Go to file
Simon Marchi abe8cab7cb gdb: enable target_async around stop_all_threads call in process_initial_stop_replies
The following scenario hangs:

 - maint set target-non-stop on
 - `gdbserver --attach`
 - a multi-threaded program

For example:

Terminal 1:

    $ gnome-calculator&
    [1] 495731
    $ ../gdbserver/gdbserver --once --attach :1234 495731
    Attached; pid = 495731
    Listening on port 1234

Terminal 2:

    $ ./gdb -nx -q --data-directory=data-directory /usr/bin/gnome-calculator -ex "maint set target-non-stop on" -ex "tar rem :1234"
    Reading symbols from /usr/bin/gnome-calculator...
    (No debugging symbols found in /usr/bin/gnome-calculator)
    Remote debugging using :1234
    * hangs *

What happens is:

 - The protocol between gdb and gdbserver is in non-stop mode, but the
   user-visible behavior is all-stop
 - On connect, gdbserver sends one stop reply for one thread that is
   stops, the others stay running
 - In process_initial_stop_replies, gdb calls stop_all_threads to stop
   these other threads, because we are using the all-stop user-visible
   mode
 - stop_all_threads sends a stop request for all the running threads and
   then waits for resulting events
 - At this point, the remote target is in target_async(0) mode, which
   makes stop_all_threads not consider it for events
 - stop_all_threads loops indefinitely (it does not even block
   indefinitely, it is in an infinite busy loop) because there are no
   event sources.  wait_one_event returns a TARGET_WAITKIND_NO_RESUMED
   wait status.

Fix that by making the remote target async around the stop_all_threads
call.

I haven't implemented it because I'm not sure how to do it, but I think
it would be a good idea to have, in stop_all_threads / wait_one /
handle_one, an assert to check that if we are expecting one or more
event, then there are some targets that are in a state where they can
supply some events.  Otherwise, we'll necessarily be stuck in this
infinite loop, and it's probably due to a bug in GDB.  I'm not too sure
where to put this or how to express it though.  Perhaps in
stop_all_threads, here:

	  for (int i = 0; i < waits_needed; i++)
	    {
	      wait_one_event event = wait_one ();
	      *here*
	      if (handle_one (event))
		break;
	    }

If at that point, the returned event is TARGET_WAITKIND_NO_RESUMED,
there's a problem.  We expect some event, because we've asked some
threads to stop, but all targets are answering that they won't have any
events for us.  That's a contradiction, and a sign that something has
gone wrong.  It could perhaps event be:

    gdb_assert (event.ws.kind != TARGET_WAITKIND_NO_RESUMED);

in handle_one, as the idea is the same in prepare_for_detach.

A bit more sophisticated would be: we know which targets we are
expecting waits from, since we know which threads we have asked to
stop.  So if any of these targets returns TARGET_WAITKIND_NO_RESUMED,
something is fishy.

Add a test that tests attaching with gdbserver's --attach flag to a
multi-threaded program, and then connecting to it.  Without the fix, the
test reproduces the hang.

