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2016-08-22Fix PR gdb/20505 - Make vDSO detection work with core filesPedro Alves4-29/+97
Loading a core dump that was either generated on a system running pristine glibc master, or on a Fedora/RHEL system with LD_DEBUG=unused set in the environment, solib-svr4.c:svr4_current_sos fails to filter out the vDSO, resulting in: (gdb) core-file corefile.core^M [New LWP 2362]^M warning: Could not load shared library symbols for linux-vdso.so.1.^M Do you need "set solib-search-path" or "set sysroot"?^M Core was generated by `build-gdb/gdb/testsuite/outputs/gdb.base/corefile/'.^M ... The problem is that gdbarch_vsyscall_range does not support core inferiors at all. When live debugging, we're finding the vDSO's start address with auxv/AT_SYSINFO_EHDR, and then we find the vDSO's size by look for the corresponding mapping, by parsing /proc/PID/maps. When debugging a core dump, we can also determine the starting address from auxv/AT_SYSINFO_EHDR. However, we obviously can't read the core mappings out of the host's /proc. But we can instead look for a corresponding load segment in the core's bfd. gdb/ChangeLog: 2016-08-22 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> PR gdb/20505 * linux-tdep.c (linux_vsyscall_range_raw): For core inferiors, find the vDSO's start address with AT_SYSINFO_EHDR too, and determine the vDSO's size by finding the PT_LOAD segment that matches AT_SYSINFO_EHDR. gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog: 2016-08-22 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> PR gdb/20505 * gdb.base/vdso-warning.exp: Test core dumps too. Use with_test_prefix. Factor out bits to ... (test_no_vdso): ... this new procedure.
2016-08-19Fix missing files for ld when test suite not compiled in the source directoryCarl E. Love7-22/+23
This patch fixes an issues with six test suite expect files that do not run correctly when the test suite is not built in the source directory. The issue is these tests are not using the current "standard_testfile" call but rather using the older set command to initialize the "testfile", "srcfile" and "binprefix" variables or are missing the set for the "binprefix" variable. ----------------------------------------------- gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog 2016-08-19 Carl Love <cel@us.ibm.com> * gdb.arch/altivec-regs.exp: Use standard_testfile instead of maintaining separate logic for constructing the output path. * gdb.arch/powerpc-d128-regs.exp: Likewise. * gdb.arch/ppc-dfp.exp: Likewise. * gdb.arch/ppc-fp.exp: Likewise. * gdb.arch/vsx-regs.exp: Likewise. * gdb.arch/altivec-abi.exp: Likewise, plus added local variable binprefix for generating the additional binary files.
2016-08-19[AArch64] Match instruction "STP with base register" in prologueYao Qi2-2/+8
Nowadays, we only match pre-indexed STP in prologue. Due to the change in gcc, https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2016-07/msg01933.html, it may generate "STP with base register" in prologue, which GDB doesn't handle. That is to say, previously GCC generates prologue like this, sub sp, sp, #490 stp x29, x30, [sp, #-96]! mov x29, sp with the gcc patch above, GCC generates prologue like like this, sub sp, sp, #4f0 stp x29, x30, [sp] mov x29, sp This patch is to teach GDB to recognize this instruction in prologue analysis. gdb: 2016-08-19 Yao Qi <yao.qi@linaro.org> * aarch64-tdep.c (aarch64_analyze_prologue): Handle register based STP instruction.
2016-08-19null-terminate string in linespec_location_completerYao Qi2-1/+7
If I build gdb with -fsanitize=address and run tests, I get error, malformed linespec error: unexpected colon^M (gdb) PASS: gdb.linespec/ls-errs.exp: lang=C: break : break :=================================================================^M ==3266==ERROR: AddressSanitizer: heap-buffer-overflow on address 0x602000051451 at pc 0x2b5797a972a8 bp 0x7fffd8e0f3c0 sp 0x7fffd8e0f398^M READ of size 2 at 0x602000051451 thread T0 #0 0x2b5797a972a7 in __interceptor_strlen (/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libasan.so.1+0x322a7)^M #1 0x7bd004 in compare_filenames_for_search(char const*, char const*) /home/yao/SourceCode/gnu/gdb/git/gdb/symtab.c:316^M #2 0x7bd310 in iterate_over_some_symtabs(char const*, char const*, int (*)(symtab*, void*), void*, compunit_symtab*, compunit_symtab*) /home/yao/SourceCode/gnu/gdb/git/gdb/symtab.c:411^M #3 0x7bd775 in iterate_over_symtabs(char const*, int (*)(symtab*, void*), void*) /home/yao/SourceCode/gnu/gdb/git/gdb/symtab.c:481^M #4 0x7bda15 in lookup_symtab(char const*) /home/yao/SourceCode/gnu/gdb/git/gdb/symtab.c:527^M #5 0x7d5e2a in make_file_symbol_completion_list_1 /home/yao/SourceCode/gnu/gdb/git/gdb/symtab.c:5635^M #6 0x7d61e1 in make_file_symbol_completion_list(char const*, char const*, char const*) /home/yao/SourceCode/gnu/gdb/git/gdb/symtab.c:5684^M #7 0x88dc06 in linespec_location_completer /home/yao/SourceCode/gnu/gdb/git/gdb/completer.c:288 .... 0x602000051451 is located 0 bytes to the right of 1-byte region [0x602000051450,0x602000051451)^M mallocated by thread T0 here: #0 0x2b5797ab97ef in __interceptor_malloc (/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libasan.so.1+0x547ef)^M #1 0xbbfb8d in xmalloc /home/yao/SourceCode/gnu/gdb/git/gdb/common/common-utils.c:43^M #2 0x88dabd in linespec_location_completer /home/yao/SourceCode/gnu/gdb/git/gdb/completer.c:273^M #3 0x88e5ef in location_completer(cmd_list_element*, char const*, char const*) /home/yao/SourceCode/gnu/gdb/git/gdb/completer.c:531^M #4 0x8902e7 in complete_line_internal /home/yao/SourceCode/gnu/gdb/git/gdb/completer.c:964^ The code in question is here file_to_match = (char *) xmalloc (colon - text + 1); strncpy (file_to_match, text, colon - text + 1); it is likely that file_to_match is not null-terminated. The patch is to strncpy 'colon - text' bytes and explicitly set '\0'. gdb: 2016-08-19 Yao Qi <yao.qi@linaro.org> * completer.c (linespec_location_completer): Make file_to_match null-terminated.
