[master+7.12,v2,2/3] Emit inferior, thread and frame selection events to all UIs

Message ID 20160914174548.5873-3-simon.marchi@ericsson.com
State New, archived
Headers

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Simon Marchi Sept. 14, 2016, 5:45 p.m. UTC
  From: Antoine Tremblay <antoine.tremblay@ericsson.com>

With this patch, when an inferior, thread or frame is explicitly
selected by the user, notifications will appear on all CLI and MI UIs.
When a GDB console is integrated in a front-end, this allows the
front-end to follow a selection made by the user ont he CLI, and it
informs the user about selection changes made behind the scenes by the
front-end.

This patch fixes PR gdb/20487.

In order to communicate frame changes to the front-end, this patch adds
a new field to the =thread-selected event for the selected frame.  The
idea is that since inferior/thread/frame can be seen as a composition,
it makes sense to send them together in the same event.  The vision
would be to eventually send the inferior information as well, if we find
that it's needed, although the "=thread-selected" event would be
ill-named for that job.

Front-ends need to handle this new field if they want to follow the
frame selection changes that originate from the console.  The format of
the frame attribute is the same as what is found in the *stopped events.

Here's a detailed example for each command and the events they generate:

thread
------

1. CLI command:

     thread 1.3

   MI event:

     =thread-selected,id="3",frame={...}

2. MI command:

     -thread-select 3

   CLI event:

     [Switching to thread 1.3 ...]

3. MI command (CLI-in-MI):

     thread 1.3

   MI event/reply:

     &"thread 1.3\n"
     ~"#0  child_sub_function () ...
     =thread-selected,id="3",frame={level="0",...}
     ^done

frame
-----

1. CLI command:

     frame 1

   MI event:

     =thread-selected,id="3",frame={level="1",...}

2. MI command:

     -stack-select-frame 1

   CLI event:

     #1  0x00000000004007f0 in child_function...

3. MI command (CLI-in-MI):

     frame 1

   MI event/reply:

     &"frame 1\n"
     ~"#1  0x00000000004007f9 in ..."
     =thread-selected,id="3",frame={level="1"...}
     ^done

inferior
--------

Inferior selection events only go from the console to MI, since there's
no way to select the inferior in pure MI.

1. CLI command:

     inferior 2

   MI event:

     =thread-selected,id="3"

Note that if the user selects an inferior that is not started or exited,
the MI doesn't receive a notification.  Since there is no threads to
select, the =thread-selected event does not apply...

2. MI command (CLI-in-MI):

     inferior 2

   MI event/reply:

     &"inferior 2\n"
     ~"[Switching to inferior 2 ...]"
     =thread-selected,id="4",frame={level="0"...}
     ^done

Internal implementation detail: this patch makes it possible to suppress
notifications caused by a CLI command, like what is done in mi-interp.c.
This means that it's now possible to use the
add_com_suppress_notification function to register a command with some
event suppressed.  It is used to implement the select-frame command in
this patch.

No regressions, tested on ubuntu 14.04 x86 with target boards unix and
native-extended-gdbserver.

gdb/ChangeLog:

YYYY-MM-DD  Antoine Tremblay  <antoine.tremblay@ericsson.com>
YYYY-MM-DD  Simon Marchi  <simon.marchi@ericsson.com>

	PR gdb/20487
	* NEWS: Mention new frame field of =thread-selected event.
	* cli/cli-decode.c (add_cmd): Initialize c->suppress_notification.
	(add_com_suppress_notification): New function definition.
	(cmd_func): Set and restore the suppress_notification flag.
	* cli/cli-deicode.h (struct cmd_list_element)
	<suppress_notification>: New field.
	* cli/cli-interp.c (cli_suppress_notification): New global variable.
	(cli_on_user_selected_context_changed): New function.
	(_initialize_cli_interp): Attach to user_selected_context_changed
	observer.
	* command.h (struct cli_suppress_notification): New structure.
	(cli_suppress_notification): New global variable declaration.
	(add_com_suppress_notification): New function declaration.
	* defs.h (enum user_selected_what_flag): New enum.
	(user_selected_what): New enum flag type.
	* frame.h (print_stack_frame_to_uiout): New function declaration.
	* gdbthread.h (print_selected_thread_frame): New function declaration.
	* inferior.c (print_selected_inferior): New function definition.
	(inferior_command): Remove printing of inferior/thread/frame switch
	notifications, notify user_selected_context_changed observer.
	* inferior.h (print_selected_inferior): New function declaration.
	* mi/mi-cmds.c (struct mi_cmd): Add user_selected_context
	suppression to stack-select-frame and thread-select commands.
	* mi/mi-interp.c (struct mi_suppress_notification)
	<user_selected_context>: Initialize.
	(mi_user_selected_context_changed): New function definition.
	(_initialize_mi_interp): Attach to user_selected_context_changed.
	* mi/mi-main.c (mi_cmd_thread_select): Print thread selection reply.
	(mi_execute_command): Handle notification suppression.  Notify
	user_selected_context_changed observer on thread change instead of printing
	event directly.  Don't do it for thread and inferior CLI commands.
	(mi_cmd_execute): Don,t handle notification suppression.
	* mi/mi-main.h (struct mi_suppress_notification)
	<user_selected_context>: New field.
	* stack.c (print_stack_frame_to_uiout): New function definition.
	(select_frame_command): Notify user_selected_context_changed
	observer.
	(frame_command): Call print_selected_thread_frame if there's no frame
	change or notify user_selected_context_changed observer if there is.
	(up_command): Notify user_selected_context_changed observer.
	(down_command): Likewise.
	(_initialize_stack): Suppress user_selected_context notification for
	command select-frame.
	* thread.c (thread_command): Notify
	user_selected_context_changed if the thread has changed, print
	thread info directly if it hasn't.
	(do_captured_thread_select): Do not print thread switch event.
	(print_selected_thread_frame): New function definition.
	* tui/tui-interp.c (tui_on_user_selected_context_changed):
	New function definition.
	(_initialize_tui_interp): Attach to user_selected_context_changed
	observer.

gdb/doc/ChangeLog:

	PR gdb/20487
	* gdb.texinfo (Context management): Update mention of frame
	change notifications.
	(gdb/mi Async Records): Document frame field in
	=thread-select event.
	* observer.texi (GDB Observers): New user_selected_context_changed
	observer.

gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:

	PR gdb/20487
	* gdb.mi/mi-pthreads.exp (check_mi_thread_command_set): Adapt
	=thread-select-event check.
---
 gdb/NEWS                             |  4 ++
 gdb/cli/cli-decode.c                 | 32 +++++++++++++-
 gdb/cli/cli-decode.h                 |  6 +++
 gdb/cli/cli-interp.c                 | 38 ++++++++++++++++
 gdb/command.h                        | 16 +++++++
 gdb/defs.h                           | 16 +++++++
 gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo                  | 33 ++++++++------
 gdb/doc/observer.texi                |  4 ++
 gdb/frame.h                          |  8 ++++
 gdb/gdbthread.h                      |  4 ++
 gdb/inferior.c                       | 40 ++++++++++-------
 gdb/inferior.h                       |  3 ++
 gdb/mi/mi-cmds.c                     |  6 ++-
 gdb/mi/mi-interp.c                   | 61 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 gdb/mi/mi-main.c                     | 55 ++++++++++++++---------
 gdb/mi/mi-main.h                     |  2 +
 gdb/stack.c                          | 42 +++++++++++++++---
 gdb/testsuite/gdb.mi/mi-pthreads.exp |  4 +-
 gdb/thread.c                         | 86 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
 gdb/tui/tui-interp.c                 | 33 ++++++++++++++
 20 files changed, 405 insertions(+), 88 deletions(-)
  

Comments

Pedro Alves Sept. 14, 2016, 6:30 p.m. UTC | #1
Hi Simon,

On 09/14/2016 06:45 PM, Simon Marchi wrote:
> From: Antoine Tremblay <antoine.tremblay@ericsson.com>
> 
> With this patch, when an inferior, thread or frame is explicitly
> selected by the user, notifications will appear on all CLI and MI UIs.
> When a GDB console is integrated in a front-end, this allows the
> front-end to follow a selection made by the user ont he CLI, and it
> informs the user about selection changes made behind the scenes by the
> front-end.
> 
> This patch fixes PR gdb/20487.
> 
> In order to communicate frame changes to the front-end, this patch adds
> a new field to the =thread-selected event for the selected frame.  The
> idea is that since inferior/thread/frame can be seen as a composition,
> it makes sense to send them together in the same event.  The vision
> would be to eventually send the inferior information as well, if we find
> that it's needed, although the "=thread-selected" event would be
> ill-named for that job.

