<div dir="ltr">Sorry, i should glue the "Reply All" button. Expanding a little bit on the original message...<div><br></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">For issue one, an alternative solution would be to set multiple breakpoints if we find an IT in the current range. One for every branch instruction within the IT block. If there are no branch instructions within the block, we continue scanning until we hit one (either in another IT block, or outside an IT block, or we reach the end of the function). That way we only need to know how many and which instructions the IT block covers. Without</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">No idea for issue 2, rewriting IT blocks will not work as i thought.</span><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 12:03 AM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jingham@apple.com" target="_blank">jingham@apple.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">So there's two issues here. The more crucial one is how do we step over the IT & the instructions it governs. Seems to me the answer to that - provided we can figure out that we are in this situation - is to temporarily turn off fast-stepping here.<br>
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The other issue is how would we set a breakpoint (not for stepping, but just in general) on one of the instructions governed by the IT instruction. Clearly we need to match the type of the trap to the type of instruction. If we also need to match the condition bits that makes things a little more interesting... But I think this is a second order problem, since you'd actually have to get a breakpoint on one of those instructions, which you certainly COULD do but it is probably much less common.<br>
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Jim<br>
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> On Dec 2, 2014, at 2:59 PM, Mario Zechner <<a href="mailto:badlogicgames@gmail.com">badlogicgames@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> I was just about writing up such an example as your new messages came in. I also wonder: would the trap get executed at all if the condition is not meet? From what i saw when testing things, the CPU seems to have skipped the trap (because the condition wasn't meet) and then tried to execute the next 2-byte instruction (which was bogus, as it was the second half of the overwritten 4-byte instruction). E.g.<br>
><br>
> mov r0, 0<br>
> cmp r0, 0<br>
> it ne<br>
> blne 0x...<br>
><br>
> Would be turned into<br>
><br>
> mov r0, 0<br>
> cmp r0, 0<br>
> it ne<br>
> trap16<br>
> high16 of old instruction (bogus)<br>
><br>
> The CPU continues execution, hits the trap, the condition is false, so it skips the instruction. We never get the trap signal. The CPU then executes the high16 bits of the old instruction, which are bogus and sends us EXC_BAD_INSTRUCTION.<br>
><br>
> It gets even more interesting i believe. According to <a href="http://community.arm.com/groups/processors/blog/2010/09/30/condition-codes-3-conditional-execution-in-thumb-2" target="_blank">http://community.arm.com/groups/processors/blog/2010/09/30/condition-codes-3-conditional-execution-in-thumb-2</a> any instructions in the IT block have to have the same condition bits set as the IT itself. I'm not sure that happens with the 2-byte trap instruction?<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 11:52 PM, Greg Clayton <<a href="mailto:gclayton@apple.com">gclayton@apple.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> So the nitty gritty details are IT is followed by up to four "i" for if, or "e" for else.<br>
><br>
><br>
> So if you have:<br>
><br>
> IT ieei<br>
> op1 (if)<br>
> op2 (else)<br>
> op3 (else)<br>
> op4 (if)<br>
><br>
> The if/else bits are stored in the CPSR so it knows that an IT is going on and the condition is stored in some bits and the if/else bits are also stored.<br>
><br>
