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authorPedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>2016-01-07 20:15:07 +0000
committerPedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>2016-01-07 23:30:50 +0000
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Add $_gthread convenience variableusers/palves/thread-ids-per-inferior
This commit adds a new $_gthread convenience variable, that is like $_thread, but holds the current thread's global thread id. gdb/ChangeLog: 2016-01-06 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> * NEWS: Mention $_gthread. * gdbthread.h (struct thread_info) <global_num>: Mention $_gthread. * thread.c (thread_num_make_value_helper): New function. (thread_id_make_value): Delete. (thread_id_per_inf_num_make_value, global_thread_id_make_value): New. (thread_funcs): Adjust. (gthread_funcs): New. (_initialize_thread): Register $_gthread variable. gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog: 2016-01-06 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> * gdb.base/default.exp: Expect $_gthread as well. * gdb.multi/tids.exp: Test $_gthread. * gdb.threads/thread-specific.exp: Test $_gthread. gdb/doc/ChangeLog: 2016-01-06 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> * gdb.texinfo (Threads): Document the $_gthread convenience variable. (Convenience Vars): Likewise.
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@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
GDB now maintains a second thread ID per thread, referred to as the
global thread ID, which is the new equivalent of thread numbers in
- previous releases.
+ previous releases. See also $_gthread below.
For backwards compatibility, MI's thread IDs always refer to global
IDs.
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@
* You can use "info threads -gid" to display the global thread ID of
all threads.
+* The new convenience variable $_gthread holds the global number of
+ the current thread.
+
* The new convenience variable $_inferior holds the number of the
current inferior.