Calls from notoc functions via the PLT need different stubs. Even
calls to local functions requiring a valid toc pointer must go via a
stub. This patch provides the support in gold.
elfcpp/
* powerpc.h (R_PPC64_PLTSEQ_NOTOC, R_PPC64_PLTCALL_NOTOC): Define.
gold/
* powerpc.cc (Target_powerpc::maybe_skip_tls_get_addr_call): Handle
notoc calls.
(is_branch_reloc): Template on size. Return true for REL24_NOTOC.
Update all callers.
(max_branch_delta): Likewise.
(Target_powerpc::Branch_info::make_stub): Add a stub for notoc
calls to functions needing a valid toc pointer.
(Target_powerpc::do_relax): Layout stubs again if any need resize.
(add_12_11_12, addi_12_11, addis_12_11, ldx_12_11_12, ori_12_12_0),
(oris_12_12_0, sldi_12_12_32): Define.
(Stub_table::Plt_stub_ent): Add notoc_ and iter_ fields.
(Stub_table::Branch_stub_key, Branch_stub_key_hash): Rename from
Branch_stub_ent and Branch_stub_ent hash. Remove save_res_ from key.
(Stub_table::Branch_stub_ent): New struct.
(class Stub_table): Add need_resize and resizing vars.
(Stub_table::need_resize, branch_size): New accessors.
(Stub_table::set_resizing): New function.
(Stub_table::add_plt_call_entry): Handle notoc calls and resizing
on seeing such or a tocsave stubs after a normal stub using the
same sym.
(Stub_table::add_long_branch_entry): Similarly.
(Stub_table::find_long_branch_entry): Return a Branch_stub_ent*.
(Stub_table::define_stub_syms): Adjust
(Stub_table::build_tls_opt_head, build_tls_opt_tail): New functions.
(build_notoc_offset): New function.
(Stub_table::plt_call_size): Move out of line. Handle notoc calls.
(Stub_table::branch_stub_size): Similarly.
(Stub_table::do_write): Separate loop for ELFv2 stubs, handling
notoc calls. Simplify ELFv1 loop. Output notoc branch stubs.
Use build_tls_opt_head and build_tls_opt_tail.
(Target_powerpc::Scan::get_reference_flags): Handle REL24_NOTOC.
(Target_powerpc::Scan::reloc_needs_plt_for_ifunc): Likewise,
and PLTSEQ_NOTOC and PLTCALL_NOTOC.
(Target_powerpc::Scan::local, global, relocate): Likewise.
When the type of a property is smaller than the CORE_ADDR in which the
property value has been placed, and if the property is signed, then
sign extend the property value from its actual type up to the size of
CORE_ADDR.
gdb/ChangeLog:
* dwarf2loc.c (dwarf2_evaluate_property): Sign extend property
value if its desired type is smaller than a CORE_ADDR and signed.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
* gdb.fortran/vla-ptype.exp: Print array with negative bounds.
* gdb.fortran/vla-sizeof.exp: Print the size of an array with
negative bounds.
* gdb.fortran/vla-value.exp: Print elements of an array with
negative bounds.
* gdb.fortran/vla.f90: Setup an array with negative bounds for
testing.
This commit is preparation for the next one, with the aim of better
supporting signed dynamic properties on targets where the address size
specified in the DWARF headers is smaller than a CORE_ADDR, for
example debugging an i386 application on x86-64.
Consider this small Fortran program 'bounds.f90':
program test
integer, allocatable :: array (:)
allocate (array (-5:5))
array(3) = 1
end program test
Compiled with 'gfortran -m32 -g3 -O0 -o bounds bounds.f90'. The DWARF
for 'array' looks like this:
<2><97>: Abbrev Number: 10 (DW_TAG_variable)
<98> DW_AT_name : (indirect string, offset: 0x0): array
<9c> DW_AT_decl_file : 1
<9d> DW_AT_decl_line : 2
<9e> DW_AT_type : <0xaf>
<a2> DW_AT_location : 2 byte block: 91 58 (DW_OP_fbreg: -40)
<2><a5>: Abbrev Number: 11 (DW_TAG_lexical_block)
<a6> DW_AT_low_pc : 0x80485c3
<aa> DW_AT_high_pc : 0x8b
<2><ae>: Abbrev Number: 0
<1><af>: Abbrev Number: 12 (DW_TAG_array_type)
<b0> DW_AT_data_location: 2 byte block: 97 6 (DW_OP_push_object_address; DW_OP_deref)
<b3> DW_AT_allocated : 4 byte block: 97 6 30 2e (DW_OP_push_object_address; DW_OP_deref; DW_OP_lit0; DW_OP_ne)
<b8> DW_AT_type : <0x2a>
<2><bc>: Abbrev Number: 13 (DW_TAG_subrange_type)
<bd> DW_AT_lower_bound : 4 byte block: 97 23 10 6 (DW_OP_push_object_address; DW_OP_plus_uconst: 16; DW_OP_deref)
<c2> DW_AT_upper_bound : 4 byte block: 97 23 14 6 (DW_OP_push_object_address; DW_OP_plus_uconst: 20; DW_OP_deref)
<c7> DW_AT_byte_stride : 6 byte block: 97 23 c 6 34 1e (DW_OP_push_object_address; DW_OP_plus_uconst: 12; DW_OP_deref; DW_OP_lit4; DW_OP_mul)
<2><ce>: Abbrev Number: 0
If we look at the DW_AT_lower_bound attribute, which will become a
dynamic property that GDB evaluates when needed by calling
dwarf2_evaluate_property.
The process of evaluating a dynamic property requires GDB to execute
each DW_OP_* operation, the results of these operations is held on a
stack of 'struct value *'s.
When the entire expression is evaluated the result is on top of the
stack.
If we look at DW_AT_lower_bound then the last operation is
DW_OP_deref, this loads a signed address the size of which matches the
DWARF address size, and so in our i386 on x86-64 situation, the top of
the stack will be a signed 4-byte value.
The problem is how these values are fetched from the stack. Currently
they are always fetched by a call to dwarf_expr_context::fetch_address,
which converts the value to an unsigned value with a length matching
the values current length, before converting to a CORE_ADDR. This
means we loose the signed nature of the property.
