As the title says, this is a test case for
Inferior.thread_from_thread_handle, a python method which will,
given a thread library dependent thread handle, find the GDB thread
which corresponds to that thread handle (in the inferior under
consideration).
The C file for this test case causes the thread handles for the
main thread and two child threads to be placed into an array. The
test case runs to one of the functions (do_something()) at which point,
it retrieves the thread handles from the array and attempts to find the
corresponding thread in GDB's internal thread list.
I use barriers to make sure that both threads have actually started;
execution will stop when one of the threads breaks at do_something.
Thanks to Simon Marchi for suggestions for forcing the thread
numbering to be stable.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
* gdb.python/py-thrhandle.c, gdb.python/py-thrhandle.exp: New
files.
This adds a few new events to gdb's Python layer: new_inferior,
inferior_deleted, and new_thread. I wanted to be able to add a
combined inferior/thread display window to my GUI, and I needed a few
events to make this work. This is PR python/15622.
ChangeLog
2017-09-11 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
PR python/15622:
* NEWS: Add entry.
* python/python.c (do_start_initialization): Initialize new event
types.
* python/python-internal.h (gdbpy_initialize_new_inferior_event)
(gdbpy_initialize_inferior_deleted_event)
(gdbpy_initialize_new_thread_event): Declare.
* python/py-threadevent.c (create_thread_event_object): Add option
"thread" parameter.
* python/py-inferior.c (new_thread_event_object_type)
(new_inferior_event_object_type)
(inferior_deleted_event_object_type): Declare.
(python_new_inferior, python_inferior_deleted): New functions.
(add_thread_object): Emit new_thread event.
(gdbpy_initialize_inferior): Attach new functions to corresponding
observers.
(new_thread, new_inferior, inferior_deleted): Define new event
types.
* python/py-evts.c (gdbpy_initialize_py_events): Add new
registries.
* python/py-events.h (events_object) <new_inferior,
inferior_deleted, new_thread>: New fields.
* python/py-event.h (create_thread_event_breakpoint): Add optional
"thread" parameter.
doc/ChangeLog
2017-09-11 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
* python.texi (Events In Python): Document new events.
testsuite/ChangeLog
2017-09-11 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
* gdb.python/py-infthread.exp: Add tests for new_thread event.
* gdb.python/py-inferior.exp: Add tests for new inferior events.
(Ref: https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb/2017-06/msg00020.html)
Assuming int_t is a typedef to int:
typedef int int_t;
gdb currently loses this expression's typedef:
(gdb) p (int_t) 0
$1 = 0
(gdb) whatis $1
type = int
or:
(gdb) whatis (int_t) 0
type = int
or, to get "whatis" out of the way:
(gdb) maint print type (int_t) 0
...
name 'int'
code 0x8 (TYPE_CODE_INT)
...
This prevents a type printer for "int_t" kicking in, with e.g.:
(gdb) p (int_t) 0
From the manual, we can see that that "whatis (int_t) 0" command
invocation should have printed "type = int_t":
If @var{arg} is a variable or an expression, @code{whatis} prints its
literal type as it is used in the source code. If the type was
defined using a @code{typedef}, @code{whatis} will @emph{not} print
the data type underlying the @code{typedef}.
(...)
If @var{arg} is a type name that was defined using @code{typedef},
@code{whatis} @dfn{unrolls} only one level of that @code{typedef}.
That one-level stripping is currently done here, in
gdb/eval.c:evaluate_subexp_standard, handling OP_TYPE:
...
else if (noside == EVAL_AVOID_SIDE_EFFECTS)
{
struct type *type = exp->elts[pc + 1].type;
/* If this is a typedef, then find its immediate target. We
use check_typedef to resolve stubs, but we ignore its
result because we do not want to dig past all
typedefs. */
check_typedef (type);
if (TYPE_CODE (type) == TYPE_CODE_TYPEDEF)
type = TYPE_TARGET_TYPE (type);
return allocate_value (type);
}
However, this stripping is reachable in both:
#1 - (gdb) whatis (int_t)0 # ARG is an expression with a cast to
# typedef type.
#2 - (gdb) whatis int_t # ARG is a type name.
while only case #2 should strip the typedef. Removing that code from
evaluate_subexp_standard is part of the fix. Instead, we make the
"whatis" command implementation itself strip one level of typedefs
when the command argument is a type name.
We then run into another problem, also fixed by this commit:
value_cast always drops any typedefs of the destination type.
