old-cross-binutils/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/attach-wait-input.exp
Pedro Alves 7180e04a36 Fix "attach" command vs user input race
On async targets, a synchronous attach is done like this:

   #1 - target_attach is called (PTRACE_ATTACH is issued)
   #2 - a continuation is installed
   #3 - we go back to the event loop
   #4 - target reports stop (SIGSTOP), event loop wakes up, and
        attach continuation is called
   #5 - among other things, the continuation calls
        target_terminal_inferior, which removes stdin from the event
        loop

Note that in #3, GDB is still processing user input.  If the user is
fast enough, e.g., with something like:

  echo -e "attach PID\nset xxx=1" | gdb

... then the "set" command is processed before the attach completes.

We get worse behavior even, if input is a tty and therefore
readline/editing is enabled, with e.g.,:

 (gdb) attach PID\nset xxx=1

we then crash readline/gdb, with:

 Attaching to program: attach-wait-input, process 14537
 readline: readline_callback_read_char() called with no handler!
 Aborted
 $

Fix this by calling target_terminal_inferior before #3 above.

The test covers both scenarios by running with editing/readline forced
to both on and off.

gdb/
2014-07-09  Pedro Alves  <palves@redhat.com>

	* infcmd.c (attach_command_post_wait): Don't call
	target_terminal_inferior here.
	(attach_command): Call it here instead.

gdb/testsuite/
2014-07-09  Pedro Alves  <palves@redhat.com>

	* gdb.base/attach-wait-input.exp: New file.
	* gdb.base/attach-wait-input.c: New file.
2014-07-09 15:59:02 +01:00

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# Copyright 2014 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
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#
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# 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/>. */
# Verify that GDB waits for the "attach" command to finish before
# processing the following command.
#
# GDB used to have a race where on async targets, in the small window
# between the attach request and the initial stop for the attach, GDB
# was still processing user input.
#
# The issue was originally detected with:
#
# echo -e "attach PID\nset xxx=1" | gdb
#
# In that scenario, stdin is not a tty, which disables readline.
# Explicitly turning off editing exercises the same code path, and is
# simpler to do, so we test with both editing on and off.
# The test uses the "attach" command.
if [target_info exists use_gdb_stub] {
return
}
standard_testfile
if {[build_executable "failed to build" $testfile $srcfile debug]} {
return -1
}
# Start the program running, and return its PID, ready for attaching.
proc start_program {binfile} {
global gdb_prompt
global decimal
clean_restart $binfile
if ![runto setup_done] then {
fail "Can't run to setup_done"
return 0
}
# Get the PID of the test process.
set testpid ""
set test "get inferior process ID"
gdb_test_multiple "p mypid" $test {
-re " = ($decimal)\r\n$gdb_prompt $" {
set testpid $expect_out(1,string)
pass $test
}
}
gdb_test "detach" "Detaching from program: .*"
if {$testpid == ""} {
return
}
return $testpid
}
# Do test proper. EDITING indicates whether "set editing" is on or
# off.
proc test { editing } {
global gdb_prompt
global binfile
global decimal
with_test_prefix "editing $editing" {
set testpid [start_program $binfile]
if {$testpid == ""} {
return
}
# Enable/disable readline.
gdb_test_no_output "set editing $editing"
# Send both commands at once.
send_gdb "attach $testpid\nprint should_exit = 1\n"
# Use gdb_expect directly instead of gdb_test_multiple to
# avoid races with the double prompt.
set test "attach and print"
gdb_expect {
-re "Attaching to program.*process $testpid\r\n.*$gdb_prompt.*$decimal = 1\r\n$gdb_prompt $" {
pass "$test"
}
timeout {
fail "$test (timeout)"
}
}
# As we've used attach, on quit, we'll detach from the
# program. Explicitly kill it in case we failed above.
gdb_test "kill" \
"" \
"after attach, exit" \
"Kill the program being debugged.*y or n. $" \
"y"
}
}
foreach editing {"on" "off"} {
test $editing
}