I wonder if the best solution for dealing with signed properties will
be to move away from an over reliance on fetch_address, and instead
come up with a new solution that considers the current type of the
value on the stack, and the type that the value needs to become;
basically a solution built around casting rather than assuming we
always want an address.
However, before we can start to even think about moving away from
fetch_address, there is a more urgent issue to fix, which is we don't
currently know what type each property should be. We just hold the
value of the property in a CORE_ADDR as returned by fetch_address, and
rely on higher level code (outside of the DWARF expression evaluation
code) to fix things up for us. This is what this patch aims to
address.
When creating a dynamic property (see attr_to_dynamic_prop in
dwarf2read.c) we can sometimes figure out the type of a property; if
the property is a reference to another DIE then it will have a
DW_AT_type attribute.
However, the DW_AT_lower_bound case above isn't a reference to another
DIE, it's just a DWARF expression. We don't have any indication for
what type the property should have.
Luckily, the DWARF spec helps us out, for the lower and upper bounds
5.13 of the DWARFv5 spec tells us that without any other type
information the bounds are signed integers the same size as a DWARF
address.
It is my belief that we can find a suitable default type for every
dynamic property, either specified explicitly in the DWARF spec, or we
can infer an obvious choice if the spec doesn't help us.
This commit extends the creation of all dynamic properties to include
suggesting a suitable default type, all dynamic properties now always
carry their type around with them.
In later commits we can use this property type to ensure that the
value we extract from the DWARF stack is handled in a suitable manor
to correctly maintain its sign extension.
There should be no user visible changes from this commit. The actual
fix to correctly support negative array bounds will come later.
gdb/ChangeLog:
* dwarf2loc.c (dwarf2_evaluate_property): Update to take account
of changes to field names, and use new is_reference field to
decide if a property is a reference or not.
* dwarf2loc.h (struct dwarf2_locexpr_baton): Add 'is_reference'
field.
(struct dwarf2_property_baton): Update header comment, rename
'referenced_type' to 'property_type' and update comments.
* dwarf2read.c (attr_to_dynamic_prop): Add extra parameter to hold
default property type, store in property baton, update to take
accound of renamed field.
(read_func_scope): Update call to attr_to_dynamic_prop.
(read_array_type): Likewise.
(dwarf2_per_cu_addr_sized_int_type): New function.
(read_subrange_index_type): Move type finding code to
dwarf2_per_cu_addr_sized_int_type.
(read_subrange_type): Update calls to attr_to_dynamic_prop.
(dwarf2_per_cu_addr_type): New function.
(set_die_type): Update calls to attr_to_dynamic_prop.
If a DW_TAG_subrange_type DWARF entry has no DW_AT_type then a default
type based on the size of an address on the current target is assumed.
We store this type as the target type for GDB's range types.
Currently GDB can create ranges for which the target type is VOID,
this is incorrect but seems to cause no problems. I believe the reason
this doesn't cause any issues is because the languages (for example
Ada) that actually make use of a ranges target type also have
compilers that generate DWARF that includes a DW_AT_type attribute.
However, gfortran does not include a DW_AT_type, its DWARF instead
relies on the default target type. This isn't currently a problem for
GDB as gfortran doesn't make use of the target type when printing
subranges, but it shouldn't hurt to fix this issue now.
I've added an assert into create_range_type that will catch this issue
if it comes up again.
This was tested on an x86-64/GNU-Linux machine with both the Ada and
gfortran compilers available with both '--target_board=unix' and
'--target_board=unix/-m32'. There are no user visible changes after
this commit.
gdb/ChangeLog:
* dwarf2read.c (read_subrange_index_type): New function.
(read_subrange_type): Move code into new function and call it.
* gdbtypes.c (create_range_type): Add some asserts.
Convert dwarf2_evaluate_property to return a bool, there should be no
user visible change after this commit.
gdb/ChangeLog:
* dwarf2loc.c (dwarf2_evaluate_property): Change return type, and
update return statements.
* dwarf2loc.h (dwarf2_evaluate_property): Update return type on
declaration, and update comment to match.
* gdbtypes.c (resolve_dynamic_array): Update call to
dwarf2_evaluate_property to match new return type.
The dynamic lower (and upper) bounds of ranges are stored as type
LONGEST (see union dynamic_prop_data in gdbtypes.h). In most places
that range bounds are handled they are held in a LONGEST, however in
value_subscripted_rvalue the bound is placed into an int.
This commit changes value_subscripted_rvalue to use LONGEST, there
should be no user visible changes after this commit.
gdb/ChangeLog:
* valarith.c (value_subscripted_rvalue): Change lowerbound
parameter type from int to LONGEST.
* value.h (value_subscripted_rvalue): Likewise in declaration.
When:
- building trunk gdb with '-fsanitize=address -lasan',
- running gdb tests with "export ASAN_OPTIONS=detect_leaks=0",
I run into a heap-buffer-overflow failure for
gdb.base/utf8-identifiers.exp.
In more detail, the libasan error report looks like this:
...