With all that fixed, "whatis (int_t) 0" now works as expected:
(gdb) whatis int_t
type = int
(gdb) whatis (int_t)0
type = int_t
value_cast has many different exit/convertion paths, for handling many
different kinds of casts/conversions, and most of them had to be
tweaked to construct the value of the right "to" type. The new tests
try to exercise most of it, by trying castin of many different
combinations of types. With:
$ make check TESTS="*/whatis-ptype*.exp */gnu_vector.exp */dfp-test.exp"
... due to combinatorial explosion, the testsuite results for the
tests above alone grow like:
- # of expected passes 246
+ # of expected passes 3811
You'll note that the tests exposed one GCC buglet, filed here:
Missing DW_AT_type in DW_TAG_typedef of "typedef of typedef of void"
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=81267
gdb/ChangeLog:
2017-08-21 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
* eval.c (evaluate_subexp_standard) <OP_TYPE>: Don't dig past
typedefs.
* typeprint.c (whatis_exp): If handling "whatis", and expression
is OP_TYPE, strip one typedef level. Otherwise don't strip
typedefs here.
* valops.c (value_cast): Save "to" type before resolving
stubs/typedefs. Use that type as resulting value's type.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
2017-08-21 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
* gdb.base/dfp-test.c
(d32_t, d64_t, d128_t, d32_t2, d64_t2, d128_t2, v_d32_t, v_d64_t)
(v_d128_t, v_d32_t2, v_d64_t2, v_d128_t2): New.
* gdb.base/dfp-test.exp: Add whatis/ptype/cast tests.
* gdb.base/gnu_vector.exp: Add whatis/ptype/cast tests.
* gdb.base/whatis-ptype-typedefs.c: New.
* gdb.base/whatis-ptype-typedefs.exp: New.
* gdb.python/py-prettyprint.c (int_type, int_type2): New typedefs.
(an_int, an_int_type, an_int_type2): New globals.
* gdb.python/py-prettyprint.exp (run_lang_tests): Add tests
involving typedefs and cast expressions.
* gdb.python/py-prettyprint.py (class pp_int_typedef): New.
(lookup_typedefs_function): New.
(typedefs_pretty_printers_dict): New.
(top level): Register lookup_typedefs_function in
gdb.pretty_printers.
[I made some typo fixes but forgot to amend my commit before sending the patch,
hence this v2.]
I see the following failure on Ubuntu 16.04's gcc 5.4.0:
Running /home/emaisin/src/binutils-gdb/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-unwind.exp ...
FAIL: gdb.python/py-unwind.exp: continue to breakpoint: break backtrace-broken
FAIL: gdb.python/py-unwind.exp: Backtrace restored by unwinder (pattern 1)
The problem is that the test expects a very particular stack layout.
When stack protection is enabled, it adds a canary value which looks
like an additional local variable. This makes the test complain about
a bad stack layout and fail.
The simple solution is to disable stack protection for that test using
-fno-stack-protector. I checked older compilers (gcc 4.4, clang 3.5)
and they support that flag, so I don't think it's necessary to probe for
whether the compiler supports it.
Maybe a better solution would be to change the test to make it cope with
different stack layouts (perhaps it could save addresses of stuff in
some global variables which GDB/the unwinder would read). I'll go with
the simple solution for now though.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
* gdb.python/py-unwind.exp: Disable stack protection when
building test file.
The gdb.python/py-unwind.exp test is crashing GDB / leaving core dumps
in the test dir, even though it all passes cleanly. The crash is not
visible in gdb.sum/gdb.log because it happens as side effect of the
"quit" command, while flushing the frame cache.
The problem is simply a typo in a 'for' loop's condition, introduced
by a recent change [4fa847d78e ("Remove MAX_REGISTER_SIZE from
py-unwind.c")], resulting in infinite loop / double-free.
The new test exposes the crash, like:
Running src/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-unwind.exp ...
ERROR: Process no longer exists
gdb/ChangeLog:
2017-07-06 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
* python/py-unwind.c (pyuw_dealloc_cache): Fix for loop condition.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
2017-07-06 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
* gdb.python/py-unwind.exp: Test flushregs.
My last commit fixed a regression that happened when using
inline/multi-line commands for Python/Compile/Guile, but introduced
another regression: it is now not possible to use aliases for the
commands mentioned above. The fix is to almost revert the change I've
made and go back to using the 'struct cmd_list_element *', but at the
same time make sure that we advance the 'cmd_name' variable past all
the whitespace characters after the command name. If, after skipping
the whitespace, we encounter a '\0', it means that the command is not
inline. Otherwise, it is.
This patch also expands the testcase in order to check for aliases and
for trailing whitespace after the command name.
gdb/ChangeLog:
2017-06-30 Sergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj@redhat.com>
Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
PR cli/21688
* cli/cli-script.c (command_name_equals_not_inline): Remove function.
(process_next_line): New variable 'inline_cmd'.
