bpo-32962: python-gdb catchs UnicodeDecodeError (GH-7693)

python-gdb now catchs UnicodeDecodeError exceptions when calling
string().

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/Tools/gdb/libpython.py b/Tools/gdb/libpython.py
index 41cbba2..27eabcb 100755
--- a/Tools/gdb/libpython.py
+++ b/Tools/gdb/libpython.py
@@ -270,12 +270,13 @@ class PyObjectPtr(object):
 
     def safe_tp_name(self):
         try:
-            return self.type().field('tp_name').string()
-        except NullPyObjectPtr:
-            # NULL tp_name?
-            return 'unknown'
-        except RuntimeError:
-            # Can't even read the object at all?
+            ob_type = self.type()
+            tp_name = ob_type.field('tp_name')
+            return tp_name.string()
+        # NullPyObjectPtr: NULL tp_name?
+        # RuntimeError: Can't even read the object at all?
+        # UnicodeDecodeError: Failed to decode tp_name bytestring
+        except (NullPyObjectPtr, RuntimeError, UnicodeDecodeError):
             return 'unknown'
 
     def proxyval(self, visited):
@@ -349,7 +350,9 @@ class PyObjectPtr(object):
         try:
             tp_name = t.field('tp_name').string()
             tp_flags = int(t.field('tp_flags'))
-        except RuntimeError:
+        # RuntimeError: NULL pointers
+        # UnicodeDecodeError: string() fails to decode the bytestring
+        except (RuntimeError, UnicodeDecodeError):
             # Handle any kind of error e.g. NULL ptrs by simply using the base
             # class
             return cls
@@ -617,7 +620,10 @@ class PyCFunctionObjectPtr(PyObjectPtr):
 
     def proxyval(self, visited):
         m_ml = self.field('m_ml') # m_ml is a (PyMethodDef*)
-        ml_name = m_ml['ml_name'].string()
+        try:
+            ml_name = m_ml['ml_name'].string()
+        except UnicodeDecodeError:
+            ml_name = '<ml_name:UnicodeDecodeError>'
 
         pyop_m_self = self.pyop_field('m_self')
         if pyop_m_self.is_null():
@@ -1340,13 +1346,13 @@ class wrapperobject(PyObjectPtr):
         try:
             name = self.field('descr')['d_base']['name'].string()
             return repr(name)
-        except (NullPyObjectPtr, RuntimeError):
+        except (NullPyObjectPtr, RuntimeError, UnicodeDecodeError):
             return '<unknown name>'
 
     def safe_tp_name(self):
         try:
             return self.field('self')['ob_type']['tp_name'].string()
-        except (NullPyObjectPtr, RuntimeError):
+        except (NullPyObjectPtr, RuntimeError, UnicodeDecodeError):
             return '<unknown tp_name>'
 
     def safe_self_addresss(self):