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From: Markus Metzger <markus.t.metzger@intel.com>
To: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
Cc: Thiago Jung Bauermann <thiago.bauermann@linaro.org>
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] gdb, remote: fix set_thread () in start_remote ()
Date: Tue,  5 Aug 2025 07:19:14 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250805071914.3832823-2-markus.t.metzger@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250805071914.3832823-1-markus.t.metzger@intel.com>

remote_target::start_remote_1 () calls set_continue_thread (minus_one_ptid)
with the intent to

      /* Let the stub know that we want it to return the thread.  */
      set_continue_thread (minus_one_ptid);

I interpret it such that it expects a later get_current_thread () to
return the thread selected by the target:

          /* We have thread information; select the thread the target
             says should be current.  If we're reconnecting to a
             multi-threaded program, this will ideally be the thread
             that last reported an event before GDB disconnected.  */
          ptid_t curr_thread = get_current_thread (wait_status);

This results in the packet sequence Hc-1, qC.

Hc simply sets cont_thread:

          else if (cs.own_buf[1] == 'c')
            cs.cont_thread = thread_id;

          write_ok (cs.own_buf);

and qC returns the general thread.  This doesn't match.

It also has some special treatment for null_ptid and minus_one_ptid:

    if (cs.general_thread != null_ptid && cs.general_thread != minus_one_ptid)
      ptid = cs.general_thread;
    else
      {
        init_thread_iter ();
        ptid = thread_iter->id;
      }

Similarly, Hg has some special treatment for null_ptid:

    if (cs.own_buf[1] == 'g')
      {
        if (thread_id == null_ptid)
          {
            /* GDB is telling us to choose any thread.  Check if
               the currently selected thread is still valid. If
               it is not, select the first available.  */
            thread_info *thread = find_thread_ptid (cs.general_thread);
            if (thread == NULL)
              thread = get_first_thread ();
            thread_id = thread->id;
          }

        cs.general_thread = thread_id;

The comment at Hg matches the intent of GDB for sending Hc-1.

Change the set_thread () call in remote_target::start_remote_1 () to

    set_general_thread (any_thread_ptid);

This results in GDB sending Hg0 and gdbserver preserving the currently
selected thread that is later returned in response to qC.

CC: Thiago Jung Bauermann  <thiago.bauermann@linaro.org>
---
 gdb/remote.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/gdb/remote.c b/gdb/remote.c
index 6208a90f94a..9b76578bd80 100644
--- a/gdb/remote.c
+++ b/gdb/remote.c
@@ -5293,7 +5293,7 @@ remote_target::start_remote_1 (int from_tty, int extended_p)
       target_update_thread_list ();
 
       /* Let the stub know that we want it to return the thread.  */
-      set_continue_thread (minus_one_ptid);
+      set_general_thread (any_thread_ptid);
 
       if (thread_count (this) == 0)
 	{
-- 
2.34.1

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  reply	other threads:[~2025-08-05  7:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-08-05  7:19 [PATCH 1/2] gdbserver, read_ptid: handle '0' and '-1' thread ids Markus Metzger
2025-08-05  7:19 ` Markus Metzger [this message]
2025-08-14  4:29   ` [PATCH 2/2] gdb, remote: fix set_thread () in start_remote () Thiago Jung Bauermann
2025-08-14 22:28     ` Simon Marchi
2025-08-15  0:29       ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2025-08-15  5:33         ` Simon Marchi
2025-08-18  1:43           ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2025-09-22 13:29       ` Metzger, Markus T
2025-08-14  3:36 ` [PATCH 1/2] gdbserver, read_ptid: handle '0' and '-1' thread ids Thiago Jung Bauermann
2025-08-14 20:40   ` Simon Marchi
2025-09-22 13:29     ` Metzger, Markus T
2025-09-23 18:26       ` Tom Tromey
2025-09-24  8:04         ` Metzger, Markus T
2025-09-26  6:43           ` Metzger, Markus T

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