[PATCH] [gdb/remote] Fix abort on REMOTE_CLOSE_ERROR

Tom de Vries tdevries@suse.de
Fri Apr 19 12:03:49 GMT 2024


When running test-case gdb.server/connect-with-no-symbol-file.exp on
aarch64-linux (specifically, an opensuse leap 15.5 container on a
fedora asahi 39 system), I run into:
...
(gdb) detach^M
Detaching from program: target:connect-with-no-symbol-file, process 185104^M
Ending remote debugging.^M
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'gdb_exception_error'^M
...

The detailed backtrace of the corefile is:
...
 (gdb) bt
 #0  0x0000ffff75504f54 in raise () from /lib64/libpthread.so.0
 #1  0x00000000007a86b4 in handle_fatal_signal (sig=6)
     at gdb/event-top.c:926
 #2  <signal handler called>
 #3  0x0000ffff74b977b4 in raise () from /lib64/libc.so.6
 #4  0x0000ffff74b98c18 in abort () from /lib64/libc.so.6
 #5  0x0000ffff74ea26f4 in __gnu_cxx::__verbose_terminate_handler() ()
    from /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6
 #6  0x0000ffff74ea011c in ?? () from /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6
 #7  0x0000ffff74ea0180 in std::terminate() () from /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6
 #8  0x0000ffff74ea0464 in __cxa_throw () from /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6
 #9  0x0000000001548870 in throw_it (reason=RETURN_ERROR,
     error=TARGET_CLOSE_ERROR, fmt=0x16c7810 "Remote connection closed", ap=...)
     at gdbsupport/common-exceptions.cc:203
 #10 0x0000000001548920 in throw_verror (error=TARGET_CLOSE_ERROR,
     fmt=0x16c7810 "Remote connection closed", ap=...)
     at gdbsupport/common-exceptions.cc:211
 #11 0x0000000001548a00 in throw_error (error=TARGET_CLOSE_ERROR,
     fmt=0x16c7810 "Remote connection closed")
     at gdbsupport/common-exceptions.cc:226
 #12 0x0000000000ac8f2c in remote_target::readchar (this=0x233d3d90, timeout=2)
     at gdb/remote.c:9856
 #13 0x0000000000ac9f04 in remote_target::getpkt (this=0x233d3d90,
     buf=0x233d40a8, forever=false, is_notif=0x0) at gdb/remote.c:10326
 #14 0x0000000000acf3d0 in remote_target::remote_hostio_send_command
     (this=0x233d3d90, command_bytes=13, which_packet=17,
     remote_errno=0xfffff1a3cf38, attachment=0xfffff1a3ce88,
     attachment_len=0xfffff1a3ce90) at gdb/remote.c:12567
 #15 0x0000000000ad03bc in remote_target::fileio_fstat (this=0x233d3d90, fd=3,
     st=0xfffff1a3d020, remote_errno=0xfffff1a3cf38)
     at gdb/remote.c:12979
 #16 0x0000000000c39878 in target_fileio_fstat (fd=0, sb=0xfffff1a3d020,
     target_errno=0xfffff1a3cf38) at gdb/target.c:3315
 #17 0x00000000007eee5c in target_fileio_stream::stat (this=0x233d4400,
     abfd=0x2323fc40, sb=0xfffff1a3d020) at gdb/gdb_bfd.c:467
 #18 0x00000000007f012c in <lambda(bfd*, void*, stat*)>::operator()(bfd *,
     void *, stat *) const (__closure=0x0, abfd=0x2323fc40, stream=0x233d4400,
     sb=0xfffff1a3d020) at gdb/gdb_bfd.c:955
 #19 0x00000000007f015c in <lambda(bfd*, void*, stat*)>::_FUN(bfd *, void *,
     stat *) () at gdb/gdb_bfd.c:956
 #20 0x0000000000f9b838 in opncls_bstat (abfd=0x2323fc40, sb=0xfffff1a3d020)
     at bfd/opncls.c:665
 #21 0x0000000000f90adc in bfd_stat (abfd=0x2323fc40, statbuf=0xfffff1a3d020)
     at bfd/bfdio.c:431
 #22 0x000000000065fe20 in reopen_exec_file () at gdb/corefile.c:52
 #23 0x0000000000c3a3e8 in generic_mourn_inferior ()
     at gdb/target.c:3642
 #24 0x0000000000abf3f0 in remote_unpush_target (target=0x233d3d90)
     at gdb/remote.c:6067
 #25 0x0000000000aca8b0 in remote_target::mourn_inferior (this=0x233d3d90)
     at gdb/remote.c:10587
 #26 0x0000000000c387cc in target_mourn_inferior (
     ptid=<error reading variable: Cannot access memory at address 0x2d310>)
     at gdb/target.c:2738
 #27 0x0000000000abfff0 in remote_target::remote_detach_1 (this=0x233d3d90,
     inf=0x22fce540, from_tty=1) at gdb/remote.c:6421
 #28 0x0000000000ac0094 in remote_target::detach (this=0x233d3d90,
     inf=0x22fce540, from_tty=1) at gdb/remote.c:6436
 #29 0x0000000000c37c3c in target_detach (inf=0x22fce540, from_tty=1)
     at gdb/target.c:2526
 #30 0x0000000000860424 in detach_command (args=0x0, from_tty=1)
    at gdb/infcmd.c:2817
 #31 0x000000000060b594 in do_simple_func (args=0x0, from_tty=1, c=0x231431a0)
     at gdb/cli/cli-decode.c:94
 #32 0x00000000006108c8 in cmd_func (cmd=0x231431a0, args=0x0, from_tty=1)
     at gdb/cli/cli-decode.c:2741
 #33 0x0000000000c65a94 in execute_command (p=0x232e52f6 "", from_tty=1)
     at gdb/top.c:570
 #34 0x00000000007a7d2c in command_handler (command=0x232e52f0 "")
     at gdb/event-top.c:566
 #35 0x00000000007a8290 in command_line_handler (rl=...)
     at gdb/event-top.c:802
 #36 0x0000000000c9092c in tui_command_line_handler (rl=...)
     at gdb/tui/tui-interp.c:103
 #37 0x00000000007a750c in gdb_rl_callback_handler (rl=0x23385330 "detach")
     at gdb/event-top.c:258
 #38 0x0000000000d910f4 in rl_callback_read_char ()
     at readline/readline/callback.c:290
 #39 0x00000000007a7338 in gdb_rl_callback_read_char_wrapper_noexcept ()
     at gdb/event-top.c:194
 #40 0x00000000007a73f0 in gdb_rl_callback_read_char_wrapper
     (client_data=0x22fbf640) at gdb/event-top.c:233
 #41 0x0000000000cbee1c in stdin_event_handler (error=0, client_data=0x22fbf640)
     at gdb/ui.c:154
 #42 0x000000000154ed60 in handle_file_event (file_ptr=0x232be730, ready_mask=1)
     at gdbsupport/event-loop.cc:572
 #43 0x000000000154f21c in gdb_wait_for_event (block=1)
     at gdbsupport/event-loop.cc:693
 #44 0x000000000154dec4 in gdb_do_one_event (mstimeout=-1)
    at gdbsupport/event-loop.cc:263
 #45 0x0000000000910f98 in start_event_loop () at gdb/main.c:400
 #46 0x0000000000911130 in captured_command_loop () at gdb/main.c:464
 #47 0x0000000000912b5c in captured_main (data=0xfffff1a3db58)
     at gdb/main.c:1338
 #48 0x0000000000912bf4 in gdb_main (args=0xfffff1a3db58)
     at gdb/main.c:1357
 #49 0x00000000004170f4 in main (argc=10, argv=0xfffff1a3dcc8)
     at gdb/gdb.c:38
 (gdb)
...

