diff -r 000000000000 -r a41df078684a kernel/eka/drivers/debug/common/debug_utils.cpp
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+++ b/kernel/eka/drivers/debug/common/debug_utils.cpp	Mon Oct 19 15:55:17 2009 +0100
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+// Copyright (c) 2004-2009 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
+// All rights reserved.
+// This component and the accompanying materials are made available
+// under the terms of the License "Eclipse Public License v1.0"
+// which accompanies this distribution, and is available
+// at the URL "http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html".
+//
+// Initial Contributors:
+// Nokia Corporation - initial contribution.
+//
+// Contributors:
+//
+// Description:
+// Purpose: Implementation of static functions for use by debug driver classes
+//
+
+#include "debug_logging.h"
+#include "debug_utils.h"
+
+/**
+ * Given a thread ID, return a handle to the corresponding DThread. If the returned
+ * pointer is non-NULL, it is the responsibility of the caller to close the handle.
+ * 
+ * @post if a non-NULL value is returned then a handle to the thread has been
+ * opened on the callers behalf
+ * @param aThreadId ID of the thread to return a handle for
+ * @return a DThread* to the appropriate thread, or NULL if a handle could not be
+ * opened to the specified thread
+ */
+DThread* DebugUtils::OpenThreadHandle(const TUint64 aThreadId)
+	{
+	LOG_MSG("DebugUtils::OpenThreadHandle()");
+
+	NKern::ThreadEnterCS();  // Prevent us from dying or suspending whilst holding a DMutex
+	DObjectCon& threads = *Kern::Containers()[EThread];  // Get containing holding threads
+	threads.Wait();  // Obtain the container mutex so the list does get changed under us
+
+	DThread* thread = Kern::ThreadFromId(aThreadId);
+
+	// Open a handle to the thread so that it doesn't exit while we are processing
+	if (thread)
+		{
+		// if opening a handle fails then set thread to NULL
+		if(KErrNone != thread->Open())
+			{
+			LOG_MSG2("\tCould not open handle to thread %d", (TUint32)aThreadId);
+			thread = NULL;
+			}
+		}
+	else
+		{
+		LOG_MSG2("\tThread with ID %d is NULL", (TUint32)aThreadId);
+		}
+
+	threads.Signal();  // Release the container mutex
+	NKern::ThreadLeaveCS();  // End of critical section
+
+	return thread;
+	}
+
+/**
+ * Given a process ID, return a handle to the corresponding DProcess. If the returned
+ * pointer is non-NULL, it is the responsibility of the caller to close the handle.
+ * 
+ * @post if a non-NULL value is returned then a handle to the process has been
+ * opened on the callers behalf
+ * @param aProcessId ID of the process to return a handle for
+ * @return a DProcess* to the appropriate process, or NULL if a handle could not be
+ * opened to the specified process
+ */
+DProcess* DebugUtils::OpenProcessHandle(const TUint64 aProcessId)
+	{
+	// Commenting out this message as it gets printed out every time a RDebug::Printf statement is caught by the driver,
+	// which makes looking at the serial cable output irritating. Replaced it with LOG_MSG statements below to indicate if
+	// something amiss happened. By default then this function prints nothing out.
+	//LOG_MSG("DebugUtils::OpenProcessHandle()");
+
+	NKern::ThreadEnterCS();  // Prevent us from dying or suspending whilst holding a DMutex
+	DObjectCon& processes = *Kern::Containers()[EProcess];  // Get containing holding threads
+	processes.Wait();  // Obtain the container mutex so the list does get changed under us
+
+	DProcess* process = Kern::ProcessFromId(aProcessId);
+
+	// Open a handle to the process so that it doesn't exit while we are processing
+	if (process)
+		{
+		// if opening a handle fails then set process to NULL
+		if(KErrNone != process->Open())
+			{
+			LOG_MSG2("DebugUtils::OpenProcessHandle(): Could not open handle for 0x%016lx", aProcessId);
+			process = NULL;
+			}
+		}
+	else
+		{
+		LOG_MSG2("DebugUtils::OpenProcessHandle(): Could not find process for 0x%016lx", aProcessId);
+		}
+
+	processes.Signal();  // Release the container mutex
+	NKern::ThreadLeaveCS();  // End of critical section
+
+	return process;
+	}
+