2016-08-19x32: Fix gdb.trace/mi-trace-frame-collected.expPedro Alves2-2/+17
gdb.trace/mi-trace-frame-collected.exp has a couple failures on x32: FAIL: gdb.trace/mi-trace-frame-collected.exp: live: -trace-frame-collected (register) FAIL: gdb.trace/mi-trace-frame-collected.exp: tfile: -trace-frame-collected (register) gdb.log: -trace-frame-collected ^done,explicit-variables=[{name="gdb_char_test",value="0 '\\000'"}],computed-expressions=[],registers=[{number="16",value="0x4004dc"},{number="204",value="0x4004dc"}],tvars =[],memory=[{address="0x00601060",length="1"}] (gdb) FAIL: gdb.trace/mi-trace-frame-collected.exp: live: -trace-frame-collected (register) [...] -trace-frame-collected ^done,explicit-variables=[{name="gdb_char_test",value="0 '\\000'"}],computed-expressions=[],registers=[{number="16",value="0x4004dc"},{number="204",value="0x4004dc"}],tvars =[],memory=[{address="0x00601060",length="1"}] (gdb) FAIL: gdb.trace/mi-trace-frame-collected.exp: tfile: -trace-frame-collected (register) This test only collects the PC, and thus expects to only see one register in the output of -trace-frame-collected. However, while on the 64-bit ABI gdb only exposes 64-bit $pc/$rip (register 16 above), on x32, GDB exposes 32-bit $eip as well, as a pseudo-register (register 204 above). Thus, collecting $pc/$rip automatically always collects $eip as well. gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog: 2016-08-19 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> * gdb.trace/mi-trace-frame-collected.exp (test_trace_frame_collected): On x32, expect two registers.
2016-08-19x32: gdb: Fix 'call' insn relocation with qRelocInsnPedro Alves2-5/+42
Running the fast tracepoints tests against x32 gdbserver exposes a latent bug. E.g.,: (gdb) continue Continuing. Reading /media/sf_host-pedro/gdb/mygit/build-ubuntu-x32/gdb/testsuite/outputs/gdb.trace/change-loc/change-loc-2.sl from remote target... Thread 1 "change-loc" received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. func4 () at /home/pedro/gdb/src/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/change-loc.h:24 24 } (gdb) FAIL: gdb.trace/change-loc.exp: 1 ftrace: continue to marker 2 The test sets a fast tracepoint on a shared library. On x32, shared libraries end up loaded somewhere in the upper 2GB of the 4GB address space x32 has access to. When gdbserver needs to copy an instruction to execute it in the jump pad, it asks gdb to relocate/adjust it, with the qRelocInsn packet. gdb converts "call" instructions into a "push $<2GB-4GB addr> + jmp" sequence, however, the "pushq" instruction sign extends its operand, so later when the called function returns, it returns to an incorrectly sign-extended address. E.g., 0xfffffffffabc0000 instead of 0xfabc0000, resulting in the segmentation fault. Fix this by converting calls at such addresses to "sub + mov + jmp" sequences instead. gdb/ChangeLog: 2016-08-19 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> * amd64-tdep.c (amd64_relocate_instruction) <callq>: Handle return addresses over 0x7fffffff.
2016-08-19x32: gdbserver's agent bytecode JIT: fix "call" emissionPedro Alves2-0/+6
Running fast tracepoint tests on x32 exposes a latent bug in the agent bytecode jitting. There's a code path that forgets to emit the call opcode... Whoops. Fixes a bunch of gdb.trace/trace-condition.exp FAILs, like: (gdb) continue Continuing. Thread 1 "trace-condition" received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. 0x7ffec016 in ?? () (gdb) FAIL: gdb.trace/trace-condition.exp: ftrace: $rip == *set_point: advance through tracing gdb/gdbserver/ChangeLog: 2016-08-19 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> * linux-x86-low.c (amd64_emit_call): Emit missing call opcode.
2016-08-19x32: Avoid unsigned long when installing fast tracepoint jump padsPedro Alves2-3/+8
We're casting through unsigned long to write a 64-bit immediate operand of movabs (the comment said movl, but that was incorrect). The problem is that unsigned long is 32-bit on x32, so we were writing fewer bytes than necessary. Fix this by using an 8 byte memcpy like in other similar places in the function. gdb/gdbserver/ChangeLog: 2016-08-19 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> * linux-x86-low.c (amd64_install_fast_tracepoint_jump_pad): Fix comment. Use memcpy instead of casting through unsigned long.
2016-08-19x32 Fast tracepoints: Customize jump pad addressPedro Alves2-4/+53
MAP_32BIT is ignored on x32, meaning the jump pad can end up somewhere between 2GB and 4GB, too far away from the executable for 5-byte relative jumps (JMP rel32). So on x32, try explicitly placing the jump pad near the middle of the available address space. gdb/gdbserver/ChangeLog: 2016-08-19 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> * linux-amd64-ipa.c (alloc_jump_pad_buffer) [__ILP32__]: Try allocating around 0x80000000.
2016-08-19x32 Fast tracepoints: IPA target descriptionsPedro Alves6-5/+98
Building GDB for x32 fails building the IPA, with: .../src/gdb/gdbserver/linux-amd64-ipa.c: In function ‘const target_desc* get_ipa_tdesc(int)’: .../src/gdb/gdbserver/linux-amd64-ipa.c:182:14: error: ‘tdesc_amd64_avx_linux’ was not declared in this scope return tdesc_amd64_avx_linux; ^ .../src/gdb/gdbserver/linux-amd64-ipa.c:184:14: error: ‘tdesc_amd64_mpx_linux’ was not declared in this scope return tdesc_amd64_mpx_linux; ^ .../src/gdb/gdbserver/linux-amd64-ipa.c:186:14: error: ‘tdesc_amd64_avx_mpx_linux’ was not declared in this scope return tdesc_amd64_avx_mpx_linux; ^ [...] The problem is that the IPA is trying to use the 64-bit descriptions, when it should be using the x32 ones. gdb/gdbserver/ChangeLog: 2016-08-19 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> PR gdb/20415 * Makefile.in (x32-linux-ipa.o, x32-avx-linux-ipa.o) (x32-avx512-linux-ipa.o): New rules. * configure.ac (x86_64-*-linux*): New x32 check. * configure.srv (ipa_x32_linux_regobj): New. (x86_64-*-linux*): Use $ipa_x32_linux_regobj if building for x32. * linux-amd64-ipa.c (get_ipa_tdesc) [__ILP32__]: Return x32 descriptions. (initialize_low_tracepoint) [__ILP32__]: Initialize x32 descriptions. * configure: Regenerate.
