Cortex-Debug使用PyOCD超时问题

问题背景

在基于GD32F470ZI微控制器的嵌入式项目开发中，配置了通过Visual Studio Code的Cortex-Debug插件，搭配PyOCD工具与DAPLink调试器进行程序调试的环境。调试配置文件 launch.json 的核心配置如下：

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{
    "name": "Debug with pyOCD(DAPLink)",
    "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
    "executable": "${workspaceFolder}/build/project_build.elf",
    "targetId": "gd32f470zi",
    "request": "launch",
    "type": "cortex-debug",
    "runToEntryPoint": "main",
    "servertype": "pyocd",
    "interface": "swd",
}

当启动调试会话时，Cortex-Debug插件报告连接超时失败，错误信息为：

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Failed to launch PyOCD GDB Server: Timeout.

详细现象与日志分析

调试启动失败时，关键日志输出呈现矛盾现象：

插件主控台输出显示超时，关键输出如下：

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Cortex-Debug: VSCode debugger extension version 1.12.1 git(652d042). Usage info: https://github.com/Marus/cortex-debug#usage
Reading symbols from prebuilts/win32/gcc-arm-none-eabi/bin/arm-none-eabi-objdump.exe --syms -C -h -w D:/code/Agricultural_Intelligence/mcu_project_cmake/build/project_build.elf
Reading symbols from prebuilts/win32/gcc-arm-none-eabi/bin/arm-none-eabi-nm.exe --defined-only -S -l -C -p D:/code/Agricultural_Intelligence/mcu_project_cmake/build/project_build.elf
Launching GDB: ./prebuilts/win32/gcc-arm-none-eabi/bin/arm-none-eabi-gdb.exe -q --interpreter=mi2
Launching gdb-server: pyocd gdbserver --port 50000 --telnet-port 50001 --target gd32f470zi
Finished reading symbols from objdump: Time: 849 ms
Finished reading symbols from nm: Time: 835 ms
Output radix now set to decimal 10, hex a, octal 12.
Input radix now set to decimal 10, hex a, octal 12.
Failed to launch PyOCD GDB Server: Timeout.

PyOCD服务器终端输出却表明服务已成功启动并识别了目标硬件：

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Waiting for gdb server to start...[2026-01-04T03:20:55.053Z] SERVER CONSOLE DEBUG: onBackendConnect: gdb-server session connected. You can switch to "DEBUG CONSOLE" to see GDB interactions.
pyocd gdbserver --port 50000 --telnet-port 50001 --target gd32f470zi
0003137 I Target type is gd32f470zi [board]
0002200 I DP IDR = 0x2ba01477 (v1 rev2) [dap]
0002222 I AHB-AP#0 IDR = 0x24770011 (AHB-AP var1 rev2) [discovery]
0002232 I AHB-AP#0 Class 0x1 ROM table #0 @ 0xe00ff000 (designer=751 part=d46) [rom_table]
0002237 I [0]<e000e000:SCS v7-M class=14 designer=43b:Arm part=00c> [rom_table]
0002240 I [1]<e0001000:DWT v7-M class=14 designer=43b:Arm part=002> [rom_table]
0002244 I [2]<e0002000:FPB v7-M class=14 designer=43b:Arm part=003> [rom_table]
0002247 I [3]<e0000000:ITM v7-M class=14 designer=43b:Arm part=001> [rom_table]
0002251 I [4]<e0040000:TPIU M4 class=9 designer=43b:Arm part=9a1 devtype=11 archid=0000 devid=ca1:0:0> [rom_table]
0002255 W Invalid coresight component, cidr=0x0 [rom_table]
0002255 I [5]e0041000: cidr=0, pidr=0, component invalid> [rom_table]
0002263 I CPU core #0: Cortex-M4 r0p1, v7.0-M architecture [cortex_m]
0002263 I   Extensions: [DSP, FPU, FPU_V4, MPU] [cortex_m]
0002263 I   FPU present: FPv4-SP-D16-M [cortex_m]
0002269 I 4 hardware watchpoints [dwt]
0002273 I 6 hardware breakpoints, 4 literal comparators [fpb]
0002295 I STDIO server started on port 50001 (core 0) [server]
0002403 I GDB server listening on port 50000 (core 0) [gdbserver]
[2026-01-04T02:49:26.202Z] SERVER CONSOLE DEBUG: onBackendConnect: gdb-server session closed
GDB server session ended. This terminal will be reused, waiting for next session to start...

日志明确记录了PyOCD已正确识别目标芯片（GD32F470ZI, Cortex-M4），并成功在端口50000上启动了GDB服务器。然而，插件随后立即关闭了会话。

