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commit 7f5ef60532b466ec7a83a943f36e93e32e30eafe
Author: Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
Date:   Tue Oct 28 13:42:11 2014 +0000

    PR gdb/12623: non-stop crashes inferior, PC adjustment and 1-byte insns
    
    TL;DR - if we step an instruction that is as long as
    decr_pc_after_break (1-byte on x86) right after removing the
    breakpoint at PC, in non-stop mode, adjust_pc_after_break adjusts the
    PC, but it shouldn't.
    
    In non-stop mode, when a breakpoint is removed, it is moved to the
    "moribund locations" list.  This is because other threads that are
    running may have tripped on that breakpoint as well, and we haven't
    heard about it.  When a trap is reported, we check if perhaps it was
    such a deleted breakpoint that caused the trap.  If so, we also need
    to adjust the PC (decr_pc_after_break).
    
    Now, say that, on x86:
    
     - a breakpoint was placed at an address where we have an instruction
    of the same length as decr_pc_after_break on this arch (1 on x86).
    
     - the breakpoint is removed, and thus put on the moribund locations
       list.
    
     - the thread is single-stepped.
    
    As there's no breakpoint inserted at PC anymore, the single-step
    actually executes the 1-byte instruction normally.  GDB should _not_
    adjust the PC for the resulting SIGTRAP.  But, adjust_pc_after_break
    confuses the step SIGTRAP reported for this single-step as being a
    SIGTRAP for the moribund location of the breakpoint that used to be at
    the previous PC, and so infrun applies the decr_pc_after_break
    adjustment incorrectly.
    
    The confusion comes from the special case mentioned in the comment:
    
     static void
     adjust_pc_after_break (struct execution_control_state *ecs)
     {
     ...
    	  As a special case, we could have hardware single-stepped a
    	  software breakpoint.  In this case (prev_pc == breakpoint_pc),
    	  we also need to back up to the breakpoint address.  */
    
           if (thread_has_single_step_breakpoints_set (ecs->event_thread)
    	   || !ptid_equal (ecs->ptid, inferior_ptid)
    	   || !currently_stepping (ecs->event_thread)
    	   || (ecs->event_thread->stepped_breakpoint
    	       && ecs->event_thread->prev_pc == breakpoint_pc))
    	 regcache_write_pc (regcache, breakpoint_pc);
    
    The condition that incorrectly triggers is the
    "ecs->event_thread->prev_pc == breakpoint_pc" one.
    
    Afterwards, the next resume resume re-executes an instruction that had
    already executed, which if you're lucky, results in the inferior
    crashing.  If you're unlucky, you'll get silent bad behavior...
    
    The fix is to remember that we stepped a breakpoint.  Turns out the
    only case we step a breakpoint instruction today isn't covered by the
    testsuite.  It's the case of a 'handle nostop" signal arriving while a
    step is in progress _and_ we have a software watchpoint, which forces
    always single-stepping.  This commit extends sigstep.exp to cover
    that, and adds a new test for the adjust_pc_after_break issue.
    
    Tested on x86_64 Fedora 20, native and gdbserver.
    
    gdb/
    2014-10-28  Pedro Alves  <palves@redhat.com>
    
    	PR gdb/12623
    	* gdbthread.h (struct thread_info) <stepped_breakpoint>: New
    	field.
    	* infrun.c (resume) <stepping breakpoint instruction>: Set the
    	thread's stepped_breakpoint field.  Skip if reverse debugging.
    	Add comment.
    	(init_thread_stepping_state, handle_signal_stop): Clear the
    	thread's stepped_breakpoint field.
    
    gdb/testsuite/
    2014-10-28  Pedro Alves  <palves@redhat.com>
    
    	PR gdb/12623
    	* gdb.base/sigstep.c (no_handler): New global.
    	(main): If 'no_handler is true, set the signal handlers to
    	SIG_IGN.
    	* gdb.base/sigstep.exp (breakpoint_over_handler): Add
    	with_sw_watch and no_handler parameters.  Handle them.
    	(top level) <stepping over handler when stopped at a breakpoint
    	test>: Add a test axis for testing with a software watchpoint, and
    	another for testing with the signal handler set to SIG_IGN.
    	* gdb.base/step-sw-breakpoint-adjust-pc.c: New file.
    	* gdb.base/step-sw-breakpoint-adjust-pc.exp: New file.

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Summary of changes:
 gdb/ChangeLog                                      |   11 +++
 gdb/gdbthread.h                                    |    5 +
 gdb/infrun.c                                       |   32 ++++++-
 gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog                            |   14 +++
 gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/sigstep.c                   |    5 +-
 gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/sigstep.exp                 |   45 ++++++++-
 .../gdb.base/step-sw-breakpoint-adjust-pc.c        |   50 +++++++++++
 .../gdb.base/step-sw-breakpoint-adjust-pc.exp      |   94 ++++++++++++++++++++
 8 files changed, 246 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/step-sw-breakpoint-adjust-pc.c
 create mode 100644 gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/step-sw-breakpoint-adjust-pc.exp


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