If the main file is relocated at runtime, all symbols are offset by
a fixed amount. Let the user specify this offset when loading a
symbol file.
gdb/ChangeLog:
2018-06-28 Petr Tesarik <ptesarik@suse.cz>
* symfile.c (symbol_file_command, symbol_file_add_main_1)
(_initialize_symfile): Add option "-o" to symbol-file to add an
offset to each section of the symbol file.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
2018-06-28 Petr Tesarik <ptesarik@suse.cz>
* gdb.texinfo (Files): Document "symbol-file -o offset".
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
2018-06-28 Petr Tesarik <ptesarik@suse.cz>
* gdb.base/relocate.exp: Add test for "symbol-file -o ".
GDB's execution commands have a foreground and background variant: f.i.,
there's 'continue' and 'continue&', and both are listed individually in the
'Command, Variable, and Function Index'. But the '&' is not listed in the
'Concept Index' as being connected with the concept background execution.
This patch adds an '&' in the 'Concept Index':
...
* $_, $__, and value history: Memory. (line 119)
+* &, background execution of commands: Background Execution.
+ (line 16)
* --annotate: Mode Options. (line 121)
...
pointing to this line in 'Background Execution':
...
To specify background execution, add a '&' to the command.
...
Build on x86_64.
2018-06-14 Tom de Vries <tdevries@suse.de>
* gdb.texinfo (Background Execution): Add @cindex for '&'.
This commit adds two new commands which may be used to test thread
debugging libraries used by GDB:
* "maint check libthread-db" tests the thread debugging library GDB
is using for the current inferior.
* "maint set/show check-libthread-db" selects whether libthread_db
tests should be run automatically as libthread_db is auto-loaded.
The default is to not run tests automatically.
The test itself is a basic integrity check exercising all libthread_db
functions used by GDB on GNU/Linux systems. By extension this also
exercises the proc_service functions provided by GDB that libthread_db
uses.
This functionality is useful for NPTL developers and libthread_db
developers. It could also prove useful investigating bugs reported
against GDB where the thread debugging library or GDB's proc_service
layer is suspect.
gdb/ChangeLog:
* linux-thread-db.c (valprint.h): New include.
(struct check_thread_db_info): New structure.
(check_thread_db_on_load, tdb_testinfo): New static globals.
(check_thread_db, check_thread_db_callback): New functions.
(try_thread_db_load_1): Run integrity checks if requested.
(maintenance_check_libthread_db): New function.
(_initialize_thread_db): Register "maint check libthread-db"
and "maint set/show check-libthread-db".
* NEWS: Mention the above new commands.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo (Maintenance Commands): Document "maint check
libthread-db" and "maint set/show check-libthread-db".
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
* gdb.threads/check-libthread-db.exp: New file.
* gdb.threads/check-libthread-db.c: Likewise.
This adds a "continue" response to the pager. If the user types "c"
in response to the pager prompt, pagination will be disabled for the
duration of one command -- but re-enabled afterward. This is handy if
you type a command that produces a lot of output, and you don't want
to baby-sit it by typing "return" each time the prompt comes up.
Tested by the buildbot.
gdb/ChangeLog
2018-06-05 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
PR cli/12326:
* NEWS: Add entry about pager.
* utils.c (pagination_disabled_for_command): New global.
(prompt_for_continue): Allow "c" response to prompt.
(reinitialize_more_filter): Clear
pagination_disabled_for_command.
(fputs_maybe_filtered): Check pagination_disabled_for_command.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog
2018-06-05 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
PR cli/12326:
* gdb.texinfo (Screen Size): Document "c" response to pagination
prompt.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
2018-06-05 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
PR cli/12326:
* gdb.cp/static-print-quit.exp: Update.
* lib/gdb.exp (pagination_prompt): Update.
* gdb.base/page.exp: Use pagination_prompt. Add new tests.
* gdb.python/python.exp: Update.
It's long bothered me that setting a Python parameter from the CLI
will print the "set" help text by default. I think usually "set"
commands should be silent. And, while you can modify this behavior a
bit by providing a "get_set_string" method, if this method returns an
empty string, a blank line will be printed.
This patch removes the "help" behavior and changes the get_set_string
behavior to avoid printing a blank line. The code has a comment about
preserving API behavior, but I don't think this is truly important;
and in any case the workaround -- implementing get_set_string -- is
trivial.
Regression tested on x86-64 Fedora 26.
2018-04-26 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
* NEWS: Mention new "set" behavior.
* python/py-param.c (get_set_value): Don't print an empty string.
Don't call get_doc_string.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog
2018-04-26 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
* python.texi (Parameters In Python): Update get_set_string
documentation.
This adds a basic Python API for accessing convenience variables.
With this, convenience variables can be read and set from Python.
Although gdb supports convenience variables whose value changes at
each call, this is not exposed to Python; it could be, but I think
it's just as good to write a convenience function in this situation.
This is PR python/23080.
Tested on x86-64 Fedora 26.
2018-04-22 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
PR python/23080:
* NEWS: Update for new functions.
* python/py-value.c (gdbpy_set_convenience_variable)
(gdbpy_convenience_variable): New functions.
* python/python-internal.h (gdbpy_convenience_variable)
(gdbpy_set_convenience_variable): Declare.
* python/python.c (python_GdbMethods): Add convenience_variable,
set_convenience_variable.
doc/ChangeLog
2018-04-22 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
PR python/23080:
* python.texi (Basic Python): Document gdb.convenience_variable,
gdb.set_convenience_variable.
testsuite/ChangeLog
2018-04-22 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
PR python/23080:
* gdb.python/python.exp: Add convenience variable tests.
Use the last endianness explicitly selected, either by choosing a binary
file or with the `set endian' command, for future automatic selection.
As observed with the `gdb.base/step-over-no-symbols.exp' test case when
discarding the binary file even while connected to a live target the
endianness automatically selected is reset to the GDB target's default,
even if it does not match the endianness of the target being talked to.
For example with a little-endian MIPS target and the default endianness
being big we get this:
(gdb) file .../gdb/testsuite/outputs/gdb.base/step-over-no-symbols/step-over-no-symbols
Reading symbols from .../gdb/testsuite/outputs/gdb.base/step-over-no-symbols/step-over-no-symbols...done.
(gdb) delete breakpoints
(gdb) info breakpoints
No breakpoints or watchpoints.
(gdb) break main
Breakpoint 1 at 0x400840: file .../gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/start.c, line 34.
[...]
(gdb) continue
Continuing.
Breakpoint 1, main () at .../gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/start.c:34
34 foo();
(gdb) delete breakpoints
Delete all breakpoints? (y or n) y
(gdb) info breakpoints
No breakpoints or watchpoints.
(gdb) file
A program is being debugged already.
Are you sure you want to change the file? (y or n) y
No executable file now.
Discard symbol table from `.../gdb/testsuite/outputs/gdb.base/step-over-no-symbols/step-over-no-symbols'? (y or n) y
No symbol file now.
(gdb) PASS: gdb.base/step-over-no-symbols.exp: displaced=off: purging symbols
p /x $pc
$1 = 0x40084000
(gdb) PASS: gdb.base/step-over-no-symbols.exp: displaced=off: get before PC
break *$pc
Breakpoint 2 at 0x40084000
(gdb) PASS: gdb.base/step-over-no-symbols.exp: displaced=off: break *$pc
set displaced-stepping off
(gdb) PASS: gdb.base/step-over-no-symbols.exp: displaced=off: set displaced-stepping off
stepi
Warning:
Cannot insert breakpoint 2.
Cannot access memory at address 0x40084000
Command aborted.
(gdb) FAIL: gdb.base/step-over-no-symbols.exp: displaced=off: stepi
p /x $pc
$2 = 0x40084000
(gdb) PASS: gdb.base/step-over-no-symbols.exp: displaced=off: get after PC
FAIL: gdb.base/step-over-no-symbols.exp: displaced=off: advanced
Remote debugging from host ...
monitor exit
(gdb) Killing process(es): ...
testcase .../gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/step-over-no-symbols.exp completed in 2 seconds
which shows that with the removal of the executable debugged the
endianness of $pc still at `main' gets swapped and the value in that
register is now incorrectly interpreted as 0x40084000 rather than
0x400840 as shown earlier on with the `break' command. Consequently the
debug session no longer works as expected, until the endianness is
overridden with an explicit `set endian little' command.