Given per-inferior thread numbers, we could also say that we switch to
thread 0 of inferior INF (i.e., "INF.0").  Then it wouldn't sound that
strange, maybe.  The problem is that MI talks in terms of the global
thread id, not the per-inferior id.

Anyway, since is for machine consumption, odd naming should not
be a big deal, IMO.

> frame
> -----
> 
> 1. CLI command:
> 
>      frame 1
> 
>    MI event:
> 
>      =thread-selected,id="3",frame={level="1",...}
> 
> 2. MI command:
> 
>      -stack-select-frame 1
> 
>    CLI event:
> 
>      #1  0x00000000004007f0 in child_function...
> 

I think it's likely that experience will show that will want to tweak
what we print in the CLI in the future, along with whether
we print at all, but that's fine for now.  Making all user-selection
change handling be consistent makes sense.

> 3. MI command (CLI-in-MI):
> 
>      frame 1
> 
>    MI event/reply:
> 
>      &"frame 1\n"
>      ~"#1  0x00000000004007f9 in ..."
>      =thread-selected,id="3",frame={level="1"...}
>      ^done
> 
> inferior
> --------
> 
> Inferior selection events only go from the console to MI, since there's
> no way to select the inferior in pure MI.
> 
> 1. CLI command:
> 
>      inferior 2
> 
>    MI event:
> 
>      =thread-selected,id="3"
> 
> Note that if the user selects an inferior that is not started or exited,
> the MI doesn't receive a notification.  Since there is no threads to
> select, the =thread-selected event does not apply...

We could solve that by adding the thread group id (inferior id) to
the notification, I think:

 =thread-selected,id="3",thread-group="i1",frame="..."

 =thread-selected,id="0",thread-group="i2",frame="..."

...

If you select an inferior that is not running yet, thread 0 is what
you effectively get:

(gdb) p $_inferior
$1 = 1
(gdb) p $_thread
$2 = 1
(gdb) p $_gthread
$3 = 1
(gdb) add-inferior 
Added inferior 2
(gdb) inferior 2
[Switching to inferior 2 [<null>] (<noexec>)]
(gdb) p $_inferior
$4 = 2
(gdb) p $_thread
$5 = 0
(gdb) p $_gthread
$6 = 0
(gdb) 

> @@ -2124,9 +2137,16 @@ mi_execute_command (const char *cmd, int from_tty)
>    if (command != NULL)
>      {
>        ptid_t previous_ptid = inferior_ptid;
> +      struct cleanup *cleanup = make_cleanup (null_cleanup, NULL);
>  
>        command->token = token;
>  
> +      if (command->cmd != NULL && command->cmd->suppress_notification != NULL)
> +        {
> +          make_cleanup_restore_integer (command->cmd->suppress_notification);
> +          *command->cmd->suppress_notification = 1;
> +        }
> +
>        if (do_timings)
>  	{
>  	  command->cmd_start = XNEW (struct mi_timestamp);
> @@ -2161,10 +2181,15 @@ mi_execute_command (const char *cmd, int from_tty)
>  	  /* Don't try report anything if there are no threads --
>  	     the program is dead.  */
>  	  && thread_count () != 0
> -	  /* -thread-select explicitly changes thread. If frontend uses that
> -	     internally, we don't want to emit =thread-selected, since
> -	     =thread-selected is supposed to indicate user's intentions.  */

I'm still uneasy about this.  Do we now emit a =thread-selected
event when the frontend uses -thread-select?  Is that a deliberate change?

> -	  && strcmp (command->command, "thread-select") != 0)
> +	  /* For CLI commands "thread" and "inferior", the event is already sent
> +	     by the command, so don't send it again.  */
> +	  && ((command->op == CLI_COMMAND
> +	       && strncmp (command->command, "thread", 6) != 0
> +	       && strncmp (command->command, "inferior", 8) != 0)
> +	      || (command->op == MI_COMMAND && command->argc > 1
> +		  && strcmp (command->command, "interpreter-exec") == 0
> +		  && strncmp (command->argv[1], "thread", 6) != 0
> +		  && strncmp (command->argv[1], "inferior", 8) != 0)))


These "strncmp" calls return 0 when the command is "threadfoo"
or "inferiorfoo"  I think we need to check the next character
too, somehow?

I think it doesn't make a difference for any of the current "thread"
subcommands ("thread apply", etc.), so probably not a big deal.
(though it'd be nice to clean it up sooner than later to avoid
this getting forgotten and breaking in the future.)

But, I suspect that we end up suppressing this case:

(gdb) define thread-foo
>thread $arg0
>end
(gdb) thread-foo 2

Contrived, but certainly not hard to imagine user-commands doing
something useful along with changing the selected thread.

What happens in this case?

Thanks,
Pedro Alves
  
Simon Marchi Sept. 15, 2016, 4:20 p.m. UTC | #2
On 16-09-14 02:30 PM, Pedro Alves wrote:
> Hi Simon,
> 
> On 09/14/2016 06:45 PM, Simon Marchi wrote:
>> From: Antoine Tremblay <antoine.tremblay@ericsson.com>
>>
>> With this patch, when an inferior, thread or frame is explicitly
>> selected by the user, notifications will appear on all CLI and MI UIs.
>> When a GDB console is integrated in a front-end, this allows the
>> front-end to follow a selection made by the user ont he CLI, and it
>> informs the user about selection changes made behind the scenes by the
>> front-end.
>>
>> This patch fixes PR gdb/20487.
>>
>> In order to communicate frame changes to the front-end, this patch adds
>> a new field to the =thread-selected event for the selected frame.  The
>> idea is that since inferior/thread/frame can be seen as a composition,
>> it makes sense to send them together in the same event.  The vision
>> would be to eventually send the inferior information as well, if we find
>> that it's needed, although the "=thread-selected" event would be
>> ill-named for that job.
> 
> Given per-inferior thread numbers, we could also say that we switch to
> thread 0 of inferior INF (i.e., "INF.0").  Then it wouldn't sound that
> strange, maybe.  The problem is that MI talks in terms of the global
> thread id, not the per-inferior id.
>
> Anyway, since is for machine consumption, odd naming should not
> be a big deal, IMO.

What you said lower (adding thread-group to =thread-selected) makes sense I think.

>> frame
>> -----
>>
>> 1. CLI command:
>>
>>      frame 1
>>
>>    MI event:
>>
>>      =thread-selected,id="3",frame={level="1",...}
>>
>> 2. MI command:
>>
>>      -stack-select-frame 1
>>
>>    CLI event:
>>
>>      #1  0x00000000004007f0 in child_function...
>>
> 
> I think it's likely that experience will show that will want to tweak
> what we print in the CLI in the future, along with whether
> we print at all, but that's fine for now.  Making all user-selection
> change handling be consistent makes sense.

