From: Pedro Alves Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 20:40:05 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Test attaching to a program that constantly spawns short-lived threads X-Git-Url: https://git.libre-soc.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c945a99f01941ccb3e73586d5e6f8d45ffa91f77;p=binutils-gdb.git Test attaching to a program that constantly spawns short-lived threads Before the previous fixes, on Linux, this would trigger several different problems, like: [New LWP 27106] [New LWP 27047] warning: unable to open /proc file '/proc/-1/status' [New LWP 27813] [New LWP 27869] warning: Can't attach LWP 11962: No child processes Warning: couldn't activate thread debugging using libthread_db: Cannot find new threads: debugger service failed warning: Unable to find libthread_db matching inferior's thread library, thread debugging will not be available. gdb/testsuite/ 2015-01-09 Pedro Alves * gdb.threads/attach-many-short-lived-threads.c: New file. * gdb.threads/attach-many-short-lived-threads.exp: New file. --- diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog index d44bee563d3..77758f18ad9 100644 --- a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2015-01-09 Pedro Alves + + * gdb.threads/attach-many-short-lived-threads.c: New file. + * gdb.threads/attach-many-short-lived-threads.exp: New file. + 2014-01-09 Pedro Alves * gdb.threads/fork-thread-pending.exp: Switch to the main thread diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.threads/attach-many-short-lived-threads.c b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.threads/attach-many-short-lived-threads.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..001f2ffe80a --- /dev/null +++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.threads/attach-many-short-lived-threads.c @@ -0,0 +1,151 @@ +/* This testcase is part of GDB, the GNU debugger. + + Copyright 2014-2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc. + + This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify + it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by + the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or + (at your option) any later version. + + This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, + but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of + MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the + GNU General Public License for more details. + + You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License + along with this program. If not, see . */ + +#define _GNU_SOURCE +#include +#include +#include +#include +#include +#include + +pthread_t main_thread; +pthread_attr_t detached_attr; +pthread_attr_t joinable_attr; + +/* Number of threads we'll create of each variant + (joinable/detached). */ +int n_threads = 50; + +/* Mutex used to hold creating detached threads. */ +pthread_mutex_t dthrds_create_mutex; + +/* Wrapper for pthread_create. */ + +void +create_thread (pthread_attr_t *attr, + void *(*start_routine) (void *), void *arg) +{ + pthread_t child; + int rc; + + while ((rc = pthread_create (&child, attr, start_routine, arg)) != 0) + { + fprintf (stderr, "unexpected error from pthread_create: %s (%d)\n", + strerror (rc), rc); + sleep (1); + } +} + +void +break_fn (void) +{ +} + +/* Data passed to joinable threads on creation. This is allocated on + the heap and ownership transferred from parent to child. (We do + this because it's not portable to cast pthread_t to pointer.) */ + +struct thread_arg +{ + pthread_t parent; +}; + +/* Entry point for joinable threads. These threads first join their + parent before spawning a new child (and exiting). The parent's tid + is passed as pthread_create argument, encapsulated in a struct + thread_arg object. */ + +void * +joinable_fn (void *arg) +{ + struct thread_arg *p = arg; + + pthread_setname_np (pthread_self (), "joinable"); + + if (p->parent != main_thread) + assert (pthread_join (p->parent, NULL) == 0); + + p->parent = pthread_self (); + + create_thread (&joinable_attr, joinable_fn, p); + + break_fn (); + + return NULL; +} + +/* Entry point for detached threads. */ + +void * +detached_fn (void *arg) +{ + pthread_setname_np (pthread_self (), "detached"); + + /* This should throttle threads a bit in case we manage to spawn + threads faster than they exit. */ + pthread_mutex_lock (&dthrds_create_mutex); + + create_thread (&detached_attr, detached_fn, NULL); + + /* Note this is called before the mutex is unlocked otherwise in + non-stop mode, when the breakpoint is hit we'd keep spawning more + threads forever while the old threads stay alive (stopped in the + breakpoint). */ + break_fn (); + + pthread_mutex_unlock (&dthrds_create_mutex); + + return NULL; +} + +int +main (int argc, char *argv[]) +{ + int i; + + if (argc > 1) + n_threads = atoi (argv[1]); + + pthread_mutex_init (&dthrds_create_mutex, NULL); + + pthread_attr_init (&detached_attr); + pthread_attr_setdetachstate (&detached_attr, PTHREAD_CREATE_DETACHED); + pthread_attr_init (&joinable_attr); + pthread_attr_setdetachstate (&joinable_attr, PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE); + + main_thread = pthread_self (); + + /* Spawn the initial set of test threads. Some threads are + joinable, others are detached. This exercises different code + paths in the runtime. */ + for (i = 0; i < n_threads; ++i) + { + struct thread_arg *p; + + p = malloc (sizeof *p); + p->parent = main_thread; + create_thread (&joinable_attr, joinable_fn, p); + + create_thread (&detached_attr, detached_fn, NULL); + } + + /* Long enough for all the attach/detach sequences done by the .exp + file. */ + sleep (180); + return 0; +} diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.threads/attach-many-short-lived-threads.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.threads/attach-many-short-lived-threads.exp new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..96c98ea843d --- /dev/null +++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.threads/attach-many-short-lived-threads.exp @@ -0,0 +1,132 @@ +# Copyright 2008-2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc. + +# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify +# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by +# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or +# (at your option) any later version. +# +# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, +# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of +# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the +# GNU General Public License for more details. +# +# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License +# along with this program. If not, see . + +# Test attaching to a program that is constantly spawning short-lived +# threads. The stresses the edge cases of attaching to threads that +# have just been created or are in process of dying. In addition, the +# test attaches, debugs, detaches, reattaches in a loop a few times, +# to stress the behavior of the debug API around detach (some systems +# end up leaving stale state behind that confuse the following +# attach). + +if {![can_spawn_for_attach]} { + return 0 +} + +standard_testfile + +# The test proper. See description above. + +proc test {} { + global binfile + global gdb_prompt + global decimal + + clean_restart ${binfile} + + set testpid [spawn_wait_for_attach $binfile] + + set attempts 10 + for {set attempt 1} { $attempt <= $attempts } { incr attempt } { + with_test_prefix "iter $attempt" { + set attached 0 + set eperm 0 + set test "attach" + gdb_test_multiple "attach $testpid" $test { + -re "new threads in iteration" { + # Seen when "set debug libthread_db" is on. + exp_continue + } + -re "warning: Cannot attach to lwp $decimal: Operation not permitted" { + # On Linux, PTRACE_ATTACH sometimes fails with + # EPERM, even though /proc/PID/status indicates + # the thread is running. + set eperm 1 + exp_continue + } + -re "debugger service failed.*$gdb_prompt $" { + fail $test + } + -re "$gdb_prompt $" { + if {$eperm} { + xfail "$test (EPERM)" + } else { + pass $test + } + } + -re "Attaching to program.*process $testpid.*$gdb_prompt $" { + pass $test + } + } + + # Sleep a bit and try updating the thread list. We should + # know about all threads already at this point. If we see + # "New Thread" or similar being output, then "attach" is + # failing to actually attach to all threads in the process, + # which would be a bug. + sleep 1 + + set test "no new threads" + gdb_test_multiple "info threads" $test { + -re "New .*$gdb_prompt $" { + fail $test + } + -re "$gdb_prompt $" { + pass $test + } + } + + # Force breakpoints always inserted, so that threads we might + # have failed to attach to hit them even when threads we do + # know about are stopped. + gdb_test_no_output "set breakpoint always-inserted on" + + # Run to a breakpoint a few times. A few threads should spawn + # and die meanwhile. This checks that thread creation/death + # events carry on correctly after attaching. Also, be + # detaching from the program and reattaching, we check that + # the program doesn't die due to gdb leaving a pending + # breakpoint hit on a new thread unprocessed. + gdb_test "break break_fn" "Breakpoint.*" "break break_fn" + + # Wait a bit, to give time for most threads to hit the + # breakpoint, including threads we might have failed to + # attach. + sleep 2 + + set bps 3 + for {set bp 1} { $bp <= $bps } { incr bp } { + gdb_test "continue" "Breakpoint.*" "break at break_fn: $bp" + } + + if {$attempt < $attempts} { + gdb_test "detach" "Detaching from.*" + } else { + gdb_test "kill" "" "kill process" "Kill the program being debugged.*y or n. $" "y" + } + + gdb_test_no_output "set breakpoint always-inserted off" + delete_breakpoints + } + } + + remote_exec target "kill -9 ${testpid}" +} + +if {[prepare_for_testing "failed to prepare" $testfile $srcfile {debug pthreads}] == -1} { + return -1 +} + +test