Adjust 'if' clauses for "python", "compile" and "guile" to use
'command_name_equals' and check for '!inline_cmd'.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
2017-06-30 Sergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj@redhat.com>
PR cli/21688
* gdb.python/py-cmd.exp (test_python_inline_or_multiline): Add new
tests for alias commands and trailing whitespace.
This bug is a regression caused by the following commit:
604c4576fd is the first bad commit
commit 604c4576fd
Author: Jerome Guitton <guitton@adacore.com>
Date: Tue Jan 10 15:15:53 2017 +0100
The problem happens because, on cli/cli-script.c:process_next_line,
GDB is not using the command line string to identify which command to
run, but it instead using the 'struct cmd_list_element *' that is
obtained by using the mentioned string. The problem with that is that
the 'struct cmd_list_element *' doesn't have any information on
whether the command issued by the user is a multi-line or inline one.
A multi-line command is a command that will necessarily be composed of
more than 1 line. For example:
(gdb) if 1
>python
>print ('hello')
>end
>end
As can be seen in the example above, the 'python' command actually
"opens" a new command line (represented by the change in the
indentation) that will then be used to enter Python code. OTOH, an
inline command is a command that is "self-contained" in a single line,
for example:
(gdb) if 1
>python print ('hello')
>end
This Python command is a one-liner, and therefore there is no other
Python code that can be entered for this same block. There is also no
change in the indentation.
So, the fix is somewhat simple: we have to revert the change and use
the full command line string passed to process_next_line in order to
identify whether we're dealing with a multi-line or an inline command.
This commit does just that. As can be seen, this regression also
affects other languages, like guile or the compile framework. To make
things clearer, I decided to create a new helper function responsible
for identifying a non-inline command.
Testcase is attached.
gdb/ChangeLog:
2017-06-30 Sergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj@redhat.com>
PR cli/21688
* cli/cli-script.c (command_name_equals_not_inline): New function.
(process_next_line): Adjust 'if' clauses for "python", "compile"
and "guile" to use command_name_equals_not_inline.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
2017-06-30 Sergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj@redhat.com>
PR cli/21688
* gdb.python/py-cmd.exp (test_python_inline_or_multiline): New
procedure. Call it.
The test suite contains multiple instances of determining the target's
endianness with GDB's "show endian" command. This patch replaces these by
an invocation of a new convenience proc 'get_endianness'.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
* lib/gdb.exp (get_endianness): New proc.
* gdb.arch/aarch64-fp.exp: Use it.
* gdb.arch/altivec-regs.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.arch/e500-regs.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.arch/vsx-regs.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.base/dump.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.base/funcargs.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.base/gnu_vector.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.dwarf2/formdata16.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.dwarf2/implptrpiece.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.dwarf2/nonvar-access.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.python/py-inferior.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.trace/unavailable-dwarf-piece.exp: Likewise.
As discussed here: https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2017-04/msg00157.html
A gap is not an instruction and it should not pretend to be one.
gdb.Record.instruction_history is now a list of gdb.RecordInstruction and
gdb.RecordGap objects. This allows the user to deal with Gaps in the record
in a more sane way.
The user would always get the instruction_history and function_call_history
objects of the current thread, not the thread for which the gdb.Record object
was created.
The attached testcase fails without this patch and passes with the patch.
$ gdb rustc
Reading symbols from rustc...Reading symbols from /usr/lib/debug/usr/bin/rustc.debug...done.
done.
warning: Invalid entry in .debug_gdb_scripts section
/usr/bin/rustc
Section Headers:
[Nr] Name Type Address Off Size ES Flg Lk Inf Al
[15] .debug_gdb_scripts PROGBITS 00000000000008ed 0008ed 000022 00 AMS 0 0 1
/usr/lib/debug/usr/bin/rustc.debug
Section Headers:
[Nr] Name Type Address Off Size ES Flg Lk Inf Al
[15] .debug_gdb_scripts NOBITS 00000000000008ed 000280 000022 00 AMS 0 0 1
There remains questionable whether bfd_get_section_by_name() should not return
an error for !SEC_LOAD but I haven't investigated that.
gdb/ChangeLog
2017-03-29 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
* auto-load.c (auto_load_section_scripts): Check SEC_HAS_CONTENTS.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
2017-03-29 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
* gdb.python/py-section-script.exp (sepdebug): New testcases.
This changes the return type of "gdb.BtraceInstruction.data ()" from
"memoryview" to "buffer" on Python 2.7 and below, similar to what
"gdb.Inferior.read_memory ()" does.
