gdb+gdbserver/Linux: avoid reading registers while going through shell

For every stop, Linux GDB and GDBserver save the stopped thread's PC,
in lwp->stop_pc.  This is done in save_stop_reason, in both
gdb/linux-nat.c and gdbserver/linux-low.cc.  However, while we're
going through the shell after "run", in startup_inferior, we shouldn't
be reading registers, as we haven't yet determined the target's
architecture -- the shell's architecture may not even be the same as
the final inferior's.

In gdb/linux-nat.c, lwp->stop_pc is only needed when the thread has
stopped for a breakpoint, and since when going through the shell, no
breakpoint is going to hit, we could simply teach save_stop_reason to
only record the stop pc when the thread stopped for a breakpoint.

However, in gdbserver/linux-low.cc, lwp->stop_pc is used in more cases
than breakpoint hits (e.g., it's used in tracepoints & the
"while-stepping" feature).

So to avoid GDB vs GDBserver divergence, we apply the same approach to
both implementations.

We set a flag in the inferior (process in GDBserver) whenever it is
being nursed through the shell, and when that flag is set,
save_stop_reason bails out early.  While going through the shell,
we'll only ever get process exits (normal or signalled), random
signals, and exec events, so nothing is lost.

Change-Id: If0f01831514d3a74d17efd102875de7d2c6401ad

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/gdbserver/inferiors.h b/gdbserver/inferiors.h
index f3ba4d8..6de746c 100644
--- a/gdbserver/inferiors.h
+++ b/gdbserver/inferiors.h
@@ -75,6 +75,13 @@ struct process_info
 
   /* Flag to mark that the DLL list has changed.  */
   bool dlls_changed = false;
+
+  /* True if the inferior is starting up (inside startup_inferior),
+     and we're nursing it along (through the shell) until it is ready
+     to execute its first instruction.  Until that is done, we must
+     not access inferior memory or registers, as we haven't determined
+     the target architecture/description.  */
+  bool starting_up = false;
 };
 
 /* Get the pid of PROC.  */