Some of the tests in gdb.dwarf2 which use Dwarf::assemble refer to
(minimal/linker) symbols created in the course of building a small
test program. Some targets use a prefix such as underscore ("_") on
these symbols. Many of the tests in gdb.dwarf2 do not take this into
account. As a consequence, these tests fail to build, resulting
either in failures or untested testcases.
Here is an example from gdb.dwarf2/dw2-regno-invalid.exp:
Dwarf::assemble $asm_file {
cu {} {
compile_unit {
{low_pc main DW_FORM_addr}
{high_pc main+0x10000 DW_FORM_addr}
} {
...
}
For targets which require an underscore prefix on linker symbols,
the two occurrences of "main" would have to have a prepended underscore,
i.e. _main instead of main.
For the above case, a call to the new proc gdb_target_symbol is used
prepend the correct prefix to the symbol. I.e. the above code is
rewritten (as shown in the patch) as follows:
Dwarf::assemble $asm_file {
cu {} {
compile_unit {
{low_pc [gdb_target_symbol main] DW_FORM_addr}
{high_pc [gdb_target_symbol main]+0x10000 DW_FORM_addr}
} {
...
}
I also found it necessary to make an adjustment to lib/dwarf.exp so that
expressions of more than just one list element can be used in DW_TAG_...
constructs. Both atomic-type.exp and dw2-bad-mips-linkage-name.exp require
this new functionality.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
* lib/gdb.exp (gdb_target_symbol_prefix, gdb_target_symbol):
New procs.
* lib/dwarf.exp (_handle_DW_TAG): Handle attribute values,
representing expressions, of more than one list element.
* gdb.dwarf2/atomic-type.exp (Dwarf::assemble): Use gdb_target_symbol
to prepend linker symbol prefix to f.
* gdb.dwarf2/data-loc.exp (Dwarf::assemble): Likewise, for
table_1 and table_2.
* gdb.dwarf2/dw2-bad-mips-linkage-name.exp (Dwarf::assemble):
Likewise, for f and g.
* gdb.dwarf2/dw2-ifort-parameter.exp (Dwarf::assemble): Likewise,
for ptr.
* gdb.dwarf2/dw2-regno-invalid.exp (Dwarf::assemble): Likewise,
for main.
* gdb.dwarf2/dynarr-ptr.exp (Dwarf::assemble): Likewise, for
table_1_ptr and table_2_ptr.
Consider an array described in the debugging information as being
a typedef of an array type for which there is a DW_AT_data_location
attribute. Trying to print the value of that array currently yields
incorrect element values. For instance:
(gdb) print foo.three_tdef
$1 = (6293760, 0, 6293772)
The problem occurs because we check for the data_location attribute
only on the typedef type, whereas we should be checking for the
typedef's target type. As a result, GDB erroneously thinks that
there is no data_location, and therefore starts reading the array's
content from the address of the descriptor instead of the data_location
address.
gdb/ChangeLog:
* value.c (value_from_contents_and_address): Strip resolved_type's
typedef layers before checking its TYPE_DATA_LOCATION.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
* gdb.dwarf2/data-loc.exp: Add additional tests exercising
the handling of variables declared as a typedef to an array
which a DW_AT_data_location attribute.
The testcase generates an assembly file where a second DW_AT_upper_bound
attribute gets generated in the array range. This was definitely
unintentional, and I only noticed this after pushing the testcase,
when dumping one more time the DWARF data using readelf.
This patch fixes it.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
* gdb.dwarf2/data-loc.exp: Remove second DW_AT_upper bound
attribute in array range.
This testcase allows us to test the proper processing of both
DW_AT_data_location and DW_OP_push_object_address using a hand-crafted
testcase duplicating how we expect the Ada compiler to represent
unbounded arrays.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
* gdb.dwarf2/data-loc.c, gdb.dwarf2/data-loc.exp: New files.
Joel Brobecker
Kevin Buettner