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authorKevin Buettner <kevinb@redhat.com>2023-08-01 13:33:24 -0700
committerKevin Buettner <kevinb@redhat.com>2023-08-11 20:54:09 -0700
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gdbserver: Reinstall software single-step breakpoints in resume_stopped_resumed_lwps
At the moment, while performing a software single-step, gdbserver fails to reinsert software single-step breakpoints for a LWP when interrupted by a signal in another thread. This commit fixes this problem by reinstalling software single-step breakpoints in linux_process_target::resume_stopped_resumed_lwps in gdbserver/linux-low.cc. This bug was discovered due to a failing assert in maybe_hw_step() in gdbserver/linux-low.cc. Looking at the backtrace revealed that the caller was linux_process_target::resume_stopped_resumed_lwps. I was uncertain whether the assert should still be valid when called from that method, so I tried hoisting the assert from maybe_hw_step to all callers except resume_stopped_resumed_lwps. But running the new test case, described below, showed that merely eliminating the assert for this case was NOT a good fix - a study of the log file for the test showed that the single-step operation failed to occur. Instead GDB (via gdbserver) stopped at the next breakpoint that was hit. Zhiyong Yan had proposed a fix which resinserted software single-step breakpoints, albeit at a different location in linux-low.cc. Testing revealed that, while running gdb.threads/pending-fork-event-detach, the executable associated with that test would die due to a SIGTRAP after the test program was detached. Examination of the core file(s) showed that a breakpoint instruction had been left in program memory. Test results were otherwise very good, so Zhiyong was definitely on the right track! This commit causes software single-step breakpoint(s) to be inserted before the call to maybe_hw_step in resume_stopped_resumed_lwps. This will cause 'has_single_step_breakpoints (thread)' to be true, so that the assert in maybe_hw_step... /* GDBserver must insert single-step breakpoint for software single step. */ gdb_assert (has_single_step_breakpoints (thread)); ...will no longer fail. And better still, the single-step breakpoints are reinstalled, so that stepping will actually work, even when interrupted. The C code for the test case was loosely adapted from the reproducer provided in Zhiyong's bug report for this problem. The .exp file was copied from next-fork-other-thread.exp and then tweaked slightly. As noted in a comment in next-fork-exec-other-thread.exp, I had to remove "on" from the loop for non-stop as it was failing on all architectures (including x86-64) that I tested. I have a feeling that it ought to work, but this can be investigated separately and (re)enabled once it works. I also increased the number of iterations for the loop running the "next" commands. I've had some test runs which don't show the bug until the loop counter exceeded 100 iterations. The C file for the new test uses shorter delays than next-fork-other-thread.c though, so it doesn't take overly long (IMO) to run this new test. Running the new test on a Raspberry Pi w/ a 32-bit (Arm) kernel and userland using a gdbserver build without the fix in this commit shows the following results: FAIL: gdb.threads/next-fork-exec-other-thread.exp: fork_func=fork: target-non-stop=auto: non-stop=off: displaced-stepping=auto: i=12: next to other line FAIL: gdb.threads/next-fork-exec-other-thread.exp: fork_func=fork: target-non-stop=auto: non-stop=off: displaced-stepping=on: i=9: next to other line FAIL: gdb.threads/next-fork-exec-other-thread.exp: fork_func=fork: target-non-stop=auto: non-stop=off: displaced-stepping=off: i=18: next to other line FAIL: gdb.threads/next-fork-exec-other-thread.exp: fork_func=fork: target-non-stop=off: non-stop=off: displaced-stepping=auto: i=3: next to other line FAIL: gdb.threads/next-fork-exec-other-thread.exp: fork_func=fork: target-non-stop=off: non-stop=off: displaced-stepping=on: i=11: next to other line FAIL: gdb.threads/next-fork-exec-other-thread.exp: fork_func=fork: target-non-stop=off: non-stop=off: displaced-stepping=off: i=1: next to other line FAIL: gdb.threads/next-fork-exec-other-thread.exp: fork_func=vfork: target-non-stop=auto: non-stop=off: displaced-stepping=auto: i=1: next to break here FAIL: gdb.threads/next-fork-exec-other-thread.exp: fork_func=vfork: target-non-stop=auto: non-stop=off: displaced-stepping=on: i=3: next to break here FAIL: gdb.threads/next-fork-exec-other-thread.exp: fork_func=vfork: target-non-stop=auto: non-stop=off: displaced-stepping=off: i=1: next to break here FAIL: gdb.threads/next-fork-exec-other-thread.exp: fork_func=vfork: target-non-stop=on: non-stop=off: displaced-stepping=auto: i=47: next to other line FAIL: gdb.threads/next-fork-exec-other-thread.exp: fork_func=vfork: target-non-stop=on: non-stop=off: displaced-stepping=on: i=57: next to other line FAIL: gdb.threads/next-fork-exec-other-thread.exp: fork_func=vfork: target-non-stop=off: non-stop=off: displaced-stepping=auto: i=1: next to break here FAIL: gdb.threads/next-fork-exec-other-thread.exp: fork_func=vfork: target-non-stop=off: non-stop=off: displaced-stepping=on: i=10: next to break here FAIL: gdb.threads/next-fork-exec-other-thread.exp: fork_func=vfork: target-non-stop=off: non-stop=off: displaced-stepping=off: i=1: next to break here === gdb Summary === # of unexpected core files 12 # of expected passes 3011 # of unexpected failures 14 Each of the 12 core files were caused by the failed assertion in maybe_hw_step in linux-low.c. These correspond to 12 of the unexpected failures. When the tests are run using a gdbserver build which includes the fix in this commit, the results are significantly better, but not perfect: FAIL: gdb.threads/next-fork-exec-other-thread.exp: fork_func=vfork: target-non-stop=on: non-stop=off: displaced-stepping=auto: i=143: next to other line FAIL: gdb.threads/next-fork-exec-other-thread.exp: fork_func=vfork: target-non-stop=on: non-stop=off: displaced-stepping=on: i=25: next to other line === gdb Summary === # of expected passes 10178 # of unexpected failures 2 I think that the two remaining failures are due to some different problem. They are also racy - I've seen runs with no failures or only one failure, but never more than two. Also, those runs were conducted with the loop count in next-fork-exec-other-thread.exp set to 200. During his testing of this fix and the new test case, Luis Machado found that this test was taking a long time and asked about ways to speed it up. I then conducted additional tests in which I gradually reduced the loop count, timing each one, also noting the number of failures. With the loop count set to 30, I found that I could still reliably reproduce the failures that Zhiyong reported (in which, with the proper settings, core files are created). But, with the loop count set to 30, the other failures noted above were much less likely to show up. Anyone wishing to investigate those other failures should set the loop count back up to 200. Running the new test on x86-64 and aarch64, both native and native-gdbserver shows no failures. Also, I see no regressions when running the entire test suite for armv7l-unknown-linux-gnueabihf (i.e. the Raspberry Pi w/ 32-bit kernel+userland) with --target_board=native-gdbserver. Additionally, using --target_board=native-gdbserver, I also see no regressions for the entire test suite for x86-64 and aarch64 running Fedora 38. Bug: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30387 Co-Authored-By: Zhiyong Yan <zhiyong.yan@windriver.com> Tested-By: Zhiyong Yan <zhiyong.yan@windriver.com> Tested-By: Luis Machado <luis.machado@arm.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'gdbserver')
-rw-r--r--gdbserver/linux-low.cc7
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gdbserver/linux-low.cc b/gdbserver/linux-low.cc
index 651f219..e1806ad 100644
--- a/gdbserver/linux-low.cc
+++ b/gdbserver/linux-low.cc
@@ -2463,7 +2463,12 @@ linux_process_target::resume_stopped_resumed_lwps (thread_info *thread)
int step = 0;
if (thread->last_resume_kind == resume_step)
- step = maybe_hw_step (thread);
+ {
+ if (supports_software_single_step ())
+ install_software_single_step_breakpoints (lp);
+
+ step = maybe_hw_step (thread);
+ }
threads_debug_printf ("resuming stopped-resumed LWP %s at %s: step=%d",
target_pid_to_str (ptid_of (thread)).c_str (),