[PATCH 0/2] Call target_can_do_single_step from maybe_software_singlestep

[PATCH 0/2] Call target_can_do_single_step from maybe_software_singlestep

[Tom Tromey]

This series implements a suggestion that Pedro made back in 2018.  The
idea has been kicking around internally here at AdaCore since then,
and I finally got around to writing the patch.

Tested on x86-64 Fedora 36.  I've also run it through the AdaCore
internal test suite.

---
Tom Tromey (2):
      Call target_can_do_single_step from maybe_software_singlestep
      Disabling hardware single step in gdbserver

 gdb/arm-linux-tdep.c      |  5 -----
 gdb/gdbarch-gen.h         | 12 +++---------
 gdb/gdbarch_components.py | 12 +++---------
 gdb/infrun.c              | 12 +++++++++---
 gdbserver/server.cc       | 12 ++++++++----
 gdbserver/server.h        |  1 +
 6 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)
---
base-commit: 2e3aff27623b20b08ac58f8eaf73e97e58b4e67c
change-id: 20230612-sw-single-step-946fd4d856f2

Best regards,
-- 
Tom Tromey <tromey@adacore.com>

[PATCH 1/2] Call target_can_do_single_step from maybe_software_singlestep

[Tom Tromey]

When the PikeOS osabi sniffer was added, Pedro suggested that a target
could omit stepping from its vCont? reply packet to tell gdb that
software single-step must be used:

https://sourceware.org/legacy-ml/gdb-patches/2018-09/msg00312.html

This patch implements this idea by moving the call to
target_can_do_single_step into maybe_software_singlestep.

I've also removed some FIXME comments from gdbarch_components.py, and
slightly updated the documentation for gdbarch_software_single_step.
I think these comments are somewhat obsolete now that
target_can_do_single_step exists -- the current approach isn't exactly
what the comments intended, but on the other hand, it exists and
works.
---
 gdb/arm-linux-tdep.c      |  5 -----
 gdb/gdbarch-gen.h         | 12 +++---------
 gdb/gdbarch_components.py | 12 +++---------
 gdb/infrun.c              | 12 +++++++++---
 4 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gdb/arm-linux-tdep.c b/gdb/arm-linux-tdep.c
index dfa816990ff..f4da996728b 100644
--- a/gdb/arm-linux-tdep.c
+++ b/gdb/arm-linux-tdep.c
@@ -923,11 +923,6 @@ arm_linux_software_single_step (struct regcache *regcache)
   struct gdbarch *gdbarch = regcache->arch ();
   struct arm_get_next_pcs next_pcs_ctx;
 
-  /* If the target does have hardware single step, GDB doesn't have
-     to bother software single step.  */
-  if (target_can_do_single_step () == 1)
-    return {};
-
   arm_get_next_pcs_ctor (&next_pcs_ctx,
 			 &arm_linux_get_next_pcs_ops,
 			 gdbarch_byte_order (gdbarch),
diff --git a/gdb/gdbarch-gen.h b/gdb/gdbarch-gen.h
index 101b1b73636..1d86879f00a 100644
--- a/gdb/gdbarch-gen.h
+++ b/gdb/gdbarch-gen.h
@@ -721,16 +721,10 @@ extern void set_gdbarch_get_memtag (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, gdbarch_get_memtag_
 extern CORE_ADDR gdbarch_memtag_granule_size (struct gdbarch *gdbarch);
 extern void set_gdbarch_memtag_granule_size (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, CORE_ADDR memtag_granule_size);
 
-/* FIXME/cagney/2001-01-18: This should be split in two.  A target method that
-   indicates if the target needs software single step.  An ISA method to
-   implement it.
+/* Return a vector of addresses at which the software single step
+   breakpoints should be inserted.  An empty vector means software single
+   step is not used.
 
