From: Pedro Alves <pedro@palves.net>
To: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
Cc: Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
Subject: [pushed 04/28] Windows gdb+gdbserver: Eliminate thread_rec(INVALIDATE_CONTEXT) calls
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2026 21:44:44 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260424204508.1343973-5-pedro@palves.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260424204508.1343973-1-pedro@palves.net>
Replace thread_rec(INVALIDATE_CONTEXT) calls with find_thread, and
invalidate_context / suspend calls in the spots that might need those.
I don't know why does the INVALIDATE_CONTEXT implementation in GDB
avoid suspending the event thread:
case INVALIDATE_CONTEXT:
if (ptid.lwp () != current_event.dwThreadId)
th->suspend ();
Checks for a global "current_event" get in the way of non-stop support
later in the series, as each thread will have its own "last debug
event". Regardless, it should be fine to suspend the event thread.
As a data point, the GDBserver implementation always suspends. So
this patch does not try to avoid suspending the event thread on the
native side either.
Approved-By: Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
Change-Id: I8d2f0a749d23329956e62362a7007189902dddb5
---
gdb/aarch64-windows-nat.c | 2 ++
gdb/nat/windows-nat.h | 2 --
gdb/windows-nat.c | 21 +++++++--------------
gdb/x86-windows-nat.c | 2 ++
gdbserver/win32-low.cc | 10 ++++------
5 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
diff --git a/gdb/aarch64-windows-nat.c b/gdb/aarch64-windows-nat.c
index c375bbf2ddd..d43ee6f13fe 100644
--- a/gdb/aarch64-windows-nat.c
+++ b/gdb/aarch64-windows-nat.c
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ aarch64_windows_nat_target::fill_thread_context (windows_thread_info *th)
if (context->ContextFlags == 0)
{
+ th->suspend ();
context->ContextFlags = WindowsContext<decltype(context)>::all;
CHECK (get_thread_context (th->h, context));
}
@@ -285,6 +286,7 @@ aarch64_windows_nat_target::store_one_register (const struct regcache *regcache,
windows_thread_info *th, int r)
{
gdb_assert (r >= 0);
+ gdb_assert (th->context.ContextFlags != 0);
char *context_ptr = (char *) &th->context;
diff --git a/gdb/nat/windows-nat.h b/gdb/nat/windows-nat.h
index 24ef6cc3f9c..1a564fbf11b 100644
--- a/gdb/nat/windows-nat.h
+++ b/gdb/nat/windows-nat.h
@@ -109,8 +109,6 @@ enum thread_disposition_type
{
/* Invalidate the context, but do not suspend the thread. */
DONT_SUSPEND,
- /* Invalidate the context and suspend the thread. */
- INVALIDATE_CONTEXT
};
/* A single pending stop. See "pending_stops" for more
diff --git a/gdb/windows-nat.c b/gdb/windows-nat.c
index e8df5e053e6..ca9a197d64e 100644
--- a/gdb/windows-nat.c
+++ b/gdb/windows-nat.c
@@ -284,11 +284,6 @@ windows_per_inferior::thread_rec (ptid_t ptid,
{
switch (disposition)
{
- case INVALIDATE_CONTEXT:
- if (ptid.lwp () != current_event.dwThreadId)
- th->suspend ();
- invalidate_thread_context (th);
- break;
case DONT_SUSPEND:
th->suspended = -1;
invalidate_thread_context (th);
@@ -392,8 +387,7 @@ windows_nat_target::delete_thread (ptid_t ptid, DWORD exit_code,
void
windows_nat_target::fetch_registers (struct regcache *regcache, int r)
{
- windows_thread_info *th
- = windows_process->thread_rec (regcache->ptid (), INVALIDATE_CONTEXT);
+ windows_thread_info *th = windows_process->find_thread (regcache->ptid ());
/* Check if TH exists. Windows sometimes uses a non-existent
thread id in its events. */
@@ -415,8 +409,7 @@ windows_nat_target::fetch_registers (struct regcache *regcache, int r)
