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From: Pedro Alves <pedro@palves.net>
To: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
Cc: Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
Subject: [pushed 16/28] Windows gdbserver: Fix scheduler-locking
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2026 21:44:56 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260424204508.1343973-17-pedro@palves.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260424204508.1343973-1-pedro@palves.net>

This rewrites win32_process_target::resume such that scheduler-locking
is implemented properly.

It also uses the new get_last_debug_event_ptid function to avoid
considering passing a signal to the wrong thread, like done for the
native side in a previous patch.

Note this code/comment being removed:

 -    /* Yes, we're ignoring resume_info[0].thread.  It'd be tricky to make
 -       the Windows resume code do the right thing for thread switching.  */
 -    tid = windows_process.current_event.dwThreadId;

This meant that scheduler-locking currently is broken badly unless you
stay in the thread that last reported an event.  If you switch to a
different thread from the one that last reported an event and step,
you get a spurious SIGTRAP in the thread that last reported a stop,
not the one that you tried to step:

 (gdb) t 1
 [Switching to thread 1 (Thread 3908)]
 #0  0x00007fffc768d6e4 in ntdll!ZwDelayExecution () from target:C:/Windows/SYSTEM32/ntdll.dll
 (gdb) set scheduler-locking on
 (gdb) set disassemble-next-line on
 (gdb) frame
 #0  0x00007fffc768d6e4 in ntdll!ZwDelayExecution () from target:C:/Windows/SYSTEM32/ntdll.dll
 => 0x00007fffc768d6e4 <ntdll!ZwDelayExecution+20>:       c3                      ret
 (gdb) si

 Thread 3 received signal SIGTRAP, Trace/breakpoint trap.
 [Switching to Thread 2660]
 0x00007fffc4e4e92e in KERNELBASE!EncodeRemotePointer () from target:C:/Windows/System32/KernelBase.dll
 => 0x00007fffc4e4e92e <KERNELBASE!EncodeRemotePointer+8254>:    eb 78                   jmp    0x7fffc4e4e9a8 <KERNELBASE!EncodeRemotePointer+8376>
 (gdb)

Note how we switched to thread 1, stepped, and GDBserver still stepped
thread 3...  This is fixed by this patch.  We now get:

  (gdb) info threads
    Id   Target Id         Frame
    1    Thread 920        0x00007ffe0372d6e4 in ntdll!ZwDelayExecution () from target:C:/Windows/SYSTEM32/ntdll.dll
    2    Thread 8528       0x00007ffe03730ad4 in ntdll!ZwWaitForWorkViaWorkerFactory () from target:C:/Windows/SYSTEM32/ntdll.dll
    3    Thread 3128       0x00007ffe03730ad4 in ntdll!ZwWaitForWorkViaWorkerFactory () from target:C:/Windows/SYSTEM32/ntdll.dll
  * 4    Thread 7164       0x00007ffe0102e929 in KERNELBASE!EncodeRemotePointer () from target:C:/Windows/System32/KernelBase.dll
    5    Thread 8348       0x00007ffe0372d6e4 in ntdll!ZwDelayExecution () from target:C:/Windows/SYSTEM32/ntdll.dll
    6    Thread 2064       0x00007ffe0372d6e4 in ntdll!ZwDelayExecution () from target:C:/Windows/SYSTEM32/ntdll.dll
  (gdb) t 1
  [Switching to thread 1 (Thread 920)]
  #0  0x00007ffe0372d6e4 in ntdll!ZwDelayExecution () from target:C:/Windows/SYSTEM32/ntdll.dll
  (gdb) set scheduler-locking on
  (gdb) si
  0x00007ffe0372d6e4 in ntdll!ZwDelayExecution () from target:C:/Windows/SYSTEM32/ntdll.dll
  (gdb) si
  0x00007ffe00f9b44e in SleepEx () from target:C:/Windows/System32/KernelBase.dll
  (gdb) si
  0x00007ffe00f9b453 in SleepEx () from target:C:/Windows/System32/KernelBase.dll

I.e., we kept stepping the right thread, thread 1.

