From: Andrew Burgess <aburgess@redhat.com>
To: Pedro Alves <pedro@palves.net>, gdb-patches@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/31] displaced step: pass down target_waitstatus instead of gdb_signal
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2023 21:29:21 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <877cv8cw5q.fsf@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87zg8cel2d.fsf@redhat.com>
Andrew Burgess <aburgess@redhat.com> writes:
> Pedro Alves <pedro@palves.net> writes:
>
>> On 2023-02-03 10:44 a.m., Andrew Burgess wrote:
>>> Pedro Alves <pedro@palves.net> writes:
>>>
>>>> This commit tweaks displaced_step_finish & friends to pass down a
>>>> target_waitstatus instead of a gdb_signal. This needed because a
>>>
>>> missing word: "This IS needed".
>>
>> Fixed.
>>
>>>> @@ -5699,7 +5696,7 @@ handle_inferior_event (struct execution_control_state *ecs)
>>>> has been done. Perform cleanup for parent process here. Note
>>>> that this operation also cleans up the child process for vfork,
>>>> because their pages are shared. */
>>>> - displaced_step_finish (ecs->event_thread, GDB_SIGNAL_TRAP);
>>>> + displaced_step_finish (ecs->event_thread, ecs->ws);
>>>
>>> This change is interesting.
>>>
>>> If I understand the code correctly, this call will eventually end up in
>>> displaced_step_buffers::finish (displaced-stepping.c), which in turn
>>> calls displaced_step_instruction_executed_successfully.
>>>
>>> Previously, we always passed GDB_SIGNAL_TRAP here, which (if we ignore
>>> the watchpoint check in
>>> displaced_step_instruction_executed_successfully) means that
>>> displaced_step_instruction_executed_successfully would always return
>>> true, and then displaced_step_buffers::finish would call
>>> gdbarch_displaced_step_fixup.
>>>
>>> After this change, we know that esc->ws.kind is either
>>> TARGET_WAITKIND_FORKED or TARGET_WAITKIND_VFORKED, so we know that
>>> displaced_step_instruction_executed_successfully will always return
>>> false, and displaced_step_buffers::finish will no longer call
>>> gdbarch_displaced_step_fixup.
>>>
>>
>> Good catch!
>>
>> I was tweaking the change to address your comment, and was coming to the
>> conclusion that what I really wanted was this:
>>
>> static bool
>> displaced_step_instruction_executed_successfully
>> (gdbarch *arch, const target_waitstatus &status)
>> {
>> if (status.kind () == TARGET_WAITKIND_STOPPED
>> && status.sig () != GDB_SIGNAL_TRAP)
>> return false;
>>
>> /* All other waitkinds can only happen if the instruction fully
>> executed. For example, a fork, or a syscall entry can only
>> happen if the syscall instruction actually executed. */
>>
>> (the comment is new)
>>
>> And then, I remembered, I actually wrote that early if like that originally,
>> and I changed it in response to this review:
>>
>> https://inbox.sourceware.org/gdb-patches/44f74af8-248b-1af8-3612-980c08607bf4@simark.ca/
>>
>> The review was totally right, it was my response that was misguided.
>>
>> But I'm confused because I am pretty sure that I wrote a reply to that
>> message, saying that I did not intend to change the behavior, so I'd "fix" it.
>> I can't find it in my outbox either, I guess I erroneously canceled my
>> email window instead of sending the message...
>>
>> Anyhow, looks like I made it worse while trying to address Simon's comment. :-P
>>
>> So I think I should go back to what I had, like before, and my response
>> to Simon should have been instead:
>>
>> - yes, the change is intended. If we stopped for an event other than
>> TARGET_WAITKIND_STOPPED, like for instance, TARGET_WAITKIND_FORKED,
>> TARGET_WAITKIND_SYSCALL_ENTRY, then it must be that the instruction
>> executed successfully, otherwise the syscall wouldn't have triggered.
>>
>>> What I don't understand well enough is what this actually means for a
>>> running inferior.
>>>
>>> It's odd because the comment in infrun.c (just above your change)
>>> indicates that to get to this point the displaced step must have
>>> completed successfully, while after this change, the new code path in
>>> displaced_step_buffers::finish indicates we believe the displaced step
>>> didn't complete successfully:
>>>
>>> /* Since the instruction didn't complete, all we can do is relocate the
>>> PC. */
>>>
>>> Do you know if any of our test cases hit this path?
>>>
>>
>> I know that you posted a series for this, which I plan to take a good look
>> at (I actually planned on doing that earlier this week, but I had a couple
>> major distractions, sorry).
