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This is an update of this patch:

  https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2018-09/msg00884.html

This patch attempts to address PR gdb/23718 by re-enabling stdin
whenever an exception is caught during gdb.execute().

When Python gdb.execute() is called, an exception could occur (e.g. the
target disappearing), which is then converted into a Python exception.  If
stdin was disabled before the exception is caught, it is not re-enabled,
because the exception doesn't propagate to the top level of the event loop,
whose catch block would otherwise enable it.

The result is that when execution of a Python script completes, GDB does
not prompt or accept input, and is effectively hung.

This change rectifies the issue by re-enabling stdin in the catch block of
execute_gdb_command, prior to converting the exception to a Python
exception.

Since this patch was originally posted I've added a test, and also I
converted the code to re-enable stdin from this:

  SWITCH_THRU_ALL_UIS ()
    {
      async_enable_stdin ();
    }

to simply this:

  async_enable_stdin ();

My reasoning is that we only need the SWITCH_THRU_ALL_UIS if, at the time
the exception is caught, the current_ui might be different than at the time
we called async_disable_stdin.  Within python's execute_gdb_command I think
it should be impossible to switch current_ui, so the SWITCH_THRU_ALL_UIS
isn't needed.

gdb/ChangeLog:

	PR gdb/23718
	* gdb/python/python.c (execute_gdb_command): Call
	async_enable_stdin in catch block.

gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:

        PR gdb/23718
	* gdb.server/server-kill-python.exp: New file.

Change-Id: I1cfc36ee9f8484cc1ed82be9be338353db6bc080
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6 changes: 6 additions & 0 deletions gdb/ChangeLog
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2020-01-24 Graham Markall <graham.markall@embecosm.com>

PR gdb/23718
* gdb/python/python.c (execute_gdb_command): Call
async_enable_stdin in catch block.

2020-01-24 Andrew Burgess <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com>

* event-loop.c (start_event_loop): Wrap async_enable_stdin with
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}
catch (const gdb_exception &except)
{
/* If an exception occurred then we won't hit normal_stop (), or have
an exception reach the top level of the event loop, which are the
two usual places in which stdin would be re-enabled. So, before we
convert the exception and continue back in Python, we should
re-enable stdin here. */
async_enable_stdin ();
GDB_PY_HANDLE_EXCEPTION (except);
}

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2020-01-24 Andrew Burgess <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com>

PR gdb/23718
* gdb.server/server-kill-python.exp: New file.

2020-01-24 Andrew Burgess <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com>

* gdb.server/multi-ui-errors.c: New file.
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# This testcase is part of GDB, the GNU debugger.
#
# Copyright 2019-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

# This test script exposes a bug where, if gdbserver dies while GDB is
# sourcing a python command like 'gdb.execute ("continue")', then GDB
# will deadlock.

load_lib gdbserver-support.exp

standard_testfile multi-ui-errors.c

if {[skip_gdbserver_tests]} {
return 0
}

if {[build_executable "failed to prepare" ${testfile} \
${srcfile}] == -1} {
return -1
}

# Start gdbserver.
set res [gdbserver_spawn "${binfile}"]
set gdbserver_protocol [lindex $res 0]
set gdbserver_gdbport [lindex $res 1]
set gdbserver_pid [exp_pid -i $server_spawn_id]

# Generate a python script we will later source.
set file1 [standard_output_file file1.py]
set fd [open "$file1" w]
puts $fd \
"import gdb

def do_gdb_stuff ():
gdb.execute ('target $gdbserver_protocol $gdbserver_gdbport')
gdb.execute ('continue')

do_gdb_stuff()"
close $fd

# Now start GDB, sourcing the python command file we generated above.
# Set the height and width so we don't end up at a paging prompt.
if {[gdb_spawn_with_cmdline_opts \
"-quiet -iex \"set height 0\" -iex \"set width 0\" -ex \"source $file1\""] != 0} {
fail "spawn"
return
}

# Wait for the inferior to start up.
with_spawn_id $server_spawn_id {
gdb_test_multiple "" "ensure inferior is running" {
-re "@@XX@@ Inferior Starting @@XX@@" {
pass $gdb_test_name
}
timeout {
fail $gdb_tst_name
}
}
}

# Now kill the gdbserver.
remote_exec target "kill -9 $gdbserver_pid"

# Wait for GDB to return to a prompt.
gdb_test_multiple "" "landed at prompt after gdbserver dies" {
-re "$gdb_prompt $" {
pass $gdb_test_name
}
timeout {
fail "$gdb_test_name (timeout)"
}
}

# Run a simple command to ensure we can interact with GDB.
gdb_test "echo hello\\n" "hello" "can we interact with gdb"

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