Yep.

>> 3. MI command (CLI-in-MI):
>>
>>      frame 1
>>
>>    MI event/reply:
>>
>>      &"frame 1\n"
>>      ~"#1  0x00000000004007f9 in ..."
>>      =thread-selected,id="3",frame={level="1"...}
>>      ^done
>>
>> inferior
>> --------
>>
>> Inferior selection events only go from the console to MI, since there's
>> no way to select the inferior in pure MI.
>>
>> 1. CLI command:
>>
>>      inferior 2
>>
>>    MI event:
>>
>>      =thread-selected,id="3"
>>
>> Note that if the user selects an inferior that is not started or exited,
>> the MI doesn't receive a notification.  Since there is no threads to
>> select, the =thread-selected event does not apply...
> 
> We could solve that by adding the thread group id (inferior id) to
> the notification, I think:
> 
>  =thread-selected,id="3",thread-group="i1",frame="..."
> 
>  =thread-selected,id="0",thread-group="i2",frame="..."
> 
> ...
> 
> If you select an inferior that is not running yet, thread 0 is what
> you effectively get:
> 
> (gdb) p $_inferior
> $1 = 1
> (gdb) p $_thread
> $2 = 1
> (gdb) p $_gthread
> $3 = 1
> (gdb) add-inferior 
> Added inferior 2
> (gdb) inferior 2
> [Switching to inferior 2 [<null>] (<noexec>)]
> (gdb) p $_inferior
> $4 = 2
> (gdb) p $_thread
> $5 = 0
> (gdb) p $_gthread
> $6 = 0
> (gdb) 

That sounds good.  I think we can plan this for 7.13 though, the goal now is
to get the basic use cases working, while not breaking any previous ones.

>> @@ -2124,9 +2137,16 @@ mi_execute_command (const char *cmd, int from_tty)
>>    if (command != NULL)
>>      {
>>        ptid_t previous_ptid = inferior_ptid;
>> +      struct cleanup *cleanup = make_cleanup (null_cleanup, NULL);
>>  
>>        command->token = token;
>>  
>> +      if (command->cmd != NULL && command->cmd->suppress_notification != NULL)
>> +        {
>> +          make_cleanup_restore_integer (command->cmd->suppress_notification);
>> +          *command->cmd->suppress_notification = 1;
>> +        }
>> +
>>        if (do_timings)
>>  	{
>>  	  command->cmd_start = XNEW (struct mi_timestamp);
>> @@ -2161,10 +2181,15 @@ mi_execute_command (const char *cmd, int from_tty)
>>  	  /* Don't try report anything if there are no threads --
>>  	     the program is dead.  */
>>  	  && thread_count () != 0
>> -	  /* -thread-select explicitly changes thread. If frontend uses that
>> -	     internally, we don't want to emit =thread-selected, since
>> -	     =thread-selected is supposed to indicate user's intentions.  */
> 
> I'm still uneasy about this.  Do we now emit a =thread-selected
> event when the frontend uses -thread-select?  Is that a deliberate change?

No, if the MI command is -thread-select, it won't match the condition.  The last part
of the condition only matches "-interpreter-exec".  Note that an event is sent in
mi_cmd_thread_select if the thread has changed, but because of the suppression, we
don't get an MI event.

In the first version of the patch, we didn't send an event from mi_cmd_thread_select.
Instead, it relied on this line that was in the condition:

  || (command->op == MI_COMMAND && command->argc <= 1)

When running -thread-select, the execution would enter the "if" and send the event from
here.  I couldn't really explain that line though (what's the point of checking argc?
there might be some other MI commands that have two arguments and that might change the
thread...).  I thought it was cleaner to remove this line and to send the event from
mi_cmd_thread_select directly, as is done in thread_command for CLI.

However, this code in v2 is wrong, I miss any MI command that might change the thread
(which is kind of the point of this code).  For example
"-data-evaluate-expression start_thread()", when you have a breakpoint on "here" in this
code:

  #include <pthread.h>

  void here() {
  }

  void *func (void *v) {
  	here();
  	for (;;)
  }

  pthread_t thread;
  void start_thread(void) {
  	pthread_create(&thread, NULL, func, NULL);
  	sleep (1);
  }

  int main() {
  	for (;;)
  		sleep(1);
  	return 0;
  }

See lower for suggestion on how to fix it (and hopefully make the code look a bit better).

>> -	  && strcmp (command->command, "thread-select") != 0)
>> +	  /* For CLI commands "thread" and "inferior", the event is already sent
>> +	     by the command, so don't send it again.  */
>> +	  && ((command->op == CLI_COMMAND
>> +	       && strncmp (command->command, "thread", 6) != 0
>> +	       && strncmp (command->command, "inferior", 8) != 0)
>> +	      || (command->op == MI_COMMAND && command->argc > 1
>> +		  && strcmp (command->command, "interpreter-exec") == 0
>> +		  && strncmp (command->argv[1], "thread", 6) != 0
>> +		  && strncmp (command->argv[1], "inferior", 8) != 0)))
> 
> These "strncmp" calls return 0 when the command is "threadfoo"
> or "inferiorfoo"  I think we need to check the next character
> too, somehow?

I think too, we can change the

  strncmp (command->command, "thread", 6)

with

  strncmp (command->command, "thread ", 7)

and so on.

> 
> I think it doesn't make a difference for any of the current "thread"
> subcommands ("thread apply", etc.), so probably not a big deal.
> (though it'd be nice to clean it up sooner than later to avoid
> this getting forgotten and breaking in the future.)

I'll tackle the splitting of the user and internal selected thread right after
7.12 is out, it should get cleaned up then.

> But, I suspect that we end up suppressing this case:
> 
> (gdb) define thread-foo
>> thread $arg0
>> end
> (gdb) thread-foo 2
> 
> Contrived, but certainly not hard to imagine user-commands doing
> something useful along with changing the selected thread.
> 
> What happens in this case?

I think that's actually the opposite.  The purpose of this whole ugly condition
is to avoid sending a second event, if we removed that whole part with strcmp's,
we would end up sending events twice.  It would not be nice, but it would not be
as bad as not sending any event.

So if you use the "thread" command in a user-defined command, the thread command
code will still send an event on its own.  If the command is named foo:

  define foo
    thread $arg0
  end

then this code won't realize that the thread was switched by a command that already
sends an event on its own, and will send a second event.  I think we can live with
that for now.  If the command was named "threadfoo", then it would happen to match
the string comparison, and we wouldn't send a second event (not we if updated the
strcmp's as mentioned earlier).

As you said, thread sub-commands are probably ok, as they don't change the user
selected thread.


That big condition is clearly unclear though :).  I suggest breaking it in its own
function, where it will be more readable (even though not technically better):


/* Determine whether the parsed command already notifies the
   user_selected_context_changed observer.  */

static int
command_sends_thread_selected_event (struct mi_parse *command)
{
  if (command->op == CLI_COMMAND)
    {
      /* CLI commands "thread" and "inferior" already send it.  */
      return (strncmp (command->command, "thread ", 7) == 0
	      || strncmp (command->command, "inferior ", 9) == 0);
    }
  else /* MI_COMMAND */
    {
      if (strcmp (command->command, "interpreter-exec") == 0
	  && command->argc > 1)

	/* "thread" and "inferior" again, but through -interpreter-exec.  */
	return (strncmp (command->argv[1], "thread ", 7) == 0
		|| strncmp (command->argv[1], "inferior ", 9) == 0);

      else
	/* MI command -thread-select already sends it.  */
	return strcmp (command->command, "thread-select") == 0;
    }

  /* We should not get here...  */
  return 0;
}


And then the condition becomes readable, and we understand the intent:


	  /* If the command already reports the thread change, no need to do it
	     again.  */
	  && !command_sends_thread_selected_event (command))
	  ...