This will happen while working with any target hardware whose endianness
does not match the default GDB target's endianness guessed and recorded
for a later use in `initialize_current_architecture'.
Given that within a single run of GDB it is more likely that consecutive
target connections will use the same endianness than that the endianness
will be swapped between connections, it makes sense to preserve the last
endianness explicitly selected as the automatic default. It will make a
session like above, where an executable is removed, work correctly and
will retain the endianness for a further reconnection to the target.
And the new automatic default will still be overridden by subsequently
choosing a binary to debug, or with an explicit `set endian' command.
With the change in place the test case above completes successfully:
(gdb) continue
Continuing.
Breakpoint 1, main () at .../gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/start.c:34
34 foo();
(gdb) delete breakpoints
Delete all breakpoints? (y or n) y
(gdb) info breakpoints
No breakpoints or watchpoints.
(gdb) file
A program is being debugged already.
Are you sure you want to change the file? (y or n) y
No executable file now.
Discard symbol table from `.../gdb/testsuite/outputs/gdb.base/step-over-no-symbols/step-over-no-symbols'? (y or n) y
No symbol file now.
(gdb) PASS: gdb.base/step-over-no-symbols.exp: displaced=off: purging symbols
p /x $pc
warning: GDB can't find the start of the function at 0x400840.
GDB is unable to find the start of the function at 0x400840
and thus can't determine the size of that function's stack frame.
This means that GDB may be unable to access that stack frame, or
the frames below it.
This problem is most likely caused by an invalid program counter or
stack pointer.
However, if you think GDB should simply search farther back
from 0x400840 for code which looks like the beginning of a
function, you can increase the range of the search using the `set
heuristic-fence-post' command.
$1 = 0x400840
(gdb) PASS: gdb.base/step-over-no-symbols.exp: displaced=off: get before PC
break *$pc
Breakpoint 2 at 0x400840
(gdb) PASS: gdb.base/step-over-no-symbols.exp: displaced=off: break *$pc
set displaced-stepping off
(gdb) PASS: gdb.base/step-over-no-symbols.exp: displaced=off: set displaced-stepping off
stepi
warning: GDB can't find the start of the function at 0x4007f8.
0x004007f8 in ?? ()
(gdb) PASS: gdb.base/step-over-no-symbols.exp: displaced=off: stepi
p /x $pc
$2 = 0x4007f8
(gdb) PASS: gdb.base/step-over-no-symbols.exp: displaced=off: get after PC
PASS: gdb.base/step-over-no-symbols.exp: displaced=off: advanced
Remote debugging from host ...
monitor exit
(gdb) Killing process(es): ...
testcase .../gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/step-over-no-symbols.exp completed in 2 seconds
gdb/
* arch-utils.c (gdbarch_info_fill): Set `default_byte_order' to
the endianness selected.
* NEWS: Document `set endian auto' mode operation update.
gdb/doc/
* gdb.texinfo (Choosing Target Byte Order): Document endianness
selection details with the `set endian auto' mode.
gdb/testsuite
* gdb.base/endian.exp: New test.
* gdb.base/endian.c: New test source.
This changes inferior.c to add Usage lines for all commands, and to
change how "metasyntactic variables" are written to conform to GNU
style.
While doing this I noticed that the manual doesn't document the
argument to "info inferiors", so I've added that as well.
ChangeLog
2018-04-27 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
* inferior.c (initialize_inferiors): Update help strings.
doc/ChangeLog
2018-04-27 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Inferiors and Programs): Document argument to "info
inferiors".
This changes the Python API so that breakpoint commands can be set by
writing to the "commands" attribute.
ChangeLog
2018-05-04 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
PR python/22731:
* NEWS: Mention that breakpoint commands are writable.
* python/py-breakpoint.c (bppy_set_commands): New function.
(breakpoint_object_getset) <"commands">: Use it.
doc/ChangeLog
2018-05-04 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
PR python/22731:
* python.texi (Breakpoints In Python): Mention that "commands" is
writable.
testsuite/ChangeLog
2018-05-04 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
PR python/22731:
* gdb.python/py-breakpoint.exp: Test setting breakpoint commands.
PR python/20084 points out that the Python API doesn't handle the
var_zuinteger and var_zuinteger_unlimited parameter types.
This patch adds support for these types.
Regression tested on x86-64 Fedora 26.
ChangeLog
2018-05-02 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
PR python/20084:
* python/python.c (gdbpy_parameter_value): Handle var_zuinteger
and var_zuinteger_unlimited.
* python/py-param.c (struct parm_constant): Add PARAM_ZUINTEGER
and PARAM_ZUINTEGER_UNLIMITED.
(set_parameter_value): Handle var_zuinteger and
var_zuinteger_unlimited.
(add_setshow_generic): Likewise.
(parmpy_init): Likewise.
doc/ChangeLog
2018-05-02 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
PR python/20084:
* python.texi (Parameters In Python): Document PARAM_ZUINTEGER and
PARAM_ZUINTEGER_UNLIMITED.
testsuite/ChangeLog
2018-05-02 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
PR python/20084:
* gdb.python/py-parameter.exp: Add PARAM_ZUINTEGER and
PARAM_ZUINTEGER_UNLIMITED tests.
This adds an "alignof" attribute to gdb.Type in the Python API.
2018-04-30 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
* NEWS: Mention Type.align.
* python/py-type.c (typy_get_alignof): New function.
(type_object_getset): Add "alignof".
2018-04-30 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
* python.texi (Types In Python): Document Type.align.
2018-04-30 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
* gdb.python/py-type.exp: Check align attribute.
* gdb.python/py-type.c: New "aligncheck" global.
The GDB commands "info variables", "info functions", and "info types" show
the appropriate list of definitions matching the given pattern. They also
group them by source files. But no line numbers within these source files
are shown.
The line number information is particularly useful to the user when a
simple "grep" doesn't readily point to a definition. This is often the
case when the definition involves a macro, occurs within a namespace, or
when the identifier appears very frequently in the source file.
This patch enriches the printout of these commands by the line numbers and
adjusts affected test cases to the changed output where necessary. The
new output looks like this:
(gdb) i variables
All defined variables:
File foo.c:
3: const char * const foo;
1: int x;
The line number is followed by a colon and a tab character, which is then
followed by the symbol definition. If no line number is available, the
tab is printed out anyhow, so definitions line up.
gdb/ChangeLog:
* symtab.c (print_symbol_info): Precede the symbol definition by
the line number when available.
* NEWS: Advertise this enhancement.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo (Symbols): Mention the fact that "info
variables/functions/types" show source files and line numbers.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
* gdb.ada/info_types.exp: Adjust expected output to the line
numbers now printed by "info var/func/type".
* gdb.base/completion.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.base/included.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.cp/cp-relocate.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.cp/cplusfuncs.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.cp/namespace.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.dwarf2/dw2-case-insensitive.exp: Likewise.
Add new set/show commands to set the processor that is used for enabling
errata workarounds when decoding branch trace.
The general format is "<vendor>:<identifier>" but we also allow two
special values "auto" and "none".
The default is "auto", which is the current behaviour of having GDB
determine the processor on which the trace was recorded.
If that cpu is not known to the trace decoder, e.g. when using an old
decoder on a new system, decode may fail with "unknown cpu". In most
cases it should suffice to 'downgrade' decode to assume an older cpu.
Unfortunately, we can't do this automatically.
The other special value, "none", disables errata workarounds.
gdb/
* NEWS (New options): announce set/show record btrace cpu.
* btrace.c: Include record-btrace.h.
(btrace_compute_ftrace_pt): Skip enabling errata workarounds if
the vendor is unknown.
(btrace_compute_ftrace_1): Add cpu parameter. Update callers.
Maybe overwrite the btrace configuration's cpu.
(btrace_compute_ftrace): Add cpu parameter. Update callers.
(btrace_fetch): Add cpu parameter. Update callers.
(btrace_maint_update_pt_packets): Call record_btrace_get_cpu.
Maybe overwrite the btrace configuration's cpu. Skip enabling
errata workarounds if the vendor is unknown.
* python/py-record-btrace.c: Include record-btrace.h.
(recpy_bt_begin, recpy_bt_end, recpy_bt_instruction_history)
(recpy_bt_function_call_history): Call record_btrace_get_cpu.
* record-btrace.c (record_btrace_cpu_state_kind): New.
(record_btrace_cpu): New.