2016-08-18Add ChangeLog updates to my previous two commitsCarl E. Love2-0/+10
gdb/ChangeLog: * MAINTAINERS (Write After Approval): Add "Carl Love". gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog: * gdb.arch/powerpc-power.s: Add new Power9 instruction tests and sync up the test with tests in gas/testsuite/gas/ppc. * gdb.arch/powerpc-power.exp: Likewise.
2016-08-18Fix for powerpc-power.exp gdb regression test for Power 9Carl Love2-505/+2717
The GDB testsuite reports 5 test failures on Power 7 instructions. Additionally the ppc test is missing the new Power 9 instructions as well as a large number of older instructions. Additionally, some instruction names have changed or been deleted. This patch fixes the test failures and completely updates the test to make it consistent with the supported Power 9 instructions listed in: gas/testsuite/gas/ppc/power7.d gas/testsuite/gas/ppc/power8.d gas/testsuite/gas/ppc/power9.d gas/testsuite/gas/ppc/altivec.d gas/testsuite/gas/ppc/altivec2.d gas/testsuite/gas/ppc/altivec3.d gas/testsuite/gas/ppc/vsx.d gas/testsuite/gas/ppc/vsx2.d gas/testsuite/gas/ppc/vsx3.d ----------------------------------------------------- gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog 2016-08-18 Carl Love <cel@us.ibm.com> * gdb.arch/powerpc-power.s: Add new Power9 instruction tests and sync up the test with tests in gas/testsuite/gas/ppc. * gdb.arch/powerpc-power.exp: Likewise.
2016-08-18Add myself as write-after-approval GDB maintainer.Carl E. Love1-0/+1
gdb/ChangeLog: * MAINTAINERS (Write After Approval): Add "Carl Love".
2016-08-18ppc: Fix record of HTM instructionsEdjunior Barbosa Machado2-5/+9
The patch fixes the record support of Hardware Transactional Memory instructions on Power. It also solves a large number of unexpected failures from gdb.reverse testcases sigall-precsave.exp and sigall-reverse.exp that occur on distros which glibc uses HTM instructions. gdb/ChangeLog 2016-08-18 Edjunior Barbosa Machado <emachado@linux.vnet.ibm.com> * rs6000-tdep.c (ppc_process_record_op31): Handle HTM instructions.
2016-08-17Fix remove-inferior error messageSimon Marchi4-2/+11
This error message should not contain the word symbol: (gdb) remove-inferiors 1 Warning: Can not remove current symbol inferior 1. gdb/ChangeLog: * inferior.c (remove_inferior_command): Fix error message. gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog: * gdb.multi/remove-inferiors.exp (test_remove_inferiors): Fix expected error message.
2016-08-17Add remove-inferiors testSimon Marchi3-0/+98
I noticed that the remove-inferiors command was not tested, and as I am doing some changes related to the user selection, I want to make sure I don't break it. For example, I want to make sure it's not possible to remove the current inferior. gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog: * gdb.multi/remove-inferiors.exp: New file. * gdb.multi/remove-inferiors.c: New file.
2016-08-17Remove stale commentSimon Marchi2-2/+4
This comment seems outdated, since exiting an inferior does not remove it. gdb/ChangeLog: * inferior.c (exit_inferior_1): Remove comment.
2016-08-15[GDB] Fix builds broken by proc-service changes.Matthew Wahab2-2/+8
GLIBC BZ#20311 introduced a change to install proc_service.h so that gdb didn't have to use the version it embeds in gdb_proc_service.h. The embedded version is guarded by HAVE_PROC_SERVICE_H and gdb_proc_service.h has a number other of includes and definitions, all of which are uncondional except for an include for gregset.h. This is only included if HAVE_PROC_SERIVCE_H is not defined. This causes a build failure when cross compiling gdb with the latest glibc because type definitions in gregset are used independently of HAVE_PROC_SERIVCE_H. In particular, they are used in gdb_proc_service.h when PRFPREGSET_T_BROKEN is set. The error messages on the failure are ---- binutils-gdb/gdb/gdb_proc_service.h:173:9: error: ‘gdb_fpregset_t’ does not name a type; did you mean ‘elf_fpregset_t’? typedef gdb_fpregset_t gdb_prfpregset_t; ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~ elf_fpregset_t binutils-gdb/gdb/gdb_proc_service.h:173:9: error: ‘gdb_fpregset_t’ does not name a type; did you mean ‘elf_fpregset_t’? typedef gdb_fpregset_t gdb_prfpregset_t; ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~ elf_fpregset_t binutils-gdb/gdb/proc-service.c:218:15: error: ‘gdb_prfpregset_t’ does not name a type; did you mean ‘gdb_fpregset_t’? const gdb_prfpregset_t *fpregset) ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ gdb_fpregset_t ---- This patch moves the include for gregset.h to before the code guarded by HAVE_PROC_SERIVCE_H, so that it is always included. This is enough to fix the build. 2016-08-15 Matthew Wahab <matthew.wahab@arm.com> PR gdb/20457 * gdb_proc_service.h: Add an include of gregset.h [!HAVE_PROC_SERVICE_H]: Remove the include of gregset.h.
2016-08-15Fix heap-buffer-overflow in explicit_location_lex_oneYao Qi2-3/+8
I build GDB with -fsanitize=address, and see the error in tests, (gdb) PASS: gdb.linespec/ls-errs.exp: lang=C++: break 3 foo break -line 3 foo^M =================================================================^M ==4401==ERROR: AddressSanitizer: heap-buffer-overflow on address 0x603000047487 at pc 0x819d8e bp 0x7fff4e4e6bb0 sp 0x7fff4e4e6ba8^M READ of size 1 at 0x603000047487 thread T0^[[1m^[[0m^M #0 0x819d8d in explicit_location_lex_one /home/yao/SourceCode/gnu/gdb/git/gdb/location.c:502^M #1 0x81a185 in string_to_explicit_location(char const**, language_defn const*, int) /home/yao/SourceCode/gnu/gdb/git/gdb/location.c:556^M #2 0x81ac10 in string_to_event_location(char**, language_defn const*) /home/yao/SourceCode/gnu/gdb/git/gdb/location.c:687^ the code in question is: > /* Special case: C++ operator,. */ > if (language->la_language == language_cplus > && strncmp (*inp, "operator", 8) <--- [1] > && (*inp)[9] == ',') > (*inp) += 9; > ++(*inp); The error is caused by the access to (*inp)[9] if 9 is out of its bounds. However [1] looks odd to me, because if strncmp returns true (non-zero), the following check "(*inp)[9] == ','" makes no sense any more. I suspect it was a typo in the code we meant to "strncmp () == 0". Another problem in the code above is that if *inp is "operator,", we first increment *inp by 9, and then increment it by one again, which is wrong to me. We should only increment *inp by 8 to skip "operator", and go back to the loop header to decide where we stop. gdb: 2016-08-15 Yao Qi <yao.qi@linaro.org> * location.c (explicit_location_lex_one): Compare the return value of strncmp with zero. Don't check (*inp)[9]. Increment *inp by 8.
2016-08-12Fix warning in gdb.base/signals-state-child.cYao Qi2-1/+6
I see the following warning when running signals-state-child.exp. gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/signals-state-child.c:77:4: warning: too many arguments for format [-Wformat-extra-args] fprintf (out, "sigaction={sa_handler=", i); ^ this patch is to remove the argument from fprintf. gdb/testsuite: 2016-08-12 Yao Qi <yao.qi@linaro.org> * gdb.base/signals-state-child.c (main): Remove "i" from fprintf's argument list.
2016-08-11Fix fallout from gdb/20413's fix (x32: linux_ptrace_test_ret_to_nx: Cannot ↵Pedro Alves2-1/+7
PTRACE_PEEKUSER) Fixes, on NIOS GNU/Linux: In file included from /scratch/mbilal/nois-lite/src/gdb-trunk/gdb/gdbserver/../nat/linux-ptrace.c:26:0: /scratch/mbilal/nois-lite/src/gdb-trunk/gdb/gdbserver/../gregset.h:27:23: error: unknown type name 'gregset_t' #define GDB_GREGSET_T gregset_t ^ Fix this by including sys/procfs.h directly. We shouldn't really be including a gdb-only header in a gdb/nat/ file, anyway. Whoops. gdb/ChangeLog: 2016-08-11 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> PR gdb/20413 * nat/linux-ptrace.c: Include <sys/procfs.h> instead of "gregset.h".
2016-08-10Fix PR gdb/19187 (process record over a fork causes internal error)Pedro Alves4-4/+20
Right after a fork is detected, we detach breakpoints from the child (detach_breakpoints), which calls into target_remove_breakpoint with inferior_ptid pointing at the child process, but leaves the breakpoint marked inserted (in the parent). The problem is that record-full.c always deletes all knowledge of the breakpoint. Then when we later really delete the breakpoint from the parent, we fail the assertion, since the breakpoint is unexpectedly not found in the record-full.c breakpoint table. The fix is simply to not forget about the breakpoint if we're detaching it from a fork child. gdb/ChangeLog: 2016-08-10 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> PR gdb/19187 * record-full.c (record_full_remove_breakpoint): Don't remove the breakpoint from the record_full_breakpoints VEC if we're detaching the breakpoint from a fork child. gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog: 2016-08-10 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> PR gdb/19187 * gdb.reverse/waitpid-reverse.exp: Add comment and remove setup_kfails.
2016-08-10Plumb enum remove_bp_reason all the way to target_remove_breakpointPedro Alves16-51/+125
So the target knows whether we're detaching breakpoints. Nothing uses the parameter in this patch yet. gdb/ChangeLog: 2016-08-10 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> PR gdb/19187 * break-catch-sig.c (signal_catchpoint_remove_location): Adjust interface. * break-catch-syscall.c (remove_catch_syscall): * breakpoint.c (enum remove_bp_reason): Moved to breakpoint.h. (remove_breakpoint_1): Pass 'reason' down. (remove_catch_fork, remove_catch_vfork, remove_catch_solib) (remove_catch_exec, remove_watchpoint, remove_masked_watchpoint) (base_breakpoint_remove_location, bkpt_remove_location) (bkpt_probe_remove_location, bkpt_probe_remove_location): Adjust interface. * breakpoint.h (enum remove_bp_reason): Moved here from breakpoint.c. (struct breakpoint_ops) <remove_location>: Add 'reason' parameter. * corelow.c (core_remove_breakpoint): New function. (init_core_ops): Install it as to_remove_breakpoint method. * exec.c (exec_remove_breakpoint): New function. (init_exec_ops): Install it as to_remove_breakpoint method. * mem-break.c (memory_remove_breakpoint): Adjust interface. * record-btrace.c (record_btrace_remove_breakpoint): Adjust interface. * record-full.c (record_full_remove_breakpoint) (record_full_core_remove_breakpoint): Adjust interface. * remote.c (remote_remove_breakpoint): Adjust interface. * target-debug.h (target_debug_print_enum_remove_bp_reason): New macro. * target-delegates.c: Regenerate. * target.c (target_remove_breakpoint): Add 'reason' parameter. * target.h (struct target_ops) <to_remove_breakpoint>: Add 'reason' parameter. (target_remove_breakpoint, memory_remove_breakpoint): Add 'reason' parameter.
2016-08-10Introduce 'enum remove_bp_reason'Pedro Alves2-14/+27
Makes the code more obvious. gdb/ChangeLog: 2016-08-10 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> PR gdb/19187 * breakpoint.c (insertion_state_t): Delete. (enum remove_bp_reason): New. (detach_breakpoints, remove_breakpoint_1, remove_breakpoint): Adjust to use enum remove_bp_reason instead of insertion_state_t.
2016-08-10Simplify remove_breakpoint interfacePedro Alves2-7/+16
All callers pass mark_uninserted, so there's no need for the 'is' parameter. gdb/ChangeLog: 2016-08-10 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> PR gdb/19187 * breakpoint.c (remove_breakpoint): Remove 'is' parameter and always pass mark_uninserted to remove_breakpoint_1. (insert_breakpoint_locations, remove_breakpoints) (remove_breakpoints_pid, update_global_location_list): Update callers.
