When loading a file using the file command on macOS, we get:
$ ./gdb -nx --data-directory=data-directory -q -ex "file ./test"
Reading symbols from ./test...
Reading symbols from /Users/smarchi/build/binutils-gdb/gdb/test.dSYM/Contents/Resources/DWARF/test...
/Users/smarchi/src/binutils-gdb/gdb/thread.c:72: internal-error: struct thread_info *inferior_thread(): Assertion `current_thread_ != nullptr' failed.
A problem internal to GDB has been detected,
further debugging may prove unreliable.
Quit this debugging session? (y or n)
The backtrace is:
* frame #0: 0x0000000101fcb826 gdb`internal_error(file="/Users/smarchi/src/binutils-gdb/gdb/thread.c", line=72, fmt="%s: Assertion `%s' failed.") at errors.cc:52:3
frame #1: 0x00000001018a2584 gdb`inferior_thread() at thread.c:72:3
frame #2: 0x0000000101469c09 gdb`get_current_regcache() at regcache.c:421:31
frame #3: 0x00000001015f9812 gdb`darwin_solib_get_all_image_info_addr_at_init(info=0x0000603000006d00) at solib-darwin.c:464:34
frame #4: 0x00000001015f7a04 gdb`darwin_solib_create_inferior_hook(from_tty=1) at solib-darwin.c:515:5
frame #5: 0x000000010161205e gdb`solib_create_inferior_hook(from_tty=1) at solib.c:1200:3
frame #6: 0x00000001016d8f76 gdb`symbol_file_command(args="./test", from_tty=1) at symfile.c:1650:7
frame #7: 0x0000000100abab17 gdb`file_command(arg="./test", from_tty=1) at exec.c:555:3
frame #8: 0x00000001004dc799 gdb`do_const_cfunc(c=0x000061100000c340, args="./test", from_tty=1) at cli-decode.c:102:3
frame #9: 0x00000001004ea042 gdb`cmd_func(cmd=0x000061100000c340, args="./test", from_tty=1) at cli-decode.c:2160:7
frame #10: 0x00000001018d4f59 gdb`execute_command(p="t", from_tty=1) at top.c:674:2
frame #11: 0x0000000100eee430 gdb`catch_command_errors(command=(gdb`execute_command(char const*, int) at top.c:561), arg="file ./test", from_tty=1, do_bp_actions=true)(char const*, int), char const*, int, bool) at main.c:523:7
frame #12: 0x0000000100eee902 gdb`execute_cmdargs(cmdarg_vec=0x00007ffeefbfeba0 size=1, file_type=CMDARG_FILE, cmd_type=CMDARG_COMMAND, ret=0x00007ffeefbfec20) at main.c:618:9
frame #13: 0x0000000100eed3a4 gdb`captured_main_1(context=0x00007ffeefbff780) at main.c:1322:3
frame #14: 0x0000000100ee810d gdb`captured_main(data=0x00007ffeefbff780) at main.c:1343:3
frame #15: 0x0000000100ee8025 gdb`gdb_main(args=0x00007ffeefbff780) at main.c:1368:7
frame #16: 0x00000001000044f1 gdb`main(argc=6, argv=0x00007ffeefbff8a0) at gdb.c:32:10
frame #17: 0x00007fff20558f5d libdyld.dylib`start + 1
The solib_create_inferior_hook call in symbol_file_command was added by
commit
ea142fbfc9c1 ("Fix breakpoints on file reloads for PIE
binaries"). It causes solib_create_inferior_hook to be called while
the inferior is not running, which darwin_solib_create_inferior_hook
does not expect. darwin_solib_get_all_image_info_addr_at_init, in
particular, assumes that there is a current thread, as it tries to get
the current thread's regcache.
Fix it by adding a target_has_execution check and returning early. Note
that there is a similar check in svr4_solib_create_inferior_hook.
gdb/ChangeLog:
* solib-darwin.c (darwin_solib_create_inferior_hook): Return
early if no execution.
Change-Id: Ia11dd983a1e29786e5ce663d0fcaa6846dc611bb