(set_record_btrace_cpu_cmdlist): New.
(record_btrace_get_cpu): New.
(require_btrace_thread, record_btrace_info)
(record_btrace_resume_thread): Call record_btrace_get_cpu.
(cmd_set_record_btrace_cpu_none): New.
(cmd_set_record_btrace_cpu_auto): New.
(cmd_set_record_btrace_cpu): New.
(cmd_show_record_btrace_cpu): New.
(_initialize_record_btrace): Initialize set/show record btrace cpu
commands.
* record-btrace.h (record_btrace_get_cpu): New.
testsuite/
* gdb.btrace/cpu.exp: New.
doc/
* gdb.texinfo: Document set/show record btrace cpu.
This is a command we somehow forgot to contribute at the time the Ada
language was first contributed to the FSF. This command allows
the user to change the maximum size we allow when reading memory
from dynamic objects (the default is 65536 bytes).
At the moment, this limit is only used by Ada, and so the implementation
is kept inside ada-lang.c. However, it is conceivable that other language
might want to use it also to handle the same kind of issues; for instance,
this might be useful when handling dynamic types in C. So the name
of the setting was made language-neutral, to allow for this.
Note that an alias for "set var" needs to be introduced as well.
We are not adding a test for that, since this is a feature that is
already exercized by numerous existing tests.
gdb/ChangeLog
* NEWS: Add entry describing new "set|show varsize-limit" command.
* ada-lang.c (_initialize_ada_language): Add "set/show varsize-limit"
command.
* printcmd.c (_initialize_printcmd): Add "set var" alias of
"set variable".
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo (Ada Settings): New subsubsection.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
* gdb.ada/varsize_limit: New testcase.
Tested on x86_64-linux.
When a frame filter elides some frames, they are still printed by
"bt", indented a few spaces. PR backtrace/15582 notes that it would
be nice for users if elided frames could simply be dropped. This
patch adds this capability.
gdb/ChangeLog
2018-03-26 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
PR backtrace/15582:
* stack.c (backtrace_command): Parse "hide" argument.
* python/py-framefilter.c (py_print_frame): Handle PRINT_HIDE.
* extension.h (enum frame_filter_flags) <PRINT_HIDE>: New
constant.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog
2018-03-26 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
PR backtrace/15582:
* gdb.texinfo (Backtrace): Mention "hide" argument.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
2018-03-26 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
PR backtrace/15582:
* gdb.python/py-framefilter.exp: Add "bt hide" test.
The backtrace command has peculiar command-line parsing. In
particular, it splits the command line, then loops over the arguments.
If it sees a word it recognizes, like "full", it effectively drops
this word from the argument vector. Then, it pastes together the
remaining arguments, passing them on to backtrace_command_1, which in
turn passes the resulting string to parse_and_eval_long.
The documentation doesn't mention the parse_and_eval_long at all, so
it is a bit of a hidden feature that you can "bt 3*2". The strange
algorithm above also means you can "bt 3 * no-filters 2" and get 6
frames...
This patch changes backtrace's command line parsing to be a bit more
rational. Now, special words like "full" are only recognized at the
start of the command.
This also updates the documentation to describe the various bt options
individually.
gdb/ChangeLog
2018-03-26 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
* stack.c (backtrace_command): Rewrite command line parsing.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog
2018-03-26 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Backtrace): Describe options individually.
This converts observers from using a special source-generating script
to be plain C++. This version of the patch takes advantage of C++11
by using std::function and variadic templates; incorporates Pedro's
patches; and renames the header file to "observable.h" (this change
eliminates the need for a clean rebuild).
Note that Pedro's patches used a template lambda in tui-hooks.c, but
this failed to compile on some buildbot instances (presumably due to
differing C++ versions); I replaced this with an ordinary template
function.
Regression tested on the buildbot.
gdb/ChangeLog
2018-03-19 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
* unittests/observable-selftests.c: New file.
* common/observable.h: New file.
* observable.h: New file.
* ada-lang.c, ada-tasks.c, agent.c, aix-thread.c, annotate.c,
arm-tdep.c, auto-load.c, auxv.c, break-catch-syscall.c,
breakpoint.c, bsd-uthread.c, cli/cli-interp.c, cli/cli-setshow.c,
corefile.c, dummy-frame.c, event-loop.c, event-top.c, exec.c,
extension.c, frame.c, gdbarch.c, guile/scm-breakpoint.c,
infcall.c, infcmd.c, inferior.c, inflow.c, infrun.c, jit.c,
linux-tdep.c, linux-thread-db.c, m68klinux-tdep.c,
mi/mi-cmd-break.c, mi/mi-interp.c, mi/mi-main.c, objfiles.c,
ppc-linux-nat.c, ppc-linux-tdep.c, printcmd.c, procfs.c,
python/py-breakpoint.c, python/py-finishbreakpoint.c,
python/py-inferior.c, python/py-unwind.c, ravenscar-thread.c,
record-btrace.c, record-full.c, record.c, regcache.c, remote.c,
riscv-tdep.c, sol-thread.c, solib-aix.c, solib-spu.c, solib.c,
spu-multiarch.c, spu-tdep.c, stack.c, symfile-mem.c, symfile.c,
symtab.c, thread.c, top.c, tracepoint.c, tui/tui-hooks.c,
tui/tui-interp.c, valops.c: Update all users.
* tui/tui-hooks.c (tui_bp_created_observer)
(tui_bp_deleted_observer, tui_bp_modified_observer)
(tui_inferior_exit_observer, tui_before_prompt_observer)
(tui_normal_stop_observer, tui_register_changed_observer):
Remove.
(tui_observers_token): New global.
(attach_or_detach, tui_attach_detach_observers): New functions.
(tui_install_hooks, tui_remove_hooks): Use
tui_attach_detach_observers.
* record-btrace.c (record_btrace_thread_observer): Remove.
(record_btrace_thread_observer_token): New global.
* observer.sh: Remove.
* observer.c: Rename to observable.c.
* observable.c (namespace gdb_observers): Define new objects.
(observer_debug): Move into gdb_observers namespace.
(struct observer, struct observer_list, xalloc_observer_list_node)
(xfree_observer_list_node, generic_observer_attach)
(generic_observer_detach, generic_observer_notify): Remove.
(_initialize_observer): Update.
Don't include observer.inc.
* Makefile.in (generated_files): Remove observer.h, observer.inc.
(clean mostlyclean): Likewise.
(observer.h, observer.inc): Remove targets.
(SUBDIR_UNITTESTS_SRCS): Add observable-selftests.c.
(COMMON_SFILES): Use observable.c, not observer.c.
* .gitignore: Remove observer.h.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog
2018-03-19 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
* observer.texi: Remove.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
2018-03-19 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
* gdb.gdb/observer.exp: Remove.
For now this just logs information about the state of the current LWP
for each STOPPED event in fbsd_wait().
gdb/ChangeLog:
* NEWS (Changes since GDB 8.1): Add "set/show debug fbsd-nat".
* fbsd-nat.c (debug_fbsd_nat): New variable.
(show_fbsd_nat_debug): New function.
(fbsd_wait): Log LWP info if "debug_fbsd_nat" is enabled.
(_initialize_fbsd_nat): Add "fbsd-nat" debug boolean command.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo (Debugging Output): Document "set/show debug
fbsd-nat".
Extend the documentation of 'info line' command to:
1. Make 'info line' with no argument more obvious, and make it clearer
what this does.
2. Cover what happens when a secod 'info line' with no argument is
issued.
3. Extend the example output for 'info line ...' to include
symbolic addresses.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo (Machine Code): Additional information about "info
line" command.
Following my previous commit which add support for stopping at start of
exception handler, this commit adds required gdb-mi support for this
feature.
gdb/ChangeLog:
* mi/mi-cmd-catch.c (mi_cmd_catch_handlers): New function.
* mi/mi-cmds.c (mi_cmds): Add catch-handlers command.
* mi/mi-cmds.h (mi_cmd_catch_handlers): Add external declaration.
* NEWS: Document "-catch-handlers" command.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo (Ada Exception gdb/mi Catchpoints): Add
documentation for new "-catch-handlers" command.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
* gdb.ada/mi_catch_ex_hand.exp: New testcase.
* gdb.ada/mi_catch_ex_hand/foo.adb: New file.
Tested on x86_64-linux.