Note we stopped again at 0x00007ffe0372d6e4 the first time (same PC
the thread already was at before the first stepi) because the thread
had been stopped at a syscall, so that's normal:

 (gdb) disassemble
 Dump of assembler code for function ntdll!ZwDelayExecution:
    0x00007ffe0372d6d0 <+0>:     mov    %rcx,%r10
    0x00007ffe0372d6d3 <+3>:     mov    $0x34,%eax
    0x00007ffe0372d6d8 <+8>:     testb  $0x1,0x7ffe0308
    0x00007ffe0372d6e0 <+16>:    jne    0x7ffe0372d6e5 <ntdll!ZwDelayExecution+21>
    0x00007ffe0372d6e2 <+18>:    syscall
 => 0x00007ffe0372d6e4 <+20>:    ret

Approved-By: Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
Change-Id: I44f4fe4cb98592517569c6716b9d189f42db25a0
commit-id:2a7b7d8e
---
 gdbserver/win32-low.cc | 158 ++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 85 insertions(+), 73 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gdbserver/win32-low.cc b/gdbserver/win32-low.cc
index 3f684dd2bf6..be01940d158 100644
--- a/gdbserver/win32-low.cc
+++ b/gdbserver/win32-low.cc
@@ -394,19 +394,13 @@ continue_one_thread (thread_info *thread, int thread_id)
     }
 }
 
+/* Helper for win32_process_target::kill.  Resume all suspended
+   threads that match THREAD_ID, and continue the last debug event
+   with CONTINUE_STATUS.  */
+
 static BOOL
-child_continue (DWORD continue_status, int thread_id)
+child_continue_for_kill (DWORD continue_status, int thread_id)
 {
-  process_info *proc = find_process_pid (windows_process.process_id);
-  for (thread_info &thread : proc->thread_list ())
-    {
-      auto *th = static_cast<windows_thread_info *> (thread.target_data ());
-      if ((thread_id == -1 || thread_id == (int) th->tid)
-	  && !th->suspended
-	  && th->pending_stop.status.kind () != TARGET_WAITKIND_IGNORE)
-	return TRUE;
-    }
-
   /* The inferior will only continue after the ContinueDebugEvent
      call.  */
   for_each_thread ([&] (thread_info *thread)
@@ -665,7 +659,7 @@ win32_process_target::kill (process_info *process)
   TerminateProcess (windows_process.handle, 137);
   for (;;)
     {
-      if (!child_continue (DBG_CONTINUE, -1))
+      if (!child_continue_for_kill (DBG_CONTINUE, -1))
 	break;
       if (!wait_for_debug_event (&windows_process.current_event, INFINITE))
 	break;
@@ -732,90 +726,108 @@ win32_process_target::thread_alive (ptid_t ptid)
   return find_thread_ptid (ptid) != NULL;
 }
 
-/* Resume the inferior process.  RESUME_INFO describes how we want
-   to resume.  */
-void
-win32_process_target::resume (thread_resume *resume_info, size_t n)
-{
-  DWORD tid;
-  enum gdb_signal sig;
-  int step;
-  windows_thread_info *th;
-  DWORD continue_status = DBG_CONTINUE;
-  ptid_t ptid;
-
-  /* This handles the very limited set of resume packets that GDB can
-     currently produce.  */
-
-  if (n == 1 && resume_info[0].thread == minus_one_ptid)
-    tid = -1;
-  else if (n > 1)
-    tid = -1;
-  else
-    /* Yes, we're ignoring resume_info[0].thread.  It'd be tricky to make
-       the Windows resume code do the right thing for thread switching.  */
-    tid = windows_process.current_event.dwThreadId;
+/* Helper for win32_process_target::resume.  Resume THREAD, with
+   signal SIG, and stepping if STEP.  If resuming the thread that last
+   reported an event, sets CONTINUE_STATUS appropriately to the status
+   that should be passed to ContinueDebugEvent.  */
 