This patch adds tests for the initial rvalue reference support patchset. All
of the new tests are practically mirrored regular references tests and, except
for the demangler ones, are introduced in new files, which are set to be
compiled with -std=gnu++11. Tested are printing of rvalue reference types and
values, rvalue reference parameters in function overloading, demangling of
function names containing rvalue reference parameters, casts to rvalue
reference types, application of the sizeof operator to rvalue reference types
and values, and support for rvalue references within the gdb python module.
gdb/ChnageLog
PR gdb/14441
* NEWS: Mention support for rvalue references in GDB and python.
* doc/gdb.texinfo (C Plus Plus Expressions): Mention that GDB
supports both lvalue and rvalue references.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
PR gdb/14441
* gdb.cp/demangle.exp: Add rvalue reference tests.
* gdb.cp/rvalue-ref-casts.cc: New file.
* gdb.cp/rvalue-ref-casts.exp: New file.
* gdb.cp/rvalue-ref-overload.cc: New file.
* gdb.cp/rvalue-ref-overload.exp: New file.
* gdb.cp/rvalue-ref-params.cc: New file.
* gdb.cp/rvalue-ref-params.exp: New file.
* gdb.cp/rvalue-ref-sizeof.cc: New file.
* gdb.cp/rvalue-ref-sizeof.exp: New file.
* gdb.cp/rvalue-ref-types.cc: New file.
* gdb.cp/rvalue-ref-types.exp: New file.
* gdb.python/py-rvalue-ref-value-cc.cc: New file.
* gdb.python/py-rvalue-ref-value-cc.exp: New file.
gdb/ChangeLog:
PR python/17728, python/18439, python/18779
* python/py-lazy-string.c (lazy_string_object): Clarify use of LENGTH
member. Change type of TYPE member to PyObject *. All uses updated.
(stpy_convert_to_value): Fix handling of TYPE_CODE_PTR.
(gdbpy_create_lazy_string_object): Flag bad length values.
Handle TYPE_CODE_ARRAY with possibly different user-provided length.
Handle typedefs in incoming type.
(stpy_lazy_string_elt_type): New function.
(gdbpy_extract_lazy_string): Call it.
* python/py-value.c (valpy_lazy_string): Flag bad length values.
Fix handling of TYPE_CODE_PTR. Handle TYPE_CODE_ARRAY. Handle
typedefs in incoming type.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
PR python/17728, python/18439, python/18779
* gdb.python/py-value.c (main) Delete locals sptr, sn.
* gdb.python/py-lazy-string.c (pointer): New typedef.
(main): New locals ptr, array, typedef_ptr.
* gdb.python/py-value.exp: Move lazy string tests to ...
* gdb.python/py-lazy-string.exp: ... here. Add more tests for pointer,
array, typedef lazy strings.
Avoid putting unstable path names in test messages, in order to avoid
spurious testrun result diffs like:
[....]
-PASS: gdb.base/break-fun-addr.exp: /home/pedro/gdb/test-build1/gdb/testsuite/outputs/gdb.base/break-fun-addr/break-fun-addr1: break *main
+PASS: gdb.base/break-fun-addr.exp: /home/pedro/gdb/test-build2/gdb/testsuite/outputs/gdb.base/break-fun-addr/break-fun-addr1: break *main
[....]
gdb/ChangeLog:
2017-03-08 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
* gdb.base/break-fun-addr.exp: Use $testfile1/$testfile2 for test
prefix instead of $binfile1/$binfile2.
* gdb.btrace/gcore.exp: Use "core" instead of unstable path name
in test message.
* gdb.python/py-completion.exp: Use "load python file" as test
messages instead of unstable path names.
This adds an event that is emitted just before GDB presents a prompt
to the user. This provides Python code a way to react to whatever
changes might have been made by the previous command. For example, in
my GUI I use this to track changes to the selected frame and reflect
them in the UI.
Built and regtested on x86-64 Fedora 23.
gdb/ChangeLog
2017-02-14 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
PR python/13598:
* python/python.c (gdbpy_before_prompt_hook): Emit before_prompt
event.
* python/py-evts.c (gdbpy_initialize_py_events): Add
before_prompt registry.
* python/py-events.h (events_object) <before_prompt>: New field.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog
2017-02-14 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
PR python/13598:
* python.texi (Events In Python): Document events.before_prompt.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
2017-02-14 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
PR python/13598:
* gdb.python/py-events.exp: Add before_prompt event tests.
While testing this series I saw some errors from the Python test
suite. There were a couple of tests using "P" as a command; this
changes them to "p".
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
2017-02-10 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
* gdb.python/py-xmethods.exp: Use "p" command, not "P".
