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File gdbserver-switch-to-right-process-in-find_one_thread.patch of Package gdb

gdbserver: switch to right process in find_one_thread

New in this version: add a dedicated test.

When I do this:

$ ./gdb -nx --data-directory=data-directory -q \
        /bin/sleep \
	-ex "maint set target-non-stop on" \
	-ex "tar ext :1234" \
	-ex "set remote exec-file /bin/sleep" \
	-ex "run 1231 &" \
	-ex add-inferior \
	-ex "inferior 2"
    Reading symbols from /bin/sleep...
    (No debugging symbols found in /bin/sleep)
    Remote debugging using :1234
    Starting program: /bin/sleep 1231
    Reading /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 from remote target...
    warning: File transfers from remote targets can be slow. Use "set sysroot" to access files locally instead.
    Reading /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 from remote target...
    Reading /usr/lib/debug/.build-id/a6/7a1408f18db3576757eea210d07ba3fc560dff.debug from remote target...
    [New inferior 2]
    Added inferior 2 on connection 1 (extended-remote :1234)
    [Switching to inferior 2 [<null>] (<noexec>)]
    (gdb) Reading /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 from remote target...
    attach 3659848
    Attaching to process 3659848
    /home/smarchi/src/binutils-gdb/gdb/thread.c:85: internal-error: inferior_thread: Assertion `current_thread_ != nullptr' failed.

Note the "attach" command just above.  When doing it on the command-line
with a -ex switch, the bug doesn't trigger.

The internal error of GDB is actually caused by GDBserver crashing, and
the error recovery of GDB is not on point.  This patch aims to fix just
the GDBserver crash, not the GDB problem.

GDBserver crashes with a segfault here:

(gdb) bt
    #0  0x00005555557fb3f4 in find_one_thread (ptid=...) at /home/smarchi/src/binutils-gdb/gdbserver/thread-db.cc:177
    #1  0x00005555557fd5cf in thread_db_thread_handle (ptid=<error reading variable: Cannot access memory at address 0xffffffffffffffa0>, handle=0x7fffffffc400, handle_len=0x7fffffffc3f0)
        at /home/smarchi/src/binutils-gdb/gdbserver/thread-db.cc:461
    #2  0x000055555578a0b6 in linux_process_target::thread_handle (this=0x5555558a64c0 <the_x86_target>, ptid=<error reading variable: Cannot access memory at address 0xffffffffffffffa0>, handle=0x7fffffffc400,
        handle_len=0x7fffffffc3f0) at /home/smarchi/src/binutils-gdb/gdbserver/linux-low.cc:6905
    #3  0x00005555556dfcc6 in handle_qxfer_threads_worker (thread=0x60b000000510, buffer=0x7fffffffc8a0) at /home/smarchi/src/binutils-gdb/gdbserver/server.cc:1645
    #4  0x00005555556e00e6 in operator() (__closure=0x7fffffffc5e0, thread=0x60b000000510) at /home/smarchi/src/binutils-gdb/gdbserver/server.cc:1696
    #5  0x00005555556f54be in for_each_thread<handle_qxfer_threads_proper(buffer*)::<lambda(thread_info*)> >(struct {...}) (func=...) at /home/smarchi/src/binutils-gdb/gdbserver/gdbthread.h:159
    #6  0x00005555556e0242 in handle_qxfer_threads_proper (buffer=0x7fffffffc8a0) at /home/smarchi/src/binutils-gdb/gdbserver/server.cc:1694
    #7  0x00005555556e04ba in handle_qxfer_threads (annex=0x629000000213 "", readbuf=0x621000019100 '\276' <repeats 200 times>..., writebuf=0x0, offset=0, len=4097)
        at /home/smarchi/src/binutils-gdb/gdbserver/server.cc:1732
    #8  0x00005555556e1989 in handle_qxfer (own_buf=0x629000000200 "qXfer:threads", packet_len=26, new_packet_len_p=0x7fffffffd630) at /home/smarchi/src/binutils-gdb/gdbserver/server.cc:2045
    #9  0x00005555556e720a in handle_query (own_buf=0x629000000200 "qXfer:threads", packet_len=26, new_packet_len_p=0x7fffffffd630) at /home/smarchi/src/binutils-gdb/gdbserver/server.cc:2685
    #10 0x00005555556f1a01 in process_serial_event () at /home/smarchi/src/binutils-gdb/gdbserver/server.cc:4176
    #11 0x00005555556f4457 in handle_serial_event (err=0, client_data=0x0) at /home/smarchi/src/binutils-gdb/gdbserver/server.cc:4514
    #12 0x0000555555820f56 in handle_file_event (file_ptr=0x607000000250, ready_mask=1) at /home/smarchi/src/binutils-gdb/gdbsupport/event-loop.cc:573
    #13 0x0000555555821895 in gdb_wait_for_event (block=1) at /home/smarchi/src/binutils-gdb/gdbsupport/event-loop.cc:694
    #14 0x000055555581f533 in gdb_do_one_event (mstimeout=-1) at /home/smarchi/src/binutils-gdb/gdbsupport/event-loop.cc:264
    #15 0x00005555556ec9fb in start_event_loop () at /home/smarchi/src/binutils-gdb/gdbserver/server.cc:3512
    #16 0x00005555556f0769 in captured_main (argc=4, argv=0x7fffffffe0d8) at /home/smarchi/src/binutils-gdb/gdbserver/server.cc:3992
    #17 0x00005555556f0e3f in main (argc=4, argv=0x7fffffffe0d8) at /home/smarchi/src/binutils-gdb/gdbserver/server.cc:4078

The reason is a wrong current process when find_one_thread is called.
The current process is the 2nd one, which was just attached.  It does
not yet have thread_db data (proc->priv->thread_db is nullptr).  As we
iterate on all threads of all process to fulfull the qxfer:threads:read
request, we get to a thread of process 1 for which we haven't read
thread_db information yet (lwp_info::thread_known is false), so we get
into find_one_thread.  find_one_thread uses
`current_processÂ ()->priv->thread_db`, assuming the current process
matches the ptid passed as a parameter, which is wrong.  A segfault
happens when trying to dereference that thread_db pointer.