With old makeinfo (version 4.13) the changes introduced in
commit ba643918cf
Author: Sergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj@redhat.com>
Install and generate docs for gdb-add-index
fail to build with
gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo:2498: warning: `.' or `,' must follow @xref, not `@'.
gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo:2517: warning: `.' or `,' must follow @xref, not `@'.
gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo:43443: Node `gdb-add-index man' requires a sectioning command (e.g., @unnumberedsubsec).
gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo:43443: `gdb-add-index man' has no Up field (perhaps incorrect sectioning?).
gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo:43350: Next field of node `gdbinit man' not pointed to (perhaps incorrect sectioning?).
gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo:43443: This node (gdb-add-index man) has the bad Prev.
This patch fixes the warnings too.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo (set cwd): Add period.
(gdb-add-index man): Move anchor.
The "gdb-add-index" script has been resurrected on:
commit caf26be91a
Author: Samuel Bronson <naesten@gmail.com>
Date: Fri Nov 15 16:09:33 2013 -0500
Resurrect gdb-add-index as a contrib script
However, for some reason (I couldn't find it in the archives), only
the script has been checked-in; the Makefile parts responsible for
installing it in the system were left out. This commit fixes that, by
also resurrecting the Makefile and documentation bits.
This commit is part of our effort to upstream the local Fedora GDB
changes. With this commit, we'll only carry a very small
Fedora-specific modification to the script.
gdb/ChangeLog:
2017-01-12 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
Sergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj@redhat.com>
* Makefile.in (install-only): Install gdb-add-index.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
2017-01-12 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
Sergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj@redhat.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Index Files): Mention gdb-add-index.
(gdb-add-index man): New section.
* Makefile.in (gdb-add-index.1): New rule to generate manpage
from gdb.texinfo.
With old makeinfo (version 4.13) the changes introduced in
commit 2d97a5d9d3
Author: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
Document support for 'info proc' on FreeBSD.
fail to build.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo (pwd): Fix whitespace.
Since the 'info proc' support on FreeBSD does not use /proc, reword
the documentation for 'info proc' to not assume /proc. This includes
renaming the node to 'Process Information' and suggesting that
additional process information can be queried via different
OS-specific interfaces. This is also cleans up the description of
'info proc' support for core files a bit as /proc is not used for core
file support on any current platform.
gdb/ChangeLog:
* NEWS: Document that 'info proc' now works on FreeBSD.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo (pwd): Update cross-reference for Process Information
node and remove explicit /proc reference.
(Native): Rename subsection from SVR4 Process Information to
Process Information.
(Process Information): Reword introduction to be less /proc
centric. Document support for "info proc" on FreeBSD.
When using gdb for debugging Ada source code, there are several catchpoint
types you can define in order to stop upon certain conditions. Let's
use this small example:
procedure Foo is
begin
begin
raise Constraint_Error;
exception
when Program_Error =>
null;
when Constraint_Error =>
null;
when others =>
null;
end;
end Foo;
One can stop when the exception is being raised by using the exception
catchpoint like below:
(gdb) catch exception
Catchpoint 1: all Ada exceptions
(gdb)
In that case, when running Foo, gdb will stop at the line where the exception
was raised:
begin
>>> raise Constraint_Error;
exception
This patch introduces new type of catchpoint, when the user wants to stop
at the location of the exception handling.
Imagine we want to stop on any exception handled by the program, we can do:
(gdb) catch handlers
Catchpoint 1: all Ada exceptions handlers
(gdb) r
Starting program: /tmp/foo
By doing so, when running Foo, gdb will stop here:
Catchpoint 1, exception at 0x000000000040255a in foo () at foo.adb:25
25 when Constraint_Error =>
(gdb)
It is also possible to stop when the Constraint_Error exception is being
handled in this program. With this patch, we can use:
(gdb) catch handlers Constraint_Error
Catchpoint 1: `Constraint_Error' Ada exception handlers
(gdb)
Like for other catchpoint, you can set a condition when adding a catchpoint
on exception handlers.
Here the handlers catchpoint checks Global_Var:
(gdb) catch handlers Constraint_Error if Global_Var /= 0
gdb/ChangeLog:
* ada-lang.h (ada_exception_catchpoint_kind) <ada_catch_handlers>:
Add field.
* ada-lang.c (struct exception_support_info) <catch_handlers_sym>:
Add field.
(default_exception_support_info) <catch_handlers_sym>: Add field.
(exception_support_info_fallback) <catch_handlers_sym>: Add field.
(ada_exception_name_addr_1): Add "catch handlers" handling.
(ada_exception_catchpoint_cond_string) <ex>: New parameter.
Update all callers.
(create_excep_cond_exprs) <ex>: Add parameter.
(re_set_exception): Update create_excep_cond_exprs call.
(print_it_exception, print_one_exception, print_mention_exception)
(print_recreate_exception): Add "catch handler" handling.
(allocate_location_catch_handlers, re_set_catch_handlers)
(check_status_catch_handlers, print_it_catch_handlers)
(print_one_catch_handlers, print_mention_catch_handlers)
(print_recreate_catch_handlers): New function.
(catch_handlers_breakpoint_ops): New variable.
(catch_ada_exception_command_split) <is_catch_handlers_cmd>:
Add parameter. Add "catch handler" handling.
(ada_exception_sym_name, ada_exception_breakpoint_ops):
Add "catch handler" handling.
(ada_exception_catchpoint_cond_string): Add "catch handler"
handling.
(create_ada_exception_catchpoint): Update create_excep_cond_exprs
call.
(catch_ada_handlers_command): New function.
(initialize_ada_catchpoint_ops): Initialize "catch handlers"
operations structure.
(_initialize_ada_language): Add "catch handlers" command entry.
* NEWS: Document "catch handlers" feature.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo (Set Catchpoints): Add documentation for new
"catch handlers" action.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
* gdb.ada/excep_handle.exp: New testcase.
* gdb.ada/excep_handle/foo.adb: New file.
* gdb.ada/excep_handle/pck.ads: New file.
Tested on x86_64-linux.
tdesc_register_in_reggroup_p in now able to handle arbitrary
groups. This is useful when groups are created while the
target descriptor file is received from the remote.
This can be the case of a soft core target processor where
registers/groups can change.
gdb/ChangeLog:
yyyy-mm-dd Franck Jullien <franck.jullien@gmail.com>
Stafford Horne <shorne@gmail.com>
* target-descriptions.c (tdesc_register_in_reggroup_p): Support
arbitrary strings.
(tdesc_use_registers): Add logic to register new reggroups.
(tdesc_reg::group): Update comment to indicate we allow
arbitrary strings.
* NEWS (Changes since GDB 8.0): Announce that GDB supports
arbitrary reggroups.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
yyyy-mm-dd Stafford Horne <shorne@gmail.com>
* gdb.xml/extra-regs.xml: Add example foo reggroup.
* gdb.xml/tdesc-regs.exp: Add test to check for foo reggroup.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
yyyy-mm-dd Stafford Horne <shorne@gmail.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Target Description Format): Explain that arbitrary
strings are now allowed for register groups.
Until now this feature has existed but was not documented. Adding docs
and tests.
gdb/ChangeLog:
yyyy-mm-dd Stafford Horne <shorne@gmail.com>
* infcmd.c (_initialize_infcmd): Add help for info reg $reggroup
and info all-registers $reggroup feature.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
yyyy-mm-dd Stafford Horne <shorne@gmail.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Registers): Document info reg $reggroup feature.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
yyyy-mm-dd Stafford Horne <shorne@gmail.com>
* gdb.base/reggroups.c: New file.
* gdb.base/reggroups.exp: New file.
This commit implements the pahole-like '/o' option for 'ptype', which
prints the offsets and sizes of struct fields, reporting whenever
there is a hole found.
The output is heavily based on pahole(1), with a few modifications
here and there to adjust it to our reality. Here's an example:
/* offset | size */ type = struct wer : public tuv {
public:
/* 32 | 24 */ struct tyu {
/* 32:31 | 4 */ int a1 : 1;
/* 32:28 | 4 */ int a2 : 3;
/* 32: 5 | 4 */ int a3 : 23;
/* 35: 3 | 1 */ char a4 : 2;
/* XXX 3-bit hole */
/* XXX 4-byte hole */
/* 40 | 8 */ int64_t a5;
/* 48:27 | 4 */ int a6 : 5;
/* 48:56 | 8 */ int64_t a7 : 3;
/* total size (bytes): 24 */
} a1;
/* total size (bytes): 56 */
}
A big part of this patch handles the formatting logic of 'ptype',
which is a bit messy. The code to handle bitfield offsets, however,
took some time to craft. My thanks to Pedro Alves for figuring things
out and pointing me to the right direction, as well as coming up with
a way to inspect the layout of structs with bitfields (see testcase
for comments).
