Remote debugging using gdbserver with threads on ARM linux: No backtrace

[philippe dot vivarelli at mindspeed dot com]

Hi,

The backtrace feature doesn't work using gdbserver on ARM linux to debbug
threaded applications.

I browse several mailing lists, I found this issue occurs time to times.
In those mailing list I was not able to find a solution which works for me.

Here is my setting and configuration:

Target side:
ARM920T
Kernel 2.4.19-rmk4
GDB/GDBserver 6.1-debian

Host side:
Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1500MHz
Kernel 2.4.20-8
GNU gdb 6.1
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This GDB was configured as "--host=i686-pc-linux-gnu
--target=arm-linux-gnu".



The .gdbinit file configured as follow:
hand SIG32 nostop
set complaints 1
set confirm 1
set solib-absolute-prefix /dev/null
set solib-search-path /usr/local/arm-tools/arm-linux/lib/

dir /home/philippe/gdb-6.1/mmalloc
dir /home/philippe/gdb-6.1/libiberty
dir /home/philippe/gdb-6.1/bfd
dir .
set prompt (top-gdb)



===========================================================================
Target side commands and display:
===========================================================================
# gdbserver 192.168.32.144:8000 testGdbArm
Process testGdbArm created; pid = 6453
Listening on port 8000
Remote debugging from host 192.168.32.51
I'm the thread 0 and I'm a good dog
I'm the thread 1 and I'm a good dog
I'm the thread 2 and I'm a good dog
I'm the thread 3 and I'm a good dog
I'm the thread 4 and I have a bad temper

===========================================================================
Host side commands and display:
===========================================================================
(top-gdb)file testGdbArm
Reading symbols from testGdbArm...done.
(top-gdb)target remote 192.168.32.144:8000
Remote debugging using 192.168.32.144:8000
0x40000a70 in ?? ()

(top-gdb)b 34
Breakpoint 1 at 0x8544: file testGdb.c, line 34.
(top-gdb)c
Continuing.

Program received signal SIG32, Real-time event 32.

Program received signal SIG32, Real-time event 32.

Program received signal SIG32, Real-time event 32.

Program received signal SIG32, Real-time event 32.

Program received signal SIG32, Real-time event 32.

Program received signal SIGTRAP, Trace/breakpoint trap.
0x40024f9c in ?? ()
(top-gdb)bt
#0  0x40024f9c in ?? ()
(top-gdb)

===========================================================================
===========================================================================
Command line used to build the program below.
arm-linux-gcc testGdb.c -o testGdbArm -O0 -Wall -lpthread -g
===========================================================================

#include <stdio.h>
#include <pthread.h>
#include <sched.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <time.h>

void * Thread1( void * p )
{
  int myTid = *((int *)p);
  int i     = 0;
  struct timespec ts;

  printf ("I'm the thread %d and I'm a good dog\n", myTid);

  ts.tv_sec = 10 + myTid;
  ts.tv_nsec = 0;

  while (1)
  {
      nanosleep  (&ts, NULL);
      printf ("<T%d,%d> ", myTid, i++);
  }
  return NULL;
}

void * Thread2( void * p )
{
  char * ptr = 0;
  struct timespec ts = {20, 0};


  printf ("I'm the thread %d and I have a bad temper\n", *((int *)p));
  nanosleep (&ts, NULL);
  /* breakpoint placed here */
  return NULL;
}
This GDB

int main( int argc, char ** argv )
{
  pthread_t pid[5];
  int       threadNr[5];
  int       i;

  for (i = 0; i < 4; i++)
  {
    threadNr[i] = i;
    pthread_create( &pid[i], NULL, Thread1, &(threadNr[i]));
  }

  threadNr[i] = i;
  pthread_create( &pid[i], NULL, Thread2, &(threadNr[i]));

  pthread_join( pid[0], NULL );
  pthread_join( pid[1], NULL );
  pthread_join( pid[2], NULL );
  pthread_join( pid[3], NULL );
  pthread_join( pid[4], NULL );
  return 0;
}