if (ada_tasks_check_symbol_table)
{
- struct symbol *sym;
struct minimal_symbol *msym;
msym = lookup_minimal_symbol (KNOWN_TASKS_NAME, NULL, NULL);
to the thread list. */
target_find_new_threads ();
+ /* Verify that the ptid of the task we want to switch to is valid
+ (in other words, a ptid that GDB knows about). Otherwise, we will
+ cause an assertion failure later on, when we try to determine
+ the ptid associated thread_info data. We should normally never
+ encounter such an error, but the wrong ptid can actually easily be
+ computed if target_get_ada_task_ptid has not been implemented for
+ our target (yet). Rather than cause an assertion error in that case,
+ it's nicer for the user to just refuse to perform the task switch. */
+ if (!find_thread_ptid (task_info->ptid))
+ error (_("Unable to compute thread ID for task %d.\n"
+ "Cannot switch to this task."),
+ taskno);
+
switch_to_thread (task_info->ptid);
ada_find_printable_frame (get_selected_frame (NULL));
printf_filtered (_("[Switching to task %d]\n"), taskno);