After many discussions both on IRC and at the mailing list, I tried to
implement printing vtables and inherited classes. Unfortunately the
code grew too complex and there were still a few corner cases failing
so I had to drop the attempt. This should be implemented in a future
patch.
This patch is the start of a long-term work I'll do to flush the local
patches we carry for Fedora GDB. In this specific case, I'm aiming at
upstreaming the feature implemented by the 'pahole.py' script that is
shipped with Fedora GDB:
<https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/gdb/blob/master/f/gdb-archer.patch#_311>
This has been regression-tested on the BuildBot. There's a new
testcase for it, along with an update to the documentation. I also
thought it was worth mentioning this feature in the NEWS file.
gdb/ChangeLog:
2017-12-15 Sergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj@redhat.com>
Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
PR cli/16224
* NEWS (Changes since GDB 8.0): Mention new '/o' flag.
* c-typeprint.c (OFFSET_SPC_LEN): New define.
(c_type_print_varspec_prefix): New argument 'struct
print_offset_data *'.
(c_type_print_base_1): New function and prototype.
(c_print_type_1): New function, with code from 'c_print_type'.
(c_print_type): Use 'c_print_type_1'.
(c_type_print_varspec_prefix): New argument 'struct
print_offset_data *'. Use it. Call 'c_type_print_base_1'
instead of 'c_print_type_base'.
(print_spaces_filtered_with_print_options): New function.
(output_access_specifier): Take new argument FLAGS. Modify
function to call 'print_spaces_filtered_with_print_options'.
(c_print_type_vtable_offset_marker): New function.
(c_print_type_union_field_offset): New function.
(c_print_type_struct_field_offset): New function.
(c_print_type_no_offsets): New function.
(c_type_print_base_struct_union): New argument 'struct
print_offset_data *'. Print offsets and sizes for
struct/union/class fields.
* typeprint.c (const struct type_print_options
type_print_raw_options): Initialize 'print_offsets'.
(static struct type_print_options default_ptype_flags):
Likewise.
(struct print_offset_data print_offset_default_data): New
variable.
(whatis_exp): Handle '/o' option.
(_initialize_typeprint): Add '/o' flag to ptype's help.
* typeprint.h (struct print_offset_data): New struct.
(struct type_print_options) <print_offsets>: New field.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
2017-12-15 Sergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj@redhat.com>
PR cli/16224
* gdb.base/ptype-offsets.cc: New file.
* gdb.base/ptype-offsets.exp: New file.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
2017-12-15 Sergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj@redhat.com>
PR cli/16224
* gdb.texinfo (ptype): Add documentation for new flag '/o'.
This patch adds the possibility to pass a qualified=True|False parameter
when creating a breakpoint in Python. It is equivalent to using
-qualified in a linespec. The parameter actually accepts any Python
value, and converts it to boolean using Python's standard rules for
that (https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#truth).
Unlike the -source/-line/-function/-label parameters, it is possible to
use -qualified with a "normal" (non-explicit) linespec. Therefore, it
is possible (unlike these other parameters) to use this new parameter
along with the spec parameter.
I updated the py-breakpoint.exp test. To be able to test multiple
locations using a namespace, I had to switch the test case to compile as
C++. If we really wanted to, we could run it as both C and C++, but
omit the C++-specific parts when running it as C.
gdb/ChangeLog:
* location.h (string_to_event_location): Add match_type
parameter.
* location.c (string_to_event_location): Likewise.
* python/py-breakpoint.c (bppy_init): Handle qualified
parameter.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* python.texi (Manipulating breakpoints using Python): Document
qualified parameter to gdb.Breakpoint.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
* gdb.python/py-breakpoint.c (foo_ns::multiply): New function.
* gdb.python/py-breakpoint.exp: Compile the test case as c++,
call test_bkpt_qualified.
(test_bkpt_qualified): New proc.
I find the documentation of the gdb.Breakpoint constructor hard to read
and not very informative, especially since we have added the new
linespec parameters. There are multiple problems (some are subjective):
- It's not clear that you should use either the spec string or the
explicit arguments, not both.
- It's not clear what combination of parameters you can use.
- The big block of text describing the arguments is hard to read.
- Currently, it seems like the "spec" argument is mandatory, even though
it is not (if you use explicit linespec).
- The square bracket nesting
[arg1 [, arg2[, arg3]]]
makes it seems like if you specify arg3, you must specify arg1 and
arg2 (it's not the case here).
This patch tries to address these problems.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* python.texi (Manipulating breakpoints using Python): Split doc
of Breakpoint.__init__ in two, split text in multiple
paragraphs, don't nest parameter square brackets.
This patch prepares the current GDB port of the OpenRISC processor from
https://github.com/openrisc/binutils-gdb for upstream merging.
Testing has been done with a cgen sim provided in a separate patch. This
has been tested with 2 toolchains. GCC [1] 5.4.0 from the OpenRISC
project with Newlib [2] and GCC 5.4.0 with Musl [3] 1.1.4.
It supports or1knd (no delay slot target).
The default target is or1k (with delay slot).
You can change the target arch with:
(gdb) set architecture or1knd
The target architecture is assumed to be or1knd
[1] https://github.com/openrisc/or1k-gcc
[2] https://github.com/openrisc/newlib
[3] https://github.com/openrisc/musl-cross
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
2017-12-12 Stafford Horne <shorne@gmail.com>
Stefan Wallentowitz <stefan@wallentowitz.de>
Franck Jullien <franck.jullien@gmail.com>
Jeremy Bennett <jeremy.bennett@embecosm.com>
* gdb.texinfo: Add OpenRISC documentation.
gdb/ChangeLog:
2017-12-12 Stafford Horne <shorne@gmail.com>
Stefan Wallentowitz <stefan@wallentowitz.de>
Stefan Kristiansson <stefan.kristiansson@saunalahti.fi>
Franck Jullien <franck.jullien@gmail.com>
Jeremy Bennett <jeremy.bennett@embecosm.com>
* configure.tgt: Add targets for or1k and or1knd.
* or1k-tdep.c: New file.
* or1k-tdep.h: New file.
* features/Makefile: Add or1k.xml to build.
* features/or1k.xml: New file.
* features/or1k-core.xml: New file.
* features/or1k.c: Generated.
This adds a new "-dwarf-5" switch to "save gdb-index" that makes it
generate index files with DWARF-5 .debug_names/.debug_str sections
instead of GDB's own .gdb_index.
We should probably add a command line option to
contrib/gdb-add-index.sh (incl. cc-with-tweaks.sh) for the new
-dwarf-5 GDB option, and a new target board to make it more convenient
to exercise this. To be done later.
gdb/ChangeLog
2017-12-08 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
* contrib/gdb-add-index.sh (index): Rename to ...
(index4): ... here.
(index5, debugstr, debugstrmerge, debugstrerr): New variables.
Support also .debug_names and .debug_str.
* dwarf2read.c: Include cmath, set, list.
(INDEX_SUFFIX): Rename to ...
(INDEX4_SUFFIX): ... here.
(INDEX5_SUFFIX, DEBUG_STR_SUFFIX): New.
(file_write(FILE *, const void *, size_t)): New.
(file_write(FILE *, const std::vector<Elem, Alloc> &)): New.
(data_buf::append_unsigned_leb128, data_buf::empty): New.
(data_buf::file_write): Use ::file_write.
(data_buf::c_str, dwarf5_djb_hash, debug_names)
(check_dwarf64_offsets): New.
(psyms_seen_size, write_gdbindex): New from
write_psymtabs_to_index code.
(dwarf5_gdb_augmentation, write_debug_names, assert_file_size)
(enum dw_index_kind): New.
(write_psymtabs_to_index): New parameter index_kind. Support
filename_str and out_file_str. Move code to write_gdbindex,
possibly call write_debug_names.
(save_gdb_index_command): New parameter -dwarf-5.
(_initialize_dwarf2_read): Document the new parameter -dwarf-5.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog
2017-12-08 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Index Files): Document .debug_names and -dwarf-5.
