Using Groups, Processes, and Threads

While the specifics of how multiprocess, multithreaded programs execute differ greatly from platform to platform and environment to environment, all share some general characteristics. This chapter discusses TotalView's process/thread model. It also describes the way in which you tell the GUI and the CLI what processes and threads it should direct a command to.

The topics discussed in this chapter are:

• Defining the GOI, POI, and TOI
• Setting a Breakpoint
• Stepping (Part I)
• Using P/T Set Controls
• Setting Process and Thread Focus
• Setting Group Focus
• Stepping (Part II): Some Examples
• Using P/T Set Operators
• Using the P/T Set Browser
• Using the Group Editor