void
windows_nat_target::store_registers (struct regcache *regcache, int r)
{
- windows_thread_info *th
- = windows_process->thread_rec (regcache->ptid (), INVALIDATE_CONTEXT);
+ windows_thread_info *th = windows_process->find_thread (regcache->ptid ());
/* Check if TH exists. Windows sometimes uses a non-existent
thread id in its events. */
@@ -933,7 +926,9 @@ windows_nat_target::get_windows_debug_event
*ourstatus = stop->status;
ptid_t ptid (windows_process->current_event.dwProcessId, thread_id);
- windows_process->thread_rec (ptid, INVALIDATE_CONTEXT);
+ windows_thread_info *th = windows_process->find_thread (ptid);
+ if (th != nullptr)
+ windows_process->invalidate_thread_context (th);
return ptid;
}
@@ -1151,8 +1146,7 @@ windows_nat_target::get_windows_debug_event
&& windows_process->windows_initialization_done)
{
ptid_t ptid = ptid_t (current_event->dwProcessId, thread_id, 0);
- windows_thread_info *th
- = windows_process->thread_rec (ptid, INVALIDATE_CONTEXT);
+ windows_thread_info *th = windows_process->find_thread (ptid);
th->stopped_at_software_breakpoint = true;
th->pc_adjusted = false;
}
@@ -1190,8 +1184,7 @@ windows_nat_target::wait (ptid_t ptid, struct target_waitstatus *ourstatus,
if (ourstatus->kind () != TARGET_WAITKIND_EXITED
&& ourstatus->kind () != TARGET_WAITKIND_SIGNALLED)
{
- windows_thread_info *th
- = windows_process->thread_rec (result, INVALIDATE_CONTEXT);
+ windows_thread_info *th = windows_process->find_thread (result);
if (th != nullptr)
{
diff --git a/gdb/x86-windows-nat.c b/gdb/x86-windows-nat.c
index d76b89b186a..5b0f7066fba 100644
--- a/gdb/x86-windows-nat.c
+++ b/gdb/x86-windows-nat.c
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ x86_windows_nat_target::fill_thread_context (windows_thread_info *th)
{
if (context->ContextFlags == 0)
{
+ th->suspend ();
context->ContextFlags = WindowsContext<decltype(context)>::all;
CHECK (get_thread_context (th->h, context));
}
@@ -254,6 +255,7 @@ x86_windows_nat_target::store_one_register (const struct regcache *regcache,
char *context_ptr = x86_windows_process.with_context (th, [] (auto *context)
{
+ gdb_assert (context->ContextFlags != 0);
return (char *) context;
});
diff --git a/gdbserver/win32-low.cc b/gdbserver/win32-low.cc
index d6d7acf599d..180fabe0df9 100644
--- a/gdbserver/win32-low.cc
+++ b/gdbserver/win32-low.cc
@@ -432,9 +432,8 @@ static void
child_fetch_inferior_registers (struct regcache *regcache, int r)
{
int regno;
- windows_thread_info *th
- = windows_process.thread_rec (current_thread->id,
- INVALIDATE_CONTEXT);
+ windows_thread_info *th = windows_process.find_thread (current_thread->id);
+ win32_require_context (th);
if (r == -1 || r > NUM_REGS)
child_fetch_inferior_registers (regcache, NUM_REGS);
else
@@ -448,9 +447,8 @@ static void
child_store_inferior_registers (struct regcache *regcache, int r)
{
int regno;
- windows_thread_info *th
- = windows_process.thread_rec (current_thread->id,
- INVALIDATE_CONTEXT);
+ windows_thread_info *th = windows_process.find_thread (current_thread->id);
+ win32_require_context (th);
if (r == -1 || r == 0 || r > NUM_REGS)
child_store_inferior_registers (regcache, NUM_REGS);
else
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-24 20:47 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 ` Pedro Alves [this message]
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 ` [pushed 16/28] Windows gdbserver: Fix scheduler-locking Pedro Alves
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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