-   FIXME/cagney/2001-01-18: The logic is backwards.  It should be asking if the
-   target can single step.  If not, then implement single step using breakpoints.
-
-   Return a vector of addresses on which the software single step
-   breakpoints should be inserted.  NULL means software single step is
-   not used.
    Multiple breakpoints may be inserted for some instructions such as
    conditional branch.  However, each implementation must always evaluate
    the condition and only put the breakpoint at the branch destination if
diff --git a/gdb/gdbarch_components.py b/gdb/gdbarch_components.py
index 23e5789327c..7f2380ae0a7 100644
--- a/gdb/gdbarch_components.py
+++ b/gdb/gdbarch_components.py
@@ -1301,16 +1301,10 @@ For a non-zero value, this represents the number of bytes of memory per tag.
 
 Function(
     comment="""
-FIXME/cagney/2001-01-18: This should be split in two.  A target method that
-indicates if the target needs software single step.  An ISA method to
-implement it.
+Return a vector of addresses at which the software single step
+breakpoints should be inserted.  An empty vector means software single
+step is not used.
 
-FIXME/cagney/2001-01-18: The logic is backwards.  It should be asking if the
-target can single step.  If not, then implement single step using breakpoints.
-
-Return a vector of addresses on which the software single step
-breakpoints should be inserted.  NULL means software single step is
-not used.
 Multiple breakpoints may be inserted for some instructions such as
 conditional branch.  However, each implementation must always evaluate
 the condition and only put the breakpoint at the branch destination if
diff --git a/gdb/infrun.c b/gdb/infrun.c
index 58da1cef29e..d1dce33bd3a 100644
--- a/gdb/infrun.c
+++ b/gdb/infrun.c
@@ -2242,9 +2242,15 @@ maybe_software_singlestep (struct gdbarch *gdbarch)
 {
   bool hw_step = true;
 
-  if (execution_direction == EXEC_FORWARD
-      && gdbarch_software_single_step_p (gdbarch))
-    hw_step = !insert_single_step_breakpoints (gdbarch);
+  if (execution_direction == EXEC_FORWARD)
+    {
+      if (target_can_do_single_step () == 1)
+	{
+	  /* The target definitely has hardware single step.  */
+	}
+      else if (gdbarch_software_single_step_p (gdbarch))
+	hw_step = !insert_single_step_breakpoints (gdbarch);
+    }
 
   return hw_step;
 }

-- 
2.40.1

[PATCH 2/2] Disabling hardware single step in gdbserver

[Tom Tromey]

This patch gives gdbserver the ability to omit the 's' reply to
'vCont?'.  This tells gdb that hardware single-step is definitely not
supported, causing it to fall back to using software single-step.
This is useful for testing the earlier change to
maybe_software_singlestep.
---
 gdbserver/server.cc | 12 ++++++++----
 gdbserver/server.h  |  1 +
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gdbserver/server.cc b/gdbserver/server.cc
index c57270175b4..afc18a87770 100644
--- a/gdbserver/server.cc
+++ b/gdbserver/server.cc
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ unsigned long signal_pid;
    in gdbserver, for the sake of testing GDB against stubs that don't
    support them.  */
 bool disable_packet_vCont;
+bool disable_packet_vCont_step;
 bool disable_packet_Tthread;
 bool disable_packet_qC;
 bool disable_packet_qfThreadInfo;
@@ -3125,9 +3126,10 @@ handle_v_requests (char *own_buf, int packet_len, int *new_packet_len)
 	{
 	  strcpy (own_buf, "vCont;c;C;t");
 
-	  if (target_supports_hardware_single_step ()
-	      || target_supports_software_single_step ()
-	      || !cs.vCont_supported)
+	  if (!disable_packet_vCont_step
+	      && (target_supports_hardware_single_step ()
+		  || target_supports_software_single_step ()
+		  || !cs.vCont_supported))
 	    {
 	      /* If target supports single step either by hardware or by
 		 software, add actions s and S to the list of supported
@@ -3456,7 +3458,7 @@ gdbserver_usage (FILE *stream)
 	   "  --disable-packet=OPT1[,OPT2,...]\n"
 	   "                        Disable support for RSP packets or features.\n"
 	   "                          Options:\n"
-	   "                            vCont, T, Tthread, qC, qfThreadInfo and \n"
+	   "                            vCont, vConts, T, Tthread, qC, qfThreadInfo and\n"
 	   "                            threads (disable all threading packets).\n"
 	   "\n"
 	   "For more information, consult the GDB manual (available as on-line \n"
@@ -3766,6 +3768,8 @@ captured_main (int argc, char *argv[])
 	    {
 	      if (strcmp ("vCont", tok) == 0)
 		disable_packet_vCont = true;
+	      else if (strcmp ("vConts", tok) == 0)
+		disable_packet_vCont_step = true;
 	      else if (strcmp ("Tthread", tok) == 0)
 		disable_packet_Tthread = true;
 	      else if (strcmp ("qC", tok) == 0)
diff --git a/gdbserver/server.h b/gdbserver/server.h
index fde7dfe7060..70fd8ff8b55 100644
--- a/gdbserver/server.h
+++ b/gdbserver/server.h
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ void initialize_low ();
 extern bool server_waiting;
 