> The processor will evaluate the condition when it hits the IT instruction which sets bits in the CPSR and then it will either execute or not the next instructions (four in this case). So we _must_ have a 4 byte breakpoint opcode as recognized by the CPU pipeline when it wants to skip the instructions. otherwise your 16 bit trap + NOP would count for two of the instructions in the IT block. So if we have:<br>
><br>
> IT ieei<br>
> op1_32 (if)<br>
> op2_16 (else)<br>
> op3_16 (else)<br>
> op4_16 (if)<br>
><br>
> And we replace the op1_32 with a trap16 + nop16 we would execute:<br>
><br>
> IT ieei<br>
> trap16 (if)<br>
> nop16 (else)<br>
> op2_16 (else)<br>
> op3_16 (if)<br>
> op4_16<br>
><br>
> So now our if/thens won't work...<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> > On Dec 2, 2014, at 2:35 PM, Mario Zechner <<a href="mailto:badlogicgames@gmail.com">badlogicgames@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> ><br>
> > I guess the 4-byte instruction could be replaced by a 2-byte trap and a 2-byte nop (if that exists on ARM). Or any 2-byte instruction instead of the nop. If i understand correctly, once the trap is hit, the original 4-byte instruction should be restored again, no? If that's not the case, i could manually replace the 2nd 2-byte nop with the original 2-bytes after whatever mechanism restores the memory at the trap location.<br>
> ><br>
> > I'm still confused why IT isn't considered a branch, i go hit the ARM docs again :)<br>
> ><br>
> > On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 10:59 PM, Greg Clayton <<a href="mailto:gclayton@apple.com">gclayton@apple.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> > The problem here is that we are modifying a 32 bit instruction with a 16 bit trap. The "IT" instruction isn't a branch and it shouldn't be considered one. The solution of using a 4 byte thumb breakpoint must be used and this will work for Linux, but won't work on MacOSX because our kernel, to my knowledge doesn't support a 32 bit thumb breakpoint. I will check on this. So the real fix is to use a 32 bit thumb breakpoint for 32 bit thumb instructions.<br>
> ><br>
> > Greg<br>
> ><br>
> > > On Dec 2, 2014, at 12:01 PM, <a href="mailto:jingham@apple.com">jingham@apple.com</a> wrote:<br>
> > ><br>
> > > The question that the stepping code is really asking is "can I predict the next instruction that will follow on from this one before I get there." If IsBranch isn't sufficient to know that for some instruction or class of instructions, then adding whatever other tests are required seems okay formally. It would be nicer if the MC instructions had some other way to characterize this and whatever other instructions behave the same way, but I'm not clear enough on what the "way" is to know what question to ask the instruction other than "IsBranch". It would definitely be worth having a conversation with the LLVM folks about some way to determine this. Otherwise, having to special-case some instructions as "these we know confuse us" seems ugly but not terrible.<br>
> > ><br>
> > > Jim<br>
> > ><br>
> > ><br>
> > >> On Dec 2, 2014, at 4:11 AM, Mario Zechner <<a href="mailto:badlogicgames@gmail.com">badlogicgames@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> > >><br>
> > >> Sorry Stephane, forgot to hit "Reply all".<br>
> > >><br>
> > >> I dug a bit deeper. The problem is in LLVM's instruction table for ARM Thumbv2. Here's the definition of the IT instruction (llvm/lib/Target/ARM/ARMInstrThumb2.td):<br>
> > >><br>
> > >> // IT block<br>
> > >> let Defs = [ITSTATE] in<br>
> > >> def t2IT : Thumb2XI<(outs), (ins it_pred:$cc, it_mask:$mask),<br>
> > >> AddrModeNone, 2, IIC_iALUx,<br>
> > >> "it$mask\t$cc", "", []>,<br>
> > >> ComplexDeprecationPredicate<"IT"> {<br>
> > >> // 16-bit instruction.<br>
> > >> let Inst{31-16} = 0x0000;<br>
> > >> let Inst{15-8} = 0b10111111;<br>
> > >><br>
> > >> bits<4> cc;<br>
> > >> bits<4> mask;<br>
> > >> let Inst{7-4} = cc;<br>
> > >> let Inst{3-0} = mask;<br>
> > >><br>
> > >> let DecoderMethod = "DecodeIT";<br>
> > >> }<br>
> > >><br>
> > >> The instruction isn't marked as isBranch (e.g. via let isBranch=1).<br>
