Re: gdb hangs on Linux 2.6.11 on 8xx

[Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo.tosatti@cyclades.com>]

Folks, 

Can you please upgrade to a recent kernel? 

A problem with ptrace has been fixed sometime ago, it might be what you're hitting.

The fix is part of v2.6.13:

http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=bf85fa6c878aa3968df47d7f70a2b506c3e53b99

If that does not work, complain. 

On Tue, Sep 13, 2005 at 09:25:41AM -0300, Aristeu Sergio Rozanski Filho wrote:
> > I am running Linux 2.6.11 on a TQM823L development board. I find that 
> > gdb (version 6.3) hangs when I try to run an application - any 
> > application, even a simple helloworld. It's not just gdb hanging, the 
> > whole system is stone dead.
> "me too"
> actually the system is not completely dead, you still can use sysrq keys.
> Tried to use gdbserver too, but it also doesn't work (hangs after the first
> breakpoint and timeouts).
> 
> gdb           S 30106778     0   691    687   692               (NOTLB)
> Call trace:
>  [c0005330] __switch_to+0x44/0x78
>  [c015beb0] schedule+0x30c/0x730
>  [c015c888] schedule_timeout+0xdc/0xe0
>  [c0068918] sys_poll+0x27c/0x404
>  [c0002810] syscall_dotrace_cont+0x24/0x38
> flash_test    t 100009E4     0   692    691                     (NOTLB)
> Call trace:
>  [c0005330] __switch_to+0x44/0x78
>  [c015beb0] schedule+0x30c/0x730
>  [c0026248] ptrace_stop+0x68/0x88
>  [c0026604] get_signal_to_deliver+0x130/0x2b4
>  [c00063dc] do_signal+0x38/0x464
>  [c0003034] do_user_signal+0x74/0xc4
> 
> -- 
> Aristeu
> 
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