Watchpoint on an unloaded shared library(4)

[Emi SUZUKI <emi-suzuki at tjsys dot co dot jp>]

Hello members,

It's the last one I've found while I am investigating problems about
watchpoint on an unloaded shared library.  

I modified the test code shown the mail below a bit, to watch a global
variable in the main program.  
  http://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2008-11/msg00538.html

And the issue 4 is: given the watchpoint refers to a variable on a
shared library in its conditional phrase, GDB doesn't resume the
inferior after the library was unloaded until the user deletes that
watchpoint.  I thought disabling the watchpoint should go, however, it
didn't either.

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$ ./x86-gdb dl-test
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(gdb) list
3       #include <stdio.h>
4       #include <stdlib.h>
5
6       static void (*sample) (void);
7       int glob = 0;
8
9       int
10      main (void)
11      {
12        void *handle = NULL;
13
14        if ((handle = dlopen("./libsample.so", RTLD_LAZY)) == NULL)
15          errx(2, "dlopen(): %s", dlerror());
16
17        if ((sample = dlsym(handle, "sample")) == NULL)
18          errx(2, "dlsym(): %s", dlerror());
19
20        sample ();
21        glob++;
22
23        if (dlclose(handle) < 0)
24          errx(2, "dlclose(): %s", dlerror());
25
26        return 0;
27      }
28
(gdb) break 17
Breakpoint 1 at 0x8048536: file dl-test.c, line 17.
(gdb) continue
The program is not being run.
(gdb) run
Starting program: /home/suzuki/test/dl-test

Breakpoint 1, main () at dl-test.c:17
17        if ((sample = dlsym(handle, "sample")) == NULL)
(gdb) watch glob if sample_glob > 1
Hardware watchpoint 2: glob
(gdb) continue
Continuing.
sample of shared library
Hardware watchpoint 2: glob

Old value = 0
New value = 1
main () at dl-test.c:23
23        if (dlclose(handle) < 0)
(gdb) continue
Continuing.
0x00bd91a1 in _dl_debug_state () from /lib/ld-linux.so.2
(gdb) continue
Continuing.
No symbol "sample_glob" in current context.
(gdb) info breakpoints
Num     Type           Disp Enb Address    What
1       breakpoint     keep y   0x08048536 in main at dl-test.c:17
        breakpoint already hit 1 time
2       hw watchpoint  keep y              glob
        stop only if sample_glob > 1
        breakpoint already hit 1 time
(gdb) disable 2
(gdb) continue
Continuing.
No symbol "sample_glob" in current context.
(gdb)
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I've caught where GDB is prevented to resume:

  /* Make sure all breakpoints are inserted in inferior.
     Throws exception on any error.
     A breakpoint that is already inserted won't be inserted
     again, so calling this function twice is safe.  */
  void
  insert_breakpoints (void)
  {
    struct breakpoint *bpt;
  
    ALL_BREAKPOINTS (bpt)
      if (is_hardware_watchpoint (bpt))
        update_watchpoint (bpt, 0 /* don't reparse. */);

The conditional phrases always be reparsed in update_watchpoint no
matter how 'reparse' parameter is, so it would always assert after
when the symtabs for the library is vanished.  

I understand that update_watchpoint is called here for deleting
invalid symtabs.  If it is, we can ignore disabled watchpoints here,
because the expression would be reparsed when re-enabling.  (Note 
that the fix for 'info breakpoints' accessing to invalid expression
structure is being asked for revewing at
http://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2009-01/msg00111.html.)

I made a patch and tested it on x86-linux.  Is the below OK?

2009-01-16  Emi Suzuki  <emi-suzuki@tjsys.co.jp>

	* breakpoint.c (insert_breakpoints): Reparse the watchpoint
        expression only when it is enabled.  

diff -upBw src.orig/gdb/breakpoint.c src/gdb/breakpoint.c
--- src.orig/gdb/breakpoint.c	2009-01-09 01:32:29.000000000 +0900
+++ src/gdb/breakpoint.c	2009-01-14 14:15:13.000000000 +0900
@@ -1247,7 +1247,7 @@ insert_breakpoints (void)
   struct breakpoint *bpt;
 
   ALL_BREAKPOINTS (bpt)
-    if (is_hardware_watchpoint (bpt))
+    if (is_hardware_watchpoint (bpt) && bpt->enable_state != bp_disabled)
       update_watchpoint (bpt, 0 /* don't reparse. */);
 
   update_global_location_list (1);

-- 
Emi SUZUKI / emi-suzuki at tjsys.co.jp