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Re: threads/2149: thread_db_get_info: cannot get thread info: genericerror on fork()/execvp()


The following reply was made to PR threads/2149; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Alex Bligh <alex@alex.org.uk>
To: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org>
Cc: "Matthew M. DeLoera" <mdeloera@exacq.com>,
	gdb-gnats@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: threads/2149: thread_db_get_info: cannot get thread info: generic
 error on fork()/execvp()
Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2006 21:36:55 +0100

 The following pretty trivial program replicates the problem
 100% of the time. Thanks to Matthew for the hint. I suspect
 you only need 2 threads to join. Compile instructions
 included.
 
 Alex
 
 
 /* pth_dmo.c - pthreads demo.
   *
   *   SYNOPSIS
   *gcc -D_REENTRANT -lpthread -o pth_dmo pth_dmo.c
   *./pth_dmo
   *
   *   DESCRIPTION
   *Starts an arbitrary number of threads that do essential-
   *ly nothing but print the sequence number they were started
   *in. Uses pthread_join to "reap" the started threads.
   *
   *If nothing is done to synchronize the threads, usually
   *no output will appear;  otherwise,  you should see
   *
   *    Thread 1 reporting
   *    Thread 2 reporting
   *    Thread 3 reporting
   *
   *   PTHREAD_JOIN (See man pthread_join)
   *
   *int pthread_join(pthread_t th, void **thread_return);
   *
   *pthread_join  suspends  the  execution  of the calling
   *thread until the thread identified by th terminates,
   *either by  calling  pthread_exit(3) or by being cancel-
   *led.  The location pointed to by the thread_return arg-
   *ument contains the exit status of thread th; it can be
   *NULL.  The integer returned is zero if everything went
   *alright, which it usually does in this simple program.
   *
   *   ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
   *       http://dis.cs.umass.edu/~wagner/threads_html/sect2.html
   *http://www.math.arizona.edu/swig/pthreads/threads.html#news
   */
 
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <pthread.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 
 void pr_my_id( void *arg )
 {
    int myid = * (int *) arg;
    printf ("Thread %d reporting\n", myid);
 }
 
 main()
 {
    pthread_t t1, t2, t3;
 
    int id1 = 1,
      id2 = 2,
      id3 = 3;
 
    int err;
 
    pid_t pid;
 
    /*  Start three threads ... */
    pthread_create ( &t1, NULL, (void *) &pr_my_id, (void *) &id1 );
    pthread_create ( &t2, NULL, (void *) &pr_my_id, (void *) &id2 );
    pthread_create ( &t3, NULL, (void *) &pr_my_id, (void *) &id3 );
 
    /*  Join them in order. */
    if  ( err = pthread_join(t1, NULL) )
      printf ("join of t1 failed\n");
    if  ( err = pthread_join(t2, NULL) )
      printf ("join of t2 failed\n");
    if  ( err = pthread_join(t3, NULL) )
      printf ("join of t3 failed\n");
    /*
      sleep(1);
    */
 
    pid = fork();
    if (pid == -1)
      printf ("fork() failed\n");
    else
      {
        if (pid)
          {
            int status;
            printf("I am the parent\n");
            waitpid(pid, &status, 0);
          }
        else
          {
            printf("I am the child\n");
            sleep(1);
            exit(0);
          }
      }
 
    printf ("Done\n");
 
    exit(0);
 }
 
 


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