gdb: fix eval.c assert during inferior exit event

Evaluating expressions from within an inferior exit event handler can
cause a crash:

    echo "int main() { return 0; }" > repro.c
    gcc -g repro.c -o repro
    ./gdb -q --ex "set language c++" --ex "python gdb.events.exited.connect(lambda _: gdb.execute('set \$_a=0'))" --ex "run" repro

    Reading symbols from repro...
    Starting program: /home/mhov/repos/binutils-gdb-master/install-bad/bin/repro
    [Inferior 1 (process 1974779) exited normally]
    ../../gdb/thread.c:72: internal-error: thread_info* inferior_thread(): Assertion `current_thread_ != nullptr' failed.
    A problem internal to GDB has been detected,
    further debugging may prove unreliable.
    Quit this debugging session? (y or n) [answered Y; input not from terminal]

    This is a bug, please report it.  For instructions, see:
    <https://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/>.

Backtrace
    0  in internal_error of ../../gdbsupport/errors.cc:51
    1  in inferior_thread of ../../gdb/thread.c:72
    2  in expression::evaluate of ../../gdb/eval.c:98
    3  in evaluate_expression of ../../gdb/eval.c:115
    4  in set_command of ../../gdb/printcmd.c:1502
    5  in do_const_cfunc of ../../gdb/cli/cli-decode.c:101
    6  in cmd_func of ../../gdb/cli/cli-decode.c:2181
    7  in execute_command of ../../gdb/top.c:670
    ...
    22 in python_inferior_exit of ../../gdb/python/py-inferior.c:182

In `expression::evaluate (...)' there is a call to `inferior_thread
()' that is guarded by `target_has_execution ()':

    struct value *
    expression::evaluate (struct type *expect_type, enum noside noside)
    {
      gdb::optional<enable_thread_stack_temporaries> stack_temporaries;
      if (target_has_execution ()
          && language_defn->la_language == language_cplus
          && !thread_stack_temporaries_enabled_p (inferior_thread ()))
        stack_temporaries.emplace (inferior_thread ());

The `target_has_execution ()' guard maps onto `inf->pid' and the
`inferior_thread ()' call assumes that `current_thread_' is set to
something meaningful:

    struct thread_info*
    inferior_thread (void)
    {
      gdb_assert (current_thread_ != nullptr);
      return current_thread_;
    }

In other words, it is assumed that if `inf->pid' is set then
`current_thread_' must also be set. This does not hold at the point
where inferior exit observers are notified:
- `generic_mourn_inferior (...)'
  - `switch_to_no_thread ()'
    - `current_thread_ = nullptr;'
  - `exit_inferior (...)'
    - `gdb::observers::inferior_exit.notify (...)'
    - `inf->pid = 0'

The inferior exit notification means that a Python handler can get a
chance to run while `current_thread' has been cleared and the
`inf->pid' has not been cleared. Since the Python handler can call any
GDB command with `gdb.execute(...)' (in my case `gdb.execute("set
$_a=0")' we can end up evaluating expressions and asserting in
`evaluate_subexp (...)'.

This patch adds a test in `evaluate_subexp (...)' to check the global
`inferior_ptid' which is reset at the same time as `current_thread_'.
Checking `inferior_ptid' at the same time as `target_has_execution ()'
seems to be a common pattern:

    $ git grep -n -e inferior_ptid --and -e target_has_execution
    gdb/breakpoint.c:2998:    && (inferior_ptid == null_ptid || !target_has_execution ()))
    gdb/breakpoint.c:3054:    && (inferior_ptid == null_ptid || !target_has_execution ()))
    gdb/breakpoint.c:4587:  if (inferior_ptid == null_ptid || !target_has_execution ())
    gdb/infcmd.c:360:  if (inferior_ptid != null_ptid && target_has_execution ())
    gdb/infcmd.c:2380:  /* FIXME:  This should not really be inferior_ptid (or target_has_execution).
    gdb/infrun.c:3438:  if (!target_has_execution () || inferior_ptid == null_ptid)
    gdb/remote.c:11961:  if (!target_has_execution () || inferior_ptid == null_ptid)
    gdb/solib.c:725:  if (target_has_execution () && inferior_ptid != null_ptid)

The testsuite has been run on 5.4.0-59-generic x86_64 GNU/Linux:
- Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS
- gcc (Ubuntu 9.3.0-17ubuntu1~20.04) 9.3.0
- DejaGnu version 1.6.2
  - Expect version 5.45.4
  - Tcl version 8.6
- Native configuration: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
- Target: unix