--
gdb/contrib/gdb-add-index.sh | 53 ++
gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo | 24 +
gdb/dwarf2read.c | 919 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
3 files changed, 935 insertions(+), 61 deletions(-)
GDB currently does not track types defined in classes. Consider:
class A
{
public:
class B
{
public:
class C { };
};
};
(gdb) ptype A
type = class A {
<no data fields>
}
This patch changes this behavior so that GDB records these nested types
and displays them to the user when he has set the (new) "print type"
option "nested-type-limit."
Example:
(gdb) set print type nested-type-limit 1
(gdb) ptype A
type = class A {
<no data fields>
class A::B {
<no data fields>
};
}
(gdb) set print type nested-type-limit 2
type = class A {
<no data fields>
class A::B {
<no data fields>
class A::B::C {
<no data fields>
};
};
}
By default, the code maintains the status quo, that is, it will not print
any nested type definitions at all.
Testing is carried out via cp_ptype_class which required quite a bit of
modification to permit recursive calling (for the nested types). This
was most easily facilitated by turning the ptype command output into a
queue. Upshot: the test suite now has stack and queue data structures that
may be used by test writers.
gdb/ChangeLog
* NEWS (New commands): Mention set/show print type nested-type-limit.
* c-typeprint.c (c_type_print_base): Print out nested types.
* dwarf2read.c (struct typedef_field_list): Rename to ...
(struct decl_field_list): ... this. Change all uses.
(struct field_info) <nested_types_list, nested_types_list_count>:
New fields.
(add_partial_symbol): Look for nested type definitions in C++, too.
(dwarf2_add_typedef): Rename to ...
(dwarf2_add_type_defn): ... this.
(type_can_define_types): New function.
Update assertion to use type_can_define_types.
Permit NULL for a field's name.
(process_structure_scope): Handle child DIEs of types that can
define types.
Copy the list of nested types into the type struct.
* gdbtypes.h (struct typedef_field): Rename to ...
(struct decl_field): ... this. Change all uses.
[is_protected, is_private]: New fields.
(struct cplus_struct_type) <nested_types, nested_types_count>: New
fields.
(TYPE_NESTED_TYPES_ARRAY, TYPE_NESTED_TYPES_FIELD)
(TYPE_NESTED_TYPES_FIELD_NAME, TYPE_NESTED_TYPES_FIELD_TYPE)
(TYPE_NESTED_TYPES_COUNT, TYPE_NESTED_TYPES_FIELD_PROTECTED)
(TYPE_NESTED_TYPES_FIELD_PRIVATE): New macros.
* typeprint.c (type_print_raw_options, default_ptype_flags): Add
default value for print_nested_type_limit.
(print_nested_type_limit): New static variable.
(set_print_type_nested_types, show_print_type_nested_types): New
functions.
(_initialize_typeprint): Register new commands for set/show
`print-nested-type-limit'.
* typeprint.h (struct type_print_options) [print_nested_type_limit]:
New field.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
* gdb.cp/nested-types.cc: New file.
* gdb.cp/nested-types.exp: New file.
* lib/cp-support.exp: Load data-structures.exp library.
(debug_cp_test_ptype_class): New global.
(cp_ptype_class_verbose, next_line): New procedures.
(cp_test_ptype_class): Add and document new parameter `recursive_qid'.
Add and document new return value.
Switch the list of lines to a queue.
Add support for new `type' key for nested type definitions.
Add debugging/troubleshooting messages.
* lib/data-structures.exp: New file.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog
* gdb.texinfo (Symbols): Document "set print type nested-type-limit"
and "show print type nested-type-limit".
This introduces several new keywords to the bppy_init constructor.
The spec parameter is now optional but mutually exclusive to the
explicit keywords source, label, function and line.
gdb/ChangeLog
2017-12-07 Phil Muldoon <pmuldoon@redhat.com>
* python/py-breakpoint.c (bppy_init): Use string_to_event_location
over basic location code. Implement explicit location keywords.
(bppy_init_validate_args): New function.
* NEWS: Document Python explicit breakpoint locations.
doc/ChangeLog
2017-12-07 Phil Muldoon <pmuldoon@redhat.com>
* python.texi (Breakpoints In Python): Add text relating
to allowed explicit locations and keywords in gdb.Breakpoints.
testsuite/ChangeLog
2017-12-07 Phil Muldoon <pmuldoon@redhat.com>
* gdb.python/py-breakpoint.exp (test_bkpt_explicit_loc): Add new
tests for explicit locations.
I realized today that a recent change to the Rust support required an
update to the manual; and so I updated NEWS as well.
2017-12-04 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
* NEWS: Mention Rust trait object inspection.
2017-12-04 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Rust): Update trait object status
The purpose of this concept is to turn the load of debugging
information off, either globally (via the '--readnever' option), or
objfile-specific. The implementation proposed here is an extension of
the patch distributed with Fedora GDB; looking at the Fedora patch
itself and the history, one can see some reasons why it was never
resubmitted:
- The patch appears to have been introduced as a workaround, at
least initially;
- The patch is far from perfect, as it simply shunts the load of
DWARF debugging information, without really worrying about the
other debug format.
- Who really does non-symbolic debugging anyways?
One use of this feature is when a user simply wants to do the
following sequence: attach, dump core, detach. Loading the debugging
information in this case is an unnecessary cause of delay.
This patch expands the version shipped with Fedora GDB in order to
make the feature available for all the debuginfo backends, not only
for DWARF. It also implements a per-objfile flag which can be
activated by using the "-readnever" command when using the
'add-symbol-file' or 'symbol-file' commands.
It's also worth mentioning that this patch tests whether GDB correctly
fails to initialize if both '--readnow' and '--readnever' options are
passed.
Tested on the BuildBot.
gdb/ChangeLog:
2017-12-01 Andrew Cagney <cagney@redhat.com>
Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>
Sergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj@redhat.com>
* NEWS (Changes since GDB 8.0: Mention new '--readnever'
feature.
* coffread.c (coff_symfile_read): Do not map over sections with
'coff_locate_sections' if readnever is on.
* dwarf2read.c (dwarf2_has_info): Return 0 if
readnever is on.
* elfread.c (elf_symfile_read): Do not map over sections with
'elf_locate_sections' if readnever is on.
* main.c (validate_readnow_readnever): New function.
(captured_main_1): Add support for --readnever.
(print_gdb_help): Document --readnever.
* objfile-flags.h (enum objfile_flag) <OBJF_READNEVER>: New
flag.
* symfile.c (readnever_symbol_files): New global.
(symbol_file_add_with_addrs): Set 'OBJF_READNEVER' when
'READNEVER_SYMBOL_FILES' is set.
(validate_readnow_readnever): New function.
(symbol_file_command): Handle '-readnever' option.
Call 'validate_readnow_readnever'.
(add_symbol_file_command): Handle '-readnever' option.
Call 'validate_readnow_readnever'.
(_initialize_symfile): Document new '-readnever' option for
both 'symbol-file' and 'add-symbol-file' commands.
* top.h (readnever_symbol_files): New extern global.
* xcoffread.c (xcoff_initial_scan): Do not read debug
information if readnever is on.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
2017-12-01 Andrew Cagney <cagney@redhat.com>
Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>
Sergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj@redhat.com>
* gdb.texinfo (File Options): Document --readnever.
(Commands to Specify Files): Likewise, for 'symbol-file' and
'add-symbol-file'.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
2017-12-01 Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>
Sergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj@redhat.com>
Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
* gdb.base/readnever.c, gdb.base/readnever.exp: New files.
The purpose of this concept is to turn the load of debugging
information off, either globally (via the '--readnever' option), or
objfile-specific. The implementation proposed here is an extension of
the patch distributed with Fedora GDB; looking at the Fedora patch
itself and the history, one can see some reasons why it was never
resubmitted:
- The patch appears to have been introduced as a workaround, at
least initially;
- The patch is far from perfect, as it simply shunts the load of
DWARF debugging information, without really worrying about the
other debug format.
- Who really does non-symbolic debugging anyways?
One use of this feature is when a user simply wants to do the
following sequence: attach, dump core, detach. Loading the debugging
information in this case is an unnecessary cause of delay.
This patch expands the version shipped with Fedora GDB in order to
make the feature available for all the debuginfo backends, not only
for DWARF. It also implements a per-objfile flag which can be
activated by using the "-readnever" command when using the
'add-symbol-file' or 'symbol-file' commands.
