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Date: Fri, 09 May 2008 11:44:09 +0200
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Subject: Re: [Xenomai-core] [PATCH] Unfreeze timers when debugged target
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To: Gilles Chanteperdrix <gilles.chanteperdrix@xenomai.org>
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Jan Kiszka wrote:
> Gilles Chanteperdrix wrote:
>> On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 11:29 AM, Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@domain.hid> wrote:
>>> +       if (xnthread_test_info(thread, XNDEBUG))
>>> +               unlock_timers();
>>> +
>> Will this work if several threads are currently being debugged ?
> 
> Not better or worse than with the current code. The whole approach is
> not fixed by this patch, just some collateral damage is reduced.
> 
> Well, maybe some counter should be used to track the number of XNDEBUG
> bits in the system and unfreeze the timers when that becomes zero. Will
> look into this.

Correction: that counter already exists in nkpod->timerlck. So it should
work even if other threads still have XNDEBUG set.

Jan

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