dworker
Adds or removes a thread from a workers group
Format
dworker{ number | boolean }
Arguments
number
If positive, marks the thread of interest (TOI) as a worker thread by inserting it into the workers group.
boolean
If true, marks the TOI as a worker thread by inserting it into the workers group. If false, marks the thread as a nonworker thread by removing it from the workers group.
Description
The dworker command inserts or removes a thread from the workers group.
If number is 0 or false, this command marks the TOI as a nonworker thread by removing it from the workers group. If number is true or is a positive value or boolean is true, this command marks the TOI as a worker thread by inserting it in the workers group.
Moving a thread into or out of the workers group has no effect on whether the thread is a manager thread. Manager threads are threads that are created by the pthreads package to manage other threads; they never execute user code, and cannot normally be controlled individually. TotalView automatically inserts all threads that are not manager threads into the workers group.
Command alias
Alias | Definition | Description |
|---|
wof | {dworker false} | Removes the focus thread from the workers group |
wot | {dworker true} | Inserts the focus thread into the workers group |
Related Topics
Organizing Chaos and Creating Groups in the “About Groups, Processes, and Threads” chapter of the Classic TotalView User Guide
Setting Group Focus in the “Group, Process, and Thread Control” chapter of the Classic TotalView User Guide
