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x86_64-windows GDB crash due to fs_base/gs_base registers
- From: Joel Brobecker <brobecker at adacore dot com>
- To: gdb-patches at sourceware dot org
- Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2018 14:55:45 -0400
- Subject: x86_64-windows GDB crash due to fs_base/gs_base registers
Hello,
Here are two patches aimed at fixing a crash in GDB when debugging
on native windows targets. The crash only occurs when trying to access
the fs_base/gs_base register, but is fairly easy to trigger, as any
function call will cause that. "info reg" will also trigger it.
When I saw this failure, it made me realize that I found the current
code to be quite fragile, and I wasn't surprised once I understood
the situation that it eventually lead to this crash. As a result,
I decided to implement the register fetch/store code a bit differently.
As such, I did the work in two steps, hence the two patches.
[PATCH 1/2] Minor reorganization of fetch_registers/store_registers
[PATCH 2/2] x86_64-windows GDB crash due to fs_base/gs_base registers
Both patches were tested on x86-windows and x86_64-windows, using
AdaCore's testsuite.
Let me know what you think of the approach and choices taken in those
two patches.
Thanks!
--
Joel