 extern bool disable_packet_vCont;
+extern bool disable_packet_vCont_step;
 extern bool disable_packet_Tthread;
 extern bool disable_packet_qC;
 extern bool disable_packet_qfThreadInfo;

-- 
2.40.1

Re: [PATCH 0/2] Call target_can_do_single_step from maybe_software_singlestep

[Tom Tromey]

>>>>> "Tom" == Tom Tromey via Gdb-patches <gdb-patches@sourceware.org> writes:

Tom> This series implements a suggestion that Pedro made back in 2018.  The
Tom> idea has been kicking around internally here at AdaCore since then,
Tom> and I finally got around to writing the patch.

Tom> Tested on x86-64 Fedora 36.  I've also run it through the AdaCore
Tom> internal test suite.

Normally I just land patches after a couple weeks or so, but I think
these probably should get a review.

thanks,
Tom

Re: [PATCH 0/2] Call target_can_do_single_step from maybe_software_singlestep

[Tom Tromey]

>>>>> "Tom" == Tom Tromey via Gdb-patches <gdb-patches@sourceware.org> writes:

>>>>> "Tom" == Tom Tromey via Gdb-patches <gdb-patches@sourceware.org> writes:
Tom> This series implements a suggestion that Pedro made back in 2018.  The
Tom> idea has been kicking around internally here at AdaCore since then,
Tom> and I finally got around to writing the patch.

Tom> Tested on x86-64 Fedora 36.  I've also run it through the AdaCore
Tom> internal test suite.

Tom> Normally I just land patches after a couple weeks or so, but I think
Tom> these probably should get a review.

Pinging this one again.

Tom

Re: [PATCH 1/2] Call target_can_do_single_step from maybe_software_singlestep

[Andrew Burgess]

Tom Tromey via Gdb-patches <gdb-patches@sourceware.org> writes:

> When the PikeOS osabi sniffer was added, Pedro suggested that a target
> could omit stepping from its vCont? reply packet to tell gdb that
> software single-step must be used:
>
> https://sourceware.org/legacy-ml/gdb-patches/2018-09/msg00312.html
>
> This patch implements this idea by moving the call to
> target_can_do_single_step into maybe_software_singlestep.

So this changes the behaviour for record-full.c, which includes two
calls to insert_single_step_breakpoints, which bypasses
maybe_software_singlestep.  If I'm reading the code correctly, after
this change, we'll switch from using h/w stepping to s/w stepping.

I'm assuming this isn't an intentional change as it's not mentioned.

I'm tempted to suggest that the two calls to
insert_single_step_breakpoints in record-full.c should really be calling
maybe_software_singlestep; I don't believe we can be recording in a
backward direction -- that makes no sense, we record forward, and use
the record to move backward.  And other than a duplicate call to
gdbarch_software_single_step_p, calling maybe_software_singlestep seems
otherwise harmless .... and after this patch we'd pick up the
target_can_do_single_step call, which is probably what we want.

Of course, if we did change record-full.c to use
maybe_software_singlestep then there would only be one call to
insert_single_step_breakpoints, so we could possibly fold this into
maybe_software_singlestep?

