From: Klaus Gerlicher <klaus.gerlicher@intel.com>
To: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
Cc: TankutBaris.Aktemur@amd.com, aburgess@redhat.com
Subject: [PATCH v4 1/1] gdb: avoid conversion of SIGSEGV to SIGTRAP on user breakpoints
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2026 07:44:53 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260717074453.253386-2-klaus.gerlicher@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260717074453.253386-1-klaus.gerlicher@intel.com>
From: "Gerlicher, Klaus" <klaus.gerlicher@intel.com>
GDB converts signals GDB_SIGNAL_ILL, GDB_SIGNAL_SEGV and GDB_SIGNAL_EMT to
GDB_SIGNAL_TRAP if a breakpoint is inserted at the fault location. If, due
to imprecise page fault reporting, a breakpoint is at the same address as
the fault address, this signal would always be reported as GDB_SIGNAL_TRAP.
Add a new gdbarch function, imprecise_pagefault_reporting, that allows the
signal conversion from GDB_SIGNAL_SEGV to GDB_SIGNAL_TRAP to be skipped for
an architecture. The default is false (conversion enabled), preserving
existing behavior.
---
gdb/gdbarch-gen.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
gdb/gdbarch-gen.h | 7 +++++++
gdb/gdbarch_components.py | 12 ++++++++++++
gdb/infrun.c | 4 +++-
4 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/gdb/gdbarch-gen.c b/gdb/gdbarch-gen.c
index f424fa2a86e..d9bb3e7078c 100644
--- a/gdb/gdbarch-gen.c
+++ b/gdb/gdbarch-gen.c
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ struct gdbarch
gdbarch_core_parse_exec_context_ftype *core_parse_exec_context = default_core_parse_exec_context;
gdbarch_shadow_stack_push_ftype *shadow_stack_push = nullptr;
gdbarch_get_shadow_stack_pointer_ftype *get_shadow_stack_pointer = default_get_shadow_stack_pointer;
+ gdbarch_imprecise_pagefault_reporting_ftype *imprecise_pagefault_reporting = [] () -> bool {return false;};
};
/* Create a new ``struct gdbarch'' based on information provided by
@@ -513,6 +514,7 @@ verify_gdbarch (struct gdbarch *gdbarch)
/* Skip verify of core_parse_exec_context, invalid_p == 0. */
/* Skip verify of shadow_stack_push, has predicate. */
/* Skip verify of get_shadow_stack_pointer, invalid_p == 0. */
+ /* Skip verify of imprecise_pagefault_reporting, invalid_p == 0. */
if (!log.empty ())
internal_error (_("verify_gdbarch: the following are invalid ...%s"),
log.c_str ());
@@ -1339,6 +1341,9 @@ gdbarch_dump (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, struct ui_file *file)
gdb_printf (file,
"gdbarch_dump: get_shadow_stack_pointer = <%s>\n",
host_address_to_string (gdbarch->get_shadow_stack_pointer));
+ gdb_printf (file,
+ "gdbarch_dump: imprecise_pagefault_reporting = <%s>\n",
+ host_address_to_string (gdbarch->imprecise_pagefault_reporting));
if (gdbarch->dump_tdep != nullptr)
gdbarch->dump_tdep (gdbarch, file);
}
@@ -5286,3 +5291,20 @@ set_gdbarch_get_shadow_stack_pointer (struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
{
gdbarch->get_shadow_stack_pointer = get_shadow_stack_pointer;
}
+
+bool
+gdbarch_imprecise_pagefault_reporting (struct gdbarch *gdbarch)
+{
+ gdb_assert (gdbarch != NULL);
+ gdb_assert (gdbarch->imprecise_pagefault_reporting != NULL);
+ if (gdbarch_debug >= 2)
+ gdb_printf (gdb_stdlog, "gdbarch_imprecise_pagefault_reporting called\n");
