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Re: [RFA] Async mode fixes.
> > My changes aren't just for Linux, but an exec target. I mean native
> > debugging (I think) with just one implementation - linux. It sounds like
> > I'm inflating what I've done but other native targets can presumably be
> > adapted to make use of the changes in inf-ptrace.c, exec.c etc.
>
> I think you mean "child" target? target exec just reads an exec file
> on disk.
Well, my changes are in exec.c to exec_ops methods, not to target methods in
inf-child.c. Then ISTR these get inherited by target methods in inf-ptrace.c
Are you saying that these changes should really be in inf-child.c or just that
I've misunderstood the concept of an exec target?
> > If all targets could run asynchronously, then it seems that that mode should
> > be specified at startup:
> >
> > gdb --async myprog
>
> Can it just be the default, once we get it working? If I understand
> correctly, the async-ness of the target should not affect the CLI at
> all. It lets you use "continue&" in addition to "continue", but
> existing commands should keep working as before.
>
> Async mode seems inherently superior.
You're probably right. I just don't really have the bigger picture to be able
to say that.
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