Remove context switching in favour of accessing thread_info fields

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/* Multi-process/thread control defs for GDB, the GNU debugger.
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   2000, 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   Contributed by Lynx Real-Time Systems, Inc.  Los Gatos, CA.
   

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#ifndef GDBTHREAD_H
#define GDBTHREAD_H

struct symtab;

#include "breakpoint.h"
#include "frame.h"
#include "ui-out.h"
#include "inferior.h"

struct thread_info
{
  struct thread_info *next;
  ptid_t ptid;			/* "Actual process id";
				    In fact, this may be overloaded with 
				    kernel thread id, etc.  */
  int num;			/* Convenient handle (GDB thread id) */

  /* Non-zero means the thread is executing.  Note: this is different
     from saying that there is an active target and we are stopped at
     a breakpoint, for instance.  This is a real indicator whether the
     thread is off and running.  */
  /* This field is internal to thread.c.  Never access it directly,
     use is_executing instead.  */
  int executing_;

  /* Frontend view of the thread state.  Note that the RUNNING/STOPPED
     states are different from EXECUTING.  When the thread is stopped
     internally while handling an internal event, like a software
     single-step breakpoint, EXECUTING will be false, but running will
     still be true.  As a possible future extension, this could turn
     into enum { stopped, exited, stepping, finishing, until(ling),
     running ... }  */
  /* This field is internal to thread.c.  Never access it directly,
     use is_running instead.  */
  int state_;

  /* If this is > 0, then it means there's code out there that relies
     on this thread being listed.  Don't delete it from the lists even
     if we detect it exiting.  */
  int refcount;

  /* User/external stepping state.  */

  /* Step-resume or longjmp-resume breakpoint.  */
  struct breakpoint *step_resume_breakpoint;

  /* Range to single step within.

     If this is nonzero, respond to a single-step signal by continuing
     to step if the pc is in this range.

     If step_range_start and step_range_end are both 1, it means to
     step for a single instruction (FIXME: it might clean up
     wait_for_inferior in a minor way if this were changed to the
     address of the instruction and that address plus one.  But maybe
     not.).  */
  CORE_ADDR step_range_start;	/* Inclusive */
  CORE_ADDR step_range_end;	/* Exclusive */

  /* Stack frame address as of when stepping command was issued.
     This is how we know when we step into a subroutine call, and how
     to set the frame for the breakpoint used to step out.  */
  struct frame_id step_frame_id;
  int current_line;
  struct symtab *current_symtab;

  /* Internal stepping state.  */

  /* Record the pc of the thread the last time it stopped.  This is
     maintained by proceed and keep_going, and used in
     adjust_pc_after_break to distinguish a hardware single-step
     SIGTRAP from a breakpoint SIGTRAP.  */
  CORE_ADDR prev_pc;

  /* Nonzero if we are presently stepping over a breakpoint.

     If we hit a breakpoint or watchpoint, and then continue, we need
     to single step the current thread with breakpoints disabled, to
     avoid hitting the same breakpoint or watchpoint again.  And we
     should step just a single thread and keep other threads stopped,
     so that other threads don't miss breakpoints while they are
     removed.

     So, this variable simultaneously means that we need to single
     step the current thread, keep other threads stopped, and that
     breakpoints should be removed while we step.

     This variable is set either:
     - in proceed, when we resume inferior on user's explicit request
     - in keep_going, if handle_inferior_event decides we need to
     step over breakpoint.

     The variable is cleared in normal_stop.  The proceed calls
     wait_for_inferior, which calls handle_inferior_event in a loop,
     and until wait_for_inferior exits, this variable is changed only
     by keep_going.  */
  int trap_expected;

  /* Should we step over breakpoint next time keep_going is called?  */
  int stepping_over_breakpoint;

  /* Set to TRUE if we should finish single-stepping over a breakpoint
     after hitting the current step-resume breakpoint.  */
  int step_after_step_resume_breakpoint;

  /* This is set TRUE when a catchpoint of a shared library event
     triggers.  Since we don't wish to leave the inferior in the
     solib hook when we report the event, we step the inferior
     back to user code before stopping and reporting the event.  */
  int stepping_through_solib_after_catch;

  /* When stepping_through_solib_after_catch is TRUE, this is a
     list of the catchpoints that should be reported as triggering
     when we finally do stop stepping.  */
  bpstat stepping_through_solib_catchpoints;

