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Consider the following case:
(gdb) list some_func
1 int
2 some_func ()
3 {
4 int *p = 0;
5 return *p;
6 }
7
8 void
9 foo ()
10 {
(gdb) break foo if (some_func ())
Breakpoint 1 at 0x40111e: file bpcond.c, line 11.
(gdb) r
Starting program: /tmp/bpcond
Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x0000000000401116 in some_func () at bpcond.c:5
5 return *p;
Error in testing breakpoint condition:
The program being debugged was signaled while in a function called from GDB.
GDB remains in the frame where the signal was received.
To change this behavior use "set unwindonsignal on".
Evaluation of the expression containing the function
(some_func) will be abandoned.
When the function is done executing, GDB will silently stop.
Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
Breakpoint 1, 0x0000000000401116 in some_func () at bpcond.c:5
5 return *p;
(gdb)
Notice that this line:
Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
Appears twice in the output. The first time is followed by the
current location. The second time is a little odd, why do we print
that?
Printing that line is controlled, in part, by a global variable,
stopped_by_random_signal. This variable is reset to zero in
handle_signal_stop, and is set if/when GDB figures out that the
inferior stopped due to some random signal.
The problem is, in our case, GDB first stops at the breakpoint for
foo, and enters handle_signal_stop and the stopped_by_random_signal
global is reset to 0.
Later within handle_signal_stop GDB calls bpstat_stop_status, it is
within this function (via bpstat_check_breakpoint_conditions) that the
breakpoint condition is checked, and, we end up calling the inferior
function (some_func in our example above).
In our case above the thread performing the inferior function call
segfaults in some_func. GDB catches the SIGSEGV and handles the stop,
this causes us to reenter handle_signal_stop. The global variable
stopped_by_random_signal is updated, this time it is set to true
because the thread stopped due to SIGSEGV. As a result of this we
print the first instance of the line (as seen above in the example).
Finally we unwind GDB's call stack, the inferior function call is
complete, and we return to the original handle_signal_stop. However,
the stopped_by_random_signal global is still carrying the value as
computed for the inferior function call's stop, which is why we now
print a second instance of the line, as seen in the example.
To prevent this, I propose adding a scoped_restore before we start an
inferior function call. This will save and restore the global
stopped_by_random_signal value.
With this done, the output from our example is now this:
(gdb) list some_func
1 int
2 some_func ()
3 {
4 int *p = 0;
5 return *p;
6 }
7
8 void
9 foo ()
10 {
(gdb) break foo if (some_func ())
Breakpoint 1 at 0x40111e: file bpcond.c, line 11.
(gdb) r
Starting program: /tmp/bpcond
Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x0000000000401116 in some_func () at bpcond.c:5
5 return *p;
Error in testing condition for breakpoint 1:
The program being debugged stopped while in a function called from GDB.
Evaluation of the expression containing the function
(some_func) will be abandoned.
When the function is done executing, GDB will silently stop.
Breakpoint 1, 0x0000000000401116 in some_func () at bpcond.c:5
5 return *p;
(gdb)
We now only see the 'Program received signal SIGSEGV, ...' line once,
which I think makes more sense.
Finally, I'm aware that the last few lines, that report the stop as
being at 'Breakpoint 1', when this is not where the thread is actually
located anymore, is not great. I'll address that in the next commit.
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