Re: [RFC] Skipping final cleanups in quit_target

[Aleksandar Ristovski <aristovski at qnx dot com>]

Pierre Muller wrote:
> This should at least be configurable 
> because it is good practice to have 
> program that do cleanups...
>
>   An example is that you might want to 
> check if gdb is leaking memory, and you 
> can do that by simply looking at 
> heap allocations remaining at exit.
>   Such tests will be harder with your suggestions,
> which is the reason why I would suggest
> to make this a configurable option.

Yes, I am not against final cleanups in general, I am just looking for ways to 
cut down the time users perceive as useless waiting.

> Pierre Muller
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: gdb-owner@sourceware.org [mailto:gdb-owner@sourceware.org] On
> > Behalf Of Aleksandar Ristovski
> > Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 5:19 PM
> > To: gdb@sourceware.org
> > Subject: [RFC] Skipping final cleanups in quit_target
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > Does anyone see a problem in skipping "do_final_cleanups
> > (ALL_CLEANUPS)" in
> > top.c (quit_target)?
> >
> > quit_target is called just before we exit gdb.
> >
> > I have a case where shutdown takes approx. 40sec. With skipping the
> > cleanups,
> > time is significantly shorter.
> >
> > Any thoughts?
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Aleksandar Ristovski
> > QNX Software Systems