remote: get rid of all the T packets when syncing the thread list
This commit avoids the prune_threads call in the remote target's
target_update_thread_list's implementation, eliminating all the "thread
alive" RSP traffic (one packet per thread) whenever we fetch the
thread list.
IOW, this:
Sending packet: $Tp2141.2150#82...Packet received: OK
Sending packet: $Tp2141.214f#b7...Packet received: OK
Sending packet: $Tp2141.2141#82...Packet received: OK
... more T packets; it's one per previously known live thread ...
Sending packet: $qXfer:threads:read::0,fff#03...Packet received: l<threads>\n<thread id="p2141.2141" core="2"/>\n<thread id="p2141.214f" core="1"/>\n<thread id="p2141.2150" core="2"/>\n</threads>\n
Becomes:
Sending packet: $qXfer:threads:read::0,fff#03...Packet received: l<threads>\n<thread id="p2141.2141" core="2"/>\n<thread id="p2141.214f" core="1"/>\n<thread id="p2141.2150" core="2"/>\n</threads>\n
Tested on x86_64 Fedora 20, native gdbserver:
- tests the qXfer:threads:read method.
Tested on x86_64 Fedora 20, native gdbserver with qXfer:threads:read
force-disabled in gdbserver:
- So that GDB falls back to the qfThreadInfo/qsThreadInfo method.
And also manually smoked tested force disabling both
qXfer:threads:read and qfThreadInfo/qsThreadInfo in gdbserver.
gdb/
2014-10-15 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
* gdbthread.h (ALL_NON_EXITED_THREADS_SAFE): New macro.
* remote.c (remote_update_thread_list): Skip calling prune_threads
if any thread listing method is supported, and instead walk over
the set of remote threads listed, deleting those that are not
found in GDB's thread list.