How to continue one thread at a time when debugging a multithreaded program in GDB?

Question

I have a program which uses two threads. I have put the break point in both the threads. While running the program under gdb I want to switch between the threads and make th

Answer 1

If you're using GDB 7 or later, try "non-stop mode".

http://sourceware.org/gdb/current/onlinedocs/gdb/Non_002dStop-Mode.html

The "scheduler-locking on" command previously mentioned allows you step one thread with the others stopped. Non-stop mode allows you to step one thread with the others active.