With my debug build of Python (--with-pydebug), many tests fails because
of the same issue. Python scripts are loaded by the tests using this
pattern:
(gdb) python exec (open ('file.py').read ())
This causes Python to output this warning:
__main__:1: ResourceWarning: unclosed file <_io.TextIOWrapper name='file.py' mode='r' encoding='ANSI_X3.4-1968'>
and the test to fail because of that extra output. Instead of using the
open + read + exec trick which leaks the file and causes the warning,
why not just source the files?
(gdb) source file.py
This patch changes this, and standardizes the test names of the tests I
touched to "load python file" (some of them were empty, others were
overly complicated).
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
* gdb.python/py-bad-printers.exp: Load python file using "source".
* gdb.python/py-events.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.python/py-evsignal.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.python/py-evthreads.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.python/py-frame-args.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.python/py-framefilter-invalidarg.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.python/py-framefilter-mi.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.python/py-framefilter.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.python/py-mi.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.python/py-pp-maint.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.python/py-pp-registration.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.python/py-prettyprint.exp: Likewise.
(run_lang_tests): Likewise.
* gdb.python/py-typeprint.exp: Likewise.
Some leftover uppercase test names in py-xmethods.exp. The patch also
replaces two "continue" calls with untested calls to make things a bit more
clear.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
2017-01-20 Luis Machado <lgustavo@codesourcery.com>
* gdb.python/py-xmethods.exp: Fix test names starting with lowercase
and add untested calls.
I noticed gdb.python/python.exp failing on aarch64-elf like so:
FAIL: gdb.python/python.exp: Test decode_line func1 line number
This particular test expects the line number for func1 to be 19, hardcoded.
In my aarch64-elf tests gdb thinks func1 is at line 20, making the test fail.
The following patch addresses this by reading the line number information from
GDB and comparing it against the python decoded symtab information.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
2017-01-20 Luis Machado <lgustavo@codesourcery.com>
* gdb.python/python.exp: Check line number against what GDB thinks
the line number is for func1.
This applies the second part of GDB's End of Year Procedure, which
updates the copyright year range in all of GDB's files.
gdb/ChangeLog:
Update copyright year range in all GDB files.
This fixes offender testcases that have test names starting with uppercase
when using gdb_test_no_output in a multi-line construct.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
2016-12-01 Luis Machado <lgustavo@codesourcery.com>
Fix test names starting with uppercase throughout the files.
* gdb.ada/assign_1.exp
* gdb.ada/boolean_expr.exp
* gdb.base/arrayidx.exp
* gdb.base/del.exp
* gdb.base/gcore-buffer-overflow.exp
* gdb.base/testenv.exp
* gdb.compile/compile.exp
* gdb.python/py-framefilter-invalidarg.exp
* gdb.python/py-framefilter.exp
This fixes offender testcases that have test names starting with uppercase
when using gdb_test_multiple in a single-line construct.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
2016-12-01 Luis Machado <lgustavo@codesourcery.com>
Fix test names starting with uppercase throughout the files.
* gdb.arch/i386-bp_permanent.exp
* gdb.arch/i386-gnu-cfi.exp
* gdb.base/disasm-end-cu.exp
* gdb.base/macscp.exp
* gdb.base/pending.exp
* gdb.base/watch_thread_num.exp
* gdb.cp/exception.exp
* gdb.cp/gdb2495.exp
* gdb.cp/local.exp
* gdb.python/py-evsignal.exp
* gdb.python/python.exp
* gdb.trace/tracecmd.exp
This patch modifies the unwinder (sniffer) defined in
py-recurse-unwind.py so that, depending upon the value of one of its
class variables, it will take different paths through the code,
testing different functionality.
The original test attempted to obtain the value of an undefined
symbol.
This somewhat expanded test checks to see if 'pc' can be read via
gdb.PendingFrame.read_register() and also via gdb.parse_and_eval().
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
* gdb.python/py-recurse-unwind.c (main): Add loop.
* gdb.python/py-recurse-unwind.py (TestUnwinder): Add calls
to read_register() and gdb.parse_and_eval(). Make each code
call a separate case that can be individually tested.
* gdb.python/py-recurse-unwind.exp (cont_and_backtrace): New
proc. Call cont_and_backtrace for each of the code paths that
we want to test in the unwinder.
I happened to notice that one test in py-value.exp did not work
properly with Python 3. This patch fixes the problem.
2016-11-08 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
* gdb.python/py-value.exp (test_value_creation): Make "long" test
depend on Python 2.
While writing a Python frame filter, I found a few bugs in the current
frame filter code. In particular:
* One spot converts a Python long to a CORE_ADDR using PyLong_AsLong.
However, this can fail on overflow. I changed this to use
get_addr_from_python.
* Another spot is doing the same but with PyLong_AsUnsignedLongLong; I
changed this as well just for consistency.
