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Re: configuring gdb 5.x for use with threads

From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at mvista dot com>
To: peter at a59252 dot upc-a dot chello dot nl
Cc: Kevin Buettner <kevinb at cygnus dot com>, gdb at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 09:53:37 -0500
Subject: Re: configuring gdb 5.x for use with threads
References: <20011102102321.D6507@a59252.upc-a.chello.nl> <20011117142746.A12792@a59252.upc-a.chello.nl> <1011117165348.ZM6496@ocotillo.lan> <20011119120123.C14194@a59252.upc-a.chello.nl>

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On Mon, Nov 19, 2001 at 12:01:23PM +0100, peter@a59252.upc-a.chello.nl wrote:
> using gdb 5.0.93-2001-11-18-cvs the following happens: after
> attaching to a threaded programm, all threads that are in detached
> state and should exit, leak. this will continue until my process
> table swamps.
> 
> I'm a developer, and willing to put some (though limited; business is
> hard these days) time into this but I'm sort of in the dark here.
> 
> and help, hints, etc. appreciated.

This is a kernel bug.  It varies a little with kernel version, but the
patch looks like:

  http://sources.redhat.com/ml/bug-glibc/2000-12/msg00057.html

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz                           Carnegie Mellon University
MontaVista Software                         Debian GNU/Linux Developer

References:
- configuring gdb 5.x for use with threads
  - From: peter
- Re: configuring gdb 5.x for use with threads
  - From: peter
- Re: configuring gdb 5.x for use with threads
  - From: Kevin Buettner
- Re: configuring gdb 5.x for use with threads
  - From: peter

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