Thanks,
Andrew



>
> I've also removed some FIXME comments from gdbarch_components.py, and
> slightly updated the documentation for gdbarch_software_single_step.
> I think these comments are somewhat obsolete now that
> target_can_do_single_step exists -- the current approach isn't exactly
> what the comments intended, but on the other hand, it exists and
> works.
> ---
>  gdb/arm-linux-tdep.c      |  5 -----
>  gdb/gdbarch-gen.h         | 12 +++---------
>  gdb/gdbarch_components.py | 12 +++---------
>  gdb/infrun.c              | 12 +++++++++---
>  4 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/gdb/arm-linux-tdep.c b/gdb/arm-linux-tdep.c
> index dfa816990ff..f4da996728b 100644
> --- a/gdb/arm-linux-tdep.c
> +++ b/gdb/arm-linux-tdep.c
> @@ -923,11 +923,6 @@ arm_linux_software_single_step (struct regcache *regcache)
>    struct gdbarch *gdbarch = regcache->arch ();
>    struct arm_get_next_pcs next_pcs_ctx;
>  
> -  /* If the target does have hardware single step, GDB doesn't have
> -     to bother software single step.  */
> -  if (target_can_do_single_step () == 1)
> -    return {};
> -
>    arm_get_next_pcs_ctor (&next_pcs_ctx,
>  			 &arm_linux_get_next_pcs_ops,
>  			 gdbarch_byte_order (gdbarch),
> diff --git a/gdb/gdbarch-gen.h b/gdb/gdbarch-gen.h
> index 101b1b73636..1d86879f00a 100644
> --- a/gdb/gdbarch-gen.h
> +++ b/gdb/gdbarch-gen.h
> @@ -721,16 +721,10 @@ extern void set_gdbarch_get_memtag (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, gdbarch_get_memtag_
>  extern CORE_ADDR gdbarch_memtag_granule_size (struct gdbarch *gdbarch);
>  extern void set_gdbarch_memtag_granule_size (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, CORE_ADDR memtag_granule_size);
>  
> -/* FIXME/cagney/2001-01-18: This should be split in two.  A target method that
> -   indicates if the target needs software single step.  An ISA method to
> -   implement it.
> +/* Return a vector of addresses at which the software single step
> +   breakpoints should be inserted.  An empty vector means software single
> +   step is not used.
>  
> -   FIXME/cagney/2001-01-18: The logic is backwards.  It should be asking if the
> -   target can single step.  If not, then implement single step using breakpoints.
> -
> -   Return a vector of addresses on which the software single step
> -   breakpoints should be inserted.  NULL means software single step is
> -   not used.
>     Multiple breakpoints may be inserted for some instructions such as
>     conditional branch.  However, each implementation must always evaluate
>     the condition and only put the breakpoint at the branch destination if
> diff --git a/gdb/gdbarch_components.py b/gdb/gdbarch_components.py
> index 23e5789327c..7f2380ae0a7 100644
> --- a/gdb/gdbarch_components.py
> +++ b/gdb/gdbarch_components.py
> @@ -1301,16 +1301,10 @@ For a non-zero value, this represents the number of bytes of memory per tag.
>  
>  Function(
>      comment="""
> -FIXME/cagney/2001-01-18: This should be split in two.  A target method that
> -indicates if the target needs software single step.  An ISA method to
> -implement it.
> +Return a vector of addresses at which the software single step
> +breakpoints should be inserted.  An empty vector means software single
> +step is not used.
>  
> -FIXME/cagney/2001-01-18: The logic is backwards.  It should be asking if the
> -target can single step.  If not, then implement single step using breakpoints.
> -
> -Return a vector of addresses on which the software single step
> -breakpoints should be inserted.  NULL means software single step is
> -not used.
>  Multiple breakpoints may be inserted for some instructions such as
>  conditional branch.  However, each implementation must always evaluate
>  the condition and only put the breakpoint at the branch destination if
> diff --git a/gdb/infrun.c b/gdb/infrun.c
> index 58da1cef29e..d1dce33bd3a 100644
> --- a/gdb/infrun.c
> +++ b/gdb/infrun.c
> @@ -2242,9 +2242,15 @@ maybe_software_singlestep (struct gdbarch *gdbarch)
>  {
>    bool hw_step = true;
>  
> -  if (execution_direction == EXEC_FORWARD
> -      && gdbarch_software_single_step_p (gdbarch))
> -    hw_step = !insert_single_step_breakpoints (gdbarch);
> +  if (execution_direction == EXEC_FORWARD)
> +    {
> +      if (target_can_do_single_step () == 1)
> +	{
> +	  /* The target definitely has hardware single step.  */
> +	}
> +      else if (gdbarch_software_single_step_p (gdbarch))
> +	hw_step = !insert_single_step_breakpoints (gdbarch);
> +    }
>  
>    return hw_step;
>  }
>
> -- 
> 2.40.1