To address you uneasiness with -thread-select, let's see how that that code interacts
with that command.  First, an event about the thread change is sent in
mi_cmd_thread_select.  Then, command_sends_thread_selected_event will return true,
making us skip sending the event again.

WDYT?

Simon
  
Pedro Alves Sept. 16, 2016, 6:25 p.m. UTC | #3
On 09/15/2016 05:20 PM, Simon Marchi wrote:
> On 16-09-14 02:30 PM, Pedro Alves wrote:
>> We could solve that by adding the thread group id (inferior id) to
>> the notification, I think:
>>
>>  =thread-selected,id="3",thread-group="i1",frame="..."
>>
>>  =thread-selected,id="0",thread-group="i2",frame="..."
>>
>> ...
>>

> That sounds good.  I think we can plan this for 7.13 though, the goal now is
> to get the basic use cases working, while not breaking any previous ones.

OK.

>> But, I suspect that we end up suppressing this case:
>>
>> (gdb) define thread-foo
>>> thread $arg0
>>> end
>> (gdb) thread-foo 2
>>
>> Contrived, but certainly not hard to imagine user-commands doing
>> something useful along with changing the selected thread.
>>
>> What happens in this case?
> 
> I think that's actually the opposite.  The purpose of this whole ugly condition
> is to avoid sending a second event, if we removed that whole part with strcmp's,
> we would end up sending events twice.  It would not be nice, but it would not be
> as bad as not sending any event.

Ah!

> That big condition is clearly unclear though :).  I suggest breaking it in its own
> function, where it will be more readable (even though not technically better):

Indeed, that'd be a great boon.

> 
> And then the condition becomes readable, and we understand the intent:
> 
> 
> 	  /* If the command already reports the thread change, no need to do it
> 	     again.  */
> 	  && !command_sends_thread_selected_event (command))
> 	  ...

Awesome!

> 
> 
> To address you uneasiness with -thread-select, let's see how that that code interacts
> with that command.  First, an event about the thread change is sent in
> mi_cmd_thread_select.  Then, command_sends_thread_selected_event will return true,
> making us skip sending the event again.
> 
> WDYT?

I like it.

Thanks,
Pedro Alves
  

Patch

diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
index 99e1013..b004627 100644
--- a/gdb/NEWS
+++ b/gdb/NEWS
@@ -148,6 +148,10 @@  signal-event EVENTID
 
     =record-started,thread-group="i1",method="btrace",format="bts"
 
+* MI async record =thread-selected now includes the frame field.  For example:
+
+     =thread-selected,id="3",frame={level="0",addr="0x00000000004007c0"}
+
 * New targets
 
 Andes NDS32			nds32*-*-elf
diff --git a/gdb/cli/cli-decode.c b/gdb/cli/cli-decode.c
index 0d2b137..1e4a438 100644
--- a/gdb/cli/cli-decode.c
+++ b/gdb/cli/cli-decode.c
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@  add_cmd (const char *name, enum command_class theclass, cmd_cfunc_ftype *fun,
   c->user_commands = NULL;
   c->cmd_pointer = NULL;
   c->alias_chain = NULL;
+  c->suppress_notification = NULL;
 
   return c;
 }
@@ -883,7 +884,22 @@  add_com_alias (const char *name, const char *oldname, enum command_class theclas
 {
   return add_alias_cmd (name, oldname, theclass, abbrev_flag, &cmdlist);
 }
-
+
+/* Add an element with a suppress notification to the list of commands.  */
+
+struct cmd_list_element *
+add_com_suppress_notification (const char *name, enum command_class theclass,
+			       cmd_cfunc_ftype *fun, const char *doc,
+			       int *suppress_notification)
+{
+  struct cmd_list_element *element;
+
+  element = add_cmd (name, theclass, fun, doc, &cmdlist);
+  element->suppress_notification = suppress_notification;
+
+  return element;
+}
+
 /* Recursively walk the commandlist structures, and print out the
    documentation of commands that match our regex in either their
    name, or their documentation.
@@ -1885,7 +1901,19 @@  void
 cmd_func (struct cmd_list_element *cmd, char *args, int from_tty)
 {
   if (cmd_func_p (cmd))
-    (*cmd->func) (cmd, args, from_tty);
+    {
+      struct cleanup *cleanups = make_cleanup (null_cleanup, NULL);
+
+      if (cmd->suppress_notification != NULL)
+	{
+	  cleanups = make_cleanup_restore_integer (cmd->suppress_notification);
+	  *cmd->suppress_notification = 1;
+	}
+
+      (*cmd->func) (cmd, args, from_tty);
+
+      do_cleanups (cleanups);
+    }
   else
     error (_("Invalid command"));
 }
diff --git a/gdb/cli/cli-decode.h b/gdb/cli/cli-decode.h
index 4ea8063..4ef2e1b 100644
--- a/gdb/cli/cli-decode.h
+++ b/gdb/cli/cli-decode.h
@@ -218,6 +218,12 @@  struct cmd_list_element
 
     /* Link pointer for aliases on an alias list.  */
     struct cmd_list_element *alias_chain;
+
+    /* If non-null, the pointer to a field in 'struct
+       cli_suppress_notification', which will be set to true in cmd_func
+       when this command is being executed.  It will be set back to false
+       when the command has been executed.  */
+    int *suppress_notification;
   };
 
 extern void help_cmd_list (struct cmd_list_element *, enum command_class,
diff --git a/gdb/cli/cli-interp.c b/gdb/cli/cli-interp.c
index 5d67ba4..cc556a4 100644
--- a/gdb/cli/cli-interp.c
+++ b/gdb/cli/cli-interp.c
@@ -37,6 +37,12 @@  struct cli_interp
   struct ui_out *cli_uiout;
 };
 
+/* Suppress notification struct.  */
+struct cli_suppress_notification cli_suppress_notification =
+  {
+    0   /* user_selected_context_changed */
+  };
+
 /* Returns the INTERP's data cast as cli_interp if INTERP is a CLI,
    and returns NULL otherwise.  */
 
@@ -229,6 +235,36 @@  cli_on_command_error (void)
   display_gdb_prompt (NULL);
 }
 
+/* Observer for the user_selected_context_changed notification.  */
+
+static void
+cli_on_user_selected_context_changed (user_selected_what selection)
+{
+  struct switch_thru_all_uis state;
+  struct thread_info *tp;
+
+  /* This event is suppressed.  */
+  if (cli_suppress_notification.user_selected_context)
+    return;
+
+  tp = find_thread_ptid (inferior_ptid);
+
+  SWITCH_THRU_ALL_UIS (state)
+    {
+      struct cli_interp *cli = as_cli_interp (top_level_interpreter ());
+
+      if (cli == NULL)
+	continue;
+
+      if (selection & USER_SELECTED_INFERIOR)
+	print_selected_inferior (cli->cli_uiout);
+
+      if (tp != NULL
+	  && ((selection & (USER_SELECTED_THREAD | USER_SELECTED_FRAME))))
+	print_selected_thread_frame (cli->cli_uiout, selection);
+    }
+}
+
 /* pre_command_loop implementation.  */
 
 void
@@ -393,4 +429,6 @@  _initialize_cli_interp (void)
   observer_attach_no_history (cli_on_no_history);
   observer_attach_sync_execution_done (cli_on_sync_execution_done);
   observer_attach_command_error (cli_on_command_error);
+  observer_attach_user_selected_context_changed
+    (cli_on_user_selected_context_changed);
 }
diff --git a/gdb/command.h b/gdb/command.h
index ab62601..965d91f 100644
--- a/gdb/command.h
+++ b/gdb/command.h
@@ -115,6 +115,17 @@  struct cmd_list_element;
 
 typedef void cmd_cfunc_ftype (char *args, int from_tty);
 