> > >><br>
> > >> ThreadPlanStepRange retrieves the next branch instruction for an address range via InstructionList::GetIndexOfNextBranchInstruction, which uses a Disassembler instance that gets all the instruction info from that tablegen file (through the llvm::Target). For each lldb_private::Instruction in the list InstructionLLVMC::DoesBranch is called, which in turn calls DisassemblerLLVMC::LLVMCDisassembler::CanBranch. That method looks up the MCInstrDesc for the instruction's opcode. That MCInstrDesc has a Flag member, which comes from the tablegen file. That is set to MCID::UnmodeledSideEffects for the IT instruction, which is why it's not selected as the next branch instruction.<br>
> > >><br>
> > >> Now, i have no idea what side effects it would have to change the tablegen file and regenerate the table. My guess would be that it's a bad idea to change that 4.7k LOC .td file and hope for the best. I guess i'll manually check for the IT instruction in InstructionList::GetIndexOfNextBranchInstruction in case the target arch is ARM. That seems like a really dirty hack though.<br>
> > >><br>
> > >> Any other ideas? Is this something that should be brought up with the LLVM guys?<br>
> > >><br>
> > >> On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 1:10 PM, Mario Zechner <<a href="mailto:badlogicgames@gmail.com">badlogicgames@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> > >> I dug a bit deeper. The problem is in LLVM's instruction table for ARM Thumbv2. Here's the definition of the IT instruction (llvm/lib/Target/ARM/ARMInstrThumb2.td):<br>
> > >><br>
> > >> // IT block<br>
> > >> let Defs = [ITSTATE] in<br>
> > >> def t2IT : Thumb2XI<(outs), (ins it_pred:$cc, it_mask:$mask),<br>
> > >> AddrModeNone, 2, IIC_iALUx,<br>
> > >> "it$mask\t$cc", "", []>,<br>
> > >> ComplexDeprecationPredicate<"IT"> {<br>
> > >> // 16-bit instruction.<br>
> > >> let Inst{31-16} = 0x0000;<br>
> > >> let Inst{15-8} = 0b10111111;<br>
> > >><br>
> > >> bits<4> cc;<br>
> > >> bits<4> mask;<br>
> > >> let Inst{7-4} = cc;<br>
> > >> let Inst{3-0} = mask;<br>
> > >><br>
> > >> let DecoderMethod = "DecodeIT";<br>
> > >> }<br>
> > >><br>
> > >> The instruction isn't marked as isBranch (e.g. via let isBranch=1).<br>
> > >><br>
> > >> ThreadPlanStepRange retrieves the next branch instruction for an address range via InstructionList::GetIndexOfNextBranchInstruction, which uses a Disassembler instance that gets all the instruction info from that tablegen file (through the llvm::Target). For each lldb_private::Instruction in the list InstructionLLVMC::DoesBranch is called, which in turn calls DisassemblerLLVMC::LLVMCDisassembler::CanBranch. That method looks up the MCInstrDesc for the instruction's opcode. That MCInstrDesc has a Flag member, which comes from the tablegen file. That is set to MCID::UnmodeledSideEffects for the IT instruction, which is why it's not selected as the next branch instruction.<br>
> > >><br>
> > >> Now, i have no idea what side effects it would have to change the tablegen file and regenerate the table. My guess would be that it's a bad idea to change that 4.7k LOC .td file and hope for the best. I guess i'll manually check for the IT instruction in InstructionList::GetIndexOfNextBranchInstruction in case the target arch is ARM. That seems like a really dirty hack though.<br>
> > >><br>
> > >> Any other ideas? Is this something that should be brought up with the LLVM guys?<br>
> > >><br>
> > >> On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 7:55 PM, Stephane Sezer <<a href="mailto:sas@fb.com">sas@fb.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> > >> I suppose it wouldn’t get hit, no. I don’t know about considering it instructions as a branching instruction. I guess it makes sense but I don’t know how the rest would work with it.<br>
> > >><br>
> > >> --<br>
> > >> Stephane Sezer<br>
> > >><br>
> > >>> On Dec 1, 2014, at 10:47 AM, Mario Zechner <<a href="mailto:badlogicgames@gmail.com">badlogicgames@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> > >>><br>
