$ ./gdbserver :1234 blah
Process blah created; pid = 16471
Cannot exec blah: No such file or directory.
Child exited with status 127
Killing process(es): 16471
../../../../src/binutils-gdb/gdb/gdbserver/linux-low.c:920: A problem internal to GDBserver has been detected.
kill_wait_lwp: Assertion `res > 0' failed.
GDBserver shouldn't even be trying to kill that process. GDBserver
kills or detaches from all processes on exit, and due to a missing
mourn_inferior call, GDBserver tries to kill the process that it had
already seen exit.
Tested on x86_64 Fedora 20. New test included. I emulated what
Windows outputs by hacking an error call in linux_create_inferior.
gdb/gdbserver/ChangeLog:
2015-05-06 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
PR server/18081
* server.c (start_inferior): If the process exits, mourn it.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
2015-05-06 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
PR server/18081
* gdb.server/non-existing-program.exp: New file.
This commit modifies remote_add_inferior to take an extra argument
try_open_exec. If this is nonzero, remote_add_inferior will attempt
to open this inferior's executable as the main executable if no main
executable is open already. Callers are updated appropriately.
With this commit, remote debugging can now be initiated using only a
"target remote" or "target extended-remote" command; no "set sysroot"
or "file" commands are required, e.g.
bash$ gdb -q
(gdb) target remote | gdbserver - /bin/sh
Remote debugging using | gdbserver - /bin/sh
Process /bin/sh created; pid = 32166
stdin/stdout redirected
Remote debugging using stdio
Reading symbols from target:/bin/bash...
One testcase required updating as a result of this commit. The test
checked that GDB's "info files" command does not crash if no main
executable is open, and relied on GDB's inability to access the main
executable over the remote protocol. The test was updated to inhibit
this new behavior.
gdb/ChangeLog:
* remote.c (remote_add_inferior): New argument try_open_exec.
If nonzero, attempt to open the inferior's executable file as
the main executable if no main executable is open already.
All callers updated.
* NEWS: Mention that GDB now supports automatic location and
retrieval of executable + files from remote targets.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo (Connecting to a Remote Target): Mention that
GDB can access program files from remote targets that support
qXfer:exec-file:read and Host I/O packets.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
* gdb.server/server-exec-info.exp: Inhibit GDB from accessing
the main executable over the remote protocol.
We already skip "attach" tests if the target board is remote, in
dejagnu's sense, as we use TCL's exec to spawn the program on the
build machine. We should also skip these tests if testing with
"target remote" or other stub-like targets where "attach" doesn't make
sense.
Add a helper procedure that centralizes the checks a test that needs
to spawn a program for testing "attach" and make all test files that
use spawn_wait_for_attach check it.
gdb/testsuite/
2015-01-09 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
* lib/gdb.exp (can_spawn_for_attach): New procedure.
(spawn_wait_for_attach): Error out if can_spawn_for_attach returns
false.
* gdb.base/attach.exp: Use can_spawn_for_attach instead of
checking whether the target board is remote.
* gdb.multi/multi-attach.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.python/py-sync-interp.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.server/ext-attach.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.python/py-prompt.exp: Use can_spawn_for_attach before the
tests that need to attach, instead of checking whether the target
board is remote at the top of the file.
Nowadays, we are using command "tstatus" to send a packet to GDBserver
in order to check the connection. However, on the target doesn't
support tracepoint, the following error is emitted before sending any
packet to GDBserver.
tstatus^M
Trace can not be run on this target.^M
(gdb) FAIL: gdb.server/server-kill.exp: tstatus
qTStatus is disabled after receiving the empty reply during connecting
to the remote target. When the test executes command "tstatus" again,
remote_get_trace_status returns -1 at the very beginning, and no RSP
packet is sent out.
This patch is to enable qTStatus packet again.
gdb/testsuite:
2014-10-11 Yao Qi <yao@codesourcery.com>
* gdb.server/server-kill.exp: Execute command
"set remote trace-status-packet on" before "tstatus".
Hi,
We see the following fail in the real remote testing...
(gdb) Executing on target: kill -9 29808 (timeout = 300)
spawn [open ...]^M
sh: 1: kill: No such process
The test tries to kill gdbserver in this way:
set server_pid [exp_pid -i [board_info target fileid]]
remote_exec target "kill -9 $server_pid"
in native testing, we'll get the pid of spawned gdbserver, however, in
remote testing, we'll get the pid of ssh session, since we start
gdbserver on the remote target through ssh. The pid on build doesn't
exist on target.
