gdb fails to resume after "DebugBreak" (SigTrap)

gdb fails to resume after "DebugBreak" (SigTrap)

[Martin]

Here is an issue I discovered with GDB. Unfortunately, I have no exact 
steps for reproduction. (I have an app using Lazarus and FreePascal, 
that can reproduce it, but that is too big)

The problem is, if an app, receives a "pause request" while already 
paused. GDB will then fail to resume.

I believe this is a windows problem. (All GDB I use are from the mingw site)

It appears that the issue may have been fixed in 7.0.50 (was still 
present in 7.0.0) and been re-introduced in 7.3. At least I have not yet 
been able to get it with any of the versions in between. (But it might 
just have been luck)

Anyway here is what I have.

1)
In order to interrupt a debugged app on windows, the following functions 
are used. (pascal, but should be similar in other languages)
    DebugBreakAddr := GetProcAddress(GetModuleHandle(kernel32), 
'DebugBreak');
    CreatRThread    := 
GetProcAddress(GetModuleHandle(kernel32)'CreateRemoteThread');
Then the proccess is opened:
    OpenProcess(PROCESS_CREATE_THREAD or PROCESS_QUERY_INFORMATION or 
PROCESS_VM_OPERATION or PROCESS_VM_WRITE or PROCESS_VM_READ, False, 
TargetPID);
    hThread := CreatRThread  (hProcess, nil, 0, DebugBreakAddr, nil, 0, 
FPauseRequestInThreadID);

AFAIK This will lead to a SigTrap being sent to the app, and gdb will 
interrupt the app.

2)
if the app has reached a breakpoint, and is in paused state, then if the 
above signal is sent it will be seen by gdb, as soon as gdb continues 
the app.

gdb will correctly stop, in response to the SigTrap:
*stopped,reason="signal-received",signal-name="SIGTRAP",signal-meaning="Trace/breakpoint
trap",frame={addr="0x77b5884f",func="ntdll!DbgUiConvertStateChangeStructure",args=[],from="C:\\Windows\\system32\\ntdll.dll"},thread-id="2",stopped-threads="all"

Trying to continue the app, sometimes result in this error:

-exec-continue

^running
*running,thread-id="all"
(gdb)
&"warning: SuspendThread failed. (winerr 5)\n"
^error,msg="PC register is not available"
(gdb)


Earlier version (6.x) of gdb, would just return the app "exited 
normally" (despite it certainly didn't exit "normally", as it did not 
finish)