> > >>> Thanks, i'm going to try that. I just wonder if it would make more sense to consider the it instruction a branching instruction. Not sure what side effects that may have.<br>
> > >>><br>
> > >>> Also, if i wrote a 4-byte breakpoint for blne, would it get hit if the it branches over it? Guess i'll find out :)<br>
> > >>><br>
> > >>> On Dec 1, 2014 6:46 PM, "Stephane Sezer" <<a href="mailto:sas@fb.com">sas@fb.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> > >>> I remember fighting with this recently in our debug server (ds2), your understanding of the problem is correct I believe. What you need to do is to place a four-byte thumb breakpoint instead of a two-byte thumb breakpoint. I don’t know what the iOS kernel expects exactly, but for example the Linux kernel understands the following:<br>
> > >>> - two-byte thumb breakpoint: 0xde01<br>
> > >>> - four-byte thumb breakpoint: 0xa000f7f0<br>
> > >>> - arm breakpoint: 0xe7f001f0<br>
> > >>><br>
> > >>> If you insert a four-byte thumb breakpoint at 0x27b2ea, the it instruction will skip four bytes when skipping the breakpoint, and will end up at address 0x27b2ee, which is what you would expect.<br>
> > >>><br>
> > >>> --<br>
> > >>> Stephane Sezer<br>
> > >>><br>
> > >>>> On Dec 1, 2014, at 8:13 AM, Mario Zechner <<a href="mailto:badlogicgames@gmail.com">badlogicgames@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> > >>>><br>
> > >>>> I think i understand the issue now. ThreadPlanStepRange::SetNextBranchBreakpoint is falsely selecting the blne instruction instead of the it instruction. The condition is not meet, so the CPU jumps over the instruction after it. Since we have a trap there that's 2 bytes long, it will end up at 0x27b2ec (PC after 2 byte trap instruction) instead of 0x27b2ee (PC after 4 byte blne). So the CPU ends up in the middle of the blne instruction, which is of course not a valid instruction.<br>
> > >>>><br>
> > >>>> I guess the next thing i have to figure out is why the it instruction isn't marked as a branch instruction, which is why it isn't selected by ThreadPlanStepRange::SetNextBranchBreakpoint as the next branch breakpoint.<br>
> > >>>><br>
> > >>>> On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 4:59 PM, Mario Zechner <<a href="mailto:badlogicgames@gmail.com">badlogicgames@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> > >>>> I traced through ThreadPlanStepRange and ThreadPlanStepRange for this piece of code:<br>
> > >>>><br>
> > >>>> 0x27b2d4 <[J]java.lang.Object.<init>()V>: push {r7, lr}<br>
> > >>>><br>
> > >>>> 0x27b2d6 <[J]java.lang.Object.<init>()V+2>: mov r7, sp<br>
> > >>>><br>
> > >>>> 0x27b2d8 <[J]java.lang.Object.<init>()V+4>: sub sp, #0x4<br>
> > >>>><br>
> > >>>> 0x27b2da <[J]java.lang.Object.<init>()V+6>: movs r2, #0x0<br>
> > >>>><br>
> > >>>> 0x27b2dc <[J]java.lang.Object.<init>()V+8>: str r2, [sp]<br>
> > >>>><br>
> > >>>> 0x27b2de <[J]java.lang.Object.<init>()V+10>: str r1, [sp]<br>
> > >>>><br>
> > >>>> 0x27b2e0 <[J]java.lang.Object.<init>()V+12>: ldr r2, [r1]<br>
> > >>>><br>
> > >>>> 0x27b2e2 <[J]java.lang.Object.<init>()V+14>: ldr r2, [r2, #0x30]<br>
> > >>>><br>
> > >>>> 0x27b2e4 <[J]java.lang.Object.<init>()V+16>: tst.w r2, #0x100000<br>
> > >>>><br>
> > >>>> 0x27b2e8 <[J]java.lang.Object.<init>()V+20>: it ne<br>
> > >>>><br>
> > >>>> 0x27b2ea <[J]java.lang.Object.<init>()V+22>: blne 0x466290 ; _bcRegisterFinalizer<br>
> > >>>><br>
> > >>>> 0x27b2ee <[J]java.lang.Object.<init>()V+26>: add sp, #0x4<br>
> > >>>><br>
> > >>>> 0x27b2f0 <[J]java.lang.Object.<init>()V+28>: pop {r7, pc}<br>
> > >>>><br>
> > >>>> 0x27b2f2 <[J]java.lang.Object.<init>()V+30>: nop<br>
> > >>>><br>
> > >>>><br>
> > >>>><br>
> > >>>> Execution is halted at 0x27b2e0 when i issue a source-level step. The ThreadPlanStepRange::DidPush method sets up a breakpoint at 0x27b2ea (2 bytes) successfully after identifying the instruction at 0x27b2ea (blne) as the next branch instruction in ThreadPlanStepRange::SetNextBranchBreakpoint.<br>
> > >>>><br>
