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Re: [PATCH RFA] process/thread/lwp identifier mega-patch
- To: Pavel Cisler <pavel at eazel dot com>, gdb-patches at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
- Subject: Re: [PATCH RFA] process/thread/lwp identifier mega-patch
- From: Kevin Buettner <kevinb at cygnus dot com>
- Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2000 09:31:29 -0700
- References: <1001003083922.ZM18831@ocotillo.lan> <3A196C0E.B28DA29@cygnus.com> <1001120185800.ZM17272@ocotillo.lan> <3A1E4BE8.866BCBED@cygnus.com> <3A2748DF.206B4418@eazel.com>
On Nov 30, 10:44pm, Pavel Cisler wrote:
> I was wondering if there any plans to proceed with Kevin's patch that
> fixes the problem with pids overflowing the 16 bit precision they
> currently use.
>
> We've been using it in at Eazel since mid-october. Without it gdb 5.0 is
> pretty much unusable for debugging code that uses threads liberally (the
> case of our file manager, Nautilus), a serious degradation from the
> older versions of gdb that didn't manifest this problem.
>
> I understand the current thinking is to set up a separate branch on
> which the bug fix will be driven to completion, if there is one we would
> be delighted to help test.
Putting the patch on the branch is still the plan, but enough time has
elapsed since the patch was created that it will likely take a bit of
effort to reintegrate it into the current sources. I simply need to
find time to do this work.
I will certainly appreciate the help in testing these changes once the
branch is created.
Thanks,
Kevin