* Converting line numbers can print "-1" if conversion from long
fails. This isn't fatal but just a bit ugly.
I've included a test case for the first issue. The line number one
didn't seem important enough to bother with.
2016-11-08 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
* python/py-framefilter.c (py_print_frame): Use
get_addr_from_python. Check for errors when getting line number.
2016-11-08 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
* gdb.python/py-framefilter.py (ElidingFrameDecorator.address):
New method.
I noticed that testing aarch64-elf gdb with a physical board
ran into issues with gdb.python/py-value.exp. Further investigation showed
that we were actually trying to dereference a NULL pointer (argv) when trying
to access argv[0].
Being bare-metal, argv is not guaranteed to be valid. So we need to make sure
argv is sane before accessing argv[0].
The following patch fixes up the test program to check for a NULL argv and also
improves the testcase a bit so it doesn't have to work with a hardcoded argc
value.
Regression-tested on x86-64 Ubuntu 16.04.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
2016-10-12 Luis Machado <lgustavo@codesourcery.com>
* gdb.python/py-value.c (main): Check if argv is NULL before using it.
* gdb.python/py-value.exp (test_value_in_inferior): Don't use hardcoded
argc values.
Add 1 to argc so we guarantee distinct initial/modified argc values.
The gdb.decode_line python function is documented to support the same location
expressions as the "break" command. It currently expects a linespec location.
Instead of creating a linespec location directly, create the location via
string_to_event_location_basic.
This fixes the problem exercised by Kevin's test at:
https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2016-08/msg00216.html
This was originally exposed by the OpenJDK Python-based unwinder.
If an unwinder attempts to call parse_and_eval from within its
sniffing method, GDB's unwinding machinery enters infinite recursion.
However, parse_and_eval is a pretty reasonable thing to call, because
Python/Scheme-based unwinders will often need to read globals out of
inferior memory. The recursion happens because:
- get_current_frame() is called soon after the target stops.
- current_frame is NULL, and so we unwind it from the sentinel frame
(which is special and has level == -1).
- We reach get_prev_frame_if_no_cycle, which does cycle detection
based on frame id, and thus tries to compute the frame id of the new
frame.
- Frame id computation requires an unwinder, so we go through all
unwinder sniffers trying to see if one accepts the new frame (the
current frame).
- the unwinder's sniffer calls parse_and_eval().
- parse_and_eval depends on the selected frame/block, and if not set
yet, the selected frame is set to the current frame.
- get_current_frame () is called again. current_frame is still NULL,
so ...
- recurse forever.
In Kevin's test at:
https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2016-08/msg00216.html
gdb doesn't recurse forever simply because the Python unwinder
contains code to detect and stop the recursion itself. However, GDB
goes downhill from here, e.g., by showing the sentinel frame as
current frame (note the -1):
Breakpoint 1, ccc (arg=<unavailable>) at py-recurse-unwind.c:23
23 }
(gdb) bt
#-1 ccc (arg=<unavailable>) at py-recurse-unwind.c:23
Backtrace stopped: previous frame identical to this frame (corrupt stack?)
That "-1" frame level comes from this:
if (catch_exceptions (current_uiout, unwind_to_current_frame,
sentinel_frame, RETURN_MASK_ERROR) != 0)
{
/* Oops! Fake a current frame? Is this useful? It has a PC
of zero, for instance. */
current_frame = sentinel_frame;
}
which is bogus. It's never correct to set the current frame to the
sentinel frame. The only reason this has survived so long is that
getting here normally indicates something wrong has already happened
before and we fix that. And this case is no exception -- it doesn't
really matter how precisely we managed to get to that bogus code (it
has to do with the the stash), because anything after recursion
happens is going to be invalid.
So the fix is to avoid the recursion in the first place.
Observations:
#1 - The recursion happens because we try to do cycle detection from
within get_prev_frame_if_no_cycle. That requires computing the
frame id of the frame being unwound, and that itself requires
calling into the unwinders.
#2 - But, the first time we're unwinding from the sentinel frame,
when we reach get_prev_frame_if_no_cycle, there's no frame chain
at all yet:
- current_frame is NULL.
- the frame stash is empty.
Thus, there's really no need to do cycle detection the first time we
reach get_prev_frame_if_no_cycle, when building the current frame.
So we can break the recursion by making get_current_frame call a
simplified version of get_prev_frame_if_no_cycle that results in
setting the current_frame global _before_ computing the current
frame's id.
But, we can go a little bit further. As there's really no reason
anymore to compute the current frame's frame id immediately, we can
defer computing it to when some caller of get_current_frame might need
it. This was actually how the frame id was computed for all frames
before the stash-based cycle detection was added. So in a way, this
patch reintroduces the lazy frame id computation, but unlike before,
only for the case of the current frame, which turns out to be special.
