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[patch][rfa] Multi core debugging with GDB
- From: Dave Brolley <brolley at redhat dot com>
- To: sid at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 14:37:11 -0500
- Subject: [patch][rfa] Multi core debugging with GDB
Hi,
Debugging multiple cores with multiple instances of GDB within a
simulation is currently possible by specifying a separate --gdb option
after each --board and specifying a different port for each GDB
instance. The simulation ends (as it does without GDB) when the first
core exits. However, the other GDB instances all report "Watchdog
expired. Target disconnected". This was because of three problems:
1) The "enabled?", "enable-threshold", "yield-host-time?" and
"yield-host-time-threshold" of the host scheduler were not being set.
This caused the host scheduler to yield host time after the first GDB
stub exited.
2) The other GDB stubs were not properly notifying their GDB clients
that they were exiting
3) Even after proper notfication and yielding were implemented, the
packets never reached their GDB clients because their socket components
were never polled again which was because the host scheduler was never
advanced again which was because the whole shut down process was
initiated when the first GDB stub drove main's "stop!" pin. This problem
is corrected by having the sockets do one final transmit when their
"fini" pins are driven by shutdown-sequence.
The result is an orderly shutdown of the GDB stubs and their clients.
OK to commit?
Dave
Index: sid/component/consoles/socketio.cxx
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/src/sid/component/consoles/socketio.cxx,v
retrieving revision 1.5
diff -c -p -r1.5 socketio.cxx
*** sid/component/consoles/socketio.cxx 4 Mar 2002 20:38:56 -0000 1.5
--- sid/component/consoles/socketio.cxx 22 Mar 2004 18:48:32 -0000
***************
*** 1,7 ****
// socketio.cxx - A console that uses a socket to do its I/O.
// -*- C++ -*-
! // Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2002 Red Hat.
// This file is part of SID and is licensed under the GPL.
// See the file COPYING.SID for conditions for redistribution.
--- 1,7 ----
// socketio.cxx - A console that uses a socket to do its I/O.
// -*- C++ -*-
! // Copyright (C) 1999-2002, 2004 Red Hat.
// This file is part of SID and is licensed under the GPL.
// See the file COPYING.SID for conditions for redistribution.
*************** void
*** 297,302 ****
--- 297,306 ----
socketio::fini_handler (host_int_4)
{
this->poll_control.cancel ();
+
+ // Flush out any remaining data
+ if (this->connected_p)
+ this->poll_transmit ();
if (this->connected_p)
{
Index: sid/component/gdb/gdb.cxx
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/src/sid/component/gdb/gdb.cxx,v
retrieving revision 1.10
diff -c -p -r1.10 gdb.cxx
*** sid/component/gdb/gdb.cxx 8 May 2002 19:15:30 -0000 1.10
--- sid/component/gdb/gdb.cxx 22 Mar 2004 18:48:32 -0000
***************
*** 1,6 ****
// gdb.cxx - GDB stub implementation. -*- C++ -*-
! // Copyright (C) 1999-2002 Red Hat.
// This file is part of SID and is licensed under the GPL.
// See the file COPYING.SID for conditions for redistribution.
--- 1,6 ----
// gdb.cxx - GDB stub implementation. -*- C++ -*-
! // Copyright (C) 1999-2002, 2004 Red Hat.
// This file is part of SID and is licensed under the GPL.
// See the file COPYING.SID for conditions for redistribution.
