(windows) GDB/MI crash when using "-list-thread-groups --available"

On Windows, using the "-list-thread-groups --available" GDB/MI command
before an inferior is being debugged:

    % gdb -q -i=mi
    =thread-group-added,id="i1"
    =cmd-param-changed,param="auto-load safe-path",value="/"
    (gdb)
    -list-thread-groups --available
    Segmentation fault

Ooops!

The SEGV happens because the -list-thread-groups --available command
triggers a windows_nat_target::xfer_partial call for a TARGET_OBJECT_OSDATA
object.  Until a program is being debugged, the target_ops layer that
gets the call is the Windows "native" layer. Except for a couple of
specific objects (TARGET_OBJECT_MEMORY and TARGET_OBJECT_LIBRARIES),
this layer's xfer_partial method delegates the xfer of other objects
to the target beneath:

    default:
      return beneath->xfer_partial (object, annex,
                                    readbuf, writebuf, offset, len,
                                    xfered_len);

Unfortunately, there is no "beneath layer" in this case, so
beneath is NULL and dereferencing it leads to the SEGV.

This patch fixes the issue by checking beneath before trying
to delegate the request.

gdb/ChangeLog:

        * windows-nat.c (windows_nat_target::xfer_partial): Return
        TARGET_XFER_E_IO if we need to delegate to the target beneath
        but BENEATH is NULL.

gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:

        * gdb.mi/list-thread-groups-no-inferior.exp: New testcase.

4 files changed, 64 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index d0c4302..b5580c4 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2018-06-04  Joel Brobecker  <brobecker@adacore.com>
+
+	* windows-nat.c (windows_nat_target::xfer_partial): Return
+	TARGET_XFER_E_IO if we need to delegate to the target beneath
+	but BENEATH is NULL.
+
 2018-06-04  Simon Marchi  <simon.marchi@ericsson.com>
 
 	* Makefile.in (config.status): Add configure.nat as a
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
index 8cef172..0e98d7e 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2018-06-04  Joel Brobecker  <brobecker@adacore.com>
+
+	* gdb.mi/list-thread-groups-no-inferior.exp: New testcase.
+
 2018-06-01  Joel Brobecker  <brobecker@adacore.com>
 
 	* gdb.ada/bp_fun_addr: New testcase.
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.mi/list-thread-groups-no-inferior.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.mi/list-thread-groups-no-inferior.exp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9ab3838
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.mi/list-thread-groups-no-inferior.exp
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+# Copyright 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# The purpose of this test is to verify that GDB is able to handle
+# the "-list-thread-groups --available" command, even when there is
+# no inferior. In particular, we want to verify that GDB does not
+# crash.
+
+load_lib mi-support.exp
+set MIFLAGS "-i=mi"
+
+gdb_exit
+if [mi_gdb_start] {
+    continue
+}
+
+# Try the "-list-thread-groups --available".  This command can generate
+# a very large amount of output, potentially exceeding expect's buffer
+# size.  So we consume the output in chunks.
+
+set test "-list-thread-groups --available"
+gdb_test_multiple $test $test {
+    -re "\}" {
+        exp_continue
+    }
+    -re "\r\n$gdb_prompt " {
+        pass $test
+    }
+}
+
+# Verify that GDB is still alive.
+
+mi_gdb_test "-data-evaluate-expression 1" \
+            ".*\\^done,value=\"1\"" \
+            "GDB is still alive"
diff --git a/gdb/windows-nat.c b/gdb/windows-nat.c
index 0f24257..e3e36cd 100644
--- a/gdb/windows-nat.c
+++ b/gdb/windows-nat.c
@@ -2966,6 +2966,13 @@ windows_nat_target::xfer_partial (enum target_object object,
 					    writebuf, offset, len, xfered_len);
 
     default:
+      if (beneath == NULL)
+	{
+	  /* This can happen when requesting the transfer of unsupported
+	     objects before a program has been started (and therefore
+	     with the current_target having no target beneath).  */
+	  return TARGET_XFER_E_IO;
+	}
       return beneath->xfer_partial (object, annex,
 				    readbuf, writebuf, offset, len,
 				    xfered_len);