+/* This structure specifies notifications to be suppressed by a cli
+   command interpreter.  */
+
+struct cli_suppress_notification
+{
+  /* Inferior, thread, frame selected notification suppressed?  */
+  int user_selected_context;
+};
+
+extern struct cli_suppress_notification cli_suppress_notification;
+
 /* Forward-declarations of the entry-points of cli/cli-decode.c.  */
 
 /* API to the manipulation of command lists.  */
@@ -218,6 +229,11 @@  extern struct cmd_list_element *add_com (const char *, enum command_class,
 extern struct cmd_list_element *add_com_alias (const char *, const char *,
 					       enum command_class, int);
 
+extern struct cmd_list_element *add_com_suppress_notification
+		       (const char *name, enum command_class theclass,
+			cmd_cfunc_ftype *fun, const char *doc,
+			int *supress_notification);
+
 extern struct cmd_list_element *add_info (const char *,
 					  cmd_cfunc_ftype *fun,
 					  const char *);
diff --git a/gdb/defs.h b/gdb/defs.h
index fee5f41..9b44f44 100644
--- a/gdb/defs.h
+++ b/gdb/defs.h
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ 
 #include "ui-file.h"
 
 #include "host-defs.h"
+#include "common/enum-flags.h"
 
 /* Scope types enumerator.  List the types of scopes the compiler will
    accept.  */
@@ -750,6 +751,21 @@  enum block_enum
   FIRST_LOCAL_BLOCK = 2
 };
 
+/* User selection used in observer.h and multiple print functions.  */
+
+enum user_selected_what_flag
+  {
+    /* Inferior selected.  */
+    USER_SELECTED_INFERIOR = 1 << 1,
+
+    /* Thread selected.  */
+    USER_SELECTED_THREAD = 1 << 2,
+
+    /* Frame selected.  */
+    USER_SELECTED_FRAME = 1 << 3
+  };
+DEF_ENUM_FLAGS_TYPE (enum user_selected_what_flag, user_selected_what);
+
 #include "utils.h"
 
 #endif /* #ifndef DEFS_H */
diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index d1a5e7c..7139204 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -25807,13 +25807,13 @@  identifier for thread and frame to operate on.
 Usually, each top-level window in a frontend allows the user to select
 a thread and a frame, and remembers the user selection for further
 operations.  However, in some cases @value{GDBN} may suggest that the
-current thread be changed.  For example, when stopping on a breakpoint
-it is reasonable to switch to the thread where breakpoint is hit.  For
-another example, if the user issues the CLI @samp{thread} command via
-the frontend, it is desirable to change the frontend's selected thread to the
-one specified by user.  @value{GDBN} communicates the suggestion to
-change current thread using the @samp{=thread-selected} notification.
-No such notification is available for the selected frame at the moment.
+current thread or frame be changed.  For example, when stopping on a
+breakpoint it is reasonable to switch to the thread where breakpoint is
+hit.  For another example, if the user issues the CLI @samp{thread} or
+@samp{frame} commands via the frontend, it is desirable to change the
+frontend's selection to the one specified by user.  @value{GDBN}
+communicates the suggestion to change current thread and frame using the
+@samp{=thread-selected} notification.
 
 Note that historically, MI shares the selected thread with CLI, so 
 frontends used the @code{-thread-select} to execute commands in the
@@ -26459,13 +26459,18 @@  A thread either was created, or has exited.  The @var{id} field
 contains the global @value{GDBN} identifier of the thread.  The @var{gid}
 field identifies the thread group this thread belongs to.
 
-@item =thread-selected,id="@var{id}"
-Informs that the selected thread was changed as result of the last
-command.  This notification is not emitted as result of @code{-thread-select}
-command but is emitted whenever an MI command that is not documented
-to change the selected thread actually changes it.  In particular,
-invoking, directly or indirectly (via user-defined command), the CLI
-@code{thread} command, will generate this notification.
+@item =thread-selected,id="@var{id}"[,frame="@var{frame}"]
+Informs that the selected thread or frame were changed.  This notification
+is not emitted as result of the @code{-thread-select} or
+@code{-stack-select-frame} commands, but is emitted whenever an MI command
+that is not documented to change the selected thread and frame actually
+changes them.  In particular, invoking, directly or indirectly
+(via user-defined command), the CLI @code{thread} or @code{frame} commands,
+will generate this notification.  Changing the thread of frame from another
+user interface (see @ref{Interpreters}) will also generate this notification.
+
+The @var{frame} field is only present if the newly selected thread is
+stopped.  See @ref{GDB/MI Frame Information} for the format of its value.
 
 We suggest that in response to this notification, front ends
 highlight the selected thread and cause subsequent commands to apply to
diff --git a/gdb/doc/observer.texi b/gdb/doc/observer.texi
index fc7aac4..6ef27b7 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/observer.texi
+++ b/gdb/doc/observer.texi
@@ -307,3 +307,7 @@  This observer is used for internal testing.  Do not use.
 See testsuite/gdb.gdb/observer.exp.
 @end deftypefun
 
+@deftypefun void user_selected_context_changed (user_selected_what @var{selection})
+The user-selected inferior, thread and/or frame has changed.  The user_select_what
+flag specifies if the inferior, thread and/or frame has changed.
+@end deftypefun
diff --git a/gdb/frame.h b/gdb/frame.h
index 5f21bb8..de13e7d 100644
--- a/gdb/frame.h
+++ b/gdb/frame.h
@@ -704,6 +704,14 @@  extern CORE_ADDR get_pc_function_start (CORE_ADDR);
 
 extern struct frame_info *find_relative_frame (struct frame_info *, int *);
 
+/* Wrapper over print_stack_frame modifying current_uiout with UIOUT for
+   the function call.  */
+
+extern void print_stack_frame_to_uiout (struct ui_out *uiout,
+					struct frame_info *, int print_level,
+					enum print_what print_what,
+					int set_current_sal);
+
 extern void print_stack_frame (struct frame_info *, int print_level,
 			       enum print_what print_what,
 			       int set_current_sal);
diff --git a/gdb/gdbthread.h b/gdb/gdbthread.h
index af2dc86..8f37fbb 100644
--- a/gdb/gdbthread.h
+++ b/gdb/gdbthread.h
@@ -630,6 +630,10 @@  extern void validate_registers_access (void);
    true iff we ever detected multiple threads.  */
 extern int show_thread_that_caused_stop (void);
 
+/* Print the message for a thread or/and frame selected.  */
+extern void print_selected_thread_frame (struct ui_out *uiout,
+					 user_selected_what selection);
+
 extern struct thread_info *thread_list;
 
 #endif /* GDBTHREAD_H */
diff --git a/gdb/inferior.c b/gdb/inferior.c
index 47d91c7..277b988 100644
--- a/gdb/inferior.c
+++ b/gdb/inferior.c
@@ -548,6 +548,24 @@  inferior_pid_to_str (int pid)
     return _("<null>");
 }
 
+/* See inferior.h.  */
+
+void
+print_selected_inferior (struct ui_out *uiout)
+{
+  char buf[PATH_MAX + 256];
+  struct inferior *inf = current_inferior ();
+
+  xsnprintf (buf, sizeof (buf),
+	     _("[Switching to inferior %d [%s] (%s)]\n"),
+	     inf->num,
+	     inferior_pid_to_str (inf->pid),
+	     (inf->pspace->pspace_exec_filename != NULL
+	      ? inf->pspace->pspace_exec_filename
+	      : _("<noexec>")));
+  ui_out_text (uiout, buf);
+}
+
 /* Prints the list of inferiors and their details on UIOUT.  This is a
    version of 'info_inferior_command' suitable for use from MI.
 
