add mention of valgrind and gdb in documentation of context factories

[simgrid.git] / doc / doxygen / options.doc

diff --git a/doc/doxygen/options.doc b/doc/doxygen/options.doc
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+++ b/doc/doxygen/options.doc
@@ -392,7 +392,9 @@ to the most effient:
 
 The only reason to change this setting is when the debugging tools get
 fooled by the optimized context factories. Threads are the most
 
 The only reason to change this setting is when the debugging tools get
 fooled by the optimized context factories. Threads are the most

-debugging-friendly contextes.
+debugging-friendly contextes, as they allow to set breakpoints anywhere with gdb
+ and visualize backtraces for all processes, in order to debug concurrency issues.
+Valgrind is also more comfortable with threads, but it should be usable with all factories.

 
 \subsection options_virt_stacksize Adapting the used stack size
 
 
 \subsection options_virt_stacksize Adapting the used stack size