*************** gdb::deinit_handler (host_int_4)
*** 1550,1556 ****
{
// disconnect if needed
if (this->connected_p)
! this->remote_rx_eof_handler ();
}
--- 1550,1562 ----
{
// disconnect if needed
if (this->connected_p)
! {
! // shut down target
! target_power (false);
! // signal gdb
! gdbserv_fromtarget_exit (gdbserv, 0);
! this->remote_rx_eof_handler ();
! }
}
Index: sid/main/dynamic/commonCfg.cxx
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/src/sid/main/dynamic/commonCfg.cxx,v
retrieving revision 1.6
diff -c -p -r1.6 commonCfg.cxx
*** sid/main/dynamic/commonCfg.cxx 27 Oct 2003 18:55:34 -0000 1.6
--- sid/main/dynamic/commonCfg.cxx 22 Mar 2004 18:48:34 -0000
*************** SessionCfg::SessionCfg (const string nam
*** 530,536 ****
tcl_bridge (NULL),
loader (NULL),
verbose (false),
! use_stdio (true)
{
add_child (host_sched);
add_child (sim_sched);
--- 530,538 ----
tcl_bridge (NULL),
loader (NULL),
verbose (false),
! use_stdio (true),
! board_count (0),
! gdb_count (0)
{
add_child (host_sched);
add_child (sim_sched);
*************** void SessionCfg::use_tcl_bridge ()
*** 657,662 ****
--- 659,684 ----
init_seq->add_output (7, tcl_bridge, "!event");
}
+ void SessionCfg::write_config (Writer &w)
+ {
+ AggregateCfg::write_config (w);
+
+ // Stop the host scheduler if all of the GDB stubs are stopped
+ if (gdb_count)
+ {
+ assert (host_sched);
+ Setting (host_sched, "yield-host-time-threshold",
+ sidutil::make_attribute (gdb_count)).write_to (w);
+ Setting (host_sched, "yield-host-time?", "0").write_to (w);
+ }
+
+ // Stop the sim scheduler if any of the GDB stubs are stopped
+ assert (sim_sched);
+ Setting (sim_sched, "enable-threshold",
+ sidutil::make_attribute (board_count)).write_to (w);
+ Setting (sim_sched, "enabled?",
+ sidutil::make_attribute (board_count)).write_to (w);
+ }
// LoaderCfg
LoaderCfg::~LoaderCfg () {}
*************** void BoardCfg::set_gdb (const string por
*** 920,925 ****
--- 942,948 ----
gdb = new GdbCfg ("gdb", port, cpu, this, sess);
add_child (gdb);
sess->use_no_stdio ();
+ sess->add_gdb ();
}
Index: sid/main/dynamic/commonCfg.h
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/src/sid/main/dynamic/commonCfg.h,v
retrieving revision 1.3
diff -c -p -r1.3 commonCfg.h
*** sid/main/dynamic/commonCfg.h 21 Oct 2003 21:39:04 -0000 1.3
--- sid/main/dynamic/commonCfg.h 22 Mar 2004 18:48:34 -0000
*************** struct UlogCfg
*** 182,187 ****
--- 182,188 ----
// you should really only make one of these, with an empty name,
// unless you want some crazy multi-session support.
+ class BoardCfg;
class LoaderCfg;
struct SessionCfg :
*************** struct SessionCfg :
*** 214,219 ****
--- 215,226 ----
bool use_stdio;
void add_ulog_file (const string filename);
map<const string, AtomicCfg *> ulog_map;
+ void add_gdb () { ++gdb_count; }
+ void add_board (ComponentCfg *b) { ++board_count; add_child (b); }
+ virtual void write_config (Writer &w);
+ private:
+ sid::host_int_4 board_count;
+ sid::host_int_4 gdb_count;
};
class CpuCfg :
*************** public:
*** 277,283 ****
virtual ~GprofCfg ();
};
- class BoardCfg;
class GdbCfg :
virtual public AggregateCfg
{
--- 284,289 ----
Index: sid/main/dynamic/mainDynamic.cxx
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/src/sid/main/dynamic/mainDynamic.cxx,v
retrieving revision 1.5
diff -c -p -r1.5 mainDynamic.cxx
*** sid/main/dynamic/mainDynamic.cxx 21 Oct 2003 21:39:04 -0000 1.5
--- sid/main/dynamic/mainDynamic.cxx 22 Mar 2004 18:48:34 -0000
*************** main(int argc, char* argv[])
*** 617,623 ****
{
need_sess (sess);
if (curr_board)
! sess->add_child (curr_board);
curr_board = NULL;
string new_board_type = optstring();
string new_board_name (new_board_type + "-" +
--- 617,623 ----
{
need_sess (sess);
if (curr_board)
! sess->add_board (curr_board);
curr_board = NULL;
string new_board_type = optstring();
string new_board_name (new_board_type + "-" +
*************** main(int argc, char* argv[])
*** 878,884 ****
}
if (sess && curr_board)
! sess->add_child (curr_board);
if (persistent_p)
config_items.push_back (make_pair (false, string("set main persistent? true")));
--- 878,884 ----
}
if (sess && curr_board)
! sess->add_board (curr_board);
if (persistent_p)
config_items.push_back (make_pair (false, string("set main persistent? true")));