Introduce GDB_TO_EXIT thread option, fix step-over-thread-exit

When stepping over a breakpoint with displaced stepping, GDB needs to
be informed if the stepped thread exits, otherwise the displaced
stepping buffer that was allocated to that thread leaks, and this can
result in deadlock, with other threads waiting for their turn to
displaced step, but their turn never comes.

Similarly, when stepping over a breakpoint in line, GDB also needs to
be informed if the stepped thread exits, so that is can clear the step
over state and re-resume threads.

This commit makes it possible for GDB to ask the target to report
thread exit events for a given thread, using the new "thread options"
mechanism introduced by a previous patch.

This only adds the core bits.  Following patches in the series will
teach the Linux backends (native & gdbserver) to handle the
GDB_TO_EXIT option, and then a later patch will make use of these
thread exit events to clean up displaced stepping and inline stepping
state properly.

Change-Id: I96b719fdf7fee94709e98bb3a90751d8134f3a38
Bug: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=27338

diff --git a/gdb/infrun.c b/gdb/infrun.c
index a8d864cb6096e173900ef8aacabdece49fed6d51..b20158f4a1c9c69713f962f7bdaf10c7a4439153 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/infrun.c
+++ b/gdb/infrun.c
@@ -2376,24 +2376,28 @@ do_target_resume (ptid_t resume_ptid, bool step, enum gdb_signal sig)
   else
     target_pass_signals (signal_pass);
 
-  /* Request that the target report thread-{created,cloned} events in
-     the following situations:
+  /* Request that the target report thread-{created,cloned,exited}
+     events in the following situations:
 
      - If we are performing an in-line step-over-breakpoint, then we
        will remove a breakpoint from the target and only run the
        current thread.  We don't want any new thread (spawned by the
-       step) to start running, as it might miss the breakpoint.
+       step) to start running, as it might miss the breakpoint.  We
+       need to clear the step-over state if the stepped thread exits,
+       so we also enable thread-exit events.
 
      - If we are stepping over a breakpoint out of line (displaced
        stepping) then we won't remove a breakpoint from the target,
        but, if the step spawns a new clone thread, then we will need
        to fixup the $pc address in the clone child too, so we need it
-       to start stopped.
+       to start stopped.  We need to release the displaced stepping
+       buffer if the stepped thread exits, so we also enable
+       thread-exit events.
   */
   if (step_over_info_valid_p ()
       || displaced_step_in_progress_thread (tp))
     {
-      gdb_thread_options options = GDB_TO_CLONE;
+      gdb_thread_options options = GDB_TO_CLONE | GDB_TO_EXIT;
       if (target_supports_set_thread_options (options))
        tp->set_thread_options (options);
       else

diff --git a/gdb/remote.c b/gdb/remote.c
index 090ea47aa38cf893815d62f4469ab2e570748156..4def89a57f8da8b0263a4a914106be42e3e8c4f9 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/remote.c
+++ b/gdb/remote.c
@@ -4000,6 +4000,15 @@ remote_target::update_thread_list ()
              if (has_single_non_exited_thread (tp->inf))
                continue;
 
+             /* Do not remove the thread if we've requested to be
+                notified of its exit.  For example, the thread may be
+                displaced stepping, infrun will need to handle the
+                exit event, and displaced stepping info is recorded
+                in the thread object.  If we deleted the thread now,
+                we'd lose that info.  */
+             if ((tp->thread_options () & GDB_TO_EXIT) != 0)
+               continue;
+
              /* Not found.  */
              delete_thread (tp);
            }

diff --git a/gdb/target/target.h b/gdb/target/target.h
index cba98114b5d798ff979d6b65ecfbf3f78d5425c7..571d90cf7c0a58545f51fe8d6b6fab31b8e5313e 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/target/target.h
+++ b/gdb/target/target.h
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ enum gdb_thread_option : unsigned
   /* Tell the target to report TARGET_WAITKIND_THREAD_CLONED events
      for the thread.  */
   GDB_TO_CLONE = 1 << 0,
+
+  /* Tell the target to report TARGET_WAITKIND_THREAD_EXIT events for
+     the thread.  */
+  GDB_TO_EXIT = 1 << 1,
 };
 
 DEF_ENUM_FLAGS_TYPE (enum gdb_thread_option, gdb_thread_options);