=================================================================
==22340==ERROR: AddressSanitizer: heap-buffer-overflow on address
0x619000054a80 at pc 0x7fcd0306b4c9 bp 0x7fffb1a8d880 sp 0x7fffb1a8d030
READ of size 32766 at 0x619000054a80 thread T0
#0 0x7fcd0306b4c8 (/usr/lib64/libasan.so.4+0xae4c8)
#1 0x15f12a1 in update_line
/data/gdb_versions/devel/src/readline/display.c:1377
#2 0x15f03cb in rl_redisplay
/data/gdb_versions/devel/src/readline/display.c:1204
#3 0x15bf932 in readline_internal_setup
/data/gdb_versions/devel/src/readline/readline.c:394
#4 0x15fe723 in _rl_callback_newline
/data/gdb_versions/devel/src/readline/callback.c:89
#5 0x15fe7ef in rl_callback_handler_install
/data/gdb_versions/devel/src/readline/callback.c:102
#6 0xd7bce6 in gdb_rl_callback_handler_install(char const*)
/data/gdb_versions/devel/src/gdb/event-top.c:319
#7 0xd7c0c6 in display_gdb_prompt(char const*)
/data/gdb_versions/devel/src/gdb/event-top.c:409
#8 0xd7d6c1 in command_line_handler(std::unique_ptr<char,
gdb::xfree_deleter<char> >&&)
/data/gdb_versions/devel/src/gdb/event-top.c:776
#9 0xd7b92a in gdb_rl_callback_handler
/data/gdb_versions/devel/src/gdb/event-top.c:217
#10 0x15ff479 in rl_callback_read_char
/data/gdb_versions/devel/src/readline/callback.c:220
#11 0xd7b4d5 in gdb_rl_callback_read_char_wrapper_noexcept
/data/gdb_versions/devel/src/gdb/event-top.c:175
#12 0xd7b6b5 in gdb_rl_callback_read_char_wrapper
/data/gdb_versions/devel/src/gdb/event-top.c:192
#13 0xd7c8aa in stdin_event_handler(int, void*)
/data/gdb_versions/devel/src/gdb/event-top.c:514
#14 0xd76ca7 in handle_file_event
/data/gdb_versions/devel/src/gdb/event-loop.c:731
#15 0xd7751f in gdb_wait_for_event
/data/gdb_versions/devel/src/gdb/event-loop.c:857
#16 0xd7547e in gdb_do_one_event()
/data/gdb_versions/devel/src/gdb/event-loop.c:321
#17 0xd75526 in start_event_loop()
/data/gdb_versions/devel/src/gdb/event-loop.c:370
#18 0x101b04c in captured_command_loop
/data/gdb_versions/devel/src/gdb/main.c:331
#19 0x101de73 in captured_main
/data/gdb_versions/devel/src/gdb/main.c:1173
#20 0x101df03 in gdb_main(captured_main_args*)
/data/gdb_versions/devel/src/gdb/main.c:1188
#21 0x872dba in main /data/gdb_versions/devel/src/gdb/gdb.c:32
#22 0x7fcd00f2ff49 in __libc_start_main (/lib64/libc.so.6+0x20f49)
#23 0x872bc9 in _start (/data/gdb_versions/devel/build/gdb/gdb+0x872bc9)
0x619000054a80 is located 0 bytes to the right of 1024-byte region
[0x619000054680,0x619000054a80)
allocated by thread T0 here:
#0 0x7fcd03099510 in malloc (/usr/lib64/libasan.so.4+0xdc510)
#1 0xae0078 in xmalloc
/data/gdb_versions/devel/src/gdb/common/common-utils.c:44
#2 0x15eaccb in init_line_structures
/data/gdb_versions/devel/src/readline/display.c:458
#3 0x15eb4d8 in rl_redisplay
/data/gdb_versions/devel/src/readline/display.c:526
#4 0x15bf932 in readline_internal_setup
/data/gdb_versions/devel/src/readline/readline.c:394
#5 0x15fe723 in _rl_callback_newline
/data/gdb_versions/devel/src/readline/callback.c:89
#6 0x15fe7ef in rl_callback_handler_install
/data/gdb_versions/devel/src/readline/callback.c:102
#7 0xd7bce6 in gdb_rl_callback_handler_install(char const*)
/data/gdb_versions/devel/src/gdb/event-top.c:319
#8 0xd7c0c6 in display_gdb_prompt(char const*)
/data/gdb_versions/devel/src/gdb/event-top.c:409
#9 0xaa041b in cli_interp_base::pre_command_loop()
/data/gdb_versions/devel/src/gdb/cli/cli-interp.c:286
#10 0xf5342a in interp_pre_command_loop(interp*)
/data/gdb_versions/devel/src/gdb/interps.c:320
#11 0x101b047 in captured_command_loop
/data/gdb_versions/devel/src/gdb/main.c:328
#12 0x101de73 in captured_main
/data/gdb_versions/devel/src/gdb/main.c:1173
#13 0x101df03 in gdb_main(captured_main_args*)
/data/gdb_versions/devel/src/gdb/main.c:1188
#14 0x872dba in main /data/gdb_versions/devel/src/gdb/gdb.c:32
#15 0x7fcd00f2ff49 in __libc_start_main (/lib64/libc.so.6+0x20f49)
SUMMARY: AddressSanitizer: heap-buffer-overflow
(/usr/lib64/libasan.so.4+0xae4c8)
Shadow bytes around the buggy address:
0x0c3280002900: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x0c3280002910: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x0c3280002920: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x0c3280002930: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x0c3280002940: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
=>0x0c3280002950:[fa]fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa
0x0c3280002960: fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa
0x0c3280002970: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x0c3280002980: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x0c3280002990: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x0c32800029a0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Shadow byte legend (one shadow byte represents 8 application bytes):
Addressable: 00
Partially addressable: 01 02 03 04 05 06 07
Heap left redzone: fa
Freed heap region: fd
Stack left redzone: f1
Stack mid redzone: f2
Stack right redzone: f3
Stack after return: f5
Stack use after scope: f8
Global redzone: f9
Global init order: f6
Poisoned by user: f7
Container overflow: fc
Array cookie: ac
Intra object redzone: bb
ASan internal: fe
Left alloca redzone: ca
Right alloca redzone: cb
==22340==ABORTING
...
I've written an assert in rl_redisplay that formulates the error condition:
...
@@ -1387,6 +1389,10 @@ rl_redisplay (void)
cpos_adjusted = 0;
+ assert (last_lmargin + (_rl_screenwidth + visible_wrap_offset)
+ <= line_size);
+ assert (lmargin + (_rl_screenwidth + (lmargin ? 0 : wrap_offset))
+ <= line_size);
update_line (&visible_line[last_lmargin],
&invisible_line[lmargin],
0,
_rl_screenwidth + visible_wrap_offset,
_rl_screenwidth + (lmargin ? 0 : wrap_offset),
0);
...
which triggers without needing the address sanitizer (or even an executable),
like this:
...
$ TERM=dumb gdb -q -ex "set width 0"
gdb: src/display.c:1393: rl_redisplay: Assertion
`last_lmargin + (_rl_screenwidth + visible_wrap_offset) <= line_size'
failed.
Aborted (core dumped)
...
The basic problem is this: visible_line and invisible_line have length
line_size, but the update_line call assumes that line_size is at least
_rl_screenwidth + 1. Executing "set width 0" sets _rl_screenwidth to 32766 but
doesn't affect line_size, which is initialized to 1024.
Fix this by ensuring in init_line_structures and rl_redisplay that line_size
is at least _rl_screenwidth + 1.
Tested on x86_64-linux.