> > >>>> Next, the threads are then resumed by the command interpreter. We receive an event from the inferior with stop reason eStopReasonException (EXC_BAD_INSTRUCTION) right after the resume, stopping the process.<br>
> > >>>><br>
> > >>>> I guess this means i need to figure out how "it" and "blne" work together (my ARM assembler knowledge is minimal) to then understand why the breakpoint instruction that's written to the inferior results in a EXC_BAD_INSTRUCTION. If someone knows what could be the culprit let me know :)<br>
> > >>>><br>
> > >>>> Thanks,<br>
> > >>>><br>
> > >>>> Mario<br>
> > >>>><br>
> > >>>><br>
> > >>>> On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 2:07 PM, Mario Zechner <<a href="mailto:badlogicgames@gmail.com">badlogicgames@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> > >>>> Well, i wrote a very long mail detailing my journey to resolve issue #2 (hanging after setting target.use-fast-stepping=false), only to eventually realize that it doesn't hang but instead just waits for the above loop to complete.<br>
> > >>>><br>
> > >>>> This means turning off target.use-fast-stepping is not an option and i'm back to square one. I'd be grateful for any pointers on how to fix issue #1 (EXC_BAD_INSTRUCTION). I guess i'll start by investigating the "run to next branch" stepping algorithm in LLDB, though my understanding is likely not sufficient to make a dent.<br>
> > >>>><br>
> > >>>> Thanks,<br>
> > >>>> Mario<br>
> > >>>><br>
> > >>>><br>
> > >>>><br>
> > >>>><br>
> > >>>> On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 11:05 AM, Mario Zechner <<a href="mailto:badlogicgames@gmail.com">badlogicgames@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> > >>>> Hi,<br>
> > >>>><br>
> > >>>> setting target.use-fast-stepping to false did indeed solve this issue, albeit at the cost of increased runtime obviously. However, i ran into another issue right after i stepped out of the previously problematic function: <a href="http://sht.tl/bdAKRC" target="_blank">http://sht.tl/bdAKRC</a><br>
> > >>>><br>
> > >>>> Trying to source-level step this function (with use-fast-stepping=false) results in 1) the disassembly getting all kinds of messed up and 2) the process not stepping but hanging at the `cmp r1, #0` instruction. The original assembly code around that PC looks like this:<br>
> > >>>><br>
> > >>>> LBB24_1: @ %label0<br>
> > >>>> @ =>This Inner Loop Header: Depth=1<br>
> > >>>> @DEBUG_VALUE: [J]java.lang.Thread.<init>(Ljava/lang/Runnable;Ljava/lang/String;)V:__$env <- R5<br>
> > >>>> ldrexd r1, r2, [r0]<br>
> > >>>> strexd r1, r6, r6, [r0]<br>
> > >>>> cmp r1, #0<br>
> > >>>> bne LBB24_1<br>
> > >>>> @ BB#2: @ %label0<br>
> > >>>> @DEBUG_VALUE: [J]java.lang.Thread.<init>(Ljava/lang/Runnable;Ljava/lang/String;)V:__$env <- R5<br>
> > >>>> dmb ish<br>
> > >>>> movs r1, #5<br>
> > >>>><br>
> > >>>> A simple loop, which is actually part of an inlined function. We had some issues with inlined functions previously, i assume this issue is related. Interestingly enough, the back trace is also a bit wonky:<br>
> > >>>><br>
> > >>>> (lldb) bt<br>
> > >>>><br>
> > >>>> * thread #1: tid = 0x18082, 0x0021a9b4 AttachTestIOSDev`[J]java.lang.Thread.<init>(Ljava/lang/Runnable;Ljava/lang/String;)V [inlined] [j]java.lang.Thread.threadPtr(J)[set] + 14 at Thread.java:1, stop reason = trace<br>
> > >>>><br>
> > >>>> * frame #0: 0x0021a9b4 AttachTestIOSDev`[J]java.lang.Thread.<init>(Ljava/lang/Runnable;Ljava/lang/String;)V [inlined] [j]java.lang.Thread.threadPtr(J)[set] + 14 at Thread.java:1<br>
> > >>>><br>
> > >>>> frame #1: 0x0021a9a6 AttachTestIOSDev`[J]java.lang.Thread.<init>(__$env=0x01662fc8, __$this=0x64da3833, runnable=0xa4f07400, threadName=0x00286000)V + 46 at Thread.java:138<br>
> > >>>><br>
> > >>>> There should be a lot more frame. I'm gonna try to dig up some more details.<br>
> > >>>><br>
> > >>>> Thanks a lot!<br>
> > >>>> Mario<br>
> > >>>><br>
> > >>>><br>
> > >>>><br>
