Force to insert software single step breakpoint
authorYao Qi <yao.qi@linaro.org>
Mon, 25 Apr 2016 08:16:21 +0000 (09:16 +0100)
committerYao Qi <yao.qi@linaro.org>
Mon, 25 Apr 2016 08:16:21 +0000 (09:16 +0100)
commit21edc42f4e1ec6fe8cfce171232bab27ad4af372
treee78cffc7c9c92a0492e51e2d0b9b989518ed4e39
parent101ae4cd3167bcb6fa1becee4f0c3ad1ffc41f15
Force to insert software single step breakpoint

GDB doesn't insert software single step breakpoint if the instruction
branches to itself, so that the program can't stop after command "si".

(gdb) b 32
Breakpoint 2 at 0x8680: file git/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/branch-to-self.c, line 32.
(gdb) c
Continuing.

Breakpoint 2, main () at gdb/git/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/branch-to-self.c:32
32   asm (".Lhere: " BRANCH_INSN " .Lhere"); /* loop-line */
(gdb) si
infrun: clear_proceed_status_thread (Thread 3991.3991)
infrun: proceed (addr=0xffffffff, signal=GDB_SIGNAL_DEFAULT)
infrun: step-over queue now empty
infrun: resuming [Thread 3991.3991] for step-over
infrun: skipping breakpoint: stepping past insn at: 0x8680
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Sending packet: $Z0,8678,4#f3...Packet received: OK
infrun: skipping breakpoint: stepping past insn at: 0x8680
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Sending packet: $Z0,b6fe86c8,4#82...Packet received: OK
infrun: resume (step=1, signal=GDB_SIGNAL_0), trap_expected=1, current thread [Thread 3991.3991] at 0x868

breakpoint.c:should_be_inserted thinks the breakpoint shouldn't be
inserted, which is wrong.  This patch restrict the condition that
only skip the non-single-step breakpoints if they are inserted at
the place we are stepping over, however we don't want to skip
single-step breakpoint if its thread is the thread we are stepping
over, so in this patch, I add a thread num in 'struct step_over_info'
to record the thread we're stepping over.

gdb:

2016-04-25  Yao Qi  <yao.qi@linaro.org>

* breakpoint.c (should_be_inserted): Return 0 if the location's
owner is not single step breakpoint or single step breakpoint's
thread isn't the thread which is stepping past a breakpoint.
* gdbarch.sh (software_single_step): Update comments.
* gdbarch.h: Regenerated.
* infrun.c (struct step_over_info) <thread>: New field.
(set_step_over_info): New argument 'thread'.  Callers updated.
(clear_step_over_info): Set field thread to -1.
(thread_is_stepping_over_breakpoint): New function.
* infrun.h (thread_is_stepping_over_breakpoint): Declaration.
gdb/ChangeLog
gdb/breakpoint.c
gdb/gdbarch.h
gdb/gdbarch.sh
gdb/infrun.c
gdb/infrun.h