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authorMark Kettenis <kettenis@gnu.org>2000-04-30 09:34:13 +0000
committerMark Kettenis <kettenis@gnu.org>2000-04-30 09:34:13 +0000
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2000-04-30 Mark Kettenis <kettenis@gnu.org>
Fix single-stepping out of signal trampolines. * config/i386/nm-linux.h (CHILD_RESUME): Define. * i386-linux-nat.c (child_resume): New function.
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-rw-r--r--gdb/config/i386/nm-linux.h3
-rw-r--r--gdb/i386-linux-nat.c85
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diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index ddbf754..463d9c1 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2000-04-30 Mark Kettenis <kettenis@gnu.org>
+
+ Fix single-stepping out of signal trampolines.
+ * config/i386/nm-linux.h (CHILD_RESUME): Define.
+ * i386-linux-nat.c (child_resume): New function.
+
Fri Apr 28 16:22:34 2000 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
* blockframe.c (frameless_look_for_prologue): Use
diff --git a/gdb/config/i386/nm-linux.h b/gdb/config/i386/nm-linux.h
index 1095fa0..4fb6965 100644
--- a/gdb/config/i386/nm-linux.h
+++ b/gdb/config/i386/nm-linux.h
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ extern int kernel_u_size PARAMS ((void));
#define CANNOT_FETCH_REGISTER(regno) ((regno) >= NUM_GREGS)
#define CANNOT_STORE_REGISTER(regno) CANNOT_FETCH_REGISTER (regno)
+/* Override child_resume in `infptrace.c'. */
+#define CHILD_RESUME
+
extern CORE_ADDR
i386_stopped_by_watchpoint PARAMS ((int));
extern int
diff --git a/gdb/i386-linux-nat.c b/gdb/i386-linux-nat.c
index 93ea241..2bfac29 100644
--- a/gdb/i386-linux-nat.c
+++ b/gdb/i386-linux-nat.c
@@ -951,6 +951,91 @@ fetch_core_registers (char *core_reg_sect, unsigned core_reg_size,
}
+/* The instruction for a Linux system call is:
+ int $0x80
+ or 0xcd 0x80. */
+
+static const unsigned char linux_syscall[] = { 0xcd, 0x80 };
+
+#define LINUX_SYSCALL_LEN (sizeof linux_syscall)
+
+/* The system call number is stored in the %eax register. */
+#define LINUX_SYSCALL_REGNUM 0 /* %eax */
+
+/* We are specifically interested in the sigreturn and rt_sigreturn
+ system calls. */
+
+#ifndef SYS_sigreturn
+#define SYS_sigreturn 0x77
+#endif
+#ifndef SYS_rt_sigreturn
+#define SYS_rt_sigreturn 0xad
+#endif
+
+/* Offset to saved processor flags, from <asm/sigcontext.h>. */
+#define LINUX_SIGCONTEXT_EFLAGS_OFFSET (64)
+
+/* Resume execution of the inferior process.
+ If STEP is nonzero, single-step it.
+ If SIGNAL is nonzero, give it that signal. */
+
+void
+child_resume (int pid, int step, enum target_signal signal)
+{
+ int request = PTRACE_CONT;
+
+ if (pid == -1)
+ /* Resume all threads. */
+ /* I think this only gets used in the non-threaded case, where "resume
+ all threads" and "resume inferior_pid" are the same. */
+ pid = inferior_pid;
+
+ if (step)
+ {
+ CORE_ADDR pc = read_pc_pid (pid);
+ unsigned char buf[LINUX_SYSCALL_LEN];
+
+ request = PTRACE_SINGLESTEP;
+
+ /* Returning from a signal trampoline is done by calling a
+ special system call (sigreturn or rt_sigreturn, see
+ i386-linux-tdep.c for more information). This system call
+ restores the registers that were saved when the signal was
+ raised, including %eflags. That means that single-stepping
+ won't work. Instead, we'll have to modify the signal context
+ that's about to be restored, and set the trace flag there. */
+
+ /* First check if PC is at a system call. */
+ if (read_memory_nobpt (pc, (char *) buf, LINUX_SYSCALL_LEN) == 0
+ && memcmp (buf, linux_syscall, LINUX_SYSCALL_LEN) == 0)
+ {
+ int syscall = read_register_pid (LINUX_SYSCALL_REGNUM, pid);
+
+ /* Then check the system call number. */
+ if (syscall == SYS_sigreturn || syscall == SYS_rt_sigreturn)
+ {
+ CORE_ADDR sp = read_register (SP_REGNUM);
+ CORE_ADDR addr = sp;
+ unsigned long int eflags;
+
+ if (syscall == SYS_rt_sigreturn)
+ addr = read_memory_integer (sp + 8, 4) + 20;
+
+ /* Set the trace flag in the context that's about to be
+ restored. */
+ addr += LINUX_SIGCONTEXT_EFLAGS_OFFSET;
+ read_memory (addr, (char *) &eflags, 4);
+ eflags |= 0x0100;
+ write_memory (addr, (char *) &eflags, 4);
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
+ if (ptrace (request, pid, 0, target_signal_to_host (signal)) == -1)
+ perror_with_name ("ptrace");
+}
+
+
/* Calling functions in shared libraries. */
/* FIXME: kettenis/2000-03-05: Doesn't this belong in a
target-dependent file? The function