diff -r d75624a9268b -r d3e603e7c17c patches/gdb/6.5/120-thread-timeout.patch
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/patches/gdb/6.5/120-thread-timeout.patch	Mon Jul 28 21:32:33 2008 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+--- gdb-6.5/./gdb/gdbserver/thread-db.c.orig	2006-03-15 08:13:29.000000000 -0800
++++ gdb-6.5/./gdb/gdbserver/thread-db.c	2008-04-01 21:21:23.000000000 -0700
+@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
+    Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+    Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.  */
+ 
++#include <unistd.h>
+ #include "server.h"
+ 
+ #include "linux-low.h"
+@@ -134,6 +135,7 @@ thread_db_create_event (CORE_ADDR where)
+   td_event_msg_t msg;
+   td_err_e err;
+   struct inferior_linux_data *tdata;
++  int timeout;
+ 
+   if (debug_threads)
+     fprintf (stderr, "Thread creation event.\n");
+@@ -144,7 +146,13 @@ thread_db_create_event (CORE_ADDR where)
+      In the LinuxThreads implementation, this is safe,
+      because all events come from the manager thread
+      (except for its own creation, of course).  */
+-  err = td_ta_event_getmsg (thread_agent, &msg);
++  for (timeout = 0; timeout < 50000; timeout++)
++    {
++      err = td_ta_event_getmsg (thread_agent, &msg);
++      if (err != TD_NOMSG)
++	break;
++      usleep(1000);
++    }
+   if (err != TD_OK)
+     fprintf (stderr, "thread getmsg err: %s\n",
+ 	     thread_db_err_str (err));