+2008-08-17 Pedro Alves <pedro@codesourcery.com>
+
+ * gdbthread.h: Add comments.
+ * stack.c (get_selected_block): Return 0 on an exited thread.
+ * top.c (execute_command): Check for is_stopped, not !is_running.
+ * event-top.c (command_handler): Likewise.
+
2008-08-16 Pedro Alves <pedro@codesourcery.com>
* mi/mi-main.c (mi_cmd_exec_next, mi_cmd_exec_next_instruction)
/* Do any commands attached to breakpoint we stopped at. Only if we
are always running synchronously. Or if we have just executed a
command that doesn't start the target. */
- if (!target_can_async_p () || !is_running (inferior_ptid))
+ if (!target_can_async_p () || is_stopped (inferior_ptid))
{
bpstat_do_actions (&stop_bpstat);
do_cleanups (old_chain);
If PIDGET (PTID) is -1, marks all threads. */
extern void set_running (ptid_t ptid, int running);
-/* Reports if thread PTID is known to be running right now. */
-extern int is_running (ptid_t ptid);
+/* NOTE: Since the thread state is not a boolean, most times, you do
+ not want to check it with negation. If you really want to check if
+ the thread is stopped,
-/* Reports if any thread is known to be running right now. */
-extern int any_running (void);
+ use (good):
+
+ if (is_stopped (ptid))
+
+ instead of (bad):
+
+ if (!is_running (ptid))
+
+ The latter also returns true on exited threads, most likelly not
+ what you want. */
+
+/* Reports if in the frontend's perpective, thread PTID is running. */
+extern int is_running (ptid_t ptid);
/* Is this thread listed, but known to have exited? We keep it listed
(but not visible) until it's safe to delete. */
extern int is_exited (ptid_t ptid);
-/* Is this thread stopped? */
+/* In the frontend's perpective, is this thread stopped? */
extern int is_stopped (ptid_t ptid);
-/* Marks thread PTID as executing, or as stopped.
- If PIDGET (PTID) is -1, marks all threads. */
+/* In the frontend's perpective is there any thread running? */
+extern int any_running (void);
+
+/* Marks thread PTID as executing, or not. If PIDGET (PTID) is -1,
+ marks all threads.
+
+ Note that this is different from the running state. See the
+ description of state_ and executing_ fields of struct
+ thread_info. */
extern void set_executing (ptid_t ptid, int executing);
/* Reports if thread PTID is executing. */