binutils-gdb/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-unwind.exp
Simon Marchi dcd27ddf87 gdb.python/py-unwind: Disable stack protection
[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.
2017-07-22 00:01:03 +02:00

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# Copyright (C) 2015-2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
# This file is part of the GDB testsuite. It verifies that frame
# unwinders can be implemented in Python.
load_lib gdb-python.exp
standard_testfile
# Stack protection can make the stack look a bit different, breaking the
# assumptions this test has about its layout.
set flags "additional_flags=-fno-stack-protector"
if { [prepare_for_testing "failed to prepare" ${testfile} ${srcfile} "debug $flags"] } {
return -1
}
# Skip all tests if Python scripting is not enabled.
if { [skip_python_tests] } { continue }
# This test runs on a specific platform.
if { ![istarget x86_64-*-* ] || ![is_lp64_target] } { continue }
# The following tests require execution.
if ![runto_main] then {
fail "can't run to main"
return 0
}
set pyfile [gdb_remote_download host ${srcdir}/${subdir}/${testfile}.py]
gdb_breakpoint [gdb_get_line_number "break backtrace-broken"]
gdb_test "source ${pyfile}" "Python script imported" \
"import python scripts"
gdb_continue_to_breakpoint "break backtrace-broken"
gdb_test_sequence "where" "Backtrace restored by unwinder" {
"\\r\\n#0 .* corrupt_frame_inner \\(\\) at "
"\\r\\n#1 .* corrupt_frame_outer \\(\\) at "
"\\r\\n#2 .* main \\(.*\\) at"
}
# Check that the Python unwinder frames can be flushed / released.
gdb_test "flushregs" "Register cache flushed\\." "flush frames"