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[gdb/testsuite] Extend gdb.base/kill-during-detach.exp
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I ran into the following FAIL:
...
(gdb) python kill_and_detach()^M
Traceback (most recent call last):^M
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>^M
  File "<string>", line 7, in kill_and_detach^M
gdb.error: Selected thread is running.^M
Error while executing Python code.^M
(gdb) FAIL: gdb.base/kill-during-detach.exp: exit_p=true: checkpoint_p=true: \
  python kill_and_detach()
...

The FAIL happens as follows:
- gdb is debugging a process A
- a checkpoint is created, in other words, fork is called in the inferior,
  after which we have:
  - checkpoint 0 (the fork parent, process A), and
  - checkpoint 1 (the fork child, process B).
- during checkpoint creation, lseek is called in the inferior (process A) for
  all file descriptors, and it returns != -1 for at least one file descriptor.
- the process A continues in the background
- gdb detaches, from process A
- gdb switches to process B, in other words, it restarts checkpoint 1
- while restarting checkpoint 1, gdb tries to call lseek in the inferior
  (process B), but this fails because gdb incorrectly thinks that inferior B
  is running.

This happens because linux_nat_switch_fork patches the pid of process B into
the current inferior and current thread which where originally representing
process A.  So, because process A was running in the background, the
thread_info fields executing and resumed are set accordingly, but they are not
correct for process B.

There's a line in fork_load_infrun_state that fixes up the thread_info field
stop_pc, so fix this by adding similar fixups for the executing and resumed
fields alongside.

The FAIL did not always reproduce, so extend the test-case to reliably
trigger this scenario.

Tested on x86_64-linux.

Approved-By: Kevin Buettner <[email protected]>

PR gdb/31203
Bug: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=31203
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vries committed Jan 11, 2024
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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions gdb/linux-fork.c
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Expand Up @@ -227,6 +227,8 @@ fork_load_infrun_state (struct fork_info *fp)

inferior_thread ()->set_stop_pc
(regcache_read_pc (get_thread_regcache (inferior_thread ())));
inferior_thread ()->set_executing (false);
inferior_thread ()->set_resumed (false);
nullify_last_target_wait_ptid ();

/* Now restore the file positions of open file descriptors. */
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28 changes: 28 additions & 0 deletions gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/kill-during-detach.c
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Expand Up @@ -16,14 +16,42 @@
along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */

#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <assert.h>

volatile int dont_exit_just_yet = 1;

#define XSTR(s) STR(s)
#define STR(s) #s

volatile int with_checkpoint = 0;

int
main ()
{
alarm (300);

if (with_checkpoint)
{
/* We open a file and move file pos from 0 to 1. We set the checkpoint
when pos is 0, and restart it when pos is 1. This makes sure that
restarting the checkpoint excercises calling lseek in the
inferior. */

/* Open a file. */
const char *filename = XSTR (BINFILE);
FILE *fp = fopen (filename, "r");

volatile int checkpoint_here = 0; /* Checkpoint here. */

if (fp != NULL)
{
/* Move file pos from 0 to 1. */
int res = fseek (fp, 1, SEEK_SET);
assert (res == 0);
}
}

/* Spin until GDB releases us. */
while (dont_exit_just_yet)
usleep (100000);
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16 changes: 15 additions & 1 deletion gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/kill-during-detach.exp
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Expand Up @@ -39,10 +39,16 @@ if { [istarget "*-*-linux*"] && [target_info gdb_protocol] == ""} {
set has_checkpoint false
}

if {[build_executable "failed to prepare" $testfile $srcfile] == -1} {
set flags {}
lappend flags debug
lappend flags additional_flags=-DBINFILE=$binfile

if {[build_executable "failed to prepare" $testfile $srcfile $flags] == -1} {
return -1
}

set checkpoint_line [gdb_get_line_number "Checkpoint here"]

# Start an inferior, which blocks in a spin loop. Setup a Python
# function that performs an action based on EXIT_P that will cause the
# inferior to exit, and then, within the same Python function, ask GDB
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}

if { $checkpoint_p } {
# Active checkpoint-specific code in $srcfile.
gdb_test_no_output "set var with_checkpoint=1"

# Run to line where we want to set the checkpoint.
gdb_breakpoint "$::srcfile:$::checkpoint_line"
gdb_continue_to_breakpoint "checkpoint line"

# Set the checkpoint.
gdb_test "checkpoint" \
"checkpoint 1: fork returned pid $::decimal\\."
}
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