Results show a few XFAIL in
gdb.threads/attach-many-short-lived-threads.exp. The existing
py-events.exp tests are skipped for native-gdbserver and fail for
native-extended-gdbserver, but the new tests pass with
native-extended-gdbserver when run without the existing tests.

gdb/ChangeLog:

2021-06-03  Magne Hov  <mhov@undo.io>

	PR python/27841
	* eval.c (expression::evaluate): Check inferior_ptid.

gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:

2021-06-03  Magne Hov  <mhov@undo.io>

	PR python/27841
	* gdb.python/py-events.exp: Extend inferior exit tests.
	* gdb.python/py-events.py: Print inferior exit PID.
This commit is contained in:
Magne Hov
2021-06-03 21:20:30 +01:00
parent 415c8100a2
commit df5bc734f2
5 changed files with 54 additions and 1 deletions

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@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
2021-06-03 Magne Hov <mhov@undo.io>
PR python/27841
* eval.c (expression::evaluate): Check inferior_ptid.
2021-06-03 Pedro Alves <pedro@palves.net>
* MAINTAINERS (The Official FSF-appointed GDB Maintainers): Remove

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@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ struct value *
expression::evaluate (struct type *expect_type, enum noside noside)
{
gdb::optional<enable_thread_stack_temporaries> stack_temporaries;
if (target_has_execution ()
if (target_has_execution () && inferior_ptid != null_ptid
&& language_defn->la_language == language_cplus
&& !thread_stack_temporaries_enabled_p (inferior_thread ()))
stack_temporaries.emplace (inferior_thread ());

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@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
2021-06-03 Magne Hov <mhov@undo.io>
PR python/27841
* gdb.python/py-events.exp: Extend inferior exit tests.
* gdb.python/py-events.py: Print inferior exit PID.
2021-06-03 Hannes Domani <ssbssa@yahoo.de>
* gdb.python/py-symbol.exp: Test symbol constants.

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@ -197,18 +197,33 @@ gdb_test_multiple "continue" $test {
gdb_test_no_output "delete $second_breakpoint"
#test exited event.
proc get_process_id {test} {
global gdb_prompt
gdb_test_multiple "info proc" $test {
-re "process (\\d+).*$gdb_prompt $" {
set process_id $expect_out(1,string)
pass $gdb_test_name
}
}
return ${process_id}
}
set process_id [get_process_id "get inferior 1 process id"]
gdb_test "continue" ".*event type: continue.*
.*clear_objfiles\[\r\n\]*progspace: .*py-events.*
.*event type: exit.*
.*exit code: 12.*
.*exit inf: 1.*
.*exit pid: $process_id.*
dir ok: True.*" "Inferior 1 terminated."
gdb_test "inferior 2" ".*Switching to inferior 2.*"
set process_id [get_process_id "get inferior 2 process id"]
gdb_test "continue" ".*event type: continue.*
.*event type: exit.*
.*exit code: 12.*
.*exit inf: 2.*
.*exit pid: $process_id.*
dir ok: True.*" "Inferior 2 terminated."
@ -235,3 +250,29 @@ gdb_test "python print(count)" 2 "check for before_prompt event"
gdb_test_no_output "xxz" "run a canned sequence"
gdb_test "python print(count)" 4 "check for before_prompt event again"
# Test evaluating expressions from within an inferior exit event handler. This
# used to cause a crash when expression were evaluated as C++.
gdb_test_no_output "set language c++"
gdb_test_multiline "add exited listener" \
"python" "" \
"def increment_foo(_):" "" \
" gdb.execute('set \$_foo=\$_foo+1')" "" \
"gdb.events.exited.connect(increment_foo)" "" \
"end" ""
gdb_test "set \$_foo=0" "" "initialize foo variable"
gdb_test "print \$_foo" "= 0" "check foo initialized"
with_test_prefix "inferior run exit" {
gdb_run_cmd
gdb_test "" "exited with code.*" "run to exit"
gdb_test "print \$_foo" "= 1" "check foo after run"
}
with_test_prefix "inferior continue exit" {
gdb_start_cmd
gdb_test "" "Temporary breakpoint .* main .*" "stop on a frame"
gdb_test "continue" "exited with code.*" "continue to exit"
gdb_test "print \$_foo" "= 2" "check foo after start continue"
}

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@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ def exit_handler(event):
print("event type: exit")
print("exit code: %d" % (event.exit_code))
print("exit inf: %d" % (event.inferior.num))
print("exit pid: %d" % (event.inferior.pid))
print("dir ok: %s" % str("exit_code" in dir(event)))