Reviewed by readline maintainer (
https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2019-05/msg00566.html ).
readline/ChangeLog.gdb:
2019-07-12 Tom de Vries <tdevries@suse.de>
Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu>
PR cli/24514
* readline/display.c (init_line_structures, rl_redisplay): Ensure
line_size is at least _rl_screenwidth + 1.
Add command completion for info variables, functions, args, and
locals. This completer only completes the command line options as
these commands all take a regexp which GDB can't really offer
completions for.
gdb/ChangeLog:
* cli/cli-utils.c (info_print_command_completer): New function.
* cli/cli-utils.h: Add 'completer.h' include, and forward
declaration for 'struct cmd_list_element'.
(info_print_command_completer): Declare.
* stack.c (_initialize_stack): Add completer for 'info locals' and
'info args'.
* symtab.c (_initialize_symtab): Add completer for 'info
variables' and 'info functions'.
* NEWS: Mention completion for additional info commands.
Update the 'info variables', 'info functions', 'info locals', and
'info args' commands to make use of the gdb::options framework.
There should be no user visible changes after this commit as I have
left the help text generation using the existing mechanism, which
already tries to customise the text for each of the commands.
gdb/ChangeLog:
* cli/cli-utils.c (extract_info_print_args): Delete.
(extract_arg_maybe_quoted): Delete.
(info_print_options_defs): New variable.
(make_info_print_options_def_group): New function.
(extract_info_print_options): Define new function.
* cli/cli-utils.h (extract_info_print_args): Delete.
(struct info_print_options): New structure.
(extract_info_print_options): Declare new function.
* stack.c (info_locals_command): Update to use new
extract_info_print_options, also add a header comment.
(info_args_command): Likewise.
* symtab.c (info_variables_command): Likewise.
(info_functions_command): Likewise.
Currently string options must be a single string with no whitespace,
this limitation prevents the gdb::option framework being used in some
places.
After this commit, string options can be quoted in single or double
quotes, and quote characters can be escaped with a backslash if needed
to either place them within quotes, or to avoid starting a quoted
argument.
This test adds a new function extract_string_maybe_quoted which is
basically a copy of extract_arg_maybe_quoted from cli/cli-utils.c,
however, the cli-utils.c function will be deleted in the next commit.
There are tests to exercise the new quoting mechanism.
gdb/ChangeLog:
* cli/cli-option.c (parse_option): Use extract_string_maybe_quoted
to extract string arguments.
* common/common-utils.c (extract_string_maybe_quoted): New function.
* common/common-utils.h (extract_string_maybe_quoted): Declare.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
* gdb.base/options.exp (expect_string): Dequote strings in
results.
(test-string): Test strings with different quoting and reindent.
I noticed that init_cli_cmds only installs a command, and so doesn't
need to be handled specially. This patch merges it into
_initialize_cli_cmds.
The help text is constructed dynamically, which is sometimes an
indication that special treatment is needed; but in this case it is
just to insert the value of "gdbinit", which is created at
compile-time and not modified; so this doesn't affect the result.
This version also removes the "gdbinit" global. There's no need for
it, as GDBINIT can be used instead. Note, though, that the help text
in question must still be dynamically constructed, in order to be
i18n-friendly.
gdb/ChangeLog
2019-07-11 Tom Tromey <tromey@adacore.com>
* main.c (get_init_files): Use GDBINIT, not gdbinit.
* auto-load.c (file_is_auto_load_safe): Use GDBINIT, not gdbinit.
* top.h (gdbinit): Don't declare.
* cli/cli-cmds.c (init_cli_cmds): Remove, merging contents
into...
(_initialize_cli_cmds): ...here. Use GDBINIT, not gdbinit.
* top.c (gdb_init): Don't call init_cli_cmds.
(gdbinit): Remove.
* cli/cli-cmds.h (init_cli_cmds): Don't declare.
commit 05b08ac160 ("Reduce manual reference counting in
py-inferior.c") introduced a use-after-move bug in add_thread_object,
causing a test suite failure. This patch fixes the bug.
Tested on x86-64 Fedora 29.
gdb/ChangeLog
2019-07-11 Tom Tromey <tromey@adacore.com>
* python/py-inferior.c (add_thread_object): Don't use thread_obj
after it has been moved.
... and move comment to header file.
gdb/ChangeLog:
* valops.c (value_must_coerce_to_target): Change return type to
bool.
* value.h (value_must_coerce_to_target): Likewise.
This includes changing the FILTER parameters of two functions
accordingly. I also tried to normalize the function comments to our
current standards.
gdb/ChangeLog:
* breakpoint.c (is_hardware_watchpoint): Remove
forward-declaration.
(is_masked_watchpoint): Change return type to bool.
(is_tracepoint): Likewise.
(is_breakpoint): Likewise.
(is_hardware_watchpoint): Likewise.
(is_watchpoint): Likewise.
(is_no_memory_software_watchpoint): Likewise.
(is_catchpoint): Likewise.
(breakpoint_1): Make FILTER parameter's return type bool.
is_masked_watchpoint): Change return type to bool.
(save_breakpoints): Make FILTER parameter's return type bool.
* breakpoint.h (is_breakpoint): Change return type to bool.
(is_watchpoint): Likewise.
(is_catchpoint): Likewise.
(is_tracepoint): Likewise.
I touched symtab.h and was surprised to see how many files were
rebuilt. I looked into it a bit, and found that defs.h includes
gdbarch.h, which in turn includes many things.
gdbarch.h is only needed by a minority ofthe files in gdb, so this
patch removes the include from defs.h and updates the fallout.
I did "wc -l" on the files in build/gdb/.deps; this patch reduces the
line count from 139935 to 137030; so there are definitely future
build-time savings here.
Note that while I configured with --enable-targets=all, it's possible
that some *-nat.c file needs an update. I could not test all of
these. The buildbot caught a few problems along these lines.
gdb/ChangeLog
2019-07-10 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
* defs.h: Don't include gdbarch.h.
