When multiple threads wish to report a tracing event to a debugger,
both threads call ptracestop() and one thread will win the race to be
the reporting thread (p->p_xthread). The debugger uses PT_LWPINFO
with the process ID to determine which thread / LWP is reporting an
event and the details of that event. This event is cleared as a side
effect of the subsequent ptrace event that resumed the process
(PT_CONTINUE, PT_STEP, etc.). However, ptrace() was clearing the
event identified by the LWP ID passed to the resume request even if
that wasn't the 'p_xthread'. This could result in clearing an event
that had not yet been observed by the debugger and leaving the
existing event for 'p_thread' pending so that it was reported a second
time.
Specifically, if the debugger stopped due to a software breakpoint in
one thread, but then switched to another thread that was used to
resume (e.g. if the user switched to a different thread and issued a
step), the resume request (PT_STEP) cleared a pending event (if any)
for the thread being stepped. However, the process immediately
stopped and the first thread reported it's breakpoint event a second
time. The debugger decremented the PC for "both" breakpoint events
which resulted in the PC now pointing into the middle of an
instruction (on x86) and a SIGILL fault when the process was resumed a
second time.
To fix, always clear the pending event for 'p_xthread' when resuming a
process. ptrace() still honors the requested LWP ID when enabling
single-stepping (PT_STEP) or setting a different PC (PT_CONTINUE).
Reported by: GDB testsuite (gdb.threads/continue-pending-status.exp)
Reviewed by: kib
MFC after: 1 week
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D12794
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