问题排查与验证

为定位问题根源，执行了以下独立测试：

手动启动PyOCD服务器：在系统终端中直接执行相同命令，服务器启动成功并稳定运行，完整输出如下：

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pyocd gdbserver --port 50000 --telnet-port 50001 --target gd32f470zi
0002180 I DP IDR = 0x2ba01477 (v1 rev2) [dap]
0002201 I AHB-AP#0 IDR = 0x24770011 (AHB-AP var1 rev2) [discovery]
0002211 I AHB-AP#0 Class 0x1 ROM table #0 @ 0xe00ff000 (designer=751 part=d46) [rom_table]
0002218 I [0]<e000e000:SCS v7-M class=14 designer=43b:Arm part=00c> [rom_table]
0002222 I [1]<e0001000:DWT v7-M class=14 designer=43b:Arm part=002> [rom_table]
0002226 I [2]<e0002000:FPB v7-M class=14 designer=43b:Arm part=003> [rom_table]
0002229 I [3]<e0000000:ITM v7-M class=14 designer=43b:Arm part=001> [rom_table]
0002236 I [4]<e0040000:TPIU M4 class=9 designer=43b:Arm part=9a1 devtype=11 archid=0000 devid=ca1:0:0> [rom_table]
0002240 W Invalid coresight component, cidr=0x0 [rom_table]
0002240 I [5]e0041000: cidr=0, pidr=0, component invalid> [rom_table]
0002248 I CPU core #0: Cortex-M4 r0p1, v7.0-M architecture [cortex_m]
0002248 I   Extensions: [DSP, FPU, FPU_V4, MPU] [cortex_m]
0002248 I   FPU present: FPv4-SP-D16-M [cortex_m]
0002255 I 4 hardware watchpoints [dwt]
0002259 I 6 hardware breakpoints, 4 literal comparators [fpb]
0002280 I STDIO server started on port 50001 (core 0) [server]
0002387 I GDB server listening on port 50000 (core 0) [gdbserver]
0023371 I Client 1 connected on port 50000 from remote address localhost:62080 [gdbserver]
0258209 W FreeRTOS: list size is unexpected, maybe an unsupported configuration of FreeRTOS. Try using the --elf option. [freertos]
[==================================================] 100%
0264777 I Erased 0 bytes (0 sectors), programmed 0 bytes (0 pages), skipped 39936 bytes (39 pages) at 22.82 kB/s [loader]

手动使用GDB连接：在另一个终端中，使用ARM GDB客户端手动连接至本地运行的PyOCD服务器，成功建立了连接并完成程序下载：

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prebuilts\win32\gcc-arm-none-eabi\bin\arm-none-eabi-gdb.exe -ex "target remote localhost:50000" -ex "monitor reset" -ex "quit"
(gdb) file build/project_build.elf
A program is being debugged already.
Are you sure you want to change the file? (y or n) y
Reading symbols from build/project_build.elf...
(gdb) 
(gdb) load
`D:\code\Agricultural_Intelligence\mcu_project_cmake\build\project_build.elf' has changed; re-reading symbols.
Loading section .isr_vector, size 0x1b0 lma 0x800c000
Loading section .text, size 0x8ea8 lma 0x800c1c0
Loading section .rodata, size 0x488 lma 0x8015068
Loading section .ARM, size 0x8 lma 0x80154f0
Loading section .init_array, size 0x8 lma 0x80154f8
Loading section .fini_array, size 0x8 lma 0x8015500
Loading section .data, size 0x6e0 lma 0x8015508
Start address 0x0800e034, load size 39896
Transfer rate: 21 KB/sec, 1595 bytes/write.
(gdb)

结论：PyOCD服务器、DAPLink硬件、目标芯片以及GDB工具链本身均功能正常。问题隔离至Cortex-Debug插件与PyOCD服务器进程间的交互环节。

问题根源分析

在Cortex-Debug插件的GitHub仓库中，通过搜索关键词 Failed to launch GDB Server: Timeout，找到了一个描述现象高度一致的 Issue #842。

在该issue的讨论中，开发者haneefdm指出：用户可以通过一个可配置的正则表达式，来覆盖插件用于判断GDB服务器是否启动成功的默认匹配规则。这揭示了一个关键点：Cortex-Debug插件在启动服务器后，会通过匹配服务器输出中的特定关键字来判断其状态。

基于此信息，问题的原因变得清晰：PyOCD GDB服务器在启动后输出的日志信息，与Cortex-Debug插件预期的"启动成功"消息格式不匹配，导致插件始终无法确认服务器已就绪，从而触发了超时错误。

解决方案的实施

查阅Cortex-Debug的官方文档后，确认了 overrideGDBServerStartedRegex 参数正是用于此目的。该参数允许在 launch.json 中指定一个自定义的正则表达式，以精确匹配调试服务器输出的"就绪"消息行。

解决步骤如下：

分析输出日志 ：仔细查看PyOCD服务器成功启动后的控制台输出。通常，GDB server listening on port... 或更早出现的 STDIO server started on port... 这两行信息，都可以作为服务器已就绪的标志。
配置正则表达式 ：在 launch.json 的调试配置块内，添加 overrideGDBServerStartedRegex 字段。例如，选择匹配 STDIO server started 行：

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"overrideGDBServerStartedRegex": "STDIO server started on port \\d+ \\(core \\d+\\)"

其中 \\d+ 用于匹配端口号和核心编号，\\( 和 \\) 是对括号的转义。

使用pyocd调试gd32f470zi完整的launch.json配置内容如下

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{
    "name": "Debug with pyOCD(DAPLink)",
    "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
    "executable": "${workspaceFolder}/build/project_build.elf",
    "targetId": "gd32f470zi",
    "request": "launch",
    "type": "cortex-debug",
    "runToEntryPoint": "main",
    "servertype": "pyocd",
    "interface": "swd",
    "overrideGDBServerStartedRegex": "STDIO server started on port \\d+ \\(core \\d+\\)",
}

验证结果

应用上述配置并重启VSCode调试会话后，问题得以解决。插件成功识别出PyOCD的启动信号，顺利建立了GDB连接并开始调试。

连接成功后的日志输出示例如下：

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0003381 I STDIO server started on port 50003 (core 0) [server]
0003564 I GDB server listening on port 50002 (core 0) [gdbserver]
0005510 I Client 1 connected on port 50002 from remote address localhost:55888 [gdbserver]
0005676 W FreeRTOS: list size is unexpected, maybe an unsupported configuration of FreeRTOS. Try using the --elf option. [freertos]
[---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|----]
[========================================]
0008976 I Erased 16384 bytes (1 sector), programmed 16384 bytes (16 pages), skipped 23552 bytes (23 pages) at 12.61 kB/s [loader]