With the test-case attached in PR26327, gdb aborts:
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$ gdb -q -batch 447.dealII -ex "b main"
Aborted (core dumped)
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when running out of stack due to infinite recursion:
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#8 0x00000000006aaba6 in dwarf2_cu::get_builder (this=0x35e4b40)
at src/gdb/dwarf2/read.c:700
#9 0x00000000006aaba6 in dwarf2_cu::get_builder (this=0x22ee2c0)
at src/gdb/dwarf2/read.c:700
#10 0x00000000006aaba6 in dwarf2_cu::get_builder (this=0x35e4b40)
at src/gdb/dwarf2/read.c:700
#11 0x00000000006aaba6 in dwarf2_cu::get_builder (this=0x22ee2c0)
at src/gdb/dwarf2/read.c:700
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We're recursing in this code in dwarf2_cu::get_builder():
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/* Otherwise, search ancestors for a valid builder. */
if (ancestor != nullptr)
return ancestor->get_builder ();
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due to the fact that the ancestor chain is a cycle.
Higher up in the call stack, we find some code that is responsible for
triggering this, in new_symbol:
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case DW_TAG_formal_parameter:
{
/* If we are inside a function, mark this as an argument. If
not, we might be looking at an argument to an inlined function
when we do not have enough information to show inlined frames;
pretend it's a local variable in that case so that the user can
still see it. */
struct context_stack *curr
= cu->get_builder ()->get_current_context_stack ();
if (curr != nullptr && curr->name != nullptr)
SYMBOL_IS_ARGUMENT (sym) = 1;
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This is code that was added to support pre-4.1 gcc, to be able to show
arguments of inlined functions as locals, in the absense of sufficiently
correct debug information.
Removing this code (that is, doing SYMBOL_IS_ARGUMENT (sym) = 1
unconditially), fixes the crash. The ancestor variable also seems to have
been added specifically to deal with fallout from this code, so remove that as
well.
Tested on x86_64-linux:
- openSUSE Leap 15.2 with gcc 7.5.0, and
- openSUSE Tumbleweed with gcc 10.3.0.
gdb/ChangeLog:
2021-05-07 Tom de Vries <tdevries@suse.de>
PR symtab/26327
* dwarf2/read.c (struct dwarf2_cu): Remove ancestor.
(dwarf2_cu::get_builder): Remove ancestor-related code.
(new_symbol): Remove code supporting pre-4.1 gcc that show arguments
of inlined functions as locals.
(follow_die_offset, follow_die_sig_1): Remove setting of ancestor.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
2021-05-07 Tom de Vries <tdevries@suse.de>
PR symtab/26327
* gdb.texinfo (Inline Functions): Update.
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