In this patch, we tweak server-kill.c to get the parent pid, which is
the pid of GDBserver. GDB gets it and kill GDBserver on target.
gdb/testsuite:
2014-10-11 Yao Qi <yao@codesourcery.com>
* gdb.server/server-kill.c: Include sys/types.h and unistd.h.
(main): Call getppid.
* gdb.server/server-kill.exp: Set breakpoint on line "i = 0;"
and continue to it. Read variable "server_pid".
This patch is to remove some lines which looks unnecessary. These
lines were added when server-kill.exp was added. In the version 1,
https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2013-03/msg00691.html the test
calls runto_main and delete breakpoint on main,
+if ![runto_main] {
+ return -1
+}
+
+# Otherwise the breakpoint at 'main' would not cause insert
breakpoints during
+# first step.
+delete_breakpoints
However, in the version 2
https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2013-03/msg00854.html runto_main
is removed but delete_breakpoints is still there. AFAICS, the line of
delete_breakpoints can be removed too.
gdb/testsuite:
2014-10-11 Yao Qi <yao@codesourcery.com>
* gdb.server/server-kill.exp: Remove "delete_breakpoints".
Several places in the testsuite have a copy of a snippet of code that
spawns a test program, waits a bit, and then does some PID munging for
Cygwin. This is in order to have GDB attach to the spawned program.
This refactors all that to a common procedure.
(multi-attach.exp wants to spawn multiple processes, so this makes the
new procedure's interface work with lists.)
Tested on x86_64 Fedora 20.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
2014-09-11 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
* lib/gdb.exp (spawn_wait_for_attach): New procedure.
* gdb.base/attach.exp (do_attach_tests, do_call_attach_tests)
(do_command_attach_tests): Use spawn_wait_for_attach.
* gdb.base/solib-overlap.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.multi/multi-attach.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.python/py-prompt.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.python/py-sync-interp.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.server/ext-attach.exp: Likewise.
This finally makes background execution commands possible by default.
However, in order to do that, there's one last thing we need to do --
we need to separate the MI and target notions of "async". Unlike the
CLI, where the user explicitly requests foreground vs background
execution in the execution command itself (c vs c&), MI chose to treat
"set target-async" specially -- setting it changes the default
behavior of execution commands.
So, we can't simply "set target-async" default to on, as that would
affect MI frontends. Instead we have to make the setting MI-specific,
and teach MI about sync commands on top of an async target.
Because the "target" word in "set target-async" ends up as a potential
source of confusion, the patch adds a "set mi-async" option, and makes
"set target-async" a deprecated alias.
Rather than make the targets always async, this patch introduces a new
"maint set target-async" option so that the GDB developer can control
whether the target is async. This makes it simpler to debug issues
arising only in the synchronous mode; important because sync mode
seems unlikely to go away.
Unlike in previous revisions, "set target-async" does not affect this
new maint parameter. The rationale for this is that then one can
easily run the test suite in the "maint set target-async off" mode and
have tests that enable mi-async fail just like they fail on
non-async-capable targets. This emulation is exactly the point of the
maint option.
I had asked Tom in a previous iteration to split the actual change of
the target async default to a separate patch, but it turns out that
that is quite awkward in this version of the patch, because with MI
async and target async decoupled (unlike in previous versions), if we
don't flip the default at the same time, then just "set target-async
on" alone never actually manages to do anything. It's best to not
have that transitory state in the tree.
Given "set target-async on" now only has effect for MI, the patch goes
through the testsuite removing it from non-MI tests. MI tests are
adjusted to use the new and less confusing "mi-async" spelling.
2014-05-29 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
* NEWS: Mention "maint set target-async", "set mi-async", and that
background execution commands are now always available.
* target.h (target_async_permitted): Update comment.
* target.c (target_async_permitted, target_async_permitted_1):
Default to 1.
(set_target_async_command): Rename to ...
(maint_set_target_async_command): ... this.
(show_target_async_command): Rename to ...
(maint_show_target_async_command): ... this.
(_initialize_target): Adjust.
* infcmd.c (prepare_execution_command): Make extern.
* inferior.h (prepare_execution_command): Declare.
* infrun.c (set_observer_mode): Leave target async alone.
* mi/mi-interp.c (mi_interpreter_init): Install
mi_on_sync_execution_done as sync_execution_done observer.
(mi_on_sync_execution_done): New function.
(mi_execute_command_input_handler): Don't print the prompt if we
just started a synchronous command with an async target.
