Re: [PATCH 2/2] gdb.threads/attach-into-signal.exp: don't rely on linux native target's internal debug output

Jan Kratochvil
2012-02-20T08:57:23Z

On Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:37:50 +0100, Pedro Alves wrote:
> We can't use this method for the non-threaded case too, because the Linux
> native target when attaching finds another signal other than SIGSTOP, puts
> that other signal pending, and waits for the SIGSTOP, so siginfo.si_signo
> will always show SIGSTOP.

It works with this patch from Fedora but it is not yet upstreamed:
ping: [patch 3/4]#3 linux-nat: Do not respawn signals
http://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2011-05/msg00407.html

> Jan, is this okay with you?

Yes.

> + set test2 "pull thread list"
> + gdb_test_multiple "info threads" $test2 {
> + -re "\r\n$gdb_prompt $" {
> + }
> + }

This can be just:
gdb_test "info threads" ".*" "pull thread list"

Still this is a bug of extended gdbserver mode.

Thanks,
Jan