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GDB that can debug Mach-Os on Linux
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[A test I wrote stumbled on a libthread_db issue related to thread event breakpoints. See glibc PR17705: [nptl_db: stale thread create/death events if debugger detaches] https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17705 This patch avoids that whole issue by making GDB stop using thread event breakpoints in the first place, which is good for other reasons as well, anyway.] Before PTRACE_EVENT_CLONE (Linux 2.6), the only way to learn about new threads in the inferior (to attach to them) or to learn about thread exit was to coordinate with the inferior's glibc/runtime, using libthread_db. That works by putting a breakpoint at a magic address which is called when a new thread is spawned, or when a thread is about to exit. When that breakpoint is hit, all threads are stopped, and then GDB coordinates with libthread_db to read data structures out of the inferior to learn about what happened. Then the breakpoint is single-stepped, and then all threads are re-resumed. This isn't very efficient (stops all threads) and is more fragile (inferior's thread list in memory may be corrupt; libthread_db bugs, etc.) than ideal. When the kernel supports PTRACE_EVENT_CLONE (which we already make use of), there's really no need to use libthread_db's event reporting mechanism to learn about new LWPs. And if the kernel supports that, then we learn about LWP exits through regular WIFEXITED wait statuses, so no need for the death event breakpoint either. GDBserver has been likewise skipping the thread_db events for a long while: https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2007-10/msg00547.html There's one user-visible difference: we'll no longer print about threads being created and exiting while the program is running, like: [Thread 0x7ffff7dbb700 (LWP 30670) exited] [New Thread 0x7ffff7db3700 (LWP 30671)] [Thread 0x7ffff7dd3700 (LWP 30667) exited] [New Thread 0x7ffff7dab700 (LWP 30672)] [Thread 0x7ffff7db3700 (LWP 30671) exited] [Thread 0x7ffff7dcb700 (LWP 30668) exited] This is exactly the same behavior as when debugging against remote targets / gdbserver. I actually think that's a good thing (and as such have listed this in the local/remote parity wiki page a while ago), as the printing slows down the inferior. It's also a distraction to keep bothering the user about short-lived threads that she won't be able to interact with anyway. Instead, the user (and frontend) will be informed about new threads that currently exist in the program when the program next stops: (gdb) c ... * ctrl-c * [New Thread 0x7ffff7963700 (LWP 7797)] [New Thread 0x7ffff796b700 (LWP 7796)] Program received signal SIGINT, Interrupt. [Switching to Thread 0x7ffff796b700 (LWP 7796)] clone () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/clone.S:81 81 testq %rax,%rax (gdb) info threads A couple of tests had assumptions on GDB thread numbers that no longer hold. Tested on x86_64 Fedora 20. gdb/ 2014-01-09 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> Skip enabling event reporting if the kernel supports PTRACE_EVENT_CLONE. * linux-thread-db.c: Include "nat/linux-ptrace.h". (thread_db_use_events): New function. (try_thread_db_load_1): Check thread_db_use_events before enabling event reporting. (update_thread_state): New function. (attach_thread): Use it. Check thread_db_use_events before enabling event reporting. (thread_db_detach): Check thread_db_use_events before disabling event reporting. (find_new_threads_callback): Check thread_db_use_events before enabling event reporting. Update the thread's state if not using libthread_db events. gdb/testsuite/ 2014-01-09 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> * gdb.threads/fork-thread-pending.exp: Switch to the main thread instead of to thread 2. * gdb.threads/signal-command-multiple-signals-pending.c (main): Add barrier around each pthread_create call instead of around all calls. * gdb.threads/signal-command-multiple-signals-pending.exp (test): Set a break on thread_function and have the child threads hit it one at at a time. |
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README for GNU development tools This directory contains various GNU compilers, assemblers, linkers, debuggers, etc., plus their support routines, definitions, and documentation. If you are receiving this as part of a GDB release, see the file gdb/README. If with a binutils release, see binutils/README; if with a libg++ release, see libg++/README, etc. That'll give you info about this package -- supported targets, how to use it, how to report bugs, etc. It is now possible to automatically configure and build a variety of tools with one command. To build all of the tools contained herein, run the ``configure'' script here, e.g.: ./configure make To install them (by default in /usr/local/bin, /usr/local/lib, etc), then do: make install (If the configure script can't determine your type of computer, give it the name as an argument, for instance ``./configure sun4''. You can use the script ``config.sub'' to test whether a name is recognized; if it is, config.sub translates it to a triplet specifying CPU, vendor, and OS.) If you have more than one compiler on your system, it is often best to explicitly set CC in the environment before running configure, and to also set CC when running make. For example (assuming sh/bash/ksh): CC=gcc ./configure make A similar example using csh: setenv CC gcc ./configure make Much of the code and documentation enclosed is copyright by the Free Software Foundation, Inc. See the file COPYING or COPYING.LIB in the various directories, for a description of the GNU General Public License terms under which you can copy the files. REPORTING BUGS: Again, see gdb/README, binutils/README, etc., for info on where and how to report problems.