This lazyness, however, requires adjusting
gdb.python/py-unwind-maint.exp, because that assumes unwinders are
immediately called as side effect of some commands. I didn't see a
need to preserve the behavior expected by that test (all it would take
is call get_frame_id inside get_current_frame), so I adjusted the
test.
gdb/ChangeLog:
2016-09-05 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
PR backtrace/19927
* frame.c (get_frame_id): Compute the frame id if not computed
yet.
(unwind_to_current_frame): Delete.
(get_current_frame): Use get_prev_frame_always_1 to get the
current frame and assert that that always succeeds.
(get_prev_frame_if_no_cycle): Skip cycle detection if returning
the current frame.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
2016-09-05 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
PR backtrace/19927
* gdb.python/py-unwind-maint.exp: Adjust tests to not expect that
unwinders are immediately called as side effect of "source" or
"disable unwinder" commands.
* gdb.python/py-recurse-unwind.exp: Remove setup_kfail calls.
This test case verifies that GDB will not attempt to invoke a python
unwinder recursively.
At the moment, the behavior exhibited by GDB looks like this:
(gdb) source py-recurse-unwind.py
Python script imported
(gdb) b ccc
Breakpoint 1 at 0x4004bd: file py-recurse-unwind.c, line 23.
(gdb) run
Starting program: py-recurse-unwind
TestUnwinder: Recursion detected - returning early.
TestUnwinder: Recursion detected - returning early.
TestUnwinder: Recursion detected - returning early.
TestUnwinder: Recursion detected - returning early.
Breakpoint 1, ccc (arg=<unavailable>) at py-recurse-unwind.c:23
23 }
(gdb) bt
#-1 ccc (arg=<unavailable>) at py-recurse-unwind.c:23
Backtrace stopped: previous frame identical to this frame (corrupt stack?)
[I've shortened pathnames for easier reading.]
The desired / expected behavior looks like this:
(gdb) source py-recurse-unwind.py
Python script imported
(gdb) b ccc
Breakpoint 1 at 0x4004bd: file py-recurse-unwind.c, line 23.
(gdb) run
Starting program: py-recurse-unwind
Breakpoint 1, ccc (arg=789) at py-recurse-unwind.c:23
23 }
(gdb) bt
#0 ccc (arg=789) at py-recurse-unwind.c:23
#1 0x00000000004004d5 in bbb (arg=456) at py-recurse-unwind.c:28
#2 0x00000000004004ed in aaa (arg=123) at py-recurse-unwind.c:34
#3 0x00000000004004fe in main () at py-recurse-unwind.c:40
Note that GDB's problems go well beyond the fact that it invokes the
unwinder recursively. In the process it messes up some internal state
(the frame stash) leading to display of (only) the sentinel frame in
the backtrace.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
* gdb.python/py-recurse-unwind.c: New file.
* gdb.python/py-recurse-unwind.py: New file.
* gdb.python/py-recurse-unwind.exp: New file.
PR python/18565 notes that calling frame filters don't work properly for
inlined functions. This happens because Frame.function on an inline
frame will yield the wrong result. This patch changes this code to use
find_frame_funname instead, which handles inline frames properly.
Built and regtested on x86-64 Fedora 24.
2016-08-03 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
PR python/18565:
* python/py-frame.c (frapy_function): Use find_frame_funname.
2016-08-03 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
PR python/18565:
* gdb.python/py-frame-inline.exp: Add Frame.function test.
(gdb) source /home/jkratoch/redhat/gdb-clean/gdb/testsuite/outputs/gdb.python/py-unwind/py-unwind.py^M
Python script imported^M
Python Exception <type 'exceptions.ValueError'> Bad register: ^M
(gdb) FAIL: gdb.python/py-unwind.exp: import python scripts
class TestUnwinder(Unwinder):
AMD64_RBP = 6
AMD64_RSP = 7
AMD64_RIP = 16
On Tue, 19 Jul 2016 12:06:09 +0200, Yao Qi wrote:
py-unwind.exp does nothing on arch specific thing, so py-unwind.exp shouldn't
be aware of the arch difference, but py-unwind.py should.
On Tue, 19 Jul 2016 20:04:33 +0200, Pedro Alves wrote:
How about we handle this in the .exp file for now and leave something
more complicated for when the test is first ported to some other
arch. WDYT?
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
2016-07-20 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
* gdb.python/py-unwind.exp: Test also ![is_lp64_target].
This patch adds some breakpoint events to Python. In particular,
there is a creation event that is emitted when a breakpoint is
created; a modification event that is emitted when a breakpoint
changes somehow; and a deletion event that is emitted when a
breakpoint is deleted.