The abort happens because a c++ exception escapes to c code, specifically
opncls_bstat in bfd/opncls.c.  Compiling with -fexceptions works around this.

Fix this by catching the exception just before it escapes, in stat_trampoline
(a lambda function in gdb_bfd_openr_iovec):
...
    try
      {
	return obj->stat (abfd, sb);
      }
    catch (const gdb_exception_error &)
      {
	/* If some error triggered an exception, silently transform it a
	   negative result, to prevent it from escaping to C code and
	   triggering an abort.  */
	return -1;
      }
...
and likewise in few similar spot.

Alternatively, we could save it and rethrow it once back in c++, but I don't
know the error handling design well enough to judge whether that's necessary.
So for now, go with this trivial solution.

Tested on aarch64-linux.

PR remote/31577
Bug: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=31577
---
 gdb/gdb_bfd.c | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gdb/gdb_bfd.c b/gdb/gdb_bfd.c
index 1462aaf0f89..6bc5c898e9b 100644
--- a/gdb/gdb_bfd.c
+++ b/gdb/gdb_bfd.c
@@ -938,21 +938,51 @@ gdb_bfd_openr_iovec (const char *filename, const char *target,
   auto do_open = [] (bfd *nbfd, void *closure) -> void *
   {
     auto real_opener = static_cast<gdb_iovec_opener_ftype *> (closure);
-    return (*real_opener) (nbfd);
+    try
+      {
+	return (*real_opener) (nbfd);
+      }
+    catch (const gdb_exception_error &)
+      {
+	/* If some error triggered an exception, silently transform it a
+	   negative result, to prevent it from escaping to C code and
+	   triggering an abort.  */
+	return nullptr;
+      }
   };
 
   auto read_trampoline = [] (bfd *nbfd, void *stream, void *buf,
 			     file_ptr nbytes, file_ptr offset) -> file_ptr
   {
     gdb_bfd_iovec_base *obj = static_cast<gdb_bfd_iovec_base *> (stream);
-    return obj->read (nbfd, buf, nbytes, offset);
+    try
+      {
+	return obj->read (nbfd, buf, nbytes, offset);
+      }
+    catch (const gdb_exception_error &)
+      {
+	/* If some error triggered an exception, silently transform it a
+	   negative result, to prevent it from escaping to C code and
+	   triggering an abort.  */
+	return -1;
+      }
   };
 
   auto stat_trampoline = [] (struct bfd *abfd, void *stream,
 			     struct stat *sb) -> int
   {
     gdb_bfd_iovec_base *obj = static_cast<gdb_bfd_iovec_base *> (stream);
-    return obj->stat (abfd, sb);
+    try
+      {
+	return obj->stat (abfd, sb);
+      }
+    catch (const gdb_exception_error &)
+      {
+	/* If some error triggered an exception, silently transform it a
+	   negative result, to prevent it from escaping to C code and
+	   triggering an abort.  */
+	return -1;
+      }
   };
 
   auto close_trampoline = [] (struct bfd *nbfd, void *stream) -> int

base-commit: 9cf3c87e166b2f3728ae5c50c501f64f385e349e
-- 
2.35.3



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