Re: [PATCH 2/2] Disabling hardware single step in gdbserver

[Andrew Burgess]

Tom Tromey via Gdb-patches <gdb-patches@sourceware.org> writes:

> This patch gives gdbserver the ability to omit the 's' reply to
> 'vCont?'.  This tells gdb that hardware single-step is definitely not
> supported, causing it to fall back to using software single-step.
> This is useful for testing the earlier change to
> maybe_software_singlestep.

LGTM.

Approved-By: Andrew Burgess <aburgess@redhat.com>

Thanks,
Andrew

> ---
>  gdbserver/server.cc | 12 ++++++++----
>  gdbserver/server.h  |  1 +
>  2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/gdbserver/server.cc b/gdbserver/server.cc
> index c57270175b4..afc18a87770 100644
> --- a/gdbserver/server.cc
> +++ b/gdbserver/server.cc
> @@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ unsigned long signal_pid;
>     in gdbserver, for the sake of testing GDB against stubs that don't
>     support them.  */
>  bool disable_packet_vCont;
> +bool disable_packet_vCont_step;
>  bool disable_packet_Tthread;
>  bool disable_packet_qC;
>  bool disable_packet_qfThreadInfo;
> @@ -3125,9 +3126,10 @@ handle_v_requests (char *own_buf, int packet_len, int *new_packet_len)
>  	{
>  	  strcpy (own_buf, "vCont;c;C;t");
>  
> -	  if (target_supports_hardware_single_step ()
> -	      || target_supports_software_single_step ()
> -	      || !cs.vCont_supported)
> +	  if (!disable_packet_vCont_step
> +	      && (target_supports_hardware_single_step ()
> +		  || target_supports_software_single_step ()
> +		  || !cs.vCont_supported))
>  	    {
>  	      /* If target supports single step either by hardware or by
>  		 software, add actions s and S to the list of supported
> @@ -3456,7 +3458,7 @@ gdbserver_usage (FILE *stream)
>  	   "  --disable-packet=OPT1[,OPT2,...]\n"
>  	   "                        Disable support for RSP packets or features.\n"
>  	   "                          Options:\n"
> -	   "                            vCont, T, Tthread, qC, qfThreadInfo and \n"
> +	   "                            vCont, vConts, T, Tthread, qC, qfThreadInfo and\n"
>  	   "                            threads (disable all threading packets).\n"
>  	   "\n"
>  	   "For more information, consult the GDB manual (available as on-line \n"
> @@ -3766,6 +3768,8 @@ captured_main (int argc, char *argv[])
>  	    {
>  	      if (strcmp ("vCont", tok) == 0)
>  		disable_packet_vCont = true;
> +	      else if (strcmp ("vConts", tok) == 0)
> +		disable_packet_vCont_step = true;
>  	      else if (strcmp ("Tthread", tok) == 0)
>  		disable_packet_Tthread = true;
>  	      else if (strcmp ("qC", tok) == 0)
> diff --git a/gdbserver/server.h b/gdbserver/server.h
> index fde7dfe7060..70fd8ff8b55 100644
> --- a/gdbserver/server.h
> +++ b/gdbserver/server.h
> @@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ void initialize_low ();
>  extern bool server_waiting;
>  
>  extern bool disable_packet_vCont;
> +extern bool disable_packet_vCont_step;
>  extern bool disable_packet_Tthread;
>  extern bool disable_packet_qC;
>  extern bool disable_packet_qfThreadInfo;
>
> -- 
> 2.40.1