Process-Width Stepping

The behavior of process-width stepping commands depends on whether the Group of Interest (GOI) is set to a process group or a thread group.

GOI is a process group

TotalView runs the process until the Thread of Interest (TOI) arrives at its goal location, which can be the next statement, the next instruction, and so forth. When it reaches the goal, TotalView stops the process and the command completes.

When the GOI is a thread group

The behavior differs. All threads in the GOI and all manager threads are allowed to run. As each member of the GOI arrives at the goal, it is stopped; the rest of the threads are allowed to continue. The command ends when all members of the GOI arrive at the goal. At that point, TotalView stops the whole process.

Note:   The Run To commands are similar, but there are some important differences. See Executing to a Selected Line for more information.