How to switch threads in gdb while a thread is being blocked

[chris.hall.list@highwayman.com]

Tom Tromey wrote (on Tue 29-Mar-2011 at 16:05):
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> >>>>> "Alexandru" == Alexandru Sutii <sutii.alex@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> Alexandru> Is there a way to switch threads in gdb after the current
> Alexandru> thread/process blocks?
> 
> You want target-async.  See the "Background Execution" node in the
> manual; there are corresponding MI commands (and docs) too.  You may
> also want non-stop.

Though my experience with non-stop is that it crashes and burns when
you single step through the end of some functions :-(

Chris