-  if (resume_info[0].thread != minus_one_ptid)
-    {
-      sig = gdb_signal_from_host (resume_info[0].sig);
-      step = resume_info[0].kind == resume_step;
-    }
-  else
-    {
-      sig = GDB_SIGNAL_0;
-      step = 0;
-    }
+static void
+resume_one_thread (thread_info *thread, bool step, gdb_signal sig,
+		   DWORD *continue_status)
+{
+  auto *th = static_cast<windows_thread_info *> (thread->target_data ());
 
   if (sig != GDB_SIGNAL_0)
     {
-      if (windows_process.current_event.dwDebugEventCode
-	  != EXCEPTION_DEBUG_EVENT)
+      /* Allow continuing with the same signal that interrupted us.
+	 Otherwise complain.  */
+      if (thread->id != get_last_debug_event_ptid ())
+	{
+	  /* ContinueDebugEvent will be for a different thread.  */
+	  OUTMSG (("Cannot continue with signal %d here.  "
+		   "Not last-event thread", sig));
+	}
+      else if (windows_process.current_event.dwDebugEventCode
+	       != EXCEPTION_DEBUG_EVENT)
 	{
-	  OUTMSG (("Cannot continue with signal %s here.\n",
+	  OUTMSG (("Cannot continue with signal %s here.  "
+		   "Not stopped for EXCEPTION_DEBUG_EVENT.\n",
 		   gdb_signal_to_string (sig)));
 	}
       else if (sig == windows_process.last_sig)
-	continue_status = DBG_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED;
+	*continue_status = DBG_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED;
       else
 	OUTMSG (("Can only continue with received signal %s.\n",
 		 gdb_signal_to_string (windows_process.last_sig)));
     }
 
-  windows_process.last_sig = GDB_SIGNAL_0;
+  win32_prepare_to_resume (th);
 
-  /* Get context for the currently selected thread.  */
-  ptid = debug_event_ptid (&windows_process.current_event);
-  th = windows_process.find_thread (ptid);
-  if (th)
+  DWORD *context_flags = windows_process.context_flags_ptr (th);
+  if (*context_flags)
     {
-      win32_prepare_to_resume (th);
+      /* Move register values from the inferior into the thread
+	 context structure.  */
+      regcache_invalidate ();
 
-      DWORD *context_flags = windows_process.context_flags_ptr (th);
-      if (*context_flags)
+      if (step)
 	{
-	  /* Move register values from the inferior into the thread
-	     context structure.  */
-	  regcache_invalidate ();
+	  if (the_low_target.single_step != NULL)
+	    (*the_low_target.single_step) (th);
+	  else
+	    error ("Single stepping is not supported "
+		   "in this configuration.\n");
+	}
+
+      win32_set_thread_context (th);
+      *context_flags = 0;
+    }
+
+  continue_one_thread (thread, th->tid);
+}
+
+/* Resume the inferior process.  RESUME_INFO describes how we want
+   to resume.  */
+void
+win32_process_target::resume (thread_resume *resume_info, size_t n)
+{
+  DWORD continue_status = DBG_CONTINUE;
+  bool any_pending = false;
+
+  for_each_thread ([&] (thread_info *thread)
+    {
+      auto *th = static_cast<windows_thread_info *> (thread->target_data ());
 
-	  if (step)
+      for (int ndx = 0; ndx < n; ndx++)
+	{
+	  thread_resume &r = resume_info[ndx];
+	  ptid_t ptid = r.thread;
+	  gdb_signal sig = gdb_signal_from_host (r.sig);
+	  bool step = r.kind == resume_step;
+
+	  if (ptid == minus_one_ptid || ptid == thread->id
+	      /* Handle both 'pPID' and 'pPID.-1' as meaning 'all threads
+		 of PID'.  */
+	      || (ptid.pid () == thread->id.pid ()
+		  && (ptid.is_pid () || ptid.lwp () == -1)))
 	    {
-	      if (the_low_target.single_step != NULL)
-		(*the_low_target.single_step) (th);
-	      else
-		error ("Single stepping is not supported "
-		       "in this configuration.\n");
-	    }
+	      /* Ignore (wildcard) resume requests for already-resumed
+		 threads.  */
+	      if (!th->suspended)
+		continue;
 
-	  win32_set_thread_context (th);
-	  *context_flags = 0;
+	      resume_one_thread (thread, step, sig, &continue_status);
+	      break;
+	    }
 	}
-    }
 
-  /* Allow continuing with the same signal that interrupted us.
-     Otherwise complain.  */
+      if (!th->suspended
+	  && th->pending_stop.status.kind () != TARGET_WAITKIND_IGNORE)
+	any_pending = true;
+    });
 
-  child_continue (continue_status, tid);
+  if (!any_pending)
+    continue_last_debug_event (continue_status, debug_threads);
 }
 