It's also worth mentioning that this patch tests whether GDB correctly
fails to initialize if both '--readnow' and '--readnever' options are
passed.
Tested on the BuildBot.
gdb/ChangeLog:
2017-12-01 Andrew Cagney <cagney@redhat.com>
Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>
Sergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj@redhat.com>
* NEWS (Changes since GDB 8.0: Mention new '--readnever'
feature.
* coffread.c (coff_symfile_read): Do not map over sections with
'coff_locate_sections' if readnever is on.
* dwarf2read.c (dwarf2_has_info): Return 0 if
readnever is on.
* elfread.c (elf_symfile_read): Do not map over sections with
'elf_locate_sections' if readnever is on.
* main.c (validate_readnow_readnever): New function.
(captured_main_1): Add support for --readnever.
(print_gdb_help): Document --readnever.
* objfile-flags.h (enum objfile_flag) <OBJF_READNEVER>: New
flag.
* symfile.c (readnever_symbol_files): New global.
(symbol_file_add_with_addrs): Set 'OBJF_READNEVER' when
'READNEVER_SYMBOL_FILES' is set.
(validate_readnow_readnever): New function.
(symbol_file_command): Handle '-readnever' option.
Call 'validate_readnow_readnever'.
(add_symbol_file_command): Handle '-readnever' option.
Call 'validate_readnow_readnever'.
(_initialize_symfile): Document new '-readnever' option for
both 'symbol-file' and 'add-symbol-file' commands.
* top.h (readnever_symbol_files): New extern global.
* xcoffread.c (xcoff_initial_scan): Do not read debug
information if readnever is on.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
2017-12-01 Andrew Cagney <cagney@redhat.com>
Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>
Sergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj@redhat.com>
* gdb.texinfo (File Options): Document --readnever.
(Commands to Specify Files): Likewise, for 'symbol-file' and
'add-symbol-file'.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
2017-12-01 Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>
Sergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj@redhat.com>
Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
* gdb.base/readnever.c, gdb.base/readnever.exp: New files.
Trying to set a breakpoint in a function with an ABI tag does not work
currently. E.g., debugging gdb itself, we see this with the
"string_printf" function:
(top-gdb) b string_print [TAB]
(top-gdb) b string_printf[abi:cxx11](char const*, ...) [RET]
No source file named string_printf[abi.
Make breakpoint pending on future shared library load? (y or [n])
Quoting doesn't help:
(top-gdb) b 'string_printf[abi:cxx11]'(char const*, ...)
malformed linespec error: unexpected string, "(char const*, ...)"
(top-gdb) b 'string_printf[abi:cxx11](char const*, ...)'
No source file named string_printf[abi.
Make breakpoint pending on future shared library load? (y or [n]) n
This patch fixes this, and takes it a bit further.
The actual symbol name as demangled by libiberty's demangler is really
string_printf[abi:cxx11](char const*, ...)
however, this patch makes it possible to set the breakpoint with
string_printf(char const*, ...)
too. I.e., ignoring the ABI tag.
And to match, it teaches the completer to complete the symbol name
without the ABI tag, i.e.,
"string_pri<TAB>" -> "string_printf(char const*, ...)"
If however, you really want to break on a symbol with the tag, then
you simply start writing the tag, and GDB will preserve it, like:
"string_printf[a<TAB>" -> "string_printf[abi:cxx11](char const*, ...)"
Grows the gdb.linespec/ tests like this:
-# of expected passes 8977
+# of expected passes 9176
gdb/ChangeLog:
2017-11-29 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
PR c++/19436
* NEWS: Mention setting breakpoints on functions with C++ ABI
tags.
* completer.h (completion_match_for_lcd) <match,
mark_ignored_range>: New methods.
<finish>: Consider ignored ranges.
<clear>: Clear ignored ranges.
<m_ignored_ranges, m_finished_storage>: New fields.
* cp-support.c (cp_search_name_hash): Ignore ABI tags.
(cp_symbol_name_matches_1, cp_fq_symbol_name_matches): Pass the
completion_match_for_lcd pointer to strncmp_iw_with_mode.
(test_cp_symbol_name_cmp): Add [abi:...] tags unit tests.
* language.c (default_symbol_name_matcher): Pass the
completion_match_for_lcd pointer to strncmp_iw_with_mode.
* linespec.c (linespec_lexer_lex_string): Don't tokenize ABI tags.
* utils.c (skip_abi_tag): New function.
(strncmp_iw_with_mode): Add completion_match_for_lcd parameter.
Handle ABI tags.
* utils.h (strncmp_iw_with_mode): Add completion_match_for_lcd
parameter.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
2017-11-29 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
PR c++/19436
* gdb.linespec/cpls-abi-tag.cc: New file.
* gdb.linespec/cpls-abi-tag.exp: New file.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
2017-11-29 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
PR c++/19436
* gdb.texinfo (Debugging C Plus Plus): Document setting
breakpoints in functions with ABI tags.
This patch teaches GDB about setting breakpoints in all scopes
(namespaces and classes) by default.
Here's a contrived example:
(gdb) b func<tab>
(anonymous namespace)::A::function() Bn::(anonymous namespace)::B::function() function(int, int)
(anonymous namespace)::B::function() Bn::(anonymous namespace)::function() gdb::(anonymous namespace)::A::function()
(anonymous namespace)::B::function() const Bn::(anonymous namespace)::function(int, int) gdb::(anonymous namespace)::function()
(anonymous namespace)::function() Bn::B::func() gdb::(anonymous namespace)::function(int, int)
(anonymous namespace)::function(int, int) Bn::B::function() gdb::A::func()
A::func() Bn::func() gdb::A::function()
A::function() Bn::function() gdb::func()
B::func() Bn::function(int, int) gdb::function()
B::function() Bn::function(long) gdb::function(int, int)
B::function() const func() gdb::function(long)
B::function_const() const function()
(gdb) b function
Breakpoint 1 at 0x4005ce: function. (26 locations)
(gdb) b B::function<tab>
(anonymous namespace)::B::function() B::function() const Bn::B::function()
(anonymous namespace)::B::function() const B::function_const() const
B::function() Bn::(anonymous namespace)::B::function()
(gdb) b B::function
Breakpoint 1 at 0x40072c: B::function. (6 locations)
To get back the original behavior of interpreting the function name as
a fully-qualified name, you can use the new "-qualified" (or "-q")
option/flag (added by this commit). For example:
(gdb) b B::function
(anonymous namespace)::B::function() B::function() const Bn::B::function()
(anonymous namespace)::B::function() const B::function_const() const
B::function() Bn::(anonymous namespace)::B::function()
vs:
(gdb) b -qualified B::function
B::function() B::function() const B::function_const() const
I've chosen "-qualified" / "-q" because "-f" (for "full" or
"fully-qualified") is already taken for "-function".
Note: the "-qualified" option works with both linespecs and explicit
locations. I.e., these are equivalent:
(gdb) b -q func
(gdb) b -q -f func
and so are these:
(gdb) b -q filename.cc:func
(gdb) b -q -s filename.cc -f func
(gdb) b -s filename.cc -q -f func
(gdb) b -s filename.cc -f func -q
To better understand why I consider wild matching the better default,
consider what happens when we get to the point when _all_ of GDB is
wrapped under "namespace gdb {}". I have a patch series that does
that, and when I started debugging that GDB, I immediately became
frustrated. You'd have to write "b gdb::internal_error", "b
gdb::foo", "b gdb::bar", etc. etc., which gets annoying pretty
quickly. OTOH, consider how this makes it very easy to set
breakpoints in classes wrapped in anonymous namespaces. You just
don't think of them, GDB finds the symbols for you automatically.
(At the Cauldron a couple months ago, several people told me that they
run into a similar issue when debugging other C++ projects. One
example was when debugging LLVM, which puts all its code under the
"llvm" namespace.)
Implementation-wise, what the patch does is:
- makes C++ symbol name hashing only consider the last component of
a symbol name. (so that we can look up symbol names by
last-component name only).
- adds a C++ symbol name matcher for symbol_name_match_type::WILD,
which ignores missing leading specifiers / components.
- adjusts a few preexisting testsuite tests to use "-qualified" when
they mean it.
- adds new testsuite tests.
- adds unit tests.
