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authorPedro Alves <pedro@palves.net>2022-06-07 14:20:42 +0100
committerPedro Alves <pedro@palves.net>2022-12-12 20:01:20 +0000
commit9d40da2ccb5a79e7b7b484b1a8508bdef9b42d43 (patch)
tree6cee4da6fe828411fbcebbdc15f274337026b896
parente2e59def17cbc5cddd31f20f0baef5c37ee99d1a (diff)
downloadbinutils-gdb-9d40da2ccb5a79e7b7b484b1a8508bdef9b42d43.tar.gz
Ignore failure to read PC when resuming
If GDB sets a GDB_THREAD_OPTION_EXIT option on a thread, and the thread exits, the server reports the corresponding thread exit event, and forgets about the thread, i.e., removes the exited thread from its thread list. On the GDB side, GDB set the GDB_THREAD_OPTION_EXIT option on a thread, GDB delays deleting the thread from its thread list until it sees the corresponding thread exit event, as that event needs special handling in infrun. When a thread disappears from the target, but it still exists on GDB's thread list, in all-stop RSP mode, it can happen that GDB ends up trying to resume such an already-exited-thread that GDB doesn't yet know is gone. When that happens, against GDBserver, typically the ongoing execution command fails with this error: ... PC register is not available (gdb) At the remote protocol level, we may see e.g., this: [remote] Packet received: w0;p97479.978d2 [remote] wait: exit [infrun] print_target_wait_results: target_wait (-1.0.0 [process -1], status) = [infrun] print_target_wait_results: 619641.620754.0 [Thread 619641.620754], [infrun] print_target_wait_results: status->kind = THREAD_EXITED, exit_status = 0 [infrun] handle_inferior_event: status->kind = THREAD_EXITED, exit_status = 0 [infrun] context_switch: Switching context from 0.0.0 to 619641.620754.0 [infrun] clear_proceed_status_thread: 619641.620754.0 GDB saw an exit event for thread 619641.620754. After processing it, infrun decides to re-resume the target again. To do that, infrun picks some other thread that isn't exited yet from GDB's perspective, switches to it, and calls keep_going. Below, infrun happens to pick thread p97479.97479, the leader, which also exited, but GDB doesn't know yet: ... [remote] Sending packet: $Hgp97479.97479#75 [remote] Packet received: OK [remote] Sending packet: $g#67 [remote] Packet received: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (...snip...) [1120 bytes omitted] [infrun] reset: reason=handling event [infrun] maybe_set_commit_resumed_all_targets: not requesting commit-resumed for target remote, no resumed threads [infrun] fetch_inferior_event: exit PC register is not available (gdb) The Linux backends, both in GDB and in GDBserver, already silently ignore failures to resume, with the understanding that we'll see an exit event soon. Core of GDB doesn't do that yet, though. This patch is a small step in that direction. It swallows the error when thrown from within resume_1. There are likely are spots where we will need similar treatment, but we can tackle them as we find them. After this patch, we'll see something like this instead: [infrun] resume_1: step=0, signal=GDB_SIGNAL_0, trap_expected=0, current thread [640478.640478.0] at 0x0 [infrun] do_target_resume: resume_ptid=640478.0.0, step=0, sig=GDB_SIGNAL_0 [remote] Sending packet: $vCont;c:p9c5de.-1#78 [infrun] prepare_to_wait: prepare_to_wait [infrun] reset: reason=handling event [infrun] maybe_set_commit_resumed_all_targets: enabling commit-resumed for target remote [infrun] maybe_call_commit_resumed_all_targets: calling commit_resumed for target remote [infrun] fetch_inferior_event: exit [infrun] fetch_inferior_event: enter [infrun] scoped_disable_commit_resumed: reason=handling event [infrun] random_pending_event_thread: None found. [remote] wait: enter [remote] Packet received: W0;process:9c5de [remote] wait: exit [infrun] print_target_wait_results: target_wait (-1.0.0 [process -1], status) = [infrun] print_target_wait_results: 640478.0.0 [process 640478], [infrun] print_target_wait_results: status->kind = EXITED, exit_status = 0 [infrun] handle_inferior_event: status->kind = EXITED, exit_status = 0 [Inferior 1 (process 640478) exited normally] [infrun] stop_waiting: stop_waiting [infrun] reset: reason=handling event (gdb) [infrun] fetch_inferior_event: exit Change-Id: I7f1c7610923435c4e98e70acc5ebe5ebbac581e2
-rw-r--r--gdb/infrun.c23
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/infrun.c b/gdb/infrun.c
index 09391d85256..21e5aa0f50e 100644
--- a/gdb/infrun.c
+++ b/gdb/infrun.c
@@ -2595,7 +2595,28 @@ resume_1 (enum gdb_signal sig)
step = false;
}
- CORE_ADDR pc = regcache_read_pc (regcache);
+ CORE_ADDR pc = 0;
+ try
+ {
+ pc = regcache_read_pc (regcache);
+ }
+ catch (const gdb_exception_error &err)
+ {
+ /* Swallow errors as it may be that the current thread exited
+ and we've haven't seen its exit status yet. Let the
+ resumption continue and we'll collect the exit event
+ shortly. */
+ if (err.error == TARGET_CLOSE_ERROR)
+ throw;
+
+ if (debug_infrun)
+ {
+ string_file buf;
+ exception_print (&buf, err);
+ infrun_debug_printf ("resume: swallowing error: %s",
+ buf.string ().c_str ());
+ }
+ }
infrun_debug_printf ("step=%d, signal=%s, trap_expected=%d, "
"current thread [%s] at %s",