* infcmd.c (registers_info): Remove register number case.

[deliverable/binutils-gdb.git] / gdb / inferior.h

diff --git a/gdb/inferior.h b/gdb/inferior.h
index 23d549ed3d2bf371a0f15733a4a64a631cc2dd16..c4594112d3487a8144adb26b046a789524534995 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/inferior.h
+++ b/gdb/inferior.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
    Where it is, why it stopped, and how to step it.
 
    Copyright (C) 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996,
-   1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
+   1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
    Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
    This file is part of GDB.
@@ -40,24 +40,38 @@ struct ui_out;
 /* For struct frame_id.  */
 #include "frame.h"
 
-/* Structure in which to save the status of the inferior.  Create/Save
-   through "save_inferior_status", restore through
-   "restore_inferior_status".
+/* Two structures are used to record inferior state.
 
-   This pair of routines should be called around any transfer of
-   control to the inferior which you don't want showing up in your
-   control variables.  */
+   inferior_thread_state contains state about the program itself like its
+   registers and any signal it received when it last stopped.
+   This state must be restored regardless of how the inferior function call
+   ends (either successfully, or after it hits a breakpoint or signal)
+   if the program is to properly continue where it left off.
 
+   inferior_status contains state regarding gdb's control of the inferior
+   itself like stepping control.  It also contains session state like the
+   user's currently selected frame.
+
+   Call these routines around hand called functions, including function calls
+   in conditional breakpoints for example.  */
+
+struct inferior_thread_state;
 struct inferior_status;
 
-extern struct inferior_status *save_inferior_status (int);
+extern struct inferior_thread_state *save_inferior_thread_state (void);
+extern struct inferior_status *save_inferior_status (void);
 
+extern void restore_inferior_thread_state (struct inferior_thread_state *);
 extern void restore_inferior_status (struct inferior_status *);
 
+extern struct cleanup *make_cleanup_restore_inferior_thread_state (struct inferior_thread_state *);
 extern struct cleanup *make_cleanup_restore_inferior_status (struct inferior_status *);
 
+extern void discard_inferior_thread_state (struct inferior_thread_state *);
 extern void discard_inferior_status (struct inferior_status *);
 
+extern struct regcache *get_inferior_thread_state_regcache (struct inferior_thread_state *);
+
 /* The -1 ptid, often used to indicate either an error condition
    or a "don't care" condition, i.e, "run all threads."  */
 extern ptid_t minus_one_ptid;
@@ -465,7 +479,7 @@ extern int in_inferior_list (int pid);
 
 /* Boolean test for an already-known inferior id (GDB's homegrown id,
    not the system's).  */
-extern int valid_inferior_id (int num);
+extern int valid_gdb_inferior_id (int num);
 
 /* Search function to lookup a inferior by target 'pid'.  */
 extern struct inferior *find_inferior_pid (int pid);