>>
>> WDYT of the version below?
>
> I took a look through and I'm happy with it. But I would like you to
> consider holding off until my displaced step patch has some feedback.
>
> I'm currently rebasing the patch. My patch deletes
> displaced_step_instruction_executed_successfully, which I realised makes
> passing the signal (or now target_waitstatus) redundant. As such I'm
> just testing an additional patch in the series which touches every place
> you're touching - but removes the signal instead of changing it.
>
> I hope to post my updated series later today (once testing completes).
Pedro,
Thanks for your feedback on my displaced stepping series. You're right
that just checking the $pc isn't going to be enough. So I'm now
thinking that I should be passing the gdb_signal through to the
gdbarch_displaced_step_fixup function.
Rather than change things to pass through the gdb_signal though, and
then have this patch come along and s/gdb_signal/target_waitstatus/, I
wonder how you'd feel about merging this patch sooner rather than later?
I'm planning to rebase my displaced stepping series off this patch -- I
just want to check you'd be OK with this patch possibly landing before
the rest of this series?
Thanks,
Andrew
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-03-22 21:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 100+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-12-12 20:30 [PATCH 00/31] Step over thread clone and thread exit Pedro Alves
2022-12-12 20:30 ` [PATCH 01/31] displaced step: pass down target_waitstatus instead of gdb_signal Pedro Alves
2023-02-03 10:44 ` Andrew Burgess
2023-03-10 17:15 ` Pedro Alves
2023-03-16 16:07 ` Andrew Burgess
2023-03-22 21:29 ` Andrew Burgess [this message]
2023-03-23 15:15 ` Pedro Alves
2023-03-27 12:40 ` Andrew Burgess
2023-03-27 16:21 ` Pedro Alves
2022-12-12 20:30 ` [PATCH 02/31] linux-nat: introduce pending_status_str Pedro Alves
2023-02-03 12:00 ` Andrew Burgess
2023-03-10 17:15 ` Pedro Alves
2023-03-16 16:19 ` Andrew Burgess
2023-03-27 18:05 ` Pedro Alves
2022-12-12 20:30 ` [PATCH 03/31] gdb/linux: Delete all other LWPs immediately on ptrace exec event Pedro Alves
2023-03-21 14:50 ` Andrew Burgess
2023-04-04 13:57 ` Pedro Alves
2023-04-14 19:29 ` Pedro Alves
2023-05-26 15:04 ` Andrew Burgess
2023-11-13 14:04 ` Pedro Alves
2023-05-26 14:45 ` Andrew Burgess
2022-12-12 20:30 ` [PATCH 04/31] Step over clone syscall w/ breakpoint, TARGET_WAITKIND_THREAD_CLONED Pedro Alves
2023-02-04 15:38 ` Andrew Burgess
2023-03-10 17:16 ` Pedro Alves
2023-03-21 16:06 ` Andrew Burgess
2023-11-13 14:05 ` Pedro Alves
2022-12-12 20:30 ` [PATCH 05/31] Support clone events in the remote protocol Pedro Alves
2023-03-22 15:46 ` Andrew Burgess
2023-11-13 14:05 ` Pedro Alves
2022-12-12 20:30 ` [PATCH 06/31] Avoid duplicate QThreadEvents packets Pedro Alves
2023-05-26 15:53 ` Andrew Burgess
2022-12-12 20:30 ` [PATCH 07/31] enum_flags to_string Pedro Alves
2023-01-30 20:07 ` Simon Marchi
2022-12-12 20:30 ` [PATCH 08/31] Thread options & clone events (core + remote) Pedro Alves
2023-01-31 12:25 ` Lancelot SIX
2023-03-10 19:16 ` Pedro Alves
2023-06-06 13:29 ` Andrew Burgess
2023-11-13 14:07 ` Pedro Alves
2022-12-12 20:30 ` [PATCH 09/31] Thread options & clone events (native Linux) Pedro Alves
2023-06-06 13:43 ` Andrew Burgess
2022-12-12 20:30 ` [PATCH 10/31] Thread options & clone events (Linux GDBserver) Pedro Alves
2023-06-06 14:12 ` Andrew Burgess
2023-11-13 14:07 ` Pedro Alves
