[Qemu-devel] [Bug 181951] Re: Single-stepping PPC targets chokes on branch instructions

[Aurelien Jarno <aurel32@debian.org>]

** Changed in: qemu
       Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released

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Title:
  Single-stepping PPC targets chokes on branch instructions

Status in QEMU:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  qemu CVS HEAD (11.01.2008)
  qemu-0.9.1 stable

  Single stepping (MSR_SE bit set in MSR) in qemu-system-ppc doesn't
  allow to step any branch instruction. Can be reproduced by boot a
  Linux image with a gdb something debuggable in the rootfs:

     / # gdb testprg
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    This GDB was configured as "powerpc-linux"...Using host libthread_db library
    "/lib/libthread_db.so.1".
    
    (gdb) b main
    Breakpoint 1 at 0x10000520: file testprg.c, line 26.
    (gdb) run
    Starting program: testprg
    Breakpoint 1, main () at testprg.c:26
    26  testprg.c: No such file or directory.
    in testprg.c
    (gdb) disassemble
    Dump of assembler code for function main:
    0x1000050c <main+0>:stwu    r1,-32(r1)
    0x10000510 <main+4>:mflr    r0
    0x10000514 <main+8>:stw     r31,28(r1)
    0x10000518 <main+12>:stw     r0,36(r1)
    0x1000051c <main+16>:mr      r31,r1
    0x10000520 <main+20>:lis     r9,4096
    0x10000524 <main+24>:addi    r3,r9,2376
    0x10000528 <main+28>:crclr   4*cr1+eq
    0x1000052c <main+32>:bl      0x10010ad8 <printf>
    0x10000530 <main+36>:lis     r9,4096
    ...
    (gdb) stepi
    0x10000524   26 in testprg.c
    (gdb) stepi
    0x10000528   26 in testprg.c
    (gdb) stepi
    0x1000052c   26 in testprg.c
    (gdb) stepi
    <<< QEMU HANGS! >>>

  The issue can be resolved using this patch:

  Index: target-ppc/translate.c
  ===================================================================
  RCS file: /sources/qemu/qemu/target-ppc/translate.c,v
  retrieving revision 1.115
  diff -u -r1.115 translate.c
  --- target-ppc/translate.c      24 Nov 2007 02:03:55 -0000      1.115
  +++ target-ppc/translate.c      10 Jan 2008 13:54:36 -0000
  @@ -2811,8 +2811,6 @@
   #endif
               gen_op_b_T1();
           gen_op_set_T0((long)tb + n);
  -        if (ctx->singlestep_enabled)
  -            gen_op_debug();
           gen_op_exit_tb();
       } else {
           gen_set_T1(dest);
  @@ -2823,8 +2821,6 @@
   #endif
               gen_op_b_T1();
           gen_op_reset_T0();
  -        if (ctx->singlestep_enabled)
  -            gen_op_debug();
           gen_op_exit_tb();
       }
   }
  @@ -3007,8 +3003,6 @@
               gen_op_btest_T1(ctx->nip);
           gen_op_reset_T0();
       no_test:
  -        if (ctx->singlestep_enabled)
  -            gen_op_debug();
           gen_op_exit_tb();
       }
    out: