[RFA] Fix for PR mi/15863
Commit Message
If an MI client creates a varobj and attempts to update the root
/before/ the inferior is started, gdb will throw an internal error:
(gdb)
-var-create * - batch_flag
^done,name="var1",numchild="0",value="0",type="int",has_more="0"
(gdb)
-var-update var1
^done,changelist=[]
(gdb)
-var-update *
~"../../src/gdb/thread.c:628: internal-error: is_thread_state: Assertion `tp' failed.\nA problem internal to GDB has been detected,\nfurther debugging may prove unreliable.\nQuit this debugging session? "
~"(y or n) "
The function that handles the varobj update in the failing case,
mi_cmd_var_udpate_iter, checks if the thread/inferior is stopped before
attempting to update the varobj. It calls is_stopped (inferior_ptid)
which calls is_thread_state:
tp = find_thread_ptid (ptid);
gdb_assert (tp);
When there is no inferior, ptid is null_ptid, and find_thread_ptid (null_ptid)
returns NULL and the assertion is triggered.
This patch changes mi_cmd_var_update_iter to behave the same way
"-var-update var1" does: by calling the thread "stopped" if
there is no inferior (and thereby calling varobj_update_one).
ChangeLog
2014-06-13 Keith Seitz <keiths@redhat.com>
PR mi/15863
* mi/mi-cmd-var.c (mi_cmd_var_update_iter): Do not attempt
to update the varobj if inferior_ptid is null_ptid.
testsuite/ChangeLog
2014-06-13 Keith Seitz <keiths@redhat.com>
PR mi/15863
* gdb.mi/mi-var-cmd.exp: Add test for -var-update before
the inferior is started.
---
gdb/mi/mi-cmd-var.c | 4 +++-
gdb/testsuite/gdb.mi/mi-var-cmd.exp | 6 ++++++
2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
Comments
>>>>> "Keith" == Keith Seitz <keiths@redhat.com> writes:
Keith> 2014-06-13 Keith Seitz <keiths@redhat.com>
Keith> PR mi/15863
Keith> * mi/mi-cmd-var.c (mi_cmd_var_update_iter): Do not attempt
Keith> to update the varobj if inferior_ptid is null_ptid.
Keith> testsuite/ChangeLog
Keith> 2014-06-13 Keith Seitz <keiths@redhat.com>
Keith> PR mi/15863
Keith> * gdb.mi/mi-var-cmd.exp: Add test for -var-update before
Keith> the inferior is started.
Thanks, this is ok.
Tom
On 06/13/2014 01:31 PM, Tom Tromey wrote:
> Thanks, this is ok.
I've pushed this and closed the bug. Thank you for taking a look, Tom.
Keith
@@ -642,7 +642,9 @@ mi_cmd_var_update_iter (struct varobj *var, void *data_pointer)
thread_id = varobj_get_thread_id (var);
- if (thread_id == -1 && is_stopped (inferior_ptid))
+ if (thread_id == -1
+ && (ptid_equal (inferior_ptid, null_ptid)
+ || is_stopped (inferior_ptid)))
thread_stopped = 1;
else
{
@@ -50,6 +50,12 @@ mi_gdb_load ${binfile}
mi_create_varobj "global_simple" "global_simple" "create global variable"
+# PR mi/15863
+# Attempt to update the varobj before running the inferior.
+mi_gdb_test "-var-update *" \
+ "\\^done,changelist=\\\[\\\]" \
+ "update varobj before running inferior"
+
# Test: c_variable-1.2
# Desc: Create non-existent variable