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Re: [RFA/RFC] Replace call_ptrace and ptrace_wait in inf-ptrace.c
- From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at false dot org>
- To: Andrew Cagney <cagney at gnu dot org>
- Cc: Mark Kettenis <kettenis at gnu dot org>, gdb-patches at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 15:42:12 -0400
- Subject: Re: [RFA/RFC] Replace call_ptrace and ptrace_wait in inf-ptrace.c
- References: <200409201913.i8KJDosi035323@elgar.sibelius.xs4all.nl> <414F30D1.7080706@gnu.org>
On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 03:34:41PM -0400, Andrew Cagney wrote:
> >This is another step in the direction of eliminating the need for both
> >inf-ptrace.c and infptrace.c. It eliminates the calls to call_ptrace
> >and ptrace_wait.
> >
> >Andrew has recently suggested that we'd want debugging support for the
> >ptrace(2) interface, which could be implemented by using call_ptrace()
> >unconditionally.
>
> Having, again, spent some time debugging GNU/Linux threads, I'm pretty
> much certain of this.
I completely agree.
--
Daniel Jacobowitz