gdb/

2011-03-08  Pedro Alves  <pedro@codesourcery.com>

	* remote.c (remote_check_symbols): Skip if the target has no
	execution.

gdb/testsuite/
2011-03-08  Jan Kratochvil  <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>

	* gdb.server/ext-run.exp
	(load new file without any gdbserver inferior): New test.

gdb/ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2011-03-08  Pedro Alves  <pedro@codesourcery.com>
+
+	* remote.c (remote_check_symbols): Skip if the target has no
+	execution.
+
 2011-03-08  Joel Brobecker  <brobecker@adacore.com>
 
 	* target.c (read_whatever_is_readable): Reformat comment,

gdb/remote.c

@@ -3435,10 +3435,19 @@ remote_check_symbols (struct objfile *objfile)
   struct minimal_symbol *sym;
   int end;
 
+  /* The remote side has no concept of inferiors that aren't running
+     yet, it only knows about running processes.  If we're connected
+     but our current inferior is not running, we should not invite the
+     remote target to request symbol lookups related to its
+     (unrelated) current process.  */
+  if (!target_has_execution)
+    return;
+
   if (remote_protocol_packets[PACKET_qSymbol].support == PACKET_DISABLE)
     return;
 
-  /* Make sure the remote is pointing at the right process.  */
+  /* Make sure the remote is pointing at the right process.  Note
+     there's no way to select "no process".  */
   set_general_process ();
 
   /* Allocate a message buffer.  We can't reuse the input buffer in RS,

gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2011-03-08  Jan Kratochvil  <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
+
+	* gdb.server/ext-run.exp
+	(load new file without any gdbserver inferior): New test.
+
 2011-03-07  Tom Tromey  <tromey@redhat.com>
 
 	* Makefile.in (TAGS): Rewrite.

gdb/testsuite/gdb.server/ext-run.exp

@@ -60,4 +60,9 @@ if { [istarget *-*-linux*] } {
 }
 
 gdb_test "kill" "" "kill" "Kill the program being debugged.*" "y"
+
+gdb_load $binfile
+gdb_test "monitor help" "The following monitor commands.*" \
+        "load new file without any gdbserver inferior"
+
 gdb_test_no_output "monitor exit"