2022-12-12 20:30 ` [PATCH 11/31] gdbserver: Hide and don't detach pending clone children Pedro Alves
2023-06-07 16:10 ` Andrew Burgess
2023-11-13 14:08 ` Pedro Alves
2022-12-12 20:30 ` [PATCH 12/31] Remove gdb/19675 kfails (displaced stepping + clone) Pedro Alves
2023-06-07 17:08 ` Andrew Burgess
2022-12-12 20:30 ` [PATCH 13/31] Add test for stepping over clone syscall Pedro Alves
2023-06-07 17:42 ` Andrew Burgess
2023-11-13 14:09 ` Pedro Alves
2022-12-12 20:30 ` [PATCH 14/31] all-stop/synchronous RSP support thread-exit events Pedro Alves
2023-06-07 17:52 ` Andrew Burgess
2023-11-13 14:11 ` Pedro Alves
2023-12-15 18:15 ` Pedro Alves
2022-12-12 20:30 ` [PATCH 15/31] gdbserver/linux-low.cc: Ignore event_ptid if TARGET_WAITKIND_IGNORE Pedro Alves
2022-12-12 20:30 ` [PATCH 16/31] Move deleting thread on TARGET_WAITKIND_THREAD_EXITED to core Pedro Alves
2023-06-08 12:27 ` Andrew Burgess
2022-12-12 20:30 ` [PATCH 17/31] Introduce GDB_THREAD_OPTION_EXIT thread option, fix step-over-thread-exit Pedro Alves
2023-06-08 13:17 ` Andrew Burgess
2022-12-12 20:30 ` [PATCH 18/31] Implement GDB_THREAD_OPTION_EXIT support for Linux GDBserver Pedro Alves
2023-06-08 14:14 ` Andrew Burgess
2022-12-12 20:30 ` [PATCH 19/31] Implement GDB_THREAD_OPTION_EXIT support for native Linux Pedro Alves
2023-06-08 14:17 ` Andrew Burgess
2022-12-12 20:30 ` [PATCH 20/31] gdb: clear step over information on thread exit (PR gdb/27338) Pedro Alves
2023-06-08 15:29 ` Andrew Burgess
2022-12-12 20:30 ` [PATCH 21/31] stop_all_threads: (re-)enable async before waiting for stops Pedro Alves
2023-06-08 15:49 ` Andrew Burgess
2023-11-13 14:12 ` Pedro Alves
2022-12-12 20:30 ` [PATCH 22/31] gdbserver: Queue no-resumed event after thread exit Pedro Alves
2023-06-08 18:16 ` Andrew Burgess
2023-11-13 14:12 ` Pedro Alves
2022-12-12 20:30 ` [PATCH 23/31] Don't resume new threads if scheduler-locking is in effect Pedro Alves
2023-06-08 18:24 ` Andrew Burgess
2023-11-13 14:12 ` Pedro Alves
2022-12-12 20:30 ` [PATCH 24/31] Report thread exit event for leader if reporting thread exit events Pedro Alves
2023-06-09 13:11 ` Andrew Burgess
2022-12-12 20:30 ` [PATCH 25/31] Ignore failure to read PC when resuming Pedro Alves
2023-06-10 10:33 ` Andrew Burgess
2023-11-13 14:13 ` Pedro Alves
2022-12-12 20:30 ` [PATCH 26/31] gdb/testsuite/lib/my-syscalls.S: Refactor new SYSCALL macro Pedro Alves
2023-06-10 10:33 ` Andrew Burgess
2022-12-12 20:30 ` [PATCH 27/31] Testcases for stepping over thread exit syscall (PR gdb/27338) Pedro Alves
2023-06-12 9:53 ` Andrew Burgess
2022-12-12 20:30 ` [PATCH 28/31] Document remote clone events, and QThreadOptions packet Pedro Alves
2023-06-05 15:53 ` Andrew Burgess
2023-11-13 14:13 ` Pedro Alves
2023-06-12 12:06 ` Andrew Burgess
2023-11-13 14:15 ` Pedro Alves
2022-12-12 20:30 ` [PATCH 29/31] inferior::clear_thread_list always silent Pedro Alves
2023-06-12 12:20 ` Andrew Burgess
2022-12-12 20:31 ` [PATCH 30/31] Centralize "[Thread ...exited]" notifications Pedro Alves
2023-02-04 16:05 ` Andrew Burgess
2023-03-10 17:21 ` Pedro Alves
2023-02-16 15:40 ` Andrew Burgess
2023-06-12 12:23 ` Andrew Burgess
2022-12-12 20:31 ` [PATCH 31/31] Cancel execution command on thread exit, when stepping, nexting, etc Pedro Alves
2023-06-12 13:12 ` Andrew Burgess
2023-01-24 19:47 ` [PATCH v3 00/31] Step over thread clone and thread exit Pedro Alves
2023-11-13 14:24 ` [PATCH " Pedro Alves
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