[Crash-utility] [PATCH v3 1/2] Update gdb to 10.1

[HAGIO KAZUHITO(萩尾 一仁)]

-----Original Message-----
> After applied the v3 series based on the latest crash, I got the following error:
> 
> # crash vmlinux vmcore
...
> For help, type "help".
> Type "apropos word" to search for commands related to "word"...
> Reading symbols from 3.10.0-957.el7.x86_64/vmlinux...
> thread.c:95: internal-error: thread_info* inferior_thread(): Assertion `current_thread_ != nullptr'
> failed.
> A problem internal to GDB has been detected,
> further debugging may prove unreliable.
> Quit this debugging session? (y or n) n
> 
> This is a bug, please report it.
> 
> thread.c:95: internal-error: thread_info* inferior_thread(): Assertion `current_thread_ != nullptr'
> failed.
> A problem internal to GDB has been detected,
> further debugging may prove unreliable.
> Create a core file of GDB? (y or n) y
> Command aborted.
> #

This error is same as the issue I reported for the v2:
  https://www.redhat.com/archives/crash-utility/2020-December/msg00031.html
It does not occur without the 2/2 patch at my end, can you try?

Alexey, is there any update on this?

> 
> We would make sure that the crash has good backward compatibility.
> 
> I didn't test the functions yet, there may be another issues. In view of this, I would suggest temporarily
> putting the patch series in our reviewing queue, because this is a big change and need to handle it carefully.
> 
> Currently, I'm planning to improve the test cases. Once the test is ready, which can help us find out more
> potential issues. And we can improve it based on this series. What do you think? Kazu, Bhupesh and Alexey.

I's great to improve the test cases, thanks.
but do you mean we wait until the new test is ready?

Thanks,
Kazu