Bug 1375553 - Regression: gdb --pid $(pidof qemu-system-x86_64) stopped working with gdb 7.11.1
Summary: Regression: gdb --pid $(pidof qemu-system-x86_64) stopped working with gdb 7....
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Developer Toolset
Classification: Red Hat
Component: gdb
Version: DTS 6.0 RHEL 6
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Linux
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Target Milestone: beta2
: 6.0
Assignee: Jan Kratochvil
QA Contact: Martin Cermak
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2016-09-13 12:01 UTC by Christophe Fergeau
Modified: 2016-11-15 10:12 UTC (History)
10 users (show)

Fixed In Version: devtoolset-6-gdb-7.12-0.18.20160928.el7
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Last Closed: 2016-11-15 10:12:23 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2016:2737 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE new packages: devtoolset-6-gdb 2016-11-15 14:49:23 UTC
Sourceware 20609 0 None None None 2016-09-14 21:51:59 UTC

Description Christophe Fergeau 2016-09-13 12:01:43 UTC 
run qemu-system-x86_64 (for this reproducer, no need for any arg)
run gdb --pid $(pidof qemu-system-x86_64)
This results in
Attaching to process 27948
[New LWP 27952]
[New LWP 27953]
Warning:
Cannot insert breakpoint -1.
Cannot access memory at address 0x20bf00

(gdb) 0x00007fdf94bcd4b1 in ?? ()

and the gdb session is non-functional.

This started happening with gdb-7.11.1-75.fc24 which is the first gdb 7.11.1 build, downgrading to gdb-7.11-74.fc24 avoids this issue.
Comment 1 Jan Kratochvil 2016-09-14 21:49:38 UTC 
136613ef0c6850427317e57be1b644080ff6decb is the first bad commit
Author: Pedro Alves <palves>
    Fix PR gdb/19828: gdb -p <process from a container>: internal error
Comment 4 Jan Kratochvil 2016-09-27 22:24:35 UTC 
[patch+7.12] PR gdb/20609 - attach of JIT-debug-enabled inf 7.11.1 regression
https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2016-09/msg00387.html

QA: New testfile: gdb.base/jit-attach-pie.exp
Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2016-09-29 15:21:28 UTC 
gdb-7.12-0.19.20160929.fc25 has been pushed to the Fedora 25 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2016-cc57295873
Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2016-09-30 00:23:29 UTC 
gdb-7.11.1-86.fc24 has been pushed to the Fedora 24 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2016-eb3ca41e5d
Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2016-10-03 03:50:12 UTC 
gdb-7.11.1-86.fc24 has been pushed to the Fedora 24 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 9 Fedora Update System 2016-10-09 02:47:20 UTC 
gdb-7.12-0.19.20160929.fc25 has been pushed to the Fedora 25 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 13 errata-xmlrpc 2016-11-15 10:12:23 UTC 
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2016-2737.html
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