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Re: [PATCH] Add control variable for debug output to linux threads
Mark Kettenis wrote:
>
> Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 14:26:15 -0700
> From: Kevin Buettner <kevinb@cygnus.com>
> Cc: Mark Kettenis <kettenis@science.uva.nl>, gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com
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> On Apr 26, 4:13pm, Michael Snyder wrote:
>
> > This patch replaces your DEBUG macro with a runtime variable that is
> > settable by a user command. At some recent check-in, you left the
> > DEBUG macro turned on, and users have been asking about the extra
> > messages.
> >
> > 2001-04-26 Michael Snyder <msnyder@redhat.com>
> >
> > * thread-db.c (_initialize_thread_db): Add set/show command
> > "debug-linux-threads" for debugging output.
> > * lin-lwp.c (various): Use global "debug_linux_threads to
> > turn on extra debugging output.
>
> Michael,
>
> I have problems with your patch since it does a bit more than
> advertised.
>
> Apart from that, I'm having some trouble with the fact that the
> set/show command is added to thread-db.c (the user threads library
> layer, that in principle isn't Linux-specific) while the debug code
> that it enables is code for the Linux-specific kernel threads (LWP)
> support code that lives in lin-lwp.c.
Well, I figured we would from time to time need some similar
printf/debug code in thread-db too. As for it not being
linux-specific, that was the original hope, but I don't
really imagine it happening anytime soon.
> Michael, may I suggest reverting this patch and discussing it next
> week? I've got a train to catch now, so I'm a bit in a hurry.
I'll back this change out and put in one that is confined to lin-lwp.c.