 /* See nat/windows-nat.h.  */
-- 
2.53.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-04-24 20:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-04-24 20:44 [pushed 00/28] Windows non-stop prep Pedro Alves
2026-04-24 20:44 ` [pushed 01/28] Windows gdb+gdbserver: New find_thread, replaces thread_rec(DONT_INVALIDATE_CONTEXT) Pedro Alves
2026-04-24 20:44 ` [pushed 02/28] Windows gdb: handle_output_debug_string return type Pedro Alves
2026-04-24 20:44 ` [pushed 03/28] Windows gdb: Eliminate reload_context Pedro Alves
2026-04-24 20:44 ` [pushed 04/28] Windows gdb+gdbserver: Eliminate thread_rec(INVALIDATE_CONTEXT) calls Pedro Alves
2026-04-24 20:44 ` [pushed 05/28] Windows gdb+gdbserver: Eliminate DONT_SUSPEND Pedro Alves
2026-04-24 20:44 ` [pushed 06/28] Windows gdb+gdbserver: Eliminate windows_process_info::thread_rec Pedro Alves
2026-04-24 20:44 ` [pushed 07/28] Windows gdb: Simplify windows_nat_target::wait Pedro Alves
2026-04-26 12:52   ` Hannes Domani
2026-04-27 12:09     ` [pushed/ob] Restore windows_nat_target::wait is_sw_breakpoint change Pedro Alves
2026-04-24 20:44 ` [pushed 08/28] Windows gdb+gdbserver: Move suspending thread to when returning event Pedro Alves
2026-04-24 20:44 ` [pushed 09/28] Windows gdb: Introduce continue_last_debug_event_main_thread Pedro Alves
2026-04-24 20:44 ` [pushed 10/28] Windows gdb: Introduce windows_continue_flags Pedro Alves
2026-04-24 20:44 ` [pushed 11/28] Windows gdb: Factor code out of windows_nat_target::windows_continue Pedro Alves
2026-04-24 20:44 ` [pushed 12/28] Windows gdb: Pending stop and current_event Pedro Alves
2026-04-24 20:44 ` [pushed 13/28] Windows gdb+gdbserver: Elim desired_stop_thread_id / rework pending_stops Pedro Alves
2026-04-24 20:44 ` [pushed 14/28] Windows gdb+gdbserver: Introduce get_last_debug_event_ptid Pedro Alves
2026-04-24 20:44 ` [pushed 15/28] Windows gdb: Can't pass signal to thread other than last stopped thread Pedro Alves
2026-04-24 20:44 ` Pedro Alves [this message]
2026-04-24 20:44 ` [pushed 17/28] Windows gdb: Enable "set scheduler-locking on" Pedro Alves
2026-04-27 12:57   ` [pushed] Mention Windows scheduler-locking in NEWS (Re: [pushed 17/28] Windows gdb: Enable "set scheduler-locking on") Pedro Alves
2026-04-24 20:44 ` [pushed 18/28] Windows gdbserver: Eliminate soft-interrupt mechanism Pedro Alves
2026-04-24 20:44 ` [pushed 19/28] Windows gdb+gdbserver: Make current_event per-thread state Pedro Alves
2026-04-24 20:45 ` [pushed 20/28] Windows gdb+gdbserver: Make last_sig " Pedro Alves
2026-04-24 20:45 ` [pushed 21/28] Windows gdb+gdbserver: Make siginfo_er " Pedro Alves
2026-04-24 20:45 ` [pushed 22/28] Add backpointer from windows_thread_info to windows_process_info Pedro Alves
2026-04-24 20:45 ` [pushed 23/28] Windows gdb+gdbserver: Share $_siginfo reading code Pedro Alves
2026-04-24 20:45 ` [pushed 24/28] Windows gdb+gdbserver: Eliminate struct pending_stop Pedro Alves
2026-04-24 20:45 ` [pushed 25/28] Windows gdb: Change serial_event management Pedro Alves
2026-04-24 20:45 ` [pushed 26/28] Windows gdb: cygwin_set_dr => windows_set_dr, etc Pedro Alves
2026-04-24 20:45 ` [pushed 27/28] Windows gdb: Move debug macros to windows-nat.h Pedro Alves
2026-04-24 20:45 ` [pushed 28/28] Windows gdb: Avoid writing debug registers if watchpoint hit pending Pedro Alves

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