Change-Id: If6f6690a4887ca66693ef1af64791dda4c65f24f
2021-09-28 20:18:30 -04:00
bfd Automatic date update in version.in 2021-09-29 00:00:11 +00:00
binutils PR28391, strip/objcopy --preserve-dates *.a: cannot set time 2021-09-28 20:18:48 +09:30
config Deprecate a.out support for NetBSD targets. 2021-08-11 13:17:54 +01:00
contrib Import mklog.py from gcc repo 2020-09-25 10:24:44 -04:00
cpu Re: opcodes: constify & local meps macros 2021-07-05 21:40:49 +09:30
elfcpp PATCH [4/4] arm: Add Tag_PACRET_use build attribute 2021-08-17 14:49:42 +02:00
etc etc: switch to automake 2021-09-09 23:30:12 -04:00
gas RISC-V: Allow to add numbers in the prefixed extension names. 2021-09-28 19:39:12 +08:00
gdb gdb: enable target_async around stop_all_threads call in process_initial_stop_replies 2021-09-28 20:18:30 -04:00
gdbserver Change ptid_t::tid to ULONGEST 2021-09-23 09:30:54 -06:00
gdbsupport Change ptid_t::tid to ULONGEST 2021-09-23 09:30:54 -06:00
gnulib gnulib: import various network functions 2021-09-08 17:48:09 -04:00
gold [GOLD] PowerPC64 support for sym+addend GOT entries 2021-09-18 08:20:11 +09:30
gprof configure: regenerate in all projects that use libtool.m4 2021-09-27 20:31:24 +01:00
include Revert: [AArch64] MTE corefile support 2021-09-07 11:03:20 -03:00
intl Deprecate a.out support for NetBSD targets. 2021-08-11 13:17:54 +01:00
ld configure: regenerate in all projects that use libtool.m4 2021-09-27 20:31:24 +01:00
libbacktrace Copy in libbacktrace from gcc 2021-09-28 12:21:21 +01:00
libctf libctf, lookup: fix bounds of pptrtab lookup 2021-09-27 20:31:26 +01:00
libdecnumber
libiberty Deprecate a.out support for NetBSD targets. 2021-08-11 13:17:54 +01:00
opcodes x86: Print {bad} on invalid broadcast in OP_E_memory 2021-09-28 11:13:50 +08:00
readline Update config.sub and config.guess for MIPS R3 and R5 ISA support 2021-05-24 18:11:49 +02:00
sim sim: drop weak func attrs on module inits 2021-09-28 01:51:38 -04:00
texinfo
zlib configure: regenerate in all projects that use libtool.m4 2021-09-27 20:31:24 +01:00
.cvsignore
.gitattributes
.gitignore Add gnu global outputs to .gitignore 2020-12-02 10:00:27 -05:00
ar-lib
ChangeLog src-release.sh: add libbacktrace to GDB_SUPPORT_DIRS 2021-09-28 12:21:21 +01:00
compile
config-ml.in
config.guess Update config.sub and config.guess for MIPS R3 and R5 ISA support 2021-05-24 18:11:49 +02:00
config.rpath
config.sub Update config.sub and config.guess for MIPS R3 and R5 ISA support 2021-05-24 18:11:49 +02:00
configure top-level configure: setup target_configdirs based on repository 2021-09-28 12:21:21 +01:00
configure.ac top-level configure: setup target_configdirs based on repository 2021-09-28 12:21:21 +01:00
COPYING
COPYING3
COPYING3.LIB
COPYING.LIB
COPYING.LIBGLOSS
COPYING.NEWLIB
depcomp
djunpack.bat
install-sh
libtool.m4 libtool.m4: fix nm BSD flag detection 2021-09-27 20:31:23 +01:00
lt~obsolete.m4
ltgcc.m4
ltmain.sh
ltoptions.m4
ltsugar.m4
ltversion.m4
MAINTAINERS MAINTAINERS: Update path to readline config.{sub,guess} files 2021-05-24 18:11:49 +02:00
Makefile.def gdb: Add a dependency between gdb and libbacktrace 2021-09-28 12:21:21 +01:00
Makefile.in gdb: Add a dependency between gdb and libbacktrace 2021-09-28 12:21:21 +01:00
Makefile.tpl Add missing changes to Makefile.tpl 2021-02-28 04:39:38 -08:00
makefile.vms
missing
mkdep
mkinstalldirs
move-if-change
multilib.am
README
README-maintainer-mode
setup.com
src-release.sh src-release.sh: add libbacktrace to GDB_SUPPORT_DIRS 2021-09-28 12:21:21 +01:00
symlink-tree
test-driver
ylwrap

		   README for GNU development tools

This directory contains various GNU compilers, assemblers, linkers, 
debuggers, etc., plus their support routines, definitions, and documentation.

If you are receiving this as part of a GDB release, see the file gdb/README.
If with a binutils release, see binutils/README;  if with a libg++ release,
see libg++/README, etc.  That'll give you info about this
package -- supported targets, how to use it, how to report bugs, etc.

It is now possible to automatically configure and build a variety of
tools with one command.  To build all of the tools contained herein,
run the ``configure'' script here, e.g.:

	./configure 
	make

To install them (by default in /usr/local/bin, /usr/local/lib, etc),
then do:
	make install

(If the configure script can't determine your type of computer, give it
the name as an argument, for instance ``./configure sun4''.  You can
use the script ``config.sub'' to test whether a name is recognized; if
it is, config.sub translates it to a triplet specifying CPU, vendor,
and OS.)

If you have more than one compiler on your system, it is often best to
explicitly set CC in the environment before running configure, and to
also set CC when running make.  For example (assuming sh/bash/ksh):

	CC=gcc ./configure
	make

A similar example using csh:

	setenv CC gcc
	./configure
	make

Much of the code and documentation enclosed is copyright by
the Free Software Foundation, Inc.  See the file COPYING or
COPYING.LIB in the various directories, for a description of the
GNU General Public License terms under which you can copy the files.

REPORTING BUGS: Again, see gdb/README, binutils/README, etc., for info
on where and how to report problems.