The lldb-server code is currently set up in a way that each
NativeProcess instance does its own waitpid handling. This works fine
for BSDs, where the code can do a waitpid(process_id), and get
information for all threads in that process.
The situation is trickier on linux, because waitpid(pid) will only
return information for the main thread of the process (one whose tid ==
pid). For this reason the linux code does a waitpid(-1), to get
information for all threads. This was fine while we were supporting just
a single process, but becomes a problem when we have multiple processes
as they end up stealing each others events.
There are two possible solutions to this problem:
- call waitpid(-1) centrally, and then dispatch the events to the
appropriate process
- have each process call waitpid(tid) for all the threads it manages
This patch implements the second approach. Besides fitting better into
the existing design, it also has the added benefit of ensuring
predictable ordering for thread/process creation events (which come in
pairs -- one for the parent and one for the child). The first approach
OTOH, would make this ordering even more complicated since we would
have to keep the half-threads hanging in mid-air until we find the
process we should attach them to.
The downside to this approach is an increased number of syscalls (one
waitpid for each thread), but I think we're pretty far from optimizing
things like this, and so the cleanliness of the design is worth it.
The included test reproduces the circumstances which should demonstrate
the bug (which manifests as a hung test), but I have not been able to
get it to fail. The only place I've seen this failure modes are very
rare hangs in the thread sanitizer tests (tsan forks an addr2line
process to produce its error messages).
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D116372
Support using the extended thread-id syntax with Hg packet to select
a subprocess. This makes it possible to start providing support for
running some of the debugger packets against another subprocesses.
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D100261
Add a NativeDelegate API to pass new processes (forks) to LLGS,
and support detaching them via the 'D' packet. A 'D' packet without
a specific PID detaches all processes, otherwise it detaches either
the specified subprocess or the main process, depending on the passed
PID.
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D100191