@@ -726,13 +744,6 @@  inferior_command (char *args, int from_tty)
   if (inf == NULL)
     error (_("Inferior ID %d not known."), num);
 
-  printf_filtered (_("[Switching to inferior %d [%s] (%s)]\n"),
-		   inf->num,
-		   inferior_pid_to_str (inf->pid),
-		   (inf->pspace->pspace_exec_filename != NULL
-		    ? inf->pspace->pspace_exec_filename
-		    : _("<noexec>")));
-
   if (inf->pid != 0)
     {
       if (inf->pid != ptid_get_pid (inferior_ptid))
@@ -746,9 +757,10 @@  inferior_command (char *args, int from_tty)
 	  switch_to_thread (tp->ptid);
 	}
 
-      printf_filtered (_("[Switching to thread %s (%s)] "),
-		       print_thread_id (inferior_thread ()),
-		       target_pid_to_str (inferior_ptid));
+      observer_notify_user_selected_context_changed
+	(USER_SELECTED_INFERIOR
+	 | USER_SELECTED_THREAD
+	 | USER_SELECTED_FRAME);
     }
   else
     {
@@ -758,14 +770,8 @@  inferior_command (char *args, int from_tty)
       set_current_inferior (inf);
       switch_to_thread (null_ptid);
       set_current_program_space (inf->pspace);
-    }
 
-  if (inf->pid != 0 && is_running (inferior_ptid))
-    ui_out_text (current_uiout, "(running)\n");
-  else if (inf->pid != 0)
-    {
-      ui_out_text (current_uiout, "\n");
-      print_stack_frame (get_selected_frame (NULL), 1, SRC_AND_LOC, 1);
+      observer_notify_user_selected_context_changed (USER_SELECTED_INFERIOR);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/gdb/inferior.h b/gdb/inferior.h
index 571d26a..54c6f65 100644
--- a/gdb/inferior.h
+++ b/gdb/inferior.h
@@ -523,4 +523,7 @@  extern int number_of_inferiors (void);
 
 extern struct inferior *add_inferior_with_spaces (void);
 
+/* Print the current selected inferior.  */
+extern void print_selected_inferior (struct ui_out *uiout);
+
 #endif /* !defined (INFERIOR_H) */
diff --git a/gdb/mi/mi-cmds.c b/gdb/mi/mi-cmds.c
index 4779832..85c19c1 100644
--- a/gdb/mi/mi-cmds.c
+++ b/gdb/mi/mi-cmds.c
@@ -137,7 +137,8 @@  static struct mi_cmd mi_cmds[] =
   DEF_MI_CMD_MI ("stack-list-frames", mi_cmd_stack_list_frames),
   DEF_MI_CMD_MI ("stack-list-locals", mi_cmd_stack_list_locals),
   DEF_MI_CMD_MI ("stack-list-variables", mi_cmd_stack_list_variables),
-  DEF_MI_CMD_MI ("stack-select-frame", mi_cmd_stack_select_frame),
+  DEF_MI_CMD_MI_1 ("stack-select-frame", mi_cmd_stack_select_frame,
+		   &mi_suppress_notification.user_selected_context),
   DEF_MI_CMD_MI ("symbol-list-lines", mi_cmd_symbol_list_lines),
   DEF_MI_CMD_CLI ("target-attach", "attach", 1),
   DEF_MI_CMD_MI ("target-detach", mi_cmd_target_detach),
@@ -149,7 +150,8 @@  static struct mi_cmd mi_cmds[] =
   DEF_MI_CMD_CLI ("target-select", "target", 1),
   DEF_MI_CMD_MI ("thread-info", mi_cmd_thread_info),
   DEF_MI_CMD_MI ("thread-list-ids", mi_cmd_thread_list_ids),
-  DEF_MI_CMD_MI ("thread-select", mi_cmd_thread_select),
+  DEF_MI_CMD_MI_1 ("thread-select", mi_cmd_thread_select,
+		   &mi_suppress_notification.user_selected_context),
   DEF_MI_CMD_MI ("trace-define-variable", mi_cmd_trace_define_variable),
   DEF_MI_CMD_MI_1 ("trace-find", mi_cmd_trace_find,
 		   &mi_suppress_notification.traceframe),
diff --git a/gdb/mi/mi-interp.c b/gdb/mi/mi-interp.c
index e3c7dbd..d7db499 100644
--- a/gdb/mi/mi-interp.c
+++ b/gdb/mi/mi-interp.c
@@ -769,6 +769,7 @@  struct mi_suppress_notification mi_suppress_notification =
     0,
     0,
     0,
+    0,
   };
 
 /* Emit notification on changing a traceframe.  */
@@ -1334,6 +1335,64 @@  mi_memory_changed (struct inferior *inferior, CORE_ADDR memaddr,
     }
 }
 
+/* Emit an event when the selection context (inferior, thread, frame)
+   changed.  */
+
+static void
+mi_user_selected_context_changed (user_selected_what selection)
+{
+  struct switch_thru_all_uis state;
+  struct thread_info *tp;
+
+  /* Don't send an event if we're responding to an MI command.  */
+  if (mi_suppress_notification.user_selected_context)
+    return;
+
+  tp = find_thread_ptid (inferior_ptid);
+
+  SWITCH_THRU_ALL_UIS (state)
+    {
+      struct mi_interp *mi = as_mi_interp (top_level_interpreter ());
+      struct ui_out *mi_uiout;
+      struct cleanup *old_chain;
+
+      if (mi == NULL)
+	continue;
+
+      mi_uiout = interp_ui_out (top_level_interpreter ());
+
+      ui_out_redirect (mi_uiout, mi->event_channel);
+
+      old_chain = make_cleanup_ui_out_redirect_pop (mi_uiout);
+
+      make_cleanup_restore_target_terminal ();
+      target_terminal_ours_for_output ();
+
+      if (selection & USER_SELECTED_INFERIOR)
+	print_selected_inferior (mi->cli_uiout);
+
+      if (tp != NULL
+	  && (selection & (USER_SELECTED_THREAD | USER_SELECTED_FRAME)))
+	{
+	  print_selected_thread_frame (mi->cli_uiout, selection);
+
+	  fprintf_unfiltered (mi->event_channel,
+			      "thread-selected,id=\"%d\"",
+			      tp->global_num);
+
+	  if (tp->state != THREAD_RUNNING)
+	    {
+	      if (has_stack_frames ())
+		print_stack_frame_to_uiout (mi_uiout, get_selected_frame (NULL),
+					    1, SRC_AND_LOC, 1);
+	    }
+	}
+
+      gdb_flush (mi->event_channel);
+      do_cleanups (old_chain);
+    }
+}
+
 static int
 report_initial_inferior (struct inferior *inf, void *closure)
 {
@@ -1466,4 +1525,6 @@  _initialize_mi_interp (void)
   observer_attach_command_param_changed (mi_command_param_changed);
   observer_attach_memory_changed (mi_memory_changed);
   observer_attach_sync_execution_done (mi_on_sync_execution_done);
+  observer_attach_user_selected_context_changed
+    (mi_user_selected_context_changed);
 }
diff --git a/gdb/mi/mi-main.c b/gdb/mi/mi-main.c
index 1913157..dcff36b 100644
--- a/gdb/mi/mi-main.c
+++ b/gdb/mi/mi-main.c
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ 
 #include "linespec.h"
 #include "extension.h"
 #include "gdbcmd.h"
+#include "observer.h"
 