2016-08-10Support setting thread names (MS-Windows)Руслан Ижбулатов3-11/+100
This is done by catching an exception number 0x406d1388 (it has no documented name, though MSDN dubs it "MS_VC_EXCEPTION" in one code example), which is thrown by the program. The exception record contains an ID of a thread and a name to give it. This requires rolling back some changes in handle_exception(), which now again returns more than two distinct values. The new HANDLE_EXCEPTION_IGNORED value means that gdb should just continue, without returning the thread ID up the stack (which would result in further handling of the exception, which is not what we want). gdb/ChangeLog: 2016-08-10 Руслан Ижбулатов <lrn1986@gmail.com> Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> * windows-nat.c (MS_VC_EXCEPTION): New define. (handle_exception_result): New enum. (windows_delete_thread): Free the thread's name. (handle_exception): Handle MS_VC_EXCEPTION. (get_windows_debug_event): Handle HANDLE_EXCEPTION_IGNORED. (windows_thread_name): New function. (windows_target): Install it as to_thread_name method. * NEWS: Mention the thread naming support on MS-Windows.
2016-08-10Quiet ARI gettext checksPedro Alves2-4/+10
The ARI complains about this new file: common/signals-state-save-restore.c:46: warning: gettext: All messages should be marked up with _. common/signals-state-save-restore.c:59: warning: gettext: All messages should be marked up with _. common/signals-state-save-restore.c:87: warning: gettext: All messages should be marked up with _. common/signals-state-save-restore.c:92: warning: gettext: All messages should be marked up with _. Since these are untranslatable strings, use () instead of _(). gdb/ChangeLog: 2016-08-10 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> * common/signals-state-save-restore.c (save_original_signals_state, restore_original_signals_state): Wrap perror_with_name arguments with '()'.
2016-08-09Fix PR gdb/20418 - Problems with synchronous commands and new-uiPedro Alves11-30/+238
When executing commands on a secondary UI running the MI interpreter, some commands that should be synchronous are not. MI incorrectly continues processing input right after the synchronous command is sent, before the target stops. The problem happens when we emit MI async events (=library-loaded, etc.), and we go about restoring the previous terminal state, we end up calling target_terminal_ours, which incorrectly always installs the current UI's input_fd in the event loop... That is, code like this: old_chain = make_cleanup_restore_target_terminal (); target_terminal_ours_for_output (); fprintf_unfiltered (mi->event_channel, "library-loaded"); ... do_cleanups (old_chain); The fix is to move the add_file_handler/delete_file_handler calls out of target_terminal_$foo, making these completely no-ops unless called with the main UI as current UI. gdb/ChangeLog: 2016-08-09 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> PR gdb/20418 * event-top.c (ui_register_input_event_handler) (ui_unregister_input_event_handler): New functions. (async_enable_stdin): Register input in the event loop. (async_disable_stdin): Unregister input from the event loop. (gdb_setup_readline): Register input in the event loop. * infrun.c (check_curr_ui_sync_execution_done): Register input in the event loop. * target.c (target_terminal_inferior): Don't unregister input from the event loop. (target_terminal_ours): Don't register input in the event loop. * target.h (target_terminal_inferior) (target_terminal_ours_for_output, target_terminal_ours): Update comments. * top.h (ui_register_input_event_handler) (ui_unregister_input_event_handler): New declarations. * utils.c (ui_unregister_input_event_handler_cleanup) (prepare_to_handle_input): New functions. (defaulted_query, prompt_for_continue): Use prepare_to_handle_input. gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog: 2016-08-09 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> Simon Marchi <simon.marchi@ericsson.com> PR gdb/20418 * gdb.mi/new-ui-mi-sync.c, gdb.mi/new-ui-mi-sync.exp: New files. * lib/mi-support.exp (mi_expect_interrupt): Remove anchors.
2016-08-09Fix PR mi/20431 - Missing MI prompts after sync execution MI command ↵Pedro Alves4-0/+98
(-exec-continue, etc.) errors gdb 7.11 introduced an MI regression: a failing MI sync execution command misses printing the MI prompt, and then all subsequent command miss it too: $ gdb-7.11.1 -i=mi [...] p 1 &"p 1\n" ~"$1 = 1" ~"\n" ^done (gdb) <<< prompted ok -exec-continue ^error,msg="The program is not being run." <<< missing prompt after this print 1 &"print 1\n" ~"$2 = 1" ~"\n" ^done <<< missing prompt after this gdb 7.10.1 behaved correctly, even with "set mi-async on": -exec-continue ^error,msg="The program is not being run." (gdb) <<< prompted ok etc. Bisecting points at: commit 0b333c5e7d6c Author: Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> Date: Wed Sep 9 18:23:23 2015 +0100 Merge async and sync code paths some more [...] The problem is that when an exception is thrown, we leave the prompt state set to PROMPT_BLOCKED, and then mi_execute_command_input_handler doesn't print the prompt. It used to work because before that patch, we happened to skip disabling stdin if the current target didn't do async (which it never does before execution). I was surprised to find that this bug isn't caught by the testsuite, so I made a thorough test that tests all combinations of pairs of: - a failing synchronous execution command - a failing non-execution command - a non-failing command gdb/ChangeLog: 2016-08-09 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> PR mi/20431 * mi/mi-main.c (mi_execute_command): Enable input and set prompt state to PROMPT_NEEDED. gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog: 2016-08-09 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> PR mi/20431 * gdb.mi/mi-cmd-error.exp: New file.
2016-08-09Fix PR gdb/18653: gdb disturbs inferior's inherited signal dispositionsPedro Alves18-7/+386
gdb's (or gdbserver's) own signal handling should not interfere with the signal dispositions their spawned children inherit. However, it currently does. For example, some paths in gdb cause SIGPIPE to be set to SIG_IGN, and as consequence, the child starts with SIGPIPE to set to SIG_IGN too, even though gdb was started with SIGPIPE set to SIG_DFL. This is because the exec family of functions does not reset the signal disposition of signals that are set to SIG_IGN: http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/7908799/xsh/execve.html Signals set to the default action (SIG_DFL) in the calling process image are set to the default action in the new process image. Signals set to be ignored (SIG_IGN) by the calling process image are set to be ignored by the new process image. Signals set to be caught by the calling process image are set to the default action in the new process image (see <signal.h>). And neither does it reset signal masks or flags. In order to be transparent, when spawning new child processes to debug (with "run", etc.), reset signal actions and mask back to what was originally inherited from gdb/gdbserver's parent, just before execing the target program to debug. gdb/ChangeLog: 2016-08-09 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> PR gdb/18653 * Makefile.in (SFILES): Add common/signals-state-save-restore.c. (HFILES_NO_SRCDIR): Add common/signals-state-save-restore.h. (COMMON_OBS): Add signals-state-save-restore.o. (signals-state-save-restore.o): New rule. * configure: Regenerate. * fork-child.c: Include "signals-state-save-restore.h". (fork_inferior): Call restore_original_signals_state. * main.c: Include "signals-state-save-restore.h". (captured_main): Call save_original_signals_state. * common/common.m4: Add sigaction to AC_CHECK_FUNCS checks. * common/signals-state-save-restore.c: New file. * common/signals-state-save-restore.h: New file. gdb/gdbserver/ChangeLog: 2016-08-09 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> PR gdb/18653 * Makefile.in (OBS): Add signals-state-save-restore.o. (signals-state-save-restore.o): New rule. * config.in: Regenerate. * configure: Regenerate. * linux-low.c: Include "signals-state-save-restore.h". (linux_create_inferior): Call restore_original_signals_state. * server.c: Include "dispositions-save-restore.h". (captured_main): Call save_original_signals_state. gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog: 2016-08-09 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> PR gdb/18653 * gdb.base/signals-state-child.c: New file. * gdb.base/signals-state-child.exp: New file. * gdb.gdb/selftest.exp (do_steps_and_nexts): Add new pattern.
2016-08-09Fix PR gdb/20295: GDB segfaults printing bitfield member of optimized out valuePedro Alves4-8/+111
With something like: struct A { int bitfield:4; } var; If 'var' ends up wholly-optimized out, printing 'var.bitfield' crashes gdb here: (top-gdb) bt #0 0x000000000058b89f in extract_unsigned_integer (addr=0x2 <error: Cannot access memory at address 0x2>, len=2, byte_order=BFD_ENDIAN_LITTLE) at /home/pedro/gdb/mygit/src/gdb/findvar.c:109 #1 0x00000000005a187a in unpack_bits_as_long (field_type=0x16cff70, valaddr=0x0, bitpos=16, bitsize=12) at /home/pedro/gdb/mygit/src/gdb/value.c:3347 #2 0x00000000005a1b9d in unpack_value_bitfield (dest_val=0x1b5d9d0, bitpos=16, bitsize=12, valaddr=0x0, embedded_offset=0, val=0x1b5d8d0) at /home/pedro/gdb/mygit/src/gdb/value.c:3441 #3 0x00000000005a2a5f in value_fetch_lazy (val=0x1b5d9d0) at /home/pedro/gdb/mygit/src/gdb/value.c:3958 #4 0x00000000005a10a7 in value_primitive_field (arg1=0x1b5d8d0, offset=0, fieldno=0, arg_type=0x16d04c0) at /home/pedro/gdb/mygit/src/gdb/value.c:3161 #5 0x00000000005b01e5 in do_search_struct_field (name=0x1727c60 "bitfield", arg1=0x1b5d8d0, offset=0, type=0x16d04c0, looking_for_baseclass=0, result_ptr=0x7fffffffcaf8, [...] unpack_value_bitfield is already optimized-out/unavailable -aware: (...) VALADDR points to the contents of VAL. If the VAL's contents required to extract the bitfield from are unavailable/optimized out, DEST_VAL is correspondingly marked unavailable/optimized out. however, it is not considering the case of the value having no contents buffer at all, as can happen through allocate_optimized_out_value. gdb/ChangeLog: 2016-08-09 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> * value.c (unpack_value_bitfield): Skip unpacking if the parent has no contents buffer to begin with. gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog: 2016-08-09 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> * gdb.dwarf2/bitfield-parent-optimized-out.exp: New file.
2016-08-08Regenerate some target description filesPedro Alves5-132/+139
I regenerated all target description .c files from scratch, and got this spurious diff. It's a simple mid-air collision - these files were clearly generated before commit 73b4f516a037 ("maint_print_c_tdesc_cmd: Use type for TYPE_CODE_FLAGS instead of field_type."), which did the global s/field_type/type/, and pushed to master afterwards. gdb/features/ChangeLog: 2016-08-08 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> * features/i386/amd64-avx-mpx-linux.c: Regenerate. * features/i386/amd64-avx-mpx.c: Regenerate. * features/i386/i386-avx-mpx-linux.c: Regenerate. * features/i386/i386-avx-mpx.c: Regenerate.
2016-08-05Remove unused cli_command_loop declarationSimon Marchi2-2/+4
This declaration is not used anymore. gdb/ChangeLog: * event-top.h (cli_command_loop): Remove.
2016-08-05Fix PR remote/20398: File-IO write always outputs "Quit"Pedro Alves2-1/+8
Commit bb7c96deb1a1 ("gdb/remote-fileio.c: Eliminate custom SIGINT signal handler") regressed the File-IO support. Failed output: (gdb) target remote :8888 Remote debugging using :8888 0x00008098 in _start () (gdb) c Continuing. Quit Quit Quit Quit Quit Quit Quit Quit Quit Quit Quit [Inferior 1 (Remote target) exited normally] Expected output: (gdb) target remote :8888 Remote debugging using :8888 0x00008098 in _start () (gdb) c Continuing. i: 0 i: 1 i: 2 i: 3 i: 4 i: 5 i: 6 i: 7 i: 8 i: 9 [Inferior 1 (Remote target) exited normally] The problem that the new File-IO quit handler forgets to check the quit flag before calling throwing a quit. gdb/ChangeLog: 2016-08-05 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> PR remote/20398 * remote-fileio.c (remote_fileio_quit_handler): Check the quit flag before calling quit.
2016-08-05gdb/NEWS: Mention that C++ is now the defaultPedro Alves2-0/+12
gdb/ChangeLog: 2016-08-05 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> * NEWS: Mention that GDB and GDBserver build with a C++ compiler by default.