Fix this by making find_one_thread not assume what the current process /
current thread is.  If it needs to call into libthread_db, which we know
will try to read memory from the current process, then temporarily set
the current process.

In the case where the thread is already know and we return early, we
don't need to switch process.

Add a test to reproduce this specific situation.

Change-Id: I09b00883e8b73b7e5f89d0f47cb4e9c0f3d6caaa
Approved-By: Andrew Burgess <aburgess@redhat.com>

---
 gdb/testsuite/gdb.multi/attach-while-running.c   | 26 +++++++++
 gdb/testsuite/gdb.multi/attach-while-running.exp | 73 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 gdbserver/thread-db.cc                           | 29 ++++++----
 3 files changed, 116 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.multi/attach-while-running.c b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.multi/attach-while-running.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dd321dfe007
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.multi/attach-while-running.c
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/* This testcase is part of GDB, the GNU debugger.
+
+   Copyright 2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+   (at your option) any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+int global_var = 123;
+
+int
+main (void)
+{
+  sleep (30);
+}
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.multi/attach-while-running.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.multi/attach-while-running.exp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..125273d0524
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.multi/attach-while-running.exp
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+# Copyright 2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# This test was introduced to reproduce a specific bug in GDBserver, where
+# attaching an inferior while another one was running would trigger a segfault
+# in GDBserver.  Reproducing the bug required specific circumstances:
+#
+#  - The first process must be far enough to have loaded its libc or
+#    libpthread (whatever triggers the loading of libthread_db), such that
+#    its proc->priv->thread_db is not nullptr
+#
+#  - However, its lwp must still be in the `!lwp->thread_known` state,
+#    meaning GDBserver hasn't asked libthread_db to compute the thread
+#    handle yet.  That means, GDB must not have refreshed the thread list
+#    yet, since that would cause the thread handles to be computed.  That
+#    means, no stopping on a breakpoint, since that causes a thread list
+#    update.  That's why the first inferior needs to be started with "run
+#    &".
+#
+#  - Attaching the second process would segfault GDBserver.
+#
+# All of this to say, if modifying this test, please keep in mind the original
+# intent.
+
+standard_testfile
+
+if [use_gdb_stub] {
+    unsupported "test requires running"
+    return
+}
+
+if { [build_executable "failed to prepare" ${testfile} ${srcfile}] } {
+    return
+}
+
+proc do_test {} {
+    save_vars { $::GDBFLAGS } {
+	append ::GDBFLAGS " -ex \"maint set target-non-stop on\""
+	clean_restart $::binfile
+    }
+
+    gdb_test_multiple "run &" "" {
+	-re ".*$::gdb_prompt " {
+	    pass $gdb_test_name
+	}
+    }
+    gdb_test "add-inferior" "Added inferior 2 on connection 1 .*"
+    gdb_test "inferior 2" "Switching to inferior 2 .*"
+
+    set spawn_id [spawn_wait_for_attach $::binfile]
+    set pid [spawn_id_get_pid $spawn_id]
+
+    # This call would crash GDBserver.
+    gdb_attach $pid
+
+    # Read a variable from the inferior, just to make sure the attach worked
+    # fine.
+    gdb_test "print global_var" " = 123"
+}
+
+do_test
diff --git a/gdbserver/thread-db.cc b/gdbserver/thread-db.cc
index 6e0e2228a5f..bf98ca9557a 100644
--- a/gdbserver/thread-db.cc
+++ b/gdbserver/thread-db.cc
@@ -155,30 +155,35 @@ thread_db_state_str (td_thr_state_e state)
 }
 #endif
 
-/* Get thread info about PTID, accessing memory via the current
-   thread.  */
+/* Get thread info about PTID.  */
 
 static int
 find_one_thread (ptid_t ptid)
 {
-  td_thrhandle_t th;
-  td_thrinfo_t ti;
-  td_err_e err;
-  struct lwp_info *lwp;
-  struct thread_db *thread_db = current_process ()->priv->thread_db;
-  int lwpid = ptid.lwp ();
-
   thread_info *thread = find_thread_ptid (ptid);
-  lwp = get_thread_lwp (thread);
+  lwp_info *lwp = get_thread_lwp (thread);
   if (lwp->thread_known)
     return 1;
 
-  /* Get information about this thread.  */
-  err = thread_db->td_ta_map_lwp2thr_p (thread_db->thread_agent, lwpid, &th);
+  /* Get information about this thread.  libthread_db will need to read some
+     memory, which will be done on the current process, so make PTID's process
+     the current one.  */
+  process_info *proc = find_process_pid (ptid.pid ());
+  gdb_assert (proc != nullptr);
+
+  scoped_restore_current_thread restore_thread;
+  switch_to_process (proc);
+
+  thread_db *thread_db = proc->priv->thread_db;
+  td_thrhandle_t th;
+  int lwpid = ptid.lwp ();
+  td_err_e err = thread_db->td_ta_map_lwp2thr_p (thread_db->thread_agent, lwpid,
+						 &th);
   if (err != TD_OK)
     error ("Cannot get thread handle for LWP %d: %s",
 	   lwpid, thread_db_err_str (err));
 
+  td_thrinfo_t ti;
   err = thread_db->td_thr_get_info_p (&th, &ti);
   if (err != TD_OK)
     error ("Cannot get thread info for LWP %d: %s",

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