> > >>>> On Sun, Nov 30, 2014 at 1:32 AM, Jason Molenda <<a href="mailto:jason@molenda.com">jason@molenda.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> > >>>> The size of the breakpoint instruction is set by GetSoftwareBreakpointTrapOpcode(). In your case, most likely you're in PlatformDarwin::GetSoftwareBreakpointTrapOpcode() - lldb uses the symbol table (from the binary file) to determine if the code in a given function is arm or thumb. If it's arm, a 4 byte breakpoint is used. If it's thumb, a 2 byte breakpoint. Of course thumbv2 of T32 instructions can be 4 bytes -- the blne instruction is in your program -- but I assume the 2 byte breakpoint instruction still works correctly in these cases; the cpu sees the 2-byte instruction and stops execution.<br>
> > >>>><br>
> > >>>> I am a little wary about the fact that this comes after an it instruction, I kind of vaguely remember issues with that instruction's behavior.<br>
> > >>>><br>
> > >>>> It shouldn't make any difference but you might want to try<br>
> > >>>><br>
> > >>>> (lldb) settings set target.use-fast-stepping false<br>
> > >>>><br>
> > >>>> which will force lldb to single instruction step through the function. Right now lldb is looking at the instruction stream and putting breakpoints on branch/call/jump instructions to do your high-level "step" command, instead of stopping on every instruction. It is possible there could be a problem with that approach and the it instruction. Please report back if this changes the behavior.<br>
> > >>>><br>
> > >>>> J<br>
> > >>>><br>
> > >>>><br>
> > >>>>> On Nov 26, 2014, at 9:22 AM, Mario Zechner <<a href="mailto:badlogicgames@gmail.com">badlogicgames@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> > >>>>><br>
> > >>>>> I dug a little deeper, inspecting the GDB remote packets send by LLDB to perform the stepping. It appears when sending memory breakpoint commands used for stepping, the size of the instruction being replaced isn't taken into account, or writing back the original instruction isn't done properly. The following log shows what happens when stepping into the previously mentioned function:<br>
> > >>>>><br>
> > >>>>> (lldb) s<br>
> > >>>>> Process 166 stopped<br>
> > >>>>> * thread #1: tid = 0x0fd9, 0x002602e0 AttachTestIOSDev`[J]java.lang.Object.<init>(__$env=0x016bffc8, __$this=0x017864b0)V + 12 at Object.java:136, queue = 'com.apple.main-thread', stop reason = step in<br>
> > >>>>> frame #0: 0x002602e0 AttachTestIOSDev`[J]java.lang.Object.<init>(__$env=0x016bffc8, __$this=0x017864b0)V + 12 at Object.java:136<br>
> > >>>>> (lldb) disassemble -p<br>
> > >>>>> AttachTestIOSDev`[J]java.lang.Object.<init>()V + 12 at Object.java:136:<br>
> > >>>>> -> 0x2602e0: ldr r2, [r1]<br>
> > >>>>> 0x2602e2: ldr r2, [r2, #0x30]<br>
> > >>>>> 0x2602e4: tst.w r2, #0x100000<br>
> > >>>>> 0x2602e8: it ne<br>
> > >>>>> (lldb) s<br>
> > >>>>> Process 166 stopped<br>
> > >>>>> * thread #1: tid = 0x0fd9, 0x002602ec AttachTestIOSDev`[J]java.lang.Object.<init>(__$env=0x016bffc8, __$this=0x017864b0)V + 24 at Object.java:136, queue = 'com.apple.main-thread', stop reason = EXC_BAD_INSTRUCTION (code=EXC_ARM_UNDEFINED, subcode=0xffd1b001)<br>
> > >>>>> frame #0: 0x002602ec AttachTestIOSDev`[J]java.lang.Object.<init>(__$env=0x016bffc8, __$this=0x017864b0)V + 24 at Object.java:136<br>
> > >>>>> (lldb) disassemble -p<br>
> > >>>>> AttachTestIOSDev`[J]java.lang.Object.<init>()V + 24 at Object.java:136:<br>
> > >>>>> -> 0x2602ec: .long 0xb001ffd1 ; unknown opcode<br>
> > >>>>> 0x2602f0: pop {r7, pc}<br>
> > >>>>><br>
> > >>>>> AttachTestIOSDev`[J]java.lang.Object.<init>()V + 30:<br>
> > >>>>> 0x2602f2: nop<br>
> > >>>>><br>
> > >>>>> AttachTestIOSDev`[J]java.lang.Object.clone()Ljava/lang/Object; at Object.java:154:<br>
> > >>>>> 0x2602f4: push {r4, r5, r7, lr}<br>
> > >>>>> (lldb) disassemble -f<br>
> > >>>>> AttachTestIOSDev`[J]java.lang.Object.<init>()V at Object.java:136:<br>
> > >>>>> 0x2602d4: push {r7, lr}<br>
> > >>>>> 0x2602d6: mov r7, sp<br>
> > >>>>> 0x2602d8: sub sp, #0x4<br>
> > >>>>> 0x2602da: movs r2, #0x0<br>
> > >>>>> 0x2602dc: str r2, [sp]<br>
> > >>>>> 0x2602de: str r1, [sp]<br>