2016-08-05gdb/configure --help: suggest --disable-build-with-cxx instead of --enable...Pedro Alves5-3/+15
We build by default with a C++ compiler, but "configure --help" still says "--enable-build-with-cxx", which hints that it is by default disabled. Update the --help text. gdb/ChangeLog: 2016-08-05 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> * build-with-cxx.m4: Change help string to be in terms of --disable-build-with-cxx. * configure: Regenerate. gdb/gdbserver/ChangeLog: 2016-08-05 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> * configure: Regenerate.
2016-08-04Determine target description for native aarch64Yao Qi2-39/+19
I find the following test fail when I test native aarch64 gdb with arm program, (gdb) PASS: gdb.base/attach-pie-noexec.exp: attach set architecture arm^M warning: Selected architecture arm is not compatible with reported target architecture aarch64^M Architecture `arm' not recognized.^M The target architecture is set automatically (currently aarch64)^M (gdb) FAIL: gdb.base/attach-pie-noexec.exp: set architecture arm GDB thinks the target is aarch64, but it isn't. Nowadays, we are using some entries AT_PHENT and AT_HWCAP in auxv to determine whether the process is a 32-bit arm one or 64-bit aarch64 one, and get the right gdbarch. However, in the process of parsing auxv (in inf_ptrace_auxv_parse), the size of int and data pointer of target_gdbarch is used. If debug program exists (in most of cases), target_gdbarch is already set according to the debug program, which is arm in my case. Then, GDB can parse auxv successfully. However, in gdb.base/attach-pie-noexec.exp, the debug program is removed, target_gdbarch is aarch64 when GDB parse auxv, so GDB can't parse it successfully. Instead of using auxv, we check the return value of ptrace NT_ARM_VFP. If the program is an arm process, NT_ARM_VFP is OK, otherwise, error is returned. Additionally, we only return tdesc_arm_with_neon for arm process, because neon is mandatory on ARMv8. gdb: 2016-08-04 Yao Qi <yao.qi@linaro.org> * aarch64-linux-nat.c (tdesc_arm_with_vfpv3): Remove the declaration. (aarch64_linux_read_description): Remove code on getting auxv and select target description on it. Select target description by the result of NT_ARM_VFP ptrace request.
2016-08-04Quiet ptrace error ESRCH in regsets_fetch_inferior_registersYao Qi2-0/+11
When I run process-dies-while-detaching.exp with GDBserver, I see many warnings printed by GDBserver, ptrace(regsets_fetch_inferior_registers) PID=26183: No such process ptrace(regsets_fetch_inferior_registers) PID=26183: No such process ptrace(regsets_fetch_inferior_registers) PID=26184: No such process ptrace(regsets_fetch_inferior_registers) PID=26184: No such process regsets_fetch_inferior_registers is called when GDBserver resumes each lwp. #2 0x0000000000428260 in regsets_fetch_inferior_registers (regsets_info=0x4690d0 <aarch64_regsets_info>, regcache=0x31832020) at /home/yao/SourceCode/gnu/gdb/git/gdb/gdbserver/linux-low.c:5412 #3 0x00000000004070e8 in get_thread_regcache (thread=0x31832940, fetch=fetch@entry=1) at /home/yao/SourceCode/gnu/gdb/git/gdb/gdbserver/regcache.c:58 #4 0x0000000000429c40 in linux_resume_one_lwp_throw (info=<optimized out>, signal=0, step=0, lwp=0x31832830) at /home/yao/SourceCode/gnu/gdb/git/gdb/gdbserver/linux-low.c:4463 #5 linux_resume_one_lwp (lwp=0x31832830, step=<optimized out>, signal=<optimized out>, info=<optimized out>) at /home/yao/SourceCode/gnu/gdb/git/gdb/gdbserver/linux-low.c:4573 The is the case that threads are disappeared when GDB/GDBserver resumes them. We check errno for ESRCH, and don't print error messages, like what we are doing in regsets_store_inferior_registers. gdb/gdbserver: 2016-08-04 Yao Qi <yao.qi@linaro.org> * linux-low.c (regsets_fetch_inferior_registers): Check errno is ESRCH or not.
2016-08-03PR python/18565 - make Frame.function work for inline framesTom Tromey4-1/+19
PR python/18565 notes that calling frame filters don't work properly for inlined functions. This happens because Frame.function on an inline frame will yield the wrong result. This patch changes this code to use find_frame_funname instead, which handles inline frames properly. Built and regtested on x86-64 Fedora 24. 2016-08-03 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com> PR python/18565: * python/py-frame.c (frapy_function): Use find_frame_funname. 2016-08-03 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com> PR python/18565: * gdb.python/py-frame-inline.exp: Add Frame.function test.
2016-08-03Avoid potential memory leak in find_frame_funnameTom Tromey2-6/+15
The PR 18565 thread pointed out that, if cp_remove_params can throw (we aren't quite sure), then find_frame_funname could leak some memory. This patch avoids any potential issue by rearranging some code in find_frame_funname. Built and regtested on x86-64 Fedora 24. 2016-08-03 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com> * stack.c (find_frame_funname): Avoid any possible leak in case cp_remove_params can throw.
2016-08-03Update NEWS to mention Python breakpoint eventsTom Tromey2-0/+7
An earlier patch added three new breakpoint-related events to the Python API. However, at that time, I forgot to update NEWS. This patch supplies the missing entry. 2016-08-03 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com> * NEWS: Mention new Python breakpoint events.
2016-08-02Add myself as Rust maintainerTom Tromey2-0/+5
A while ago, Pedro announced that I would be the Rust maintainer for gdb. However, I neglected to update the MAINTAINERS file until now. 2016-08-02 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com> * MAINTAINERS (Core): Add self as Rust maintainer.
2016-08-02[GDBserver] Remove td_ta_event_addr td_ta_set_event and td_ta_event_getmsgYao Qi2-9/+8
As a result of this commit, 9b4c5f878ff39e04127a1ad95f6b3832afe6d278 (Remove support for thread events without PTRACE_EVENT_CLONE in GDBServer.) the last usage of td_ta_event_addr td_ta_set_event and td_ta_event_getmsg were removed. They are no longer used. This patch is to remove them. gdb/gdbserver: 2016-08-02 Yao Qi <yao.qi@linaro.org> * thread-db.c (struct thread_db) <td_ta_event_getmsg_p>: Remove. <td_ta_set_event_p, td_ta_event_addr_p>: Remove. (thread_db_load_search): Update. (try_thread_db_load_1): Don't look for td_ta_event_addr, td_ta_set_event and td_ta_event_getmsg.
