old-cross-binutils/gdb/testsuite/gdb.threads/break-while-running.c
Pedro Alves a25a5a45ef Fix "breakpoint always-inserted off"; remove "breakpoint always-inserted auto"
By default, GDB removes all breakpoints from the target when the
target stops and the prompt is given back to the user.  This is useful
in case GDB crashes while the user is interacting, as otherwise,
there's a higher chance breakpoints would be left planted on the
target.

But, as long as any thread is running free, we need to make sure to
keep breakpoints inserted, lest a thread misses a breakpoint.  With
that in mind, in preparation for non-stop mode, we added a "breakpoint
always-inserted on" mode.  This traded off the extra crash protection
for never having threads miss breakpoints, and in addition is more
efficient if there's a ton of breakpoints to remove/insert at each
user command (e.g., at each "step").

When we added non-stop mode, and for a period, we required users to
manually set "always-inserted on" when they enabled non-stop mode, as
otherwise GDB removes all breakpoints from the target as soon as any
thread stops, which means the other threads still running will miss
breakpoints.  The test added by this patch exercises this.

That soon revealed a nuisance, and so later we added an extra
"breakpoint always-inserted auto" mode, that made GDB behave like
"always-inserted on" when non-stop was enabled, and "always-inserted
off" when non-stop was disabled.  "auto" was made the default at the
same time.

In hindsight, this "auto" setting was unnecessary, and not the ideal
solution.  Non-stop mode does depends on breakpoints always-inserted
mode, but only as long as any thread is running.  If no thread is
running, no breakpoint can be missed.  The same is true for all-stop
too.  E.g., if, in all-stop mode, and the user does:

 (gdb) c&
 (gdb) b foo

That breakpoint at "foo" should be inserted immediately, but it
currently isn't -- currently it'll end up inserted only if the target
happens to trip on some event, and is re-resumed, e.g., an internal
breakpoint triggers that doesn't cause a user-visible stop, and so we
end up in keep_going calling insert_breakpoints.  The test added by
this patch also covers this.

IOW, no matter whether in non-stop or all-stop, if the target fully
stops, we can remove breakpoints.  And no matter whether in all-stop
or non-stop, if any thread is running in the target, then we need
breakpoints to be immediately inserted.  And then, if the target has
global breakpoints, we need to keep breakpoints even when the target
is stopped.

So with that in mind, and aiming at reducing all-stop vs non-stop
differences for all-stop-on-stop-of-non-stop, this patch fixes
"breakpoint always-inserted off" to not remove breakpoints from the
target until it fully stops, and then removes the "auto" setting as
unnecessary.  I propose removing it straight away rather than keeping
it as an alias, unless someone complains they have scripts that need
it and that can't adjust.

Tested on x86_64 Fedora 20.

gdb/
2014-09-22  Pedro Alves  <palves@redhat.com>

	* NEWS: Mention merge of "breakpoint always-inserted" modes "off"
	and "auto" merged.
	* breakpoint.c (enum ugll_insert_mode): New enum.
	(always_inserted_mode): Now a plain boolean.
	(show_always_inserted_mode): No longer handle AUTO_BOOLEAN_AUTO.
	(breakpoints_always_inserted_mode): Delete.
	(breakpoints_should_be_inserted_now): New function.
	(insert_breakpoints): Pass UGLL_INSERT to
	update_global_location_list instead of calling
	insert_breakpoint_locations manually.
	(create_solib_event_breakpoint_1): New, factored out from ...
	(create_solib_event_breakpoint): ... this.
	(create_and_insert_solib_event_breakpoint): Use
	create_solib_event_breakpoint_1 instead of calling
	insert_breakpoint_locations manually.
	(update_global_location_list): Change parameter type from boolean
	to enum ugll_insert_mode.  All callers adjusted.  Adjust to use
	breakpoints_should_be_inserted_now and handle UGLL_INSERT.
	(update_global_location_list_nothrow): Change parameter type from
	boolean to enum ugll_insert_mode.
	(_initialize_breakpoint): "breakpoint always-inserted" option is
	now a boolean command.  Update help text.
	* breakpoint.h (breakpoints_always_inserted_mode): Delete declaration.
	(breakpoints_should_be_inserted_now): New declaration.
	* infrun.c (handle_inferior_event) <TARGET_WAITKIND_LOADED>:
	Remove breakpoints_always_inserted_mode check.
	(normal_stop): Adjust to use breakpoints_should_be_inserted_now.
	* remote.c (remote_start_remote): Likewise.

gdb/doc/
2014-09-22  Pedro Alves  <palves@redhat.com>

	* gdb.texinfo (Set Breaks): Document that "set breakpoint
	always-inserted off" is the default mode now.  Delete
	documentation of "set breakpoint always-inserted auto".

gdb/testsuite/
2014-09-22  Pedro Alves  <palves@redhat.com>

	* gdb.threads/break-while-running.exp: New file.
	* gdb.threads/break-while-running.c: New file.
2014-09-22 10:07:04 +01:00

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/* This testcase is part of GDB, the GNU debugger.
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
(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 <pthread.h>
#include <assert.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
pthread_barrier_t barrier;
volatile int second_child;
void
breakpoint_function (void)
{
/* GDB sets a breakpoint in this function. */
}
void *
child_function_0 (void *arg)
{
volatile unsigned int counter = 1;
pthread_barrier_wait (&barrier);
while (counter > 0)
{
counter++;
usleep (1);
if (second_child)
continue;
breakpoint_function ();
}
pthread_exit (NULL);
}
void *
child_function_1 (void *arg)
{
volatile unsigned int counter = 1;
pthread_barrier_wait (&barrier);
while (counter > 0)
{
counter++;
usleep (1);
if (!second_child)
continue;
breakpoint_function ();
}
pthread_exit (NULL);
}
static int
wait_threads (void)
{
return 1; /* in wait_threads */
}
int
main (void)
{
pthread_t child_thread[2];
int res;
pthread_barrier_init (&barrier, NULL, 3);
res = pthread_create (&child_thread[0], NULL, child_function_0, NULL);
assert (res == 0);
res = pthread_create (&child_thread[1], NULL, child_function_1, NULL);
assert (res == 0);
pthread_barrier_wait (&barrier);
wait_threads (); /* set wait-thread breakpoint here */
pthread_join (child_thread[0], NULL);
pthread_join (child_thread[1], NULL);
exit (EXIT_SUCCESS);
}