ops_to.notice_signals,
> procfs_notice_signals) is trying to accomplish. Is this needed for ALL
> platforms.. or what is the criteria to tell if it is needed?
Hi,
"notice_signals" basically tells GDB what it should do
when the child process gets a signal. Ie stop and
prompt the user, ignore the signal and continue,
let the child receive the signal, etc. I would think
it is necessary for any target that uses signals.
Michael