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-rw-r--r--gdb/event-top.c16
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/event-top.c b/gdb/event-top.c
index 290c3d8..00adbe8f 100644
--- a/gdb/event-top.c
+++ b/gdb/event-top.c
@@ -186,6 +186,22 @@ gdb_rl_callback_read_char_wrapper_noexcept () noexcept
TRY_SJLJ
{
rl_callback_read_char ();
+#if RL_VERSION_MAJOR >= 8
+ /* It can happen that readline (while in rl_callback_read_char)
+ received a signal, but didn't handle it yet. Make sure it's handled
+ now. If we don't do that we run into two related problems:
+ - we have to wait for another event triggering
+ rl_callback_read_char before the signal is handled
+ - there's no guarantee that the signal will be processed before the
+ event. */
+ while (rl_pending_signal () != 0)
+ /* Do this in a while loop, in case rl_check_signals also leaves a
+ pending signal. I'm not sure if that's possible, but it seems
+ better to handle the scenario than to assert. */
+ rl_check_signals ();
+#else
+ /* Unfortunately, rl_check_signals is not available. */
+#endif
if (after_char_processing_hook)
(*after_char_processing_hook) ();
}