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Debug multi thread application with Gdbserver on uClinux

Altera_Forum
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‎03-02-2011 08:04 AM
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Hi, 

I'm trying to debug a simple multi thread application with Gdbserver on uClinux no-mmu. 

The board is ALTERA NEEK-evb. 

I can debug with no problem a process without threads. when trying to create a new thread i get the following error: 

ptrace: Input/output error. 

and the debug session is stuck. 

After some debug i've been able to get the following backtrace of the stuck system :# 0 0x00725120 in __linuxthreads_create_event ()# 1 0x00723e1c in __pthread_initialize_manager ()# 2 0x00723fac in pthread_create ()# 3 0x007201a4 in main () 

 

Another thing : when i run the program without gdb, i can see that the threads created run and output (printf) to the terminal but my main thread (the one that created the other thread) does not output anything and it seems like he is not running. 

 

Is there any limitation on debugging threads? 

Do i need to configure something in the environment in order to debug threads? 

 

Please advise. 

Regards, 

Raviv
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Altera_Forum
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‎03-02-2011 12:02 PM
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AFAIK, thread debugging is not possible with the no-MMU version due to some problem(s) with the tool chain.  

 

I do not know whether it's possible/tested with the MMU enabled tool chain and/or with the new build system that combines both flavors.  

 

-Michael
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‎03-07-2011 05:04 AM
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AFAIK, thread debugging is not possible with the no-MMU version due to some problem(s) with the tool chain.  

 

I do not know whether it's possible/tested with the MMU enabled tool chain and/or with the new build system that combines both flavors.  

 

-Michael 

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mschnell, i also can't debug in multi-core programs, and i use nios2 without MMU, is this the problem?
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‎03-08-2011 08:46 AM
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I don't know what you mean with "multi-core-programs", but if you mean "multi-thread applications, I did not test this myself, but in fact this is what I found in several discussions. 

 

If you are talking about multi-core hardware: Linux for NIOS is not able to do SMP. And due to limitations of the NIOS architecture, I doubt that we will see an SMP-Linux for same any time soon.  

 

-Michael
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