+ return gdbarch->imprecise_pagefault_reporting ();
+}
+
+void
+set_gdbarch_imprecise_pagefault_reporting (struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
+ gdbarch_imprecise_pagefault_reporting_ftype imprecise_pagefault_reporting)
+{
+ gdbarch->imprecise_pagefault_reporting = imprecise_pagefault_reporting;
+}
diff --git a/gdb/gdbarch-gen.h b/gdb/gdbarch-gen.h
index 678b308fba5..bb95df25eb6 100644
--- a/gdb/gdbarch-gen.h
+++ b/gdb/gdbarch-gen.h
@@ -1752,3 +1752,10 @@ void set_gdbarch_shadow_stack_push (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, gdbarch_shadow_stac
using gdbarch_get_shadow_stack_pointer_ftype = std::optional<CORE_ADDR> (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, regcache *regcache, bool &shadow_stack_enabled);
std::optional<CORE_ADDR> gdbarch_get_shadow_stack_pointer (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, regcache *regcache, bool &shadow_stack_enabled);
void set_gdbarch_get_shadow_stack_pointer (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, gdbarch_get_shadow_stack_pointer_ftype *get_shadow_stack_pointer);
+
+/* Returns true if architecture has imprecise pagefault reporting. This is
+ used in conversion of SIGSEGV to SIGTRAP for an architecture. */
+
+typedef bool (gdbarch_imprecise_pagefault_reporting_ftype) ();
+extern bool gdbarch_imprecise_pagefault_reporting (struct gdbarch *gdbarch);
+extern void set_gdbarch_imprecise_pagefault_reporting (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, gdbarch_imprecise_pagefault_reporting_ftype *imprecise_pagefault_reporting);
diff --git a/gdb/gdbarch_components.py b/gdb/gdbarch_components.py
index b9304d3036d..d903446435f 100644
--- a/gdb/gdbarch_components.py
+++ b/gdb/gdbarch_components.py
@@ -2781,3 +2781,15 @@ SHADOW_STACK_ENABLED to false.
predefault="default_get_shadow_stack_pointer",
invalid=False,
)
+
+Function(
+ comment="""
+Returns true if architecture has imprecise pagefault reporting. This is
+used in conversion of SIGSEGV to SIGTRAP for an architecture.
+""",
+ type="bool",
+ name="imprecise_pagefault_reporting",
+ params=[],
+ predefault="[] () -> bool {return false;}",
+ invalid=False
+)
diff --git a/gdb/infrun.c b/gdb/infrun.c
index c0767e7f764..25ed7e7523f 100644
--- a/gdb/infrun.c
+++ b/gdb/infrun.c
@@ -6331,7 +6331,9 @@ handle_inferior_event (struct execution_control_state *ecs)
stack. */
if (ecs->ws.kind () == TARGET_WAITKIND_STOPPED
&& (ecs->ws.sig () == GDB_SIGNAL_ILL
- || ecs->ws.sig () == GDB_SIGNAL_SEGV
+ || (ecs->ws.sig () == GDB_SIGNAL_SEGV
+ && !gdbarch_imprecise_pagefault_reporting
+ (target_thread_architecture (ecs->event_thread->ptid)))
|| ecs->ws.sig () == GDB_SIGNAL_EMT))
{
struct regcache *regcache = get_thread_regcache (ecs->event_thread);
--
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-17 7:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-13 8:19 [PATCH v3 " Aktemur, Baris
2026-05-19 10:29 ` Gerlicher, Klaus
2026-07-07 6:35 ` Aktemur, Baris
2026-07-17 7:44 ` [PATCH v4 0/1] " Klaus Gerlicher
2026-07-17 7:44 ` Klaus Gerlicher [this message]
2026-07-17 9:16 ` [PATCH v4 1/1] " Aktemur, Baris
2026-07-17 13:25 ` Gerlicher, Klaus
2026-07-28 8:49 ` Aktemur, Baris
2026-07-17 7:46 ` [PATCH v3 " Gerlicher, Klaus
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