  /* The below are only per-thread in non-stop mode.  */
  /* Per-thread command support.  */
  struct continuation *continuations;
  struct continuation *intermediate_continuations;
  int proceed_to_finish;
  enum step_over_calls_kind step_over_calls;
  int stop_step;
  int step_multi;

  enum target_signal stop_signal;
  /* Used in continue_command to set the proceed count of the
     breakpoint the thread stopped at.  */
  bpstat stop_bpstat;

  /* Private data used by the target vector implementation.  */
  struct private_thread_info *private;
};

/* Create an empty thread list, or empty the existing one.  */
extern void init_thread_list (void);

/* Add a thread to the thread list, print a message
   that a new thread is found, and return the pointer to
   the new thread.  Caller my use this pointer to 
   initialize the private thread data.  */
extern struct thread_info *add_thread (ptid_t ptid);

/* Same as add_thread, but does not print a message
   about new thread.  */
extern struct thread_info *add_thread_silent (ptid_t ptid);

/* Same as add_thread, and sets the private info.  */
extern struct thread_info *add_thread_with_info (ptid_t ptid,
						 struct private_thread_info *);

/* Delete an existing thread list entry.  */
extern void delete_thread (ptid_t);

/* Delete an existing thread list entry, and be quiet about it.  Used
   after the process this thread having belonged to having already
   exited, for example.  */
extern void delete_thread_silent (ptid_t);

/* Delete a step_resume_breakpoint from the thread database. */
extern void delete_step_resume_breakpoint (struct thread_info *);

/* Translate the integer thread id (GDB's homegrown id, not the system's)
   into a "pid" (which may be overloaded with extra thread information).  */
extern ptid_t thread_id_to_pid (int);

/* Translate a 'pid' (which may be overloaded with extra thread information) 
   into the integer thread id (GDB's homegrown id, not the system's).  */
extern int pid_to_thread_id (ptid_t ptid);

/* Boolean test for an already-known pid (which may be overloaded with
   extra thread information).  */
extern int in_thread_list (ptid_t ptid);

/* Boolean test for an already-known thread id (GDB's homegrown id, 
   not the system's).  */
extern int valid_thread_id (int thread);

/* Search function to lookup a thread by 'pid'.  */
extern struct thread_info *find_thread_pid (ptid_t ptid);

/* Find thread by GDB user-visible thread number.  */
struct thread_info *find_thread_id (int num);

/* Change the ptid of thread OLD_PTID to NEW_PTID.  */
void thread_change_ptid (ptid_t old_ptid, ptid_t new_ptid);

/* Iterator function to call a user-provided callback function
   once for each known thread.  */
typedef int (*thread_callback_func) (struct thread_info *, void *);
extern struct thread_info *iterate_over_threads (thread_callback_func, void *);

extern int thread_count (void);

/* infrun context switch: save the debugger state for the given thread.  */
extern void save_infrun_state (ptid_t ptid,
			       struct continuation *continuations,
			       struct continuation *intermediate_continuations,
			       int proceed_to_finish,
			       enum step_over_calls_kind step_over_calls,
			       int stop_step,
			       int step_multi,
			       enum target_signal stop_signal,
			       bpstat stop_bpstat);

/* infrun context switch: load the debugger state previously saved
   for the given thread.  */
extern void load_infrun_state (ptid_t ptid,
			       struct continuation **continuations,
			       struct continuation **intermediate_continuations,
			       int *proceed_to_finish,
			       enum step_over_calls_kind *step_over_calls,
			       int *stop_step,
			       int *step_multi,
			       enum target_signal *stop_signal,
			       bpstat *stop_bpstat);

/* Switch from one thread to another.  */
extern void switch_to_thread (ptid_t ptid);

/* Marks thread PTID is running, or stopped. 
   If PIDGET (PTID) is -1, marks all threads.  */
extern void set_running (ptid_t ptid, int running);

/* 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,

    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);

/* In the frontend's perpective, is this thread stopped?  */
extern int is_stopped (ptid_t ptid);

/* 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.  */
extern int is_executing (ptid_t ptid);

/* Commands with a prefix of `thread'.  */
extern struct cmd_list_element *thread_cmd_list;

/* Print notices on thread events (attach, detach, etc.), set with
   `set print thread-events'.  */
extern int print_thread_events;

extern void print_thread_info (struct ui_out *uiout, int thread);

extern struct cleanup *make_cleanup_restore_current_thread (void);

/* Returns a pointer into the thread_info corresponding to
   INFERIOR_PTID.  INFERIOR_PTID *must* be in the thread list.  */
extern struct thread_info* inferior_thread (void);

#endif /* GDBTHREAD_H */