(mi_on_resume): Check sync_execution before printing prompt.
* mi/mi-main.h (mi_async_p): Declare.
* mi/mi-main.c: Include gdbcmd.h.
(mi_async_p): New function.
(mi_async, mi_async_1): New globals.
(set_mi_async_command, show_mi_async_command, mi_async): New
functions.
(exec_continue): Call prepare_execution_command.
(run_one_inferior, mi_cmd_exec_run, mi_cmd_list_target_features)
(mi_execute_async_cli_command): Use mi_async_p.
(_initialize_mi_main): Install "set mi-async". Make
"target-async" a deprecated alias.
2014-05-29 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Non-Stop Mode): Remove "set target-async 1"
from example.
(Asynchronous and non-stop modes): Document '-gdb-set mi-async'.
Mention that target-async is now deprecated.
(Maintenance Commands): Document maint set/show target-async.
2014-05-29 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
* gdb.base/async-shell.exp: Don't enable target-async.
* gdb.base/async.exp
* gdb.base/corefile.exp (corefile_test_attach): Remove 'async'
parameter. Adjust.
(top level): Don't test with "target-async".
* gdb.base/dprintf-non-stop.exp: Don't enable target-async.
* gdb.base/gdb-sigterm.exp: Don't test with "target-async".
* gdb.base/inferior-died.exp: Don't enable target-async.
* gdb.base/interrupt-noterm.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.mi/mi-async.exp: Use "mi-async" instead of "target-async".
* gdb.mi/mi-nonstop-exit.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.mi/mi-nonstop.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.mi/mi-ns-stale-regcache.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.mi/mi-nsintrall.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.mi/mi-nsmoribund.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.mi/mi-nsthrexec.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.mi/mi-watch-nonstop.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.multi/watchpoint-multi.exp: Adjust comment.
* gdb.python/py-evsignal.exp: Don't enable target-async.
* gdb.python/py-evthreads.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.python/py-prompt.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.reverse/break-precsave.exp: Don't test with "target-async".
* gdb.server/solib-list.exp: Don't enable target-async.
* gdb.threads/thread-specific-bp.exp: Likewise.
* lib/mi-support.exp: Adjust to use mi-async.
When I run no-thread-db.exp, the breakpoint is set on line 26.
However, the breakpoint is set to line 26 of dl-start.S rather than
no-thread-db.c, which is not intended.
(gdb) monitor set libthread-db-search-path /foo/bar^M
libthread-db-search-path set to `/foo/bar'^M
(gdb) PASS: gdb.server/no-thread-db.exp: libthread-db is now unresolvable
break 26^M
Breakpoint 1 at 0x48018078: file ../sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/dl-start.S, line 26.^M
(gdb) continue^M
Continuing.
This patch is to change the breakpoint setting with source file
specified, then it is correct now.
gdb/testsuite:
2014-05-26 Yao Qi <yao@codesourcery.com>
* gdb.server/no-thread-db.exp: Specify source file name
explicitly when setting a breakpoint.
Skip the test on Cygwin too.
2013-09-18 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
PR server/15967
* gdb.server/wrapper.exp: Also return unsupported for Cygwin, and
change text.
In extended-remote, when GDB connects the target, but target is not
running, the TSVs are not uploaded. When GDB attaches to a process,
the TSVs are not uploaded either. However, GDBserver has some
builtin or predefined TSV to upload, such as $trace_timestamp. This
bug causes $trace_timestamp is never uploaded.
gdb/
2013-06-25 Yao Qi <yao@codesourcery.com>
* remote.c (remote_start_remote): Move code to upload tsv
earlier.
gdb/testsuite/
2013-06-25 Yao Qi <yao@codesourcery.com>
* boards/native-extended-gdbserver.exp: Set board_info
'gdb,predefined_tsv'.
* boards/native-gdbserver.exp: Likewise.
* boards/native-stdio-gdbserver.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.server/ext-attach.exp: Load trace-support.exp. Check
uploaded TSVs if target supports tracing.
* gdb.trace/tsv.exp: Check uploaded TSVs if target supports
tracing and target has predefined tsv.
gdb/doc/
2013-06-25 Yao Qi <yao@codesourcery.com>
* gdbint.texinfo (Testsuite): Document 'gdb,predefined_tsv'.
* exceptions.h (enum errors): New entry TARGET_CLOSE_ERROR.
* remote.c (trace_error): Remove the special handling of '2'.
