binutils-gdb/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/reverse-init-functions.exp
Simon Marchi d5a6313e1c gdb: add option to reverse order of _initialize function calls
An earlier patch in this series fixed a dependency problem between two
_initialize functions.  That problem was uncovered by reversing the
order of the initialize function calls.

In short, symtab.c tried to add the alias "maintenance
flush-symbol-cache" for the command "maintenance flush symbol-cache".
Because the "maintenance flush" prefix command was not yet created (it
happens in maint.c, initialized later in this reversed order), the
add_alias_cmd function returned NULL.  That result was passed to
deprecate_cmd, which didn't expected that value, and that caused a
segfault.  This was fixed by changing alias creation functions to take
the target command as a cmd_list_element, instead of by name.

This patch adds a runtime option to reverse the order of the initialize
calls at will.  I chose to use an environment variable for this, over a
parameter (even a "maintenance" one), because:

 - The init functions are called before the early init commands are
   executed, so we could use -iex to turn this mode on early enough.
   This is obvious when you remember that commands / parameters are
   created by initialize funcitions :).

 - This is not something anybody would want to tweak after startup
   anyway.

gdb/ChangeLog:

	* make-init-c: Add option to reverse function calls.

gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:

	* gdb.base/reverse-init-functions.exp: New.

Change-Id: I543e609cf526e7cb145a006a794d0e6851b63f45
2021-05-27 14:00:08 -04:00

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# Test reversing the order of initialize functions calls, during GDB startup.
#
# The intent is to catch possible unintended dependencies between two
# initialize functions, where one depends on the other running before it.
standard_testfile
save_vars { env(GDB_REVERSE_INIT_FUNCTIONS) } {
setenv GDB_REVERSE_INIT_FUNCTIONS 1
clean_restart
}
# Verify that GDB has started and is ready to accept commands.
gdb_test "print 12321" " = 12321"