* aarch64-ravenscar-thread.c, aarch64-tdep.c, alpha-bsd-tdep.h,
alpha-linux-tdep.c, alpha-mdebug-tdep.c, arch-utils.h, arm-tdep.h,
ax-general.c, btrace.c, buildsym-legacy.c, buildsym.h, c-lang.c,
cli/cli-decode.h, cli/cli-dump.c, cli/cli-script.h,
cli/cli-style.h, coff-pe-read.h, compile/compile-c-support.c,
compile/compile-cplus.h, compile/compile-loc2c.c, corefile.c,
cp-valprint.c, cris-linux-tdep.c, ctf.c, d-lang.c, d-namespace.c,
dcache.c, dicos-tdep.c, dictionary.c, disasm-selftests.c,
dummy-frame.c, dummy-frame.h, dwarf2-frame-tailcall.c,
dwarf2expr.c, expression.h, f-lang.c, frame-base.c,
frame-unwind.c, frv-linux-tdep.c, gdbarch-selftests.c, gdbtypes.h,
go-lang.c, hppa-nbsd-tdep.c, hppa-obsd-tdep.c, i386-dicos-tdep.c,
i386-tdep.h, ia64-vms-tdep.c, interps.h, language.c,
linux-record.c, location.h, m2-lang.c, m32r-linux-tdep.c,
mem-break.c, memattr.c, mn10300-linux-tdep.c, nios2-linux-tdep.c,
objfiles.h, opencl-lang.c, or1k-linux-tdep.c, p-lang.c,
parser-defs.h, ppc-tdep.h, probe.h, python/py-record-btrace.c,
record-btrace.c, record.h, regcache-dump.c, regcache.h,
riscv-fbsd-tdep.c, riscv-linux-tdep.c, rust-exp.y,
sh-linux-tdep.c, sh-nbsd-tdep.c, source-cache.c,
sparc-nbsd-tdep.c, sparc-obsd-tdep.c, sparc-ravenscar-thread.c,
sparc64-fbsd-tdep.c, std-regs.c, target-descriptions.h,
target-float.c, tic6x-linux-tdep.c, tilegx-linux-tdep.c, top.c,
tracefile.c, trad-frame.c, type-stack.h, ui-style.c, utils.c,
utils.h, valarith.c, valprint.c, varobj.c, x86-tdep.c,
xml-support.h, xtensa-linux-tdep.c, cli/cli-cmds.h: Update.
* s390-linux-nat.c, procfs.c, inf-ptrace.c: Likewise.
This changes arm-tdep.c to use the type-safe registry, removing a use
of VEC in the process.
2019-07-10 Tom Tromey <tromey@adacore.com>
* arm-tdep.c (arm_exidx_entry_s): Remove typedef. Don't define
VEC.
(struct arm_exidx_entry): New method operator<.
(struct arm_exidx_data) <section_maps>: Change type.
(arm_exidx_data_free): Remove.
(arm_exidx_data_key): Change type. Move lower.
(arm_exidx_new_objfile): Update.
(arm_compare_exidx_entries): Remove.
(arm_find_exidx_entry, _initialize_arm_tdep)
This changes solib-spu.c to use the type-safe registry.
2019-07-10 Tom Tromey <tromey@adacore.com>
* solib-spu.c (ocl_program_data_key): Change type.
(append_ocl_sos, ocl_enable_break, _initialize_spu_solib):
Update.
This changes solib-aix.c to use the type-safe registry, and removes a
use of VEC in the process.
gdb/ChangeLog
2019-07-10 Tom Tromey <tromey@adacore.com>
* solib-aix.c (lm_info_aix_p): Remove typedef. Don't define VEC.
(struct solib_aix_inferior_data) <library_list>: Change type.
(solib_aix_inferior_data_handle): Change type.
(get_solib_aix_inferior_data): Update.
(solib_aix_free_library_list): Remove.
(library_list_start_library): Update.
(solib_aix_parse_libraries, solib_aix_get_library_list): Change
return type.
(solib_aix_get_library_list)
(solib_aix_solib_create_inferior_hook, solib_aix_current_sos)
(solib_aix_normal_stop_observer, _initialize_solib_aix): Update.
This changes spu-tdep.c to use the type-safe registry.
2019-07-10 Tom Tromey <tromey@adacore.com>
* spu-tdep.c (spu_overlay_data): Change type.
(spu_get_overlay_table, spu_overlay_new_objfile)
(_initialize_spu_tdep): Update.
This changes dbxread.c to use the type-safe registry. In a couple of
spots, you'll see that dbx_objfile_data_key.emplace is called but the
result is not used; this is because those functions refer to the key
via the various DBX_* macros.
2019-07-10 Tom Tromey <tromey@adacore.com>
* gdb-stabs.h (struct dbx_symfile_info): Add initializers and
destructor.
(dbx_objfile_data_key): Change type and declare later.
(DBX_SYMFILE_INFO): Rewrite.
* dbxread.c (dbx_objfile_data_key): Change type.
(dbx_symfile_init): Update.
(~dbx_symfile_info): Rename from dbx_free_symfile_info. Update.
(coffstab_build_psymtabs, elfstab_build_psymtabs)
(stabsect_build_psymtabs, _initialize_dbxread): Update.
This changes jit.c to use the type-safe registry. Only one of the
registry keys in jit.c is converted; the other is trickier and so I've
left it be for now.
gdb/ChangeLog
2019-07-10 Tom Tromey <tromey@adacore.com>
* jit.c (jit_program_space_key): Change type. Move lower.
(get_jit_program_space_data): Update.
(jit_program_space_data_cleanup): Remove.
(jit_breakpoint_deleted, free_objfile_data, _initialize_jit):
Update.
(struct jit_program_space_data): Add initializers.
This patch changes py-inferior.c to use gdbpy_ref<> when possible,
reducing the amount of manual reference counting.
Tested on x86-64 Fedora 29.
gdb/ChangeLog
2019-07-10 Tom Tromey <tromey@adacore.com>
* python/python-internal.h (create_thread_object): Return
gdbpy_ref.
* python/py-infthread.c (create_thread_object): Return gdbpy_ref.
* python/py-inferior.c (struct threadlist_entry): Add
constructor.
<thread_obj>: Now a gdbpy_ref.
(thread_to_thread_object): Update.
(add_thread_object): Use new.
(delete_thread_object): Use delete.
(infpy_threads): Update.
(py_free_inferior): Update. Construct "inf_obj" after acquiring
GIL.
In Ada, the term for a cast is "type conversion". AdaCore has been
carrying a local patch to specialize the error message in value_cast,
but it seemed fine to me for this to be part of gdb. This also
removes a dead "return" statement.
gdb/ChangeLog
2019-07-10 Tom Tromey <tromey@adacore.com>
* valops.c (value_cast): Specialize error message for Ada.
