1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
index 3f31515297c..424e5ffd829 100644
--- a/gdb/NEWS
+++ b/gdb/NEWS
@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@
   re-enable styling using the new "set style tui-current-position"
   command.
 
+* New convenience variable $_inferior_thread_count contains the number
+  of live threads in the current inferior.
+
 * New commands
 
 maintenance set ignore-prologue-end-flag on|off