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include "gdb_sys_time.h"
@@ -564,17 +565,29 @@  mi_cmd_thread_select (char *command, char **argv, int argc)
 {
   enum gdb_rc rc;
   char *mi_error_message;
+  ptid_t previous_ptid = inferior_ptid;
 
   if (argc != 1)
     error (_("-thread-select: USAGE: threadnum."));
 
   rc = gdb_thread_select (current_uiout, argv[0], &mi_error_message);
 
+  /* If thread switch did not succeed don't notify or print.  */
   if (rc == GDB_RC_FAIL)
     {
       make_cleanup (xfree, mi_error_message);
       error ("%s", mi_error_message);
     }
+
+  print_selected_thread_frame (current_uiout,
+			       USER_SELECTED_THREAD | USER_SELECTED_FRAME);
+
+  /* Notify if the thread has effectively changed.  */
+  if (!ptid_equal (inferior_ptid, previous_ptid))
+    {
+      observer_notify_user_selected_context_changed (USER_SELECTED_THREAD
+						     | USER_SELECTED_FRAME);
+    }
 }
 
 void
@@ -2124,9 +2137,16 @@  mi_execute_command (const char *cmd, int from_tty)
   if (command != NULL)
     {
       ptid_t previous_ptid = inferior_ptid;
+      struct cleanup *cleanup = make_cleanup (null_cleanup, NULL);
 
       command->token = token;
 
+      if (command->cmd != NULL && command->cmd->suppress_notification != NULL)
+        {
+          make_cleanup_restore_integer (command->cmd->suppress_notification);
+          *command->cmd->suppress_notification = 1;
+        }
+
       if (do_timings)
 	{
 	  command->cmd_start = XNEW (struct mi_timestamp);
@@ -2161,10 +2181,15 @@  mi_execute_command (const char *cmd, int from_tty)
 	  /* Don't try report anything if there are no threads --
 	     the program is dead.  */
 	  && thread_count () != 0
-	  /* -thread-select explicitly changes thread. If frontend uses that
-	     internally, we don't want to emit =thread-selected, since
-	     =thread-selected is supposed to indicate user's intentions.  */
-	  && strcmp (command->command, "thread-select") != 0)
+	  /* For CLI commands "thread" and "inferior", the event is already sent
+	     by the command, so don't send it again.  */
+	  && ((command->op == CLI_COMMAND
+	       && strncmp (command->command, "thread", 6) != 0
+	       && strncmp (command->command, "inferior", 8) != 0)
+	      || (command->op == MI_COMMAND && command->argc > 1
+		  && strcmp (command->command, "interpreter-exec") == 0
+		  && strncmp (command->argv[1], "thread", 6) != 0
+		  && strncmp (command->argv[1], "inferior", 8) != 0)))
 	{
 	  struct mi_interp *mi
 	    = (struct mi_interp *) top_level_interpreter_data ();
@@ -2185,22 +2210,14 @@  mi_execute_command (const char *cmd, int from_tty)
 
 	  if (report_change)
 	    {
-	      struct thread_info *ti = inferior_thread ();
-	      struct cleanup *old_chain;
-
-	      old_chain = make_cleanup_restore_target_terminal ();
-	      target_terminal_ours_for_output ();
-
-	      fprintf_unfiltered (mi->event_channel,
-				  "thread-selected,id=\"%d\"",
-				  ti->global_num);
-	      gdb_flush (mi->event_channel);
-
-	      do_cleanups (old_chain);
+		observer_notify_user_selected_context_changed
+		  (USER_SELECTED_THREAD | USER_SELECTED_FRAME);
 	    }
 	}
 
       mi_parse_free (command);
+
+      do_cleanups (cleanup);
     }
 }
 
@@ -2277,12 +2294,6 @@  mi_cmd_execute (struct mi_parse *parse)
 
   current_context = parse;
 
-  if (parse->cmd->suppress_notification != NULL)
-    {
-      make_cleanup_restore_integer (parse->cmd->suppress_notification);
-      *parse->cmd->suppress_notification = 1;
-    }
-
   if (parse->cmd->argv_func != NULL)
     {
       parse->cmd->argv_func (parse->command, parse->argv, parse->argc);
diff --git a/gdb/mi/mi-main.h b/gdb/mi/mi-main.h
index 18000cf..bf4d1b6 100644
--- a/gdb/mi/mi-main.h
+++ b/gdb/mi/mi-main.h
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@  struct mi_suppress_notification
   int traceframe;
   /* Memory changed notification suppressed?  */
   int memory;
+  /* User selected context changed notification suppressed?  */
+  int user_selected_context;
 };
 extern struct mi_suppress_notification mi_suppress_notification;
 
diff --git a/gdb/stack.c b/gdb/stack.c
index 417e887..b719fcd 100644
--- a/gdb/stack.c
+++ b/gdb/stack.c
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ 
 #include "safe-ctype.h"
 #include "symfile.h"
 #include "extension.h"
+#include "observer.h"
 
 /* The possible choices of "set print frame-arguments", and the value
    of this setting.  */
@@ -141,6 +142,24 @@  frame_show_address (struct frame_info *frame,
   return get_frame_pc (frame) != sal.pc;
 }
 
+/* See frame.h.  */
+
+void
+print_stack_frame_to_uiout (struct ui_out *uiout, struct frame_info *frame,
+			    int print_level, enum print_what print_what,
+			    int set_current_sal)
+{
+  struct cleanup *old_chain;
+
+  old_chain = make_cleanup_restore_current_uiout ();
+
+  current_uiout = uiout;
+
+  print_stack_frame (frame, print_level, print_what, set_current_sal);
+
+  do_cleanups (old_chain);
+}
+
 /* Show or print a stack frame FRAME briefly.  The output is formatted
    according to PRINT_LEVEL and PRINT_WHAT printing the frame's
    relative level, function name, argument list, and file name and
@@ -2302,7 +2321,11 @@  find_relative_frame (struct frame_info *frame, int *level_offset_ptr)
 void
 select_frame_command (char *level_exp, int from_tty)
 {
+  struct frame_info *prev_frame = get_selected_frame_if_set ();
+
   select_frame (parse_frame_specification (level_exp, NULL));
+  if (get_selected_frame_if_set () != prev_frame)
+    observer_notify_user_selected_context_changed (USER_SELECTED_FRAME);
 }
 
 /* The "frame" command.  With no argument, print the selected frame
@@ -2312,8 +2335,13 @@  select_frame_command (char *level_exp, int from_tty)
 static void
 frame_command (char *level_exp, int from_tty)
 {
-  select_frame_command (level_exp, from_tty);
-  print_stack_frame (get_selected_frame (NULL), 1, SRC_AND_LOC, 1);
+  struct frame_info *prev_frame = get_selected_frame_if_set ();
+
+  select_frame (parse_frame_specification (level_exp, NULL));
+  if (get_selected_frame_if_set () != prev_frame)
+    observer_notify_user_selected_context_changed (USER_SELECTED_FRAME);
+  else
+    print_selected_thread_frame (current_uiout, USER_SELECTED_FRAME);
 }
 
 /* Select the frame up one or COUNT_EXP stack levels from the
@@ -2344,7 +2372,7 @@  static void
 up_command (char *count_exp, int from_tty)
 {
   up_silently_base (count_exp);
-  print_stack_frame (get_selected_frame (NULL), 1, SRC_AND_LOC, 1);
+  observer_notify_user_selected_context_changed (USER_SELECTED_FRAME);
 }
 