(readchar) <SERIAL_EOF>
(readchar) <SERIAL_ERROR>
(getpkt_or_notif_sane_1): Use TARGET_CLOSE_ERROR for them.
(remote_get_trace_status): Call throw_exception if EX is
TARGET_CLOSE_ERROR.
* utils.c (perror_with_name): Rename to ...
(throw_perror_with_name): ... here. New parameter errcode, describe it
in the function comment.
(perror_with_name): New function wrapper.
* utils.h (enum errors): New stub declaration.
(throw_perror_with_name): New declaration.
gdb/testsuite/
* gdb.server/server-kill.c: New file.
* gdb.server/server-kill.exp: New file.
null ptr check to prevent gdbserver from crashing
Evaluating a thread local storage variable in a remote scenario crashes
gdbserver if libthread-db could not be loaded.
2013-02-12 Sanimir Agovic <sanimir.agovic@intel.com>
gdbserver/
* thread-db.c (thread_db_get_tls_address):
NULL pointer check thread_db.
testsuite/
* gdb.server/no-thread-db.exp: New file.
* gdb.server/no-thread-db.c: New file.
* gdb.server/Makefile.in (EXECUTABLES): Add no-thread-db.
Two modifications:
1. The addition of 2013 to the copyright year range for every file;
2. The use of a single year range, instead of potentially multiple
year ranges, as approved by the FSF.
when starting up the program.
* gdb.python/py-value.exp (test_value_numeric_ops): Pointers may
show a symbolic value as well.
* gdb.server/server-exec-info.exp: Skip test when skipping
gdbserver test and/or when skipping shared library tests.
* gdb.threads/linux-dp.exp: Unset "seen" when done with it to
avoid name conflicts with other tests.
prepare_for_testing.
* gdb.server/ext-run.exp: Use standard_testfile,
build_executable.
* gdb.server/file-transfer.exp: Use standard_testfile,
prepare_for_testing.
* gdb.server/server-exec-info.exp: Use standard_testfile.
* gdb.server/server-mon.exp: Use standard_testfile,
prepare_for_testing.
* gdb.server/server-run.exp: Use standard_testfile,
build_executable.
* gdb.server/solib-list.exp: Use standard_testfile,
standard_output_file.
* solib-svr4.c (svr4_current_sos): New comment on
svr4_current_sos_via_xfer_libraries fall back.
gdb/gdbserver/
* linux-low.c (linux_qxfer_libraries_svr4): Return -1 if R_DEBUG is -1.
gdb/testsuite/
* gdb.server/solib-list-lib.c: New file.
* gdb.server/solib-list-main.c: New file.
* gdb.server/solib-list.exp: New file.
* gdb.server/ext-attach.exp: Make sure gdb is disconnected.
* gdb.server/ext-run.exp: Make sure gdb is disconnected.
* gdb.server/file-transfer.exp: Make sure gdb is disconnected.
* gdb.server/server-mon.exp: Make sure gdb is disconnected.
* gdb.server/server-run.exp: Make sure gdb is disconnected.
* lib/gdbserver-support.exp (gdbserver_start_extended): Only
prepend "extended-" to $gdbserver_protocol if $gdbserver_protocol
doesn't start with "extended-" already.
2012-02-15 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
* remote.c (remote_detach_1, extended_remote_attach_1): Tweak
output to be like native targets'.
(remote_pid_to_str): Special case the null ptid.
gdb/testsuite/
2012-02-15 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
Support extended-remote. Avoid cascading timeouts.
* gdb.base/attach.exp (do_attach_tests): Add expected output for
the extended-remote target. If attaching with no file fails, load
the file manually.
* gdb.server/ext-attach.exp: Adjust expected attach/detach output.
Fix crash on loaded shlibs without loaded exec_bfd.
* exec.c (exec_files_info): Do not crash on NULL EXEC_BFD.
(set_section_command): Replace exec_bfd by p->bfd.
gdb/testsuite/
* gdb.server/server-exec-info.exp: New file.
2011-03-08 Pedro Alves <pedro@codesourcery.com>
* remote.c (remote_check_symbols): Skip if the target has no
execution.
gdb/testsuite/
2011-03-08 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
* gdb.server/ext-run.exp
(load new file without any gdbserver inferior): New test.
(gdb_expect_list): Add verbose -log call for each pattern.
* gdb.base/signals.exp (test_handle_all_print): Call it.
Reduce timeout increment from 6 minutes to 1 minute.
* gdb.server/ext-run.exp: Call it.