Grows the gdb.linespec/ tests like this:
-# of expected passes 7823
+# of expected passes 8977
gdb/ChangeLog:
2017-11-29 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
* NEWS: Mention that breakpoints on C++ functions are now set on
on all namespaces/classes by default, and mention "break
-qualified".
* ax-gdb.c (agent_command_1): Adjust to pass a
symbol_name_match_type to new_linespec_location.
* breakpoint.c (parse_breakpoint_sals): Adjust to
get_linespec_location's return type change.
(strace_marker_create_sals_from_location): Adjust to pass a
symbol_name_match_type to new_linespec_location.
(strace_marker_decode_location): Adjust to get_linespec_location's
return type change.
(strace_command): Adjust to pass a symbol_name_match_type to
new_linespec_location.
(LOCATION_HELP_STRING): Add paragraph about wildmatching, and
mention "-qualified".
* c-lang.c (cplus_language_defn): Install cp_search_name_hash.
* completer.c (explicit_location_match_type::MATCH_QUALIFIED): New
enumerator.
(complete_address_and_linespec_locations): New parameter
'match_type'. Pass it down.
(explicit_options): Add "-qualified".
(collect_explicit_location_matches): Pass the requested match type
to the linespec completers. Handle MATCH_QUALIFIED.
(location_completer): Handle "-qualified" combined with linespecs.
* cp-support.c (cp_search_name_hash): New.
(cp_symbol_name_matches_1): Implement wild matching for C++.
(cp_fq_symbol_name_matches): Reimplement.
(cp_get_symbol_name_matcher): Return different matchers depending
on the lookup name's match type.
(selftests::test_cp_symbol_name_matches): Add wild matching tests.
* cp-support.h (cp_search_name_hash): New declaration.
* dwarf2read.c
(selftests::dw2_expand_symtabs_matching::test_symbols): Add
symbols.
(test_dw2_expand_symtabs_matching_symbol): Add wild matching
tests.
* guile/scm-breakpoint.c (gdbscm_register_breakpoint_x): Adjust to
pass a symbol_name_match_type to new_linespec_location.
* linespec.c (linespec_parse_basic): Lookup function symbols using
the parser's symbol name match type.
(convert_explicit_location_to_linespec): New
symbol_name_match_type parameter. Pass it down to
find_linespec_symbols.
(convert_explicit_location_to_sals): Pass the location's name
match type to convert_explicit_location_to_linespec.
(parse_linespec): New match_type parameter. Save it in the
parser.
(linespec_parser_new): Default to symbol_name_match_type::WILD.
(linespec_complete_function): New symbol_name_match_type
parameter. Use it.
(complete_linespec_component): Pass down the parser's recorded
name match type.
(linespec_complete_label): New symbol_name_match_type parameter.
Use it.
(linespec_complete): New symbol_name_match_type parameter. Save
it in the parser and pass it down. Adjust to
get_linespec_location's prototype change.
(find_function_symbols, find_linespec_symbols): New
symbol_name_match_type parameter. Pass it down instead of
assuming symbol_name_match_type::WILD.
* linespec.h (linespec_complete, linespec_complete_function)
(linespec_complete_label): New symbol_name_match_type parameter.
* location.c (event_location::linespec_location): Now a struct
linespec_location.
(EL_LINESPEC): Adjust.
(initialize_explicit_location): Default to
symbol_name_match_type::WILD.
(new_linespec_location): New symbol_name_match_type parameter.
Record it in the location.
(get_linespec_location): Now returns a struct linespec_location.
(new_explicit_location): Also copy func_name_match_type.
(explicit_to_string_internal)
(string_to_explicit_location): Handle "-qualified".
(copy_event_location): Adjust to LINESPEC_LOCATION type change.
Copy symbol_name_match_type fields.
(event_location_deleter::operator()): Adjust to LINESPEC_LOCATION
type change.
(event_location_to_string): Adjust to LINESPEC_LOCATION type
change. Handle "-qualfied".
(string_to_explicit_location): Handle "-qualified".
(string_to_event_location_basic): New symbol_name_match_type
parameter. Pass it down.
(string_to_event_location): Handle "-qualified".
* location.h (struct linespec_location): New.
(explicit_location::func_name_match_type): New field.
(new_linespec_location): Now returns a const linespec_location *.
(string_to_event_location_basic): New symbol_name_match_type
parameter.
(explicit_completion_info::saw_explicit_location_option): New
field.
* mi/mi-cmd-break.c (mi_cmd_break_insert_1): Adjust to pass a
symbol_name_match_type to new_linespec_location.
* python/py-breakpoint.c (bppy_init): Likewise.
* python/python.c (gdbpy_decode_line): Likewise.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
2017-11-29 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
* gdb.base/langs.exp: Use -qualified.
* gdb.cp/meth-typedefs.exp: Use -qualified, and add tests without
it.
* gdb.cp/namespace.exp: Use -qualified.
* gdb.linespec/cpcompletion.exp (overload-2, fqn, fqn-2)
(overload-3, template-overload, template-ret-type, const-overload)
(const-overload-quoted, anon-ns, ambiguous-prefix): New
procedures.
(test_driver): Call them.
* gdb.cp/save-bp-qualified.cc: New.
* gdb.cp/save-bp-qualified.exp: New.
* gdb.linespec/explicit.exp: Test -qualified.
* lib/completion-support.exp (completion::explicit_opts_list): Add
"-qualified".
* lib/gdb.exp (gdb_breakpoint): Handle "qualified".
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
2017-11-29 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Linespec Locations): Document how "function" is
interpreted in C++ and Ada. Document "-qualified".
(Explicit Locations): Document how "-function" is interpreted in
C++ and Ada. Document "-qualified".
This patch updates the `find` command help and docs description to show
how to search for not null terminated strings when current language's
strings includes it.
gdb/ChangeLog:
PR gdb/21945
* findcmd.c (_initialize_mem_search): Update find command help
text.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
PR gdb/21945
* gdb.texinfo (Search Memory): Update description and example
about how to search a string without NULL terminator.
This patch enhances the debugger to print the exception message, when
available, as part of an exception catchpoint hit notification (both
GDB/CLI and GDB/MI). For instance, with the following code...
procedure A is
begin
raise Constraint_Error with "hello world";
end A;
... instead of printing...
Catchpoint 1, CONSTRAINT_ERROR at 0x000000000040245c in a () at a.adb:3
... it now prints:
Catchpoint 1, CONSTRAINT_ERROR (hello world) at 0x000000000040245c in a ()
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This enhancement requires runtime support. If not present, the debugger
just behaves as before.
In GDB/MI mode, if the exception message is available, it is provided
as an extra field named "exception-message" in the catchpoint notification:
*stopped,bkptno="1",[...],exception-name="CONSTRAINT_ERROR",
exception-message="hello world",[...]
gdb/ChangeLog:
* ada-lang.c (ada_exception_message_1, ada_exception_message):
New functions.
(print_it_exception): If available, display the exception
message as well.
* NEWS: Document new feature.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo (GDB/MI Ada Exception Information): Document
new "exception-message" field.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
* gdb.ada/catch_ex.exp, gdb.ada/mi_catch_ex.exp,
gdb.ada/mi_ex_cond.exp: Accept optional exception message in
when hitting an exception catchpoint.
While writing a unit test for parse_memory_map, I tried to validate my
test input against gdb-memory-map.dtd, and found a few problems with it.
This doesn't influence how gdb parses it (AFAIK it doesn't use the
linked dtd), but if you edit the xml file in an editor that supports
dtds, you'll get plenty of errors.
- The <memory-map> element accepts exactly one <memory> OR <property>
as a child. This is a problem because you can't have multiple
<memory> elements and you shouldn't be able to have <property> elements
as direct children of <memory-map>.
- The <memory> element wants exactly one <property> child. This is
wrong, since you could have zero or more (even though we only
support one kind of property currently).
- I have no idea wht the device attribute of <memory> is, GDB doesn't
read that. I searched back in time a bit but couldn't find a trace
of it.
I took the opportunity to tighten what is accepted as a value of the
memory type and property name attributes. We currently accept any
string, but we can restrict them to the values GDB really accepts (and
which are documented).
AFAIK, this "file" only exists in the documentation, in gdb.texinfo, so
this is what I modified. However, it's also available at
http://sourceware.org/gdb/gdb-memory-map.dtd. This one should be
updated too, but I don't know how that should be done.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo (Memory Map Format): Update gdb-memory-map.dtd.
