GDBserver may read some packet together with '\003' in one go. We've
already checked '\003' first when reading packet by my patch,
Check input interrupt first when reading packet
https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2016-01/msg00057.html
but if we don't check '\003' *after* each packet, the interrupt will
be processed next time GDBserver reads from the buffer, so that the
interrupt isn't processed in time. For example, GDB sends vCont;c and
interrupt (see gdb.base/interrupt-noterm.exp), we'll resume the
inferior and wait once packet vCont;c is seen. If we don't check the
interrupt character after vCont;c packet, interrupt character will stay
in the buffer unattended until GDBserver returns from the wait, which
may take a while. Note that since we've read '\003' from file
descriptor, SIGIO signal handler input_interrupt doesn't help either.
This issue can be exposed by hacking the end of getpkt like
@@ -1041,6 +1050,9 @@ getpkt (char *buf)
}
}
+ if (readchar_bufcnt > 0)
+ gdb_assert (*readchar_bufp != '\003');
+
return bp - buf;
}
and this can trigger internal error,
(gdb) PASS: gdb.base/interrupt-noterm.exp: interrupt
Remote connection closed^M
(gdb) FAIL: gdb.base/interrupt-noterm.exp: inferior received SIGINT
Remote debugging from host 10.2.206.40^M
/home/yao/SourceCode/gnu/gdb/git/gdb/gdbserver/remote-utils.c:1054: A problem internal to GDBserver has been detected.^M
getpkt: Assertion `*readchar_bufp != '\003'' failed.^M
This patch is to peek the buffer, if it is '\003', consume it and call
*the_target->request_interrupt.
gdb/gdbserver:
2016-01-26 Yao Qi <yao.qi@linaro.org>
* remote-utils.c (getpkt): If the buffer isn't empty, and the
first character is '\003', call *the_target->request_interrupt.
+2016-01-26 Yao Qi <yao.qi@linaro.org>
+
+ * remote-utils.c (getpkt): If the buffer isn't empty, and the
+ first character is '\003', call *the_target->request_interrupt.
+
2016-01-25 Yao Qi <yao.qi@linaro.org>
* remote-utils.c (new_thread_notify): Remove.
}
}
+ /* The readchar above may have already read a '\003' out of the socket
+ and moved it to the local buffer. For example, when GDB sends
+ vCont;c immediately followed by interrupt (see
+ gdb.base/interrupt-noterm.exp). As soon as we see the vCont;c, we'll
+ resume the inferior and wait. Since we've already moved the '\003'
+ to the local buffer, SIGIO won't help. In that case, if we don't
+ check for interrupt after the vCont;c packet, the interrupt character
+ would stay in the buffer unattended until after the next (unrelated)
+ stop. */
+ while (readchar_bufcnt > 0 && *readchar_bufp == '\003')
+ {
+ /* Consume the interrupt character in the buffer. */
+ readchar ();
+ (*the_target->request_interrupt) ();
+ }
+
return bp - buf;
}