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Re: [cdt-dev] DSF timeouts

On Monday, June 27, 2011 18:27:21 Marc Khouzam wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Vladimir Prus
> > Sent: Friday, June 24, 2011 1:50 PM
> > To: cdt-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [cdt-dev] DSF timeouts
> > 
> > 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > some time ago I've asked whether DSF has, in general, timeouts for all
> > 
> > GDB commands that it sends:
> > 	http://dev.eclipse.org/mhonarc/lists/cdt-dev/msg19523.html
> > 
> > I was pointed to a specific Bugzilla issue about 'interrupt' command:
> > 	https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=310274
> > 
> > and that specific issue was fixed, but I'm having trouble
> > understanding
> > whether, in current DSF HEAD:
> > 
> > 1. There's always some timeout for every single command sent to GDB.
> 
> No, we don't have that.  It has been suggested before and I think it
> would add a another level of safety, but it has not proven urgent
> enough for anyone to contribut it.

Do you have a suggestion where such logic can be added?

> > 2. There's a timeout for the launch sequence as a whole.
> 
> There is a 30 second timeout for GDB to be started.
> However, the rest of the launch sequence does not have a timeout.
> I don't think it would be very hard to add, probably in GdbLaunchDelegate.

Again, could you suggest the best way? It seems that ideally, the 'execute'
method of the executor would have a timeout parameter.

- Volodya

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Vladimir Prus
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