[Kgdb-bugreport] Re: Help for kgdb
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From: Amit S. K. <ami...@li...> - 2004-09-25 06:25:07
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On Friday 24 Sep 2004 8:05 pm, Tom Rini wrote: > On Fri, Sep 24, 2004 at 06:21:56PM +0530, Amit S. Kale wrote: > > OK. got it working for i386. gdb patches attached. This code doesn't > > require a user to tell gdb which functions to skip. GDB figures that out > > automatically. > > > > gdb uses the same mechanism as WCHAN to skip scheduler functions. It > > skips any functions that are emitted in .sched.text section. It doesn't > > require _any_ kgdb code (like renaming scheduler). > > So this is what I was asking about. Would it be bad to say that for > stuff like this, it's done in the host gdb instead of the stub? Didn't understand that. Are you against the idea of doing this (skipping scheduler functions in info thread listsing) in gdb or for it? I am going to remove the rename scheduler stuff from heavy patches once I get this patch stable. I'll implement it for x86_64 too. Do you mind testing a ppc patch if I implement it? These things are doable by end of next week. -Amit |