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19.12 GDB/MI Thread Commands

The -thread-info Command

Synopsis

-thread-info

GDB command

No equivalent.

Example

The -thread-list-all-threads Command

Synopsis

-thread-list-all-threads

GDB Command

The equivalent GDB command is `info threads'.

Example

The -thread-list-ids Command

Synopsis

-thread-list-ids

Produces a list of the currently known gdb thread ids. At the end of the list it also prints the total number of such threads.

GDB Command

Part of `info threads' supplies the same information.

Example

No threads present, besides the main process.

(gdb) -thread-list-ids ^done,thread-ids={},number-of-threads="0" (gdb)

Several threads.

(gdb) -thread-list-ids ^done,thread-ids={thread-id="3",thread-id="2",thread-id="1"}, number-of-threads="3" (gdb)

The -thread-select Command

Synopsis

-thread-select threadnum

Make threadnum the current thread. It prints the number of the new current thread, and the topmost frame for that thread.

GDB Command

The corresponding GDB command is `thread'.

Example

(gdb) -exec-next ^running (gdb) *stopped,reason="end-stepping-range",thread-id="2",line="187", file="../../../devo/gdb/testsuite/gdb.threads/linux-dp.c" (gdb) -thread-list-ids ^done, thread-ids={thread-id="3",thread-id="2",thread-id="1"}, number-of-threads="3" (gdb) -thread-select 3 ^done,new-thread-id="3", frame={level="0 ",func="vprintf", args={{name="format",value="0x8048e9c \"%*s%c %d %c\\n\""}, {name="arg",value="0x2"}},file="vprintf.c",line="31"} (gdb)