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Re: [PATCH 0/4] Add python method gdb.InferiorThread.thread_handle
- From: Tom Tromey <tom at tromey dot com>
- To: Kevin Buettner <kevinb at redhat dot com>
- Cc: gdb-patches at sourceware dot org
- Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2018 05:02:40 -0600
- Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] Add python method gdb.InferiorThread.thread_handle
- References: <20180915220836.7dda4a63@pinnacle.lan>
>>>>> "Kevin" == Kevin Buettner <kevinb@redhat.com> writes:
Kevin> This four part series adds a python method named "thread_handle"
Kevin> which is used to fetch the thread handle from a thread object.
Kevin> It will eventually be used as part of the implementation of the
Kevin> "thread parent" operation for the OpenMP work that I've been doing.
Could you explain more about thread handles -- what they are and why
they are needed? I do not really understand the motivation for this,
but I would like to.
Tom