> > >>>>> 0x2602e0: ldr r2, [r1]<br>
> > >>>>> 0x2602e2: ldr r2, [r2, #0x30]<br>
> > >>>>> 0x2602e4: tst.w r2, #0x100000<br>
> > >>>>> 0x2602e8: it ne<br>
> > >>>>> 0x2602ea: blne 0x44b290 ; _bcRegisterFinalizer<br>
> > >>>>> 0x2602ee: add sp, #0x4<br>
> > >>>>> 0x2602f0: pop {r7, pc}<br>
> > >>>>><br>
> > >>>>> AttachTestIOSDev`[J]java.lang.Object.<init>()V + 30:<br>
> > >>>>> 0x2602f2: nop<br>
> > >>>>><br>
> > >>>>> The first step succeeds and ends up right after the prologue, at 0x2602e0: ldr r2, [r1]. The next step ends up at 0x2602ec: .long 0xb001ffd1 which is wrong, it should be 0x2602ea: blne 0x44b290.<br>
> > >>>>><br>
> > >>>>> The GDB remote conversation between lldb and the debugserver on the device (only relevant parts):<br>
> > >>>>><br>
> > >>>>> # First step<br>
> > >>>>> lldb->debugserver: $Z0,2602e0,2#73<br>
> > >>>>> debugserver->lldb: $OK#00<br>
> > >>>>> lldb->debugserver: $vCont;c:0fd9#15<br>
> > >>>>> debugserver->lldb: (320) $T05thread:fd9;qaddr:37ebfad0;threads:fd9,ffa,ffb,ffd,fff,1009,100a,100b;00:c8ff6b01;01:b0647801;02:00000000;03:c87d6a00;04:00000000;05:c8ff6b01;06:fc6a6501;07:0c6a6501;08:90e96b01;09:28000000;0a:74a0ea37;0b:c8ff6b01;0c:b09e5b00;0d:086a6501;0e:d1b22000;0f:<br>
> > >>>>><br>
> > >>>>> # Second step<br>
> > >>>>> lldb->debugserver: $Z0,2602ea,2#a4<br>
> > >>>>> debugserver->lldb: $OK#00<br>
> > >>>>> lldb->debugserver: $vCont;c:0fd9#15<br>
> > >>>>> debugserver->lldb: (324) $T92thread:fd9;qaddr:37ebfad0;threads:fd9,ffa,ffb,ffd,fff,1009,100a,100b;00:c8ff6b01;01:b0647801;02:01004300;03:c87d6a00;04:00000000;05:c8ff6b01;06:fc6a6501;07:0c6a6501;08:90e96b01;09:28000000;0a:74a0ea37;0b:c8ff6b01;0c:b09e5b00;0d:086a6501;0e:d1b22000;0f:<br>
> > >>>>><br>
> > >>>>> For the first step, a 2 byte memory breakpoint is written to 0x2602e0 ($Z0,2602e0,2#73), which is where the first step ended up. The instruction that got replaced is 2 bytes long. The GDB command wrote a 2 bytes memory breakpoint to the address, so all is good.<br>
> > >>>>><br>
> > >>>>> For the second step, a 2 byte memory breakpoint is written to 0x2602ea ($Z0,2602ea,2#a4). But instead of ending up at 0x2602ec, which is in the middle of the 4-byte blne instruction.<br>
> > >>>>><br>
> > >>>>> Is it correct for LLDB to set a 2 byte memory breakpoint instead of a 4-byte memory breakpoint in this case? The PC will be set to an invalid address, which then causes the EXC_BAD_INSTRUCTION.<br>
> > >>>>><br>
> > >>>>> Am i understanding this correctly? Is there a way for me to fix this?<br>
> > >>>>><br>
> > >>>>> On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 5:26 PM, Mario Zechner <<a href="mailto:badlogicgames@gmail.com">badlogicgames@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> > >>>>> Hi,<br>
> > >>>>><br>
> > >>>>> we generate thumbv7 binaries for iOS devices. We deploy, launch and debug those via LLDB. Stepping into functions seems to almost always generate a EXC_BAD_INSTRUCTION signal. The signal is not generated when running the app without the debugger attached. It is also not generated when we attach a debugger, but simply let the app run without breakpoints or any stepping.<br>
> > >>>>><br>
> > >>>>> Here's one of these function's LLVM IR:<br>
> > >>>>><br>
> > >>>>> =======================<br>
> > >>>>> define external void @"[J]java.lang.Object.<init>()V"(%Env* %p0, %Object* %p1) nounwind noinline optsize {<br>
> > >>>>> label0:<br>
> > >>>>> call void @"llvm.dbg.declare"(metadata !{%Env* %p0}, metadata !19), !dbg !{i32 136, i32 0, metadata !{i32 786478, metadata !0, metadata !1, metadata !"[J]java.lang.Object.<init>()V", metadata !"[J]java.lang.Object.<init>()V", metadata !"", i32 136, metadata !15, i1 false, i1 true, i32 0, i32 0, null, i32 256, i1 false, void (%Env*, %Object*)* @"[J]java.lang.Object.<init>()V", null, null, metadata !17, i32 136}, null}<br>
> > >>>>> %r0 = alloca %Object*<br>
> > >>>>> store %Object* null, %Object** %r0<br>
> > >>>>> call void @"llvm.dbg.declare"(metadata !{%Object** %r0}, metadata !21), !dbg !{i32 136, i32 0, metadata !14, null}<br>
