microsoft / microsoft/vscode-cpptools
Support non-stop mode for gdb debugger
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Description
From GDB documentation:
GDB supports an optional mode of operation in which you can examine stopped program threads in the debugger while other threads continue to execute freely. This minimizes intrusion when debugging live systems, such as programs where some threads have real-time constraints or must continue to respond to external events. This is referred to as non-stop mode.
This is a must have feature if you are working on complex multi-threaded applications. Some visual debuggers that use gdb (e.g. eclipse) already have support for non-stop mode, and it would be awesome to get it in vscode as well.
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
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Research direction
Start by reading GDB's Non-Stop Mode documentation and the VS Code C/C++ debugger integration. Determine the existing debugger entry points involved in thread control and define how users would enable and observe non-stop mode. Done means VS Code supports debugging with some threads stopped while others continue executing.
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Assessment
- Domain
- devtools
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100