 /* Select the frame down one or COUNT_EXP stack levels from the previously
@@ -2383,9 +2411,8 @@  static void
 down_command (char *count_exp, int from_tty)
 {
   down_silently_base (count_exp);
-  print_stack_frame (get_selected_frame (NULL), 1, SRC_AND_LOC, 1);
+  observer_notify_user_selected_context_changed (USER_SELECTED_FRAME);
 }
-
 
 void
 return_command (char *retval_exp, int from_tty)
@@ -2616,10 +2643,11 @@  a command file or a user-defined command."));
 
   add_com_alias ("f", "frame", class_stack, 1);
 
-  add_com ("select-frame", class_stack, select_frame_command, _("\
+  add_com_suppress_notification ("select-frame", class_stack, select_frame_command, _("\
 Select a stack frame without printing anything.\n\
 An argument specifies the frame to select.\n\
-It can be a stack frame number or the address of the frame.\n"));
+It can be a stack frame number or the address of the frame.\n"),
+		 &cli_suppress_notification.user_selected_context);
 
   add_com ("backtrace", class_stack, backtrace_command, _("\
 Print backtrace of all stack frames, or innermost COUNT frames.\n\
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.mi/mi-pthreads.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.mi/mi-pthreads.exp
index 88a600a..511f0ca 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.mi/mi-pthreads.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.mi/mi-pthreads.exp
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@  proc check_mi_thread_command_set {} {
 
   foreach thread $thread_list {
       mi_gdb_test "-interpreter-exec console \"thread $thread\"" \
-          ".*\\^done\r\n=thread-selected,id=\"$thread\"" \
-          "check =thread-selected: thread $thread"
+	  ".*=thread-selected,id=\"$thread\".*\r\n\\^done" \
+	  "check =thread-selected: thread $thread"
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/gdb/thread.c b/gdb/thread.c
index a66a2b5..13449a8 100644
--- a/gdb/thread.c
+++ b/gdb/thread.c
@@ -1923,7 +1923,7 @@  thread_apply_command (char *tidlist, int from_tty)
 void
 thread_command (char *tidstr, int from_tty)
 {
-  if (!tidstr)
+  if (tidstr == NULL)
     {
       if (ptid_equal (inferior_ptid, null_ptid))
 	error (_("No thread selected"));
@@ -1943,10 +1943,31 @@  thread_command (char *tidstr, int from_tty)
 	}
       else
 	error (_("No stack."));
-      return;
     }
+  else
+    {
+      ptid_t previous_ptid = inferior_ptid;
+      enum gdb_rc result;
+
+      result = gdb_thread_select (current_uiout, tidstr, NULL);
+
+      /* If thread switch did not succeed don't notify or print.  */
+      if (result == GDB_RC_FAIL)
+	return;
 
-  gdb_thread_select (current_uiout, tidstr, NULL);
+      /* Print if the thread has not changed, otherwise an event will be sent.  */
+      if (ptid_equal (inferior_ptid, previous_ptid))
+	{
+	  print_selected_thread_frame (current_uiout,
+				       USER_SELECTED_THREAD
+				       | USER_SELECTED_FRAME);
+	}
+      else
+	{
+	  observer_notify_user_selected_context_changed (USER_SELECTED_THREAD
+							 | USER_SELECTED_FRAME);
+	}
+    }
 }
 
 /* Implementation of `thread name'.  */
@@ -2058,32 +2079,53 @@  do_captured_thread_select (struct ui_out *uiout, void *tidstr_v)
 
   annotate_thread_changed ();
 
-  if (ui_out_is_mi_like_p (uiout))
-    ui_out_field_int (uiout, "new-thread-id", inferior_thread ()->global_num);
-  else
+  /* Since the current thread may have changed, see if there is any
+     exited thread we can now delete.  */
+  prune_threads ();
+
+  return GDB_RC_OK;
+}
+
+/* Print thread and frame switch command response.  */
+
+void
+print_selected_thread_frame (struct ui_out *uiout,
+			     user_selected_what selection)
+{
+  struct thread_info *tp = inferior_thread ();
+  struct inferior *inf = current_inferior ();
+
+  if (selection & USER_SELECTED_THREAD)
     {
-      ui_out_text (uiout, "[Switching to thread ");
-      ui_out_field_string (uiout, "new-thread-id", print_thread_id (tp));
-      ui_out_text (uiout, " (");
-      ui_out_text (uiout, target_pid_to_str (inferior_ptid));
-      ui_out_text (uiout, ")]");
+      if (ui_out_is_mi_like_p (uiout))
+	{
+	  ui_out_field_int (uiout, "new-thread-id",
+			    inferior_thread ()->global_num);
+	}
+      else
+	{
+	  ui_out_text (uiout, "[Switching to thread ");
+	  ui_out_field_string (uiout, "new-thread-id", print_thread_id (tp));
+	  ui_out_text (uiout, " (");
+	  ui_out_text (uiout, target_pid_to_str (inferior_ptid));
+	  ui_out_text (uiout, ")]");
+	}
     }
 
-  /* Note that we can't reach this with an exited thread, due to the
-     thread_alive check above.  */
   if (tp->state == THREAD_RUNNING)
-    ui_out_text (uiout, "(running)\n");
-  else
     {
-      ui_out_text (uiout, "\n");
-      print_stack_frame (get_selected_frame (NULL), 1, SRC_AND_LOC, 1);
+      if (selection & USER_SELECTED_THREAD)
+	ui_out_text (uiout, "(running)\n");
     }
+  else if (selection & USER_SELECTED_FRAME)
+    {
+      if (selection & USER_SELECTED_THREAD)
+	ui_out_text (uiout, "\n");
 
-  /* Since the current thread may have changed, see if there is any
-     exited thread we can now delete.  */
-  prune_threads ();
-
-  return GDB_RC_OK;
+      if (has_stack_frames ())
+	print_stack_frame_to_uiout (uiout, get_selected_frame (NULL),
+				    1, SRC_AND_LOC, 1);
+    }
 }
 
 enum gdb_rc
diff --git a/gdb/tui/tui-interp.c b/gdb/tui/tui-interp.c
index 3856382..e06d679 100644
--- a/gdb/tui/tui-interp.c
+++ b/gdb/tui/tui-interp.c
@@ -206,6 +206,37 @@  tui_on_command_error (void)
   display_gdb_prompt (NULL);
 }
 
+/* Observer for the user_selected_context_changed notification.  */
+
+static void
+tui_on_user_selected_context_changed (user_selected_what selection)
+{
+  struct switch_thru_all_uis state;
+  struct thread_info *tp;
+
+  /* This event is suppressed.  */
+  if (cli_suppress_notification.user_selected_context)
+    return;
+
+  tp = find_thread_ptid (inferior_ptid);
+
+  SWITCH_THRU_ALL_UIS (state)
+    {
+      struct interp *tui = as_tui_interp (top_level_interpreter ());
+
+      if (tui == NULL)
+	continue;
+
+      if (selection & USER_SELECTED_INFERIOR)
+	print_selected_inferior (tui_ui_out (tui));
+
+      if (tp != NULL
+	  && ((selection & (USER_SELECTED_THREAD | USER_SELECTED_FRAME))))
+	print_selected_thread_frame (tui_ui_out (tui), selection);
+
+    }
+}
+
 /* These implement the TUI interpreter.  */
 
 static void *
@@ -323,4 +354,6 @@  _initialize_tui_interp (void)
   observer_attach_no_history (tui_on_no_history);
   observer_attach_sync_execution_done (tui_on_sync_execution_done);
   observer_attach_command_error (tui_on_command_error);
+  observer_attach_user_selected_context_changed
+    (tui_on_user_selected_context_changed);
 }