In this patch, the event's payload is the breakpoint itself. I
considered making a new event type to hold the breakpoint, but I
didn't see a need. Still, I thought I would mention this as a spot
where some other choice is possible.
Built and regtested on x86-64 Fedora 23.
2016-07-13 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
PR python/15620, PR python/18620:
* python/py-evts.c (gdbpy_initialize_py_events): Call
add_new_registry for new events.
* python/py-events.h (events_object) <breakpoint_created,
breakpoint_deleted, breakpoint_modified>: New fields.
* python/py-breakpoint.c (gdbpy_breakpoint_created): Emit the
breakpoint changed event.
(gdbpy_breakpoint_deleted): Emit the breakpoint deleted event.
(gdbpy_breakpoint_modified): New function.
(gdbpy_initialize_breakpoints): Attach to the breakpoint modified
observer.
2016-07-13 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
PR python/15620, PR python/18620:
* python.texi (Events In Python): Document new breakpoint events.
2016-07-13 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
PR python/15620, PR python/18620:
* gdb.python/py-breakpoint.exp (connect_event, check_last_event)
(test_bkpt_events): New procs.
This patch adds a "pending" attribute to gdb.Breakpoint.
Built and regtested on x86-64 Fedora 23.
2016-07-13 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
PR python/17698:
* NEWS: Update.
* python/py-breakpoint.c (bppy_get_pending): New function.
(breakpoint_object_getset): Add entry for "pending".
* breakpoint.h (pending_breakpoint_p): Declare.
* breakpoint.c (pending_breakpoint_p): New function.
2016-07-13 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
PR python/17698:
* python.texi (Breakpoints In Python): Document
Breakpoint.pending.
2016-07-13 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
PR python/17698:
* gdb.python/py-breakpoint.exp (test_bkpt_basic): Add "pending"
test.
(test_watchpoints): Likewise.
(test_bkpt_pending): New proc.
PR python/19293 notes that when a Python unwinder is disabled, the
frame cache is not invalidated. This means that disabling an unwinder
doesn't have any immediate effect -- but in my experience it's often
the case that I want to enable or disable an unwinder in order to see
what happens.
This patch adds a new gdb.invalidate_cached_frames function and
arranges for the relevant bits of library code to call it. I've only
partially documented this function, considering a warning sufficient
without going into all the reasons ordinary code should not call it.
The name of the new function was taken from a comment in frame.h next
to reinit_frame_cache.
No new test as I think the updates to the existing test are sufficient
to show that the code is working as intended.
Built and regtested on x86-64 Fedora 23.
2016-07-12 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
PR python/19293:
* python/lib/gdb/command/unwinders.py (do_enable_unwinder): Call
gdb.invalidate_cached_frames.
* python/lib/gdb/unwinder.py (register_unwinder): Call
gdb.invalidate_cached_frames.
* python/python.c (gdbpy_invalidate_cached_frames): New function.
(python_GdbMethods): Add entry for invalidate_cached_frames.
2016-07-12 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
PR python/19293:
* python.texi (Frames In Python): Document
gdb.invalidate_cached_frames.
2016-07-12 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
PR python/19293:
* gdb.python/py-unwind-maint.exp: Update tests.
PR python/20129 concerns the error message one gets from a command
like "disable frame-filter global NoSuchFilter". Currently this
throws a second, unexpected, exception due to the use of a
non-existing variable named "name".
This patch adds regression tests and fixes a couple of spots to use
the correct variable name.
Built and regtested on x86-64 Fedora 23.
2016-06-29 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
PR python/20129:
* python/lib/gdb/command/frame_filters.py (_do_enable_frame_filter)
(SetFrameFilterPriority._set_filter_priority): Use "frame_filter",
not "name".
2016-06-29 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
PR python/20129:
* gdb.python/py-framefilter.exp: Add tests for setting priority
and disabling of non-existent frame filter.
When a Python script tries to create a breakpoint but fails to do so,
gdb.Breakpoint.__init__ raises an exception and the breakpoint does not
exist anymore in the Python interpreter. However, GDB still keeps a
reference to the Python object to be used for a later hook, which is
wrong.
This commit adds the necessary cleanup code so that there is no stale
reference to this Python object. It also adds a new testcase to
reproduce the bug and check the fix.
2016-06-25 Pierre-Marie de Rodat <derodat@adacore.com>
gdb/
* python/py-breakpoint.c (bppy_init): Clear bppy_pending_object
when there is an error during the breakpoint creation.
gdb/testsuite
* gdb.python/py-breakpoint-create-fail.c,
gdb.python/py-breakpoint-create-fail.exp,
gdb.python/py-breakpoint-create-fail.py: New testcase.
