Index: infrun.c 2010-09-08 Yao Qi Pedro Alves * infrunc(resume): When inferior is waiting_for_vfork_done, clear step and don't use displaced stepping. Extend comment on ignoring single-step requests on vfork parents waiting for a vfork-done. =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/infrun.c,v retrieving revision 1.445.2.1 diff -u -r1.445.2.1 infrun.c --- infrun.c 31 Aug 2010 19:31:23 -0000 1.445.2.1 +++ infrun.c 8 Sep 2010 12:16:17 -0000 @@ -1549,6 +1549,25 @@ QUIT; + /* Don't try to single-step a vfork parent that is waiting for + the child to get out of the shared memory region (by exec'ing + or exiting). This is particularly important on software + single-step archs, as the child process would trip on the + software single step breakpoint inserted for the parent + process. Since the parent will not actually execute any + instruction until the child is out of the shared region (such + are vfork's semantics), it is safe to simply continue it. + Eventually, we'll see a TARGET_WAITKIND_VFORK_DONE event for + the parent, and tell it to `keep_going', which automatically + re-sets it stepping. */ + if (current_inferior ()->waiting_for_vfork_done) + { + if (debug_infrun) + fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stdlog, + "infrun: resume : clear step\n"); + step = 0; + } + if (debug_infrun) fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stdlog, "infrun: resume (step=%d, signal=%d), " @@ -1576,11 +1595,16 @@ We can't use displaced stepping when we have a signal to deliver; the comments for displaced_step_prepare explain why. The comments in the handle_inferior event for dealing with 'random - signals' explain what we do instead. */ + signals' explain what we do instead. + + We can't use displaced stepping when we are waiting for vfork_done + event, displaced stepping breaks the vfork child similarly as single + step software breakpoint. */ if (use_displaced_stepping (gdbarch) && (tp->trap_expected || (step && gdbarch_software_single_step_p (gdbarch))) - && sig == TARGET_SIGNAL_0) + && sig == TARGET_SIGNAL_0 + && !current_inferior ()->waiting_for_vfork_done) { struct displaced_step_inferior_state *displaced;