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It is possible for a compiler to optimize a function in a such ways that the function does not follow the calling convention of the target. In such situation, the compiler can use the DW_AT_calling_convention attribute with the value DW_CC_nocall to tell the debugger that it is unsafe to call the function. The DWARF5 standard states, in 3.3.1.1: > If the value of the calling convention attribute is the constant > DW_CC_nocall, the subroutine does not obey standard calling > conventions, and it may not be safe for the debugger to call this > subroutine. Non standard calling convention can affect GDB's assumptions in multiple ways, including how arguments are passed to the function, how values are returned, and so on. For this reason, it is unsafe for GDB to try to do the following operations on a function with marked with DW_CC_nocall: - call / print an expression requiring the function to be evaluated, - inspect the value a function returns using the 'finish' command, - force the value returned by a function using the 'return' command. This patch ensures that if a command which relies on GDB's knowledge of the target's calling convention is used on a function marked nocall, GDB prints an appropriate message to the user and does not proceed with the operation which is unreliable. Note that it is still possible for someone to use a vendor specific value for the DW_AT_calling_convention attribute for example to indicate the use of an alternative calling convention. This commit does not prevent this, and target dependent code can be adjusted if one wanted to support multiple calling conventions. Tested on x86_64-Linux, with no regression observed. Change-Id: I72970dae68234cb83edbc0cf71aa3d6002a4a540
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961 B
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/* This testcase is part of GDB, the GNU debugger.
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Copyright 2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
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(at your option) any later version.
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This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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GNU General Public License for more details.
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You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
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/* Dummy foo function. */
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int
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foo (void)
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{
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asm ("foo_label: .globl foo_label");
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return 42;
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}
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/* Dummy main function. */
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int
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main (void)
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{
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asm ("main_label: .globl main_label");
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foo ();
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return 0;
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}
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