2016-08-01Update NEWS post GDB 7.12 branch creation.Joel Brobecker2-1/+9
gdb/ChangeLog: * NEWS: Create a new section for the next release branch. Rename the section of the current branch, now that it has been cut.
2016-08-01Bump version to 7.12.50.DATE-git.Joel Brobecker2-1/+6
Now that the GDB 7.12 branch has been created, we can bump the version number. gdb/ChangeLog: GDB 7.12 branch created (41bfcd638a4e0e48b96ce4de2845372dea481322): * version.in: Bump version to 7.12.50.DATE-git.
2016-08-01Swap "single-process" and "multi-process" in process-dies-while-detaching.expgdb-7.12-branchpointYao Qi2-1/+7
"single-process" and "multi-process" are used in the test message of process-dies-while-detaching.exp, but they are misplaced due to set mode [expr {$multi_process ? "single-process" : "multi-process"}] This patch is to swap them. gdb/testsuite: 2016-08-01 Yao Qi <yao.qi@linaro.org> * gdb.threads/process-dies-while-detaching.exp (do_test): Set variable mode to "multi-process" if $multi_process is 1, otherwise set it to "single-process".
2016-08-01Tweak gdb.cp tests for aarch32Yao Qi4-5/+11
There are some gdb.cp/ tests fails if the program is compiled for arm 32-bit but GDB/GDBserver is aarch64 64-bit program, because target triplet doesn't match "arm*-*-*". Instead, we can use is_aarch32_target. gdb/testsuite: 2016-08-01 Yao Qi <yao.qi@linaro.org> * gdb.cp/anon-struct.exp: Check is_aarch32_target. * gdb.cp/cpexprs.exp: Likewise. * gdb.cp/m-static.exp: Likewise.
2016-07-27Wean gdb and sim off private libbfd.h headerAlan Modra5-4/+7
The major reason this header was needed, bfd_default_set_arch_mach, has now moved to bfd.h. gdb/ * amd64-darwin-tdep.c: Don't include libbfd.h. * i386-darwin-tdep.c: Likewise. * rs6000-nat.c: Likewise. * rs6000-tdep.c: Likewise. sim/aarch64/ * memory.c: Don't include libbfd.h. sim/rl78/ * load.c: Don't include libbfd.h. (rl78_load): Don't use private iovec seek or read. sim/rx/ * load.c: Don't include libbfd.h. (rx_load): Don't use private iovec seek or read.
2016-07-26Fix PR server/20414 - x32 gdbserver always crashes inferiorPedro Alves2-4/+15
Debugging an x32 process with an x32 gdbserver always results in: (gdb) c Continuing. Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. 0xf7de9600 in _dl_debug_state () from target:/libx32/ld-linux-x32.so.2 (gdb) Looking at the remote debug logs reveals the problem, here: Packet received: T05swbreak:;06:a0d4ffff00000000;07:b8d3ffff00000000;10:0096def701000000;thread:p7d7a.7d7a;core:1; ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The underlined value is the expedited value of RIP (in little endian). But notice that 01 in 0x01f7de9600, while gdb says the program stopped at 0xf7de9600. 0x01ffffffff is over 32 bits, which indicates that something wen't wrong somewhere in gdbserver. The problem turns out to be in gdbserver's x86_get_pc / x86_set_pc routines, where "unsigned long" is used assuming that it can fit a 64-bit value, while unsigned long is actually 32-bit on x32. The result is that collect_register_by_name / supply_register_by_name end up reading/writing random bytes off the stack. Fix this by using explicit uint64_t instead of unsigned long. For consistency, use uint32_t instead of unsigned int in the 32-bit paths. gdb/gdbserver/ChangeLog: 2016-07-26 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> PR server/20414 * linux-x86-low.c (x86_get_pc, x86_set_pc): Use uint64_t instead of unsigned long for 64-bit registers and use uint32_t instead of unsigned int for 32-bit registers.
2016-07-26PR python/20190 - compute TLS symbol without a frameTom Tromey9-69/+169
PR python/20190 arose from an exception I noticed when trying to use the Python unwinder for Spider Monkey in Firefox. The problem is that the unwinder wants to examine the value of a thread-local variable. However, sympy_value rejects this because symbol_read_needs_frame returns true for a TLS variable. This problem arose once before, though in a different context: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11803 At the time Pedro and Daniel pointed out a simpler way to fix that bug (see links in 20190 if you are interested); but for this new bug I couldn't think of a similar fix and ended up implementing Daniel's other suggestion: https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2010-07/msg00393.html That is, this patch makes it possible to detect whether a symbol needs a specific frame, or whether it just needs the inferior to have registers. Built and regtested on x86-64 Fedora 24. 2016-07-26 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com> * symtab.c (register_symbol_computed_impl): Update. PR python/20190: * value.h (symbol_read_needs): Declare. (symbol_read_needs_frame): Add comment. * symtab.h (struct symbol_computed_ops) <read_variable>: Update comment. <get_symbol_read_needs>: Rename. Change return type. * findvar.c (symbol_read_needs): New function. (symbol_read_needs_frame): Rewrite. (default_read_var_value): Use symbol_read_needs. * dwarf2loc.c (struct symbol_needs_baton): Rename. <needs>: Renamed from needs_frame. Changed type. (needs_frame_read_addr_from_reg, symbol_needs_get_reg_value) (symbol_needs_read_mem, symbol_needs_frame_base) (symbol_needs_frame_cfa, symbol_needs_tls_address) (symbol_needs_dwarf_call): Rename. (needs_dwarf_reg_entry_value): Update. (symbol_needs_ctx_funcs, dwarf2_loc_desc_get_symbol_read_needs): Rename and update. (locexpr_get_symbol_read_needs, loclist_symbol_needs): Likewise. (dwarf2_locexpr_funcs, dwarf2_loclist_funcs): Update. * defs.h (enum symbol_needs_kind): New. 2016-07-26 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com> PR python/20190: * gdb.threads/tls.exp (check_thread_local): Add python symbol test.