On Thu, 7 Jan 2021 04:28:19 GMT, Chris Plummer <cjplum...@openjdk.org> wrote:
> This PR adds some APIs that are useful when debugging the debug agent. They > can be called from gdb or from other parts of the debug agent. They mostly do > things like dumping internal data structures that are tedious to dump or > iterate over in gdb. I developed them while working on loom and found them > useful. > > Note that `dumpThreadList()` and `dumpThread()` are not exported from > threadControl.c because the argument types are only visible within > threadControl.c. > > I debated whether to bracket all these APIs with `#ifdef DEBUG`. In the end I > decided to in order to make it clear they are only meant for debugging > purposes. If you temporarily need them with a product build, you can always > modify the code to include them. I could be persuaded `#ifdef DEBUG` though. This pull request has now been integrated. Changeset: d18d26e8 Author: Chris Plummer <cjplum...@openjdk.org> URL: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/commit/d18d26e8 Stats: 258 lines in 8 files changed: 250 ins; 0 del; 8 mod 8259350: Add some internal debugging APIs to the debug agent Reviewed-by: sspitsyn, amenkov ------------- PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/1970
