From: pras@cycloeastern.com
To: gdb@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: GDB problem on RH AS/Clone(). Plz help.
Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 13:35:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050415141108.GA26214@cycloeastern.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20050413151816.GA13759@cycloeastern.com>
Bump ...
Can somebody please guide me with this clone() issue in gdb or am I on the wrong mailing list?
On Wed, Apr 13, 2005 at 11:18:16AM -0400, pras@cycloeastern.com wrote:
> All,
>
> This is my first email to this list.
>
> I work for a company in that has started using Linux for one of its projects
> that has traditionally in the past been running on all other big iron *nixes.
>
> We just got our first build on RH Enterprise Linux AS release 3 (Taroon Update 4),
> and gdb attempts fail miserably.
>
> Background info:
>
> The product is written in C/C++ and is compiled with gcc 3.2.3
> The gdb version is as follows:
> GNU gdb Red Hat Linux (6.1post-1.20040607.52rh)
>
> I am able to attach to a process and see the stack using backtrace or bt. frame command
> works and even break command works.
>
>
> When I try to do a 'cont', the server process which is supposed to execute continuously exists normally.
>
> This is what I see
>
> (gdb) cont
> Continuing.
> [New Thread -1245635664 (LWP 8226)]
> [Thread -1220756560 (LWP 7953) exited]
>
> Program exited normally.
> (gdb)
>
> The program is multithreaded and it fails. People at my local LUG suggested that I try to look up problems with
> clone() system call and GDB. They suggested using PTHREADS could solve the problem. We DO use pthreads and here
> is the stack(i.e. backtrace). I have set a break point on clone(). Shortly after the program just exits.
>
> #0 0x0365e9d0 in clone () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6
> #1 0x0040a8d7 in do_clone () from /lib/tls/libpthread.so.0
> #2 0x0040a526 in create_thread () from /lib/tls/libpthread.so.0
> #3 0x00409f87 in pthread_create@@GLIBC_2.1 () from /lib/tls/libpthread.so.0
> #4 0x0040a01c in pthread_create@GLIBC_2.0 () from /lib/tls/libpthread.so.0
> #5 0x004a9f3a in VISThread::_create_thread () from /usr/BDP/lib/libvport_r.so
> #6 0x004aa0bc in VISThread::run () from /usr/BDP/lib/libvport_r.so
> #7 0x0142a588 in VISManager::cleanup () from /usr/BDP/lib/liborb_r.so
> #8 0x0142b063 in VISManager::sig_handler () from /usr/BDP/lib/liborb_r.so
> #9 0x0142b4a1 in VISThreadSignal::begin () from /usr/BDP/lib/liborb_r.so
> #10 0x004a8749 in VISThread::_start () from /usr/BDP/lib/libvport_r.so
> #11 0x00409dec in start_thread () from /lib/tls/libpthread.so.0
> #12 0x0365ea2a in clone () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6
>
>
> I downloaded 6.3 gdb and compiled it with no options. GDB failed again under that. Please let me know what can be done.
>
> Do you guys know what might be going wrong ?
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-04-15 13:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-04-13 14:43 pras
2005-04-15 13:35 ` pras [this message]
2005-04-15 17:45 ` Jeff Johnston
2005-04-15 19:53 ` pras
2005-04-21 19:24 ` Jeff Johnston
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