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List:       gdb-patches
Subject:    Re: [PATCH] gdb: attach to a process when the executable has been deleted
From:       Tom Tromey <tom () tromey ! com>
Date:       2024-01-29 18:46:43
Message-ID: 87cytkgep8.fsf () tromey ! com
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>>>>> "Andrew" == Andrew Burgess <aburgess@redhat.com> writes:

Andrew> Bug PR gdb/28313 describes attaching to a process when the executable
Andrew> has been deleted.  The bug is for S390 and describes how a user sees a
Andrew> message 'PC not saved'.
...
Andrew> I propose that we add an `access` call to linux_proc_pid_to_exec_file
Andrew> to check that the target file exists and can be read.  If the target
Andrew> can't be read then we should fall back to /proc/PID/exe (assuming that
Andrew> /proc/PID/exe can be read).

Thank you.  This makes sense to me.
Approved-By: Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>

Tom
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