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Date:      Wed, 23 Jan 2019 10:10:43 -0800
From:      Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com>
To:        John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        "freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org" <freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: GDB TLS testing [actually running some tests finally: a success with -pthread used]
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On 2019-Jan-23, at 09:59, Mark Millard <marklmi at yahoo.com> wrote:



> On 2019-Jan-23, at 09:02, John Baldwin <jhb at FreeBSD.org> wrote:
>=20
>> On 1/23/19 12:19 AM, Mark Millard wrote:
>>>=20
>>>=20
>>> On 2019-Jan-22, at 22:53, Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>=20
>>>=20
>>>=20
>>>> On 2019-Jan-22, at 19:19, Mark Millard <marklmi at yahoo.com> =
wrote:
>>>>=20
>>>>=20
>>>>=20
>>>>> On 2019-Jan-22, at 18:32, Mark Millard <marklm at yahoo.com> =
wrote:
>>>>>=20
>>>>>=20
>>>>>=20
>>>>>> On 2019-Jan-22, at 17:06, Mark Millard <marklmi at yahoo.com> =
wrote:
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> . . .
>>>>>> So I'm trying:
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> # git clean -f
>>>>>> # rm */config.cache */*/config.cache
>>>>>> # env CPATH=3D/usr/local/include ./configure
>>>>>> . . .
>>>>>> # env CPATH=3D/usr/local/include gmake
>>>>>> . . .
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> in order to try to add paths after the command line -I paths.
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> . . . This looks like it built. I've not used the build yet.
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>=20
>>>>> Looking at a *.core did not go well for my context:
>>>>>=20
>>>>> # cc -g -O2 tls_gdb_test.c=20
>>>>> tls_gdb_test.c:16:2: warning: indirection of non-volatile null =
pointer will be deleted, not trap [-Wnull-dereference]
>>>>>     *(char *)NULL =3D 1;
>>>>>     ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>>> tls_gdb_test.c:16:2: note: consider using __builtin_trap() or =
qualifying pointer with 'volatile'
>>>>> 1 warning generated.
>>=20
>> For me, builtin_trap didn't DTRT on ppc before, but that was probably =
using
>> gcc rather than clang (and possibly using gcc4.2).
>>=20
>>>>> . . .
>>>>=20
>>>>=20
>>>> So far all tried-combinations of using gcc versions for build
>>>> the test program and/or building the gdb used do not work for
>>>> "p id" and "p &id" in doing the test. clang is not essential
>>>> to the behavior observed.
>>>=20
>>> Using "-g -O2 -pthread" to build the test program via system
>>> clang or gcc8 (for example) did lead to the likes of:
>>>=20
>>> (gdb) run=20
>>> Starting program: /root/c_tests/a.out=20
>>> main: PID 15350
>>> id =3D 15350 (0x810055020)
>>>=20
>>> ^C
>>> Program received signal SIGINT, Interrupt.
>>> main (ac=3D<optimized out>, av=3D<optimized out>) at =
tls_gdb_test.c:16
>>> 16		*(char *)NULL =3D 1;
>>> (gdb) bt
>>> #0  main (ac=3D<optimized out>, av=3D<optimized out>) at =
tls_gdb_test.c:16
>>> (gdb) info threads
>>> Id   Target Id                   Frame=20
>>> * 1    LWP 100324 of process 15350 main (ac=3D<optimized out>, =
av=3D<optimized out>) at tls_gdb_test.c:16
>>> (gdb) p id
>>> $1 =3D 15350
>>> (gdb) p &id
>>> $2 =3D (int *) 0x810055020
>>>=20
>>> So it appears one branch of:
>>>=20
>>> static void
>>> fbsd_fetch_rtld_offsets (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, struct =
fbsd_pspace_data *data)
>>> {
>>> TRY
>>>   {
>>>     /* Fetch offsets from debug symbols in rtld.  */
>>>     data->off_linkmap =3D parse_and_eval_long ("&((Obj_Entry =
*)0)->linkmap");
>>>     data->off_tlsindex =3D parse_and_eval_long ("&((Obj_Entry =
*)0)->tlsindex");
>>>     data->rtld_offsets_valid =3D true;
>>>     return;
>>>   }
>>> CATCH (e, RETURN_MASK_ERROR)
>>>   {
>>>     data->off_linkmap =3D -1;
>>>   }
>>> END_CATCH
>>>=20
>>> TRY
>>>   {
>>>     /* Fetch offsets from global variables in libthr.  Note that
>>>        this does not work for single-threaded processes that are not
>>>        linked against libthr.  */
>>>     data->off_linkmap =3D fbsd_read_integer_by_name(gdbarch,
>>>                                                   =
"_thread_off_linkmap");
>>>     data->off_tlsindex =3D fbsd_read_integer_by_name(gdbarch,
>>>                                                    =
"_thread_off_tlsindex");
>>>     data->rtld_offsets_valid =3D true;
>>>     return;
>>>   }
>>> CATCH (e, RETURN_MASK_ERROR)
>>>   {
>>>     data->off_linkmap =3D -1;
>>>   }
>>> END_CATCH
>>> }
>>>=20
>>> is working when -pthread is used.
>>=20
>> Yes.  The second one only works for programs linked against -lthr.  =
Otherwise
>> you need to have built your system with debug symbols (which is the =
default),
>> and gdb needs to be able to access =
/usr/lib/debug/libexec/ld-elf.so.1.debug
>> to determine the offsets of the two fields in Obj_Entry (this is what =
the
>> first TRY clause does).
>=20
> I buildworld buildkernel with debug symbols for both and install them:
>=20
> # ls -lT /usr/lib/debug/libexec/ld-elf.so.1.debug
> -r--r--r--  1 root  wheel  576344 Dec 11 22:58:11 2018 =
/usr/lib/debug/libexec/ld-elf.so.1.debug
>=20
> # ls -lT /usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1 /libexec/ld-elf.so.1
> -r-xr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  184400 Dec  9 02:35:05 2018 =
/libexec/ld-elf.so.1
> lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel      25 Dec 11 22:58:12 2018 =
/usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1 -> ../../libexec/ld-elf.so.1
>=20
> So I think the first TRY clause does not work.
>=20
> In the tested gdb used on the a.out I'm testing I get:
>=20
> (gdb) p &((Obj_Entry *)0)->linkmap
> No symbol "Obj_Entry" in current context.
>=20
> gdb does not report reading symbols from or for:
>=20
> /usr/lib/debug/libexec/ld-elf.so.1.debug
> or:
> /usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1
> or:
> /libexec/ld-elf.so.1
>=20
> It only reports reading them from/for the a.out .

It neded up that I had a littel time so . . .

I tried /usr/local/bin/gdb and for it:

(gdb) p &((Obj_Entry *)0)->linkmap
$1 =3D (struct link_map *) 0x238

So the lack of finding Obj_Entry via the test gdb seems to be
specific to the test gdb, not a problem for devel/gdb .

May be the test gdb has some sort of build problem in my context,
given that I used CPATH to get things to build?


=3D=3D=3D
Mark Millard
marklmi at yahoo.com
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