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Andrew Burgess ae45162705 gdb: PR mi/20395: Fix -var-update for registers in frames 1 and up
This patch fixes a problem with using the MI -var-update command
to access the values of registers in frames other than the current
frame.  The patch includes a test that demonstrates the problem:

* run so there are several frames on the stack
* create a fixed varobj for $pc in each frame, #'s 1 and above
* step one instruction, to modify the value of $pc
* call -var-update for each of the previously created varobjs
  to verify that they are not reported as having changed.

Without the patch, the -var-update command reported that $pc for all
frames 1 and above had changed to the value of $pc in frame 0.

A varobj is created as either fixed, the expression is evaluated within
the context of a specific frame, or floating, the expression is
evaluated within the current frame, whatever that may be.

When a varobj is created by -var-create we set two fields of the varobj
to track the context in which the varobj was created, these two fields
are varobj->root->frame and var->root->valid_block.

If a varobj is of type fixed, then, when we subsequently try to
reevaluate the expression associated with the varobj we must determine
if the original frame (and block) is still available, if it is not then
the varobj can no longer be evaluated.

The problem is that for register expressions varobj->root->valid_block
is not set correctly.  This block tracking is done using the global
'innermost_block' which is set in the various parser files (for example
c-exp.y).  However, this is not set for register expressions.

The fix then seems like it should be to just update the innermost block
when parsing register expressions, however, that solution causes several
test regressions.

The problem is that in some cases we rely on the expression parsing
code not updating the innermost block for registers, one example is
when we parse the expression for a 'display' command.  The display
commands treats registers like floating varobjs, but symbols are
treated like fixed varobjs.  So 'display $reg_name' will always show
the value of '$reg_name' even as the user moves from frame to frame,
while 'display my_variable' will only show 'my_variable' while it is
in the current frame and/or block, when the user moves to a new frame
and/or block (even one with a different 'my_variable' in) then the
display of 'my_variable' stops.  For the case of 'display', without
the option to force fixed or floating expressions, the current
behaviour is probably the best choice.  For the varobj system though,
we can choose between floating and fixed, and we should try to make
this work for registers.

There's only one existing test case that needs to be updated, in that
test a fixed varobj is created using a register, the MI output now
include the thread-id in which the varobj should be evaluated, which I
believe is correct behaviour.  I also added a new floating test case
into the same test script, however, right now this also includes the
thread-id in the expected output, which I believe is an existing gdb
bug, which I plan to fix next.

Tested on x86_64 Linux native and native-gdbserver, no regressions.

gdb/ChangeLog:

	PR mi/20395
	* ada-exp.y (write_var_from_sym): Pass extra parameter when
	updating innermost block.
	* parse.c (innermost_block_tracker::update): Take extra type
	parameter, and check types match before updating innermost block.
	(write_dollar_variable): Update innermost block for registers.
	* parser-defs.h (enum innermost_block_tracker_type): New enum.
	(innermost_block_tracker::innermost_block_tracker): Initialise
	m_types member.
	(innermost_block_tracker::reset): Take type parameter.
	(innermost_block_tracker::update): Take type parameter, and pass
	type through as needed.
	(innermost_block_tracker::m_types): New member.
	* varobj.c (varobj_create): Pass type when reseting innermost
	block.

gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:

	* gdb.mi/basics.c: Add new global.
	* gdb.mi/mi-frame-regs.exp: New file.
	* gdb.mi/mi-var-create-rtti.exp: Update expected results, add new
	case.
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