> > >>>>> store %Object* %p1, %Object** %r0<br>
> > >>>>> call void @"register_finalizable"(%Env* %p0, %Object* %p1), !dbg !{i32 136, i32 0, metadata !18, null}<br>
> > >>>>> ret void, !dbg !{i32 136, i32 0, metadata !18, null}<br>
> > >>>>> }<br>
> > >>>>> =======================<br>
> > >>>>><br>
> > >>>>> The corresponding thumbv7 assembler code as generated by LLVM:<br>
> > >>>>><br>
> > >>>>> =======================<br>
> > >>>>> .globl "_[J]java.lang.Object.<init>()V"<br>
> > >>>>> .align 2<br>
> > >>>>> .code 16 @ @"[J]java.lang.Object.<init>()V"<br>
> > >>>>> .thumb_func "_[J]java.lang.Object.<init>()V"<br>
> > >>>>> "_[J]java.lang.Object.<init>()V":<br>
> > >>>>> .cfi_startproc<br>
> > >>>>> Lfunc_begin18:<br>
> > >>>>> .loc 1 136 0 @ Object.java:136:0<br>
> > >>>>> @ BB#0: @ %label0<br>
> > >>>>> .loc 1 136 0 @ Object.java:136:0<br>
> > >>>>> push {r7, lr}<br>
> > >>>>> mov r7, sp<br>
> > >>>>> sub sp, #4<br>
> > >>>>> @DEBUG_VALUE: [J]java.lang.Object.<init>()V:__$env <- R0<br>
> > >>>>> movs r2, #0<br>
> > >>>>> str r2, [sp]<br>
> > >>>>> str r1, [sp]<br>
> > >>>>> .loc 1 136 0 prologue_end @ Object.java:136:0<br>
> > >>>>> Ltmp6:<br>
> > >>>>> ldr r2, [r1]<br>
> > >>>>> ldr r2, [r2, #48]<br>
> > >>>>> tst.w r2, #1048576<br>
> > >>>>> Ltmp7:<br>
> > >>>>> @DEBUG_VALUE: [J]java.lang.Object.<init>()V:__$env <- R0<br>
> > >>>>> it ne<br>
> > >>>>> blxne __bcRegisterFinalizer<br>
> > >>>>> add sp, #4<br>
> > >>>>> pop {r7, pc}<br>
> > >>>>> Ltmp8:<br>
> > >>>>> Lfunc_end18:<br>
> > >>>>> "L_[J]java.lang.Object.<init>()V_end":<br>
> > >>>>><br>
> > >>>>> .cfi_endproc<br>
> > >>>>> =======================<br>
> > >>>>><br>
> > >>>>> Now, when stepping into this function, LLDB receives a signal from the debug server:<br>
> > >>>>><br>
> > >>>>> =======================<br>
> > >>>>> (lldb) s<br>
> > >>>>> Process 176 stopped<br>
> > >>>>> * thread #1: tid = 0x11f5, 0x0023e2ec AttachTestIOSDev`[J]java.lang.Object.<init>(__$env=0x0169efc8, __$this=0x0174cd10)V + 24 at Object.java:136, queue = 'com.apple.main-thread', stop reason = EXC_BAD_INSTRUCTION (code=EXC_ARM_UNDEFINED, subcode=0xffd1b001)<br>
> > >>>>> frame #0: 0x0023e2ec AttachTestIOSDev`[J]java.lang.Object.<init>(__$env=0x0169efc8, __$this=0x0174cd10)V + 24 at Object.java:136<br>
> > >>>>> =======================<br>
> > >>>>><br>
> > >>>>> Disassembling around the PC gives:<br>
> > >>>>><br>
> > >>>>> =======================<br>
> > >>>>> (lldb) disassemble --pc<br>
> > >>>>> AttachTestIOSDev`[J]java.lang.Object.<init>()V + 24 at Object.java:136:<br>
> > >>>>> -> 0x23e2ec: .long 0xb001ffd1 ; unknown opcode<br>
> > >>>>> 0x23e2f0: pop {r7, pc}<br>
> > >>>>><br>
> > >>>>> AttachTestIOSDev`[J]java.lang.Object.<init>()V + 30:<br>
> > >>>>> 0x23e2f2: nop<br>
> > >>>>><br>
> > >>>>> Disassembling until the beginning of the frame gives:<br>
> > >>>>><br>
> > >>>>> (lldb) disassemble -f<br>
> > >>>>> AttachTestIOSDev`[J]java.lang.Object.<init>()V at Object.java:136:<br>
> > >>>>> 0x23e2d4: push {r7, lr}<br>
> > >>>>> 0x23e2d6: mov r7, sp<br>
> > >>>>> 0x23e2d8: sub sp, #0x4<br>
> > >>>>> 0x23e2da: movs r2, #0x0<br>
> > >>>>> 0x23e2dc: str r2, [sp]<br>
> > >>>>> 0x23e2de: str r1, [sp]<br>
> > >>>>> 0x23e2e0: ldr r2, [r1]<br>
> > >>>>> 0x23e2e2: ldr r2, [r2, #0x30]<br>
> > >>>>> 0x23e2e4: tst.w r2, #0x100000<br>
> > >>>>> 0x23e2e8: it ne<br>
> > >>>>> 0x23e2ea: blne 0x429290 ; _bcRegisterFinalizer<br>
> > >>>>> 0x23e2ee: add sp, #0x4<br>
> > >>>>> 0x23e2f0: pop {r7, pc}<br>
> > >>>>><br>
> > >>>>> Accprding to this, execution should never end up at address 0x23e2ec. That's right in the middle of the blne and add instructions in the second disassembly. I have a hunch that the debugserver on the device may interfere here, e.g. add a trap instruction to implement the stepping. I'm not quite sure what to make of it.<br>
> > >>>>><br>
> > >>>>> I'd appreciate any hints. If you require more information, i got plenty of logs :)<br>
> > >>>>><br>
> > >>>>> Thanks,<br>
> > >>>>> Mario<br>
> > >>>>><br>
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