Older gcc warns, arguably incorrectly, about name collisions between
global functions and function-local variable names. Consesus has been
to rename local variables whenever this is spotted, hence committed as
obvious. Note the pre-existing variable named idx; "index_operand"
seemed logical given the context.
* arm-dis.c (print_insn_coprocessor): Rename index to
index_operand.
I noticed the documentation of breakpoint_1 way way out of date, so this
is an attempt to update it. I have changed the parameter names to
something that seems clearer to me.
gdb/ChangeLog:
* breakpoint.c (breakpoint_1): Update doc and parameter names.
Add Arm to the list of feature target description targets and generate the
relevant C files.
Add arm-m-profile-with-fpa.xml as the feature version of the exisiting
arm-with-m-fpa-layout.xml.
Add extra comments to the Makefile for readability.
New files are not yet used.
gdb/ChangeLog:
* features/Makefile: Use feature target descriptions for Arm.
* features/arm/arm-core.c: Generate new file.
* features/arm/arm-fpa.c: Likewise.
* features/arm/arm-m-profile-with-fpa.xml: Likewise.
* features/arm/arm-m-profile.c: Likewise.
* features/arm/arm-vfpv2.c: Likewise.
* features/arm/arm-vfpv3.c: Likewise.
* features/arm/xscale-iwmmxt.c: Likewise.
* target-descriptions.c (maint_print_c_tdesc_cmd): Add Arm.
define.exp will fail on a GDB which has set a custom prompt to identify
itself. This is because the test resets the prompt to a hard coded
"(gdb)" but then verifies the success of this against the value in
$gdb_prompt, which is set to the custom prompt.
The original approach to fix this involved resetting the prompt to
$gdb_prompt rather than a hard coded "(gdb)". However it was noted during
review that $gdb_prompt is a regular expression rather than a string.
This is problematic because in general the prompt would be reset to a
regular expression rather than an instance of a string accepted by said
regular expression.
The fix used in this commit avoids the above issue by capturing the
literal prompt from running "show prompt" and uses this literal to
restore the previous prompt.
Regression tested with GCC 7.3.0 on x86_64, ppc64le, aarch64.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
2019-07-10 Richard Bunt <richard.bunt@arm.com>
Stephen Roberts <stephen.roberts@arm.com>
* gdb.base/define.exp: Restore original prompt.
This commit makes "maint info breakpoints" show the internal locations
of C++ exception catchpoints:
(gdb) info breakpoints
Num Type Disp Enb Address What
2 catchpoint keep y exception catch
With multiple locations:
(gdb) maint info breakpoints
Num Type Disp Enb Address What
2 catchpoint keep y exception catch
2.1 y 0x000000000040545f <__cxa_begin_catch+95> inf 1
2.2 y 0x00007ffff71dbe0f <__cxxabiv1::__cxa_begin_catch(void*)+95> inf 1
(gdb)
With a single location:
(gdb) maint info breakpoints 2
Num Type Disp Enb Address What
2 catchpoint keep y exception catch inf 1
2.1 y 0x00007ffff7bc0b7f <__cxa_begin_catch+95> inf 1
With no locations:
(gdb) maint info breakpoints 2
Num Type Disp Enb Address What
2 catchpoint keep y exception catch inf 1
Other catchpoints still show the same way, here a catch signal:
(gdb) info breakpoints
Num Type Disp Enb Address What
3 catchpoint keep y signal "<standard signals>"
(gdb) maint info breakpoints
Num Type Disp Enb Address What
3 catchpoint keep y signal "<standard signals>" inf 1
(gdb)
Note: I considered making the locations be printed from within
breakpoint_ops::print_one(), but gave up given the handling for the
broken MI v2 output:
/* The mi2 broken format: the main breakpoint tuple ends here, the locations
are outside. */
if (!use_fixed_output)
bkpt_tuple_emitter.reset ();
in print_one_breakpoint.
gdb/ChangeLog:
2019-07-09 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
* break-catch-throw.c (is_exception_catchpoint): New.
* breakpoint.c (print_one_breakpoint_location): New parameter
'raw_loc'. Handle it. Use
is_watchpoint/is_catchpoint/is_exception_catchpoint instead of
looking at the breakpoint's type.
(print_one_breakpoint): If handling "maint info breakpoints", also
print locations of exception catchpoints.
* breakpoint.h (is_exception_catchpoint): Declare.
Currently, with:
(gdb) catch catch
Catchpoint 1 (catch)
(gdb) catch throw
Catchpoint 2 (throw)
(gdb) catch rethrow
Catchpoint 3 (rethrow)
You get:
(gdb) info breakpoints
Num Type Disp Enb Address What
1 breakpoint keep y 0x0000000000b122af exception catch
2 breakpoint keep y 0x0000000000b1288d exception throw
3 breakpoint keep y 0x0000000000b12931 exception rethrow
I think it doesn't make much sense usability-wise, to show a
catchpoint as a breakpoint. The fact that GDB sets a breakpoint at
some magic address in the C++ run time is an implementation detail,
IMO. And as seen in the previous patch, such a catchpoint can end up
with more than one location/address even, so showing a single address
isn't entirely accurate.
This commit hides the addresses from view, and makes GDB show
"catchpoint" for type as well:
(gdb) info breakpoints
Num Type Disp Enb Address What
1 catchpoint keep y exception catch
2 catchpoint keep y exception throw
3 catchpoint keep y exception rethrow
This comment in the code seems telling:
/* We need to reset 'type' in order for code in breakpoint.c to do
the right thing. */
cp->type = bp_breakpoint;
It kind of suggests that the reason catchpoints end up shown as
breakpoints was that it was easier to implement them that way, rather
than a desired property.
This commit fixes things up to make it possible to have bp_catch
breakpoints have software/hardware breakpoint locations, thus
eliminating the need for that hack:
- redo breakpoint_address_is_meaningful in terms of the location's
type rather than breakpoint type.
- teach bpstat_what about stepping over the catchpoint locations.
- install a allocate_location method for "catch catch/throw/rethrow",
one that forces the location type.
Note that this also reverts the gdb hunk from:
commit 2a8be20359
Commit: Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
CommitDate: Sat Oct 6 22:17:45 2018 -0600
Fix Python gdb.Breakpoint.location crash
because now "catch throw" catchpoints hit the
if (obj->bp->type != bp_breakpoint)
Py_RETURN_NONE;
check above, and, adjusts the testcase to no longer expect to see the
catchpoint in the gdb.breakpoints() list.
(Note: might make sense to do the same to Ada exception catchpoints.)
gdb/ChangeLog:
2019-07-09 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
* break-catch-throw.c (print_one_exception_catchpoint): Skip the
"addr" field.
(allocate_location_exception_catchpoint): New.
(handle_gnu_v3_exceptions): Don't reset 'type' to bp_breakpoint.
(initialize_throw_catchpoint_ops): Install
allocate_location_exception_catchpoint as allocate_location
method.
* breakpoint.c (bpstat_what) <bp_catch>: Set action to
BPSTAT_WHAT_SINGLE if not stopping and the location's type is not
bp_loc_other.
(breakpoint_address_is_meaningful): Delete.
(bl_address_is_meaningful): New.
(breakpoint_locations_match): Adjust comment.
(bp_location_from_bp_type): New, factored out of...
(bp_location::bp_location(breakpoint *)): ... this.
(bp_location::bp_location(breakpoint *, bp_loc_type)): New,
factored out of...
(bp_location::bp_location(breakpoint *)): ... this. Reimplement.
(bp_loc_is_permanent): Use bl_address_is_meaningful instead of
breakpoint_address_is_meaningful.
(bp_locations_compare): Adjust comment.
(update_global_location_list): Use bl_address_is_meaningful
instead of breakpoint_address_is_meaningful.
* breakpoint.h (bp_location::bp_location(breakpoint *)): New
explicit.
(bp_location::bp_location(breakpoint *, bp_loc_type)): Declare.
* python/py-breakpoint.c (bppy_get_location): No longer check
whether location is null.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
2019-07-09 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
* gdb.texinfo (C++ Exception GDB/MI Catchpoint Commands): Adjust
examples to show type=catchpoint instead of type=breakpoint and an
address.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
2019-07-09 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
* gdb.cp/catch-multi-stdlib.exp: Adjust expected "info
breakpoints" output.
* gdb.cp/exception.exp: Adjust expected "info breakpoints" output.
* gdb.python/py-breakpoint.exp: No longer expect that "catch
throw" creates breakpoint.
* gdb.mi/mi-catch-cpp-exceptions.exp (setup_catchpoint): Expect
'type="catchpoint"'.
If you debug current GDB, set a "catch catch/throw/rethrow"
catchpoint, and then do "info breakpoints", the top GDB hits an
internal error:
(top-gdb) catch catch
Catchpoint 1 (catch)
(top-gdb) info breakpoints
Num Type Disp Enb Address What
1 breakpoint keep y src/gdb/breakpoint.c:6040: internal-error: void print_one_breakpoint_location(breakpoint*, bp_location*, int, bp_location**, int): Assertion `b->loc == NULL || b->loc->next == NULL' failed.
A problem internal to GDB has been detected,
further debugging may prove unreliable.
Quit this debugging session? (y or n)
The assertion in question is asserting that a breakpoint with a
print_one method only has one location, and it fails because this
catchpoint ends up with two locations.
Internally, "catch catch" sets a breakpoint at __cxa_begin_catch. If
we do that manually, we see the locations:
(top-gdb) b -qualified __cxa_begin_catch
Breakpoint 2 at 0xb122b0 (2 locations)
(top-gdb) info breakpoints
Num Type Disp Enb Address What
2 breakpoint keep y <MULTIPLE>
2.1 y 0x0000000000b122b0 <__cxa_begin_catch>
2.2 y 0x00007ffff2f4ddb0 in __cxxabiv1::__cxa_begin_catch(void*) at ../../../../libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/eh_catch.cc:41
Note that I had used -qualified. It seems strange that we get a
location for a namespaced symbol, but that happens because the minimal
symbol for that address is indeed called __cxa_begin_catch.
The real issue is that gdb is linked with
-static-libgcc/-static-libstdc++. And then, it _also_ ends up with
shared libstc++ loaded:
(top-gdb) info sharedlibrary stdc++
From To Syms Read Shared Object Library
0x00007ffff2f4b380 0x00007ffff2ffc018 Yes /lib64/libstdc++.so.6
Location 2.2 is set within libstdc++.so.6's range:
(top-gdb) p 0x00007ffff2f4b380 <= 0x00007ffff2f4ddb0 && 0x00007ffff2f4ddb0 < 0x00007ffff2ffc018
$1 = true
So due to -static-lib*, we end up with _two_ copies of the
__cxa_begin_catch code:
(top-gdb) disassemble 0x0000000000b122b0
Dump of assembler code for function __cxa_begin_catch:
0x0000000000b122b0 <+0>: push %rbx
0x0000000000b122b1 <+1>: mov %rdi,%rbx
0x0000000000b122b4 <+4>: callq 0xb11a80 <__cxa_get_globals>
0x0000000000b122b9 <+9>: movabs $0xb8b1aabcbcd4d500,%rdx
...
(top-gdb) disassemble 0x00007ffff2f4ddb0
Dump of assembler code for function __cxxabiv1::__cxa_begin_catch(void*):
0x00007ffff2f4ddb0 <+0>: push %rbx
0x00007ffff2f4ddb1 <+1>: mov %rdi,%rbx
0x00007ffff2f4ddb4 <+4>: callq 0x7ffff2f4a090 <__cxa_get_globals@plt>
0x00007ffff2f4ddb9 <+9>: movabs $0xb8b1aabcbcd4d500,%rdx
...
I think we end up with libstdc++.so.6 loaded because
libsource-highlight.so depends on it.
Irrespective of whether it's a good idea to use
-static-libgcc/-static-libstdc++, GDB should not crash. Since there
are two copies of the code, it seems right to have more than one
location. So the fix is just to remove the assertion.
A testcase is included, which mimics the scenerio described above,
with binary linked with -static-lib{stdc++,gcc} and a shared library
that is linked normally, along with other combinations for good
measure.
gdb/ChangeLog:
2019-07-09 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
PR c++/15468
* breakpoint.c (print_one_breakpoint_location): Remove
single-location assert.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
2019-07-09 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
PR c++/15468
* gdb.cp/except-multi-location-lib.cc: New.
* gdb.cp/except-multi-location-main.cc: New.
* gdb.cp/except-multi-location.exp: New.
wchar_t type must be known to create wide strings.
As this type is predefined when current GDB language is C++,
switch to c++ for the wide strings tests.
Problem analysis and fix by Sergio.
It was observed that in some cases, placing a breakpoint in an
assembler file using filename:line-number syntax would result in the
breakpoint being placed at a different line within the file.
For example, consider this x86-64 assembler:
test:
push %rbp /* Break here. */
mov %rsp, %rbp
nop /* Stops here. */
The user places the breakpoint using file:line notation targeting the
line marked 'Break here', GDB actually stops at the line marked 'Stops
here'.
The reason is that the label 'test' is identified as the likely start
of a function, and the call to symtab.c:skip_prologue_sal causes GDB
to skip forward over the instructions that GDB believes to be part of
the prologue.
I believe however, that when debugging assembler code, where the user
has instruction-by-instruction visibility, if they ask for a specific
line, GDB should (as far as possible) stop on that line, and not
perform any prologue skipping. I don't believe that the behaviour of
higher level languages should change, in these cases skipping the
prologue seems like the correct thing to do.
In order to implement this change I needed to extend our current
tracking of when the user has requested an explicit line number. We
already tracked this in some cases, but not in others (see the changes
in linespec.c). However, once I did this I started to see some
additional failures (in tests gdb.base/break-include.exp
gdb.base/ending-run.exp gdb.mi/mi-break.exp gdb.mi/mi-reverse.exp
gdb.mi/mi-simplerun.exp) where we currently expected a breakpoint
placed at one file and line number to be updated to reference a
different line number, this was fixed by removing some code in
symtab.c:skip_prologue_sal. My concern here is that removing this
check didn't cause anything else to fail.
I have a new test that covers my original case, this is written for
x86-64 as most folk have access to such a target, however, any
architecture that has a prologue scanner can be impacted by this
change.
gdb/ChangeLog:
* linespec.c (decode_digits_list_mode): Set explicit_line to a
bool value.
(decode_digits_ordinary): Set explicit_line field in sal.
* symtab.c (skip_prologue_sal): Don't skip prologue for a
symtab_and_line that was set on an explicit line number in
assembler code. Do always update the recorded symtab and line if
we do skip the prologue.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
* gdb.arch/amd64-break-on-asm-line.S: New file.
* gdb.arch/amd64-break-on-asm-line.exp: New file.
The explicit_loc parameter in set_breakpoint_location_function is not
useful. This parameter is set from two possible fields of the
symtab_and_line used to create the breakpoint; the explicit_pc field,
and the explicit_line field.
First, the explicit_line field, this is not currently set for any
breakpoint command, so will never be true.
Next, the explicit_pc field. This can be true but will never be true
at the same time that the sal->msymbol field is also true - the
sal->msymbol is only ever set in linespec.c:minsym_found, which
doesn't allow for explicitly setting the pc.
The result of this is that if we are setting a breakpoint on an
msymbol that could turn out to be an ifunc, then we will not also have
either an explicit_pc or an explicit_line, this check can therefore be
removed.
There should be no user visible changes after this commit.
gdb/ChangeLog:
* breakpoint.c (set_breakpoint_location_function): Remove
explicit_loc parameter.
(momentary_breakpoint_from_master): Update call to
set_breakpoint_location_function.
(add_location_to_breakpoint): Likewise.
When we initialise a gdbarch object we perform a check to try and
detect if the user is doing something silly; trying to run an RV64
binary on an RV32 target. To perform this check we compare the xlen
from the target description with the xlen specified in the headers on
the ELF being debugged.
If there is no ELF being debugged then we (currently) try to use the
bfd_arch_info from the gdbarch_info object, which will have been set
to the default architecture if no bfd is currently being debugged.
For RISC-V the default architecture is RV64.
What this means is that if a user tries to connect to an RV32 target
without specifying the BFD to debug then GDB will assume RV64. The
sanity check mentioned above will failed (xlen difference) and GDB
will throw an error. The error causes GDB to disconnect from the
remote target.
After this commit GDB no longer relies on the default bfd
architecture. If the user tries to connect without specifying the bfd
then GDB will simply make use of the xlen extracted from the target
description in order to find or create a suitable gdbarch object.
gdb/ChangeLog:
* riscv-tdep.c (riscv_features_from_gdbarch_info): Don't modify
required features based on default bfd type when no specific bfd
is present.
git commit f2d4ba38f5 caused many failures for mips-sgi-irix targets,
and added a new test that failed for aarch64, nds32, and rl78.
The mips failures are due to BSF_OBJECT being set in many cases for
symbols by the mips .global/.globl directive. This patch removes that
code and instead sets BSF_OBJECT in a target frob_symbol function,
also moving the mips hacks in elf_frob_symbol to the new function.
Note that common symbols are handled fine in elf.c:swap_out_syms
without needing to set BSF_OBJECT, so that old code can disappear.
* config/obj-elf.c (elf_frob_symbol): Remove mips hacks.
* config/tc-mips.h (tc_frob_symbol): Define.
(mips_frob_symbol): Declare.
* config/tc-mips.c (s_mips_globl): Don't set BSF_OBJECT for irix.
(mips_frob_symbol): Fudge symbols for irix here.
* testsuite/gas/elf/type-2.e: Allow random target symbols.
Without this patch, GDB printf command calls malloc on the target,
writes the convenience var content to the target,
re-reads the content from the target, and then locally printf the string.
This implies inferior calls, and does not work when there is no running
inferior, or when the inferior is a core dump.
With this patch, printf command can printf string convenience variables
without inferior function calls.
Ada string convenience variables can also be printed.
gdb/ChangeLog
2019-07-08 Philippe Waroquiers <philippe.waroquiers@skynet.be>
* NEWS: Mention that GDB printf and eval commands can now print
C-style and Ada-style convenience var strings without
calling the inferior.
* printcmd.c (printf_c_string): Locally print GDB internal var
instead of transiting via the inferior.
(printf_wide_c_string): Likewise.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
2019-07-08 Philippe Waroquiers <philippe.waroquiers@skynet.be>
* gdb.base/printcmds.exp: Test printing C string and
C wide string convenience vars without transiting via the inferior.
Also make test names unique.
