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From: Keith Packard via <qemu-devel@nongnu.org>
To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Cc: "Philippe Mathieu-Daudé" <philmd@redhat.com>,
	"Keith Packard" <keithp@keithp.com>,
	"Alex Bennée" <alex.bennee@linaro.org>
Subject: [PATCH] gdbstub.c uses incorrect check for active gdb in use_gdb_syscalls
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2020 13:27:52 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20201223212752.1145294-1-keithp@keithp.com> (raw)

When checking whether there is a live gdb connection, code shouldn't
use 'gdbserver_state.init' as that value is set when the
gdbserver_state structure is initialized in init_gdbserver_state, not
when the gdb socket has a valid connection.

The 'handle_detach' function appears to use 'gdbserver_state.c_cpu' as
an indication of whether there is a connection, so I've used the same
in use_gdb_syscalls.

This avoids a segfault when qemu is run with the '-s' flag (create a
gdb protocol socket), but without the '-S' flag (delay until 'c'
command is received).

I would like this patch to inform a discussion on whether the numerous
other places using gdbserver_state.init are also incorrect (most of
them appear to be using it in the same way use_gdb_syscalls does), and
also whether use_gdb_syscalls should cache the result of this check or
whether it should check each time it is called to see if a gdb
connection is currently acive. For the second question, I don't have a
clear idea; mixing gdb and native calls seems problematic for stateful
operations like file open/close.

Signed-off-by: Keith Packard <keithp@keithp.com>
---
 gdbstub.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/gdbstub.c b/gdbstub.c
index d99bc0bf2e..4e709d16fd 100644
--- a/gdbstub.c
+++ b/gdbstub.c
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ int use_gdb_syscalls(void)
     /* -semihosting-config target=auto */
     /* On the first call check if gdb is connected and remember. */
     if (gdb_syscall_mode == GDB_SYS_UNKNOWN) {
-        gdb_syscall_mode = gdbserver_state.init ?
+        gdb_syscall_mode = gdbserver_state.c_cpu != NULL ?
             GDB_SYS_ENABLED : GDB_SYS_DISABLED;
     }
     return gdb_syscall_mode == GDB_SYS_ENABLED;
-- 
2.29.2



             reply	other threads:[~2020-12-23 21:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-12-23 21:27 Keith Packard via [this message]
2021-01-08 12:36 ` [PATCH] gdbstub.c uses incorrect check for active gdb in use_gdb_syscalls Alex Bennée
2021-01-12 20:52   ` Keith Packard via

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