This adds a basic Python API for accessing convenience variables.
With this, convenience variables can be read and set from Python.
Although gdb supports convenience variables whose value changes at
each call, this is not exposed to Python; it could be, but I think
it's just as good to write a convenience function in this situation.
This is PR python/23080.
Tested on x86-64 Fedora 26.
2018-04-22 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
PR python/23080:
* NEWS: Update for new functions.
* python/py-value.c (gdbpy_set_convenience_variable)
(gdbpy_convenience_variable): New functions.
* python/python-internal.h (gdbpy_convenience_variable)
(gdbpy_set_convenience_variable): Declare.
* python/python.c (python_GdbMethods): Add convenience_variable,
set_convenience_variable.
doc/ChangeLog
2018-04-22 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
PR python/23080:
* python.texi (Basic Python): Document gdb.convenience_variable,
gdb.set_convenience_variable.
testsuite/ChangeLog
2018-04-22 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
PR python/23080:
* gdb.python/python.exp: Add convenience variable tests.
[Commit log by Simon Marchi]
I get this error:
CXX linux-nat.o
/home/simark/src/binutils-gdb/gdb/linux-nat.c: In function 'void save_stop_reason(lwp_info*)':
/home/simark/src/binutils-gdb/gdb/linux-nat.c:2718:9: error: duplicated 'if' condition [-Werror=duplicated-cond]
else if (GDB_ARCH_IS_TRAP_HWBKPT (siginfo.si_code))
^~
In file included from /home/simark/src/binutils-gdb/gdb/linux-nat.c:31:0:
/home/simark/src/binutils-gdb/gdb/nat/linux-ptrace.h:173:41: note: previously used here
# define GDB_ARCH_IS_TRAP_BRKPT(X) ((X) == TRAP_BRKPT)
~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/home/simark/src/binutils-gdb/gdb/linux-nat.c:2709:13: note: in expansion of macro 'GDB_ARCH_IS_TRAP_BRKPT'
else if (GDB_ARCH_IS_TRAP_BRKPT (siginfo.si_code))
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
For Alpha, we currently define GDB_ARCH_IS_TRAP_BRKPT and
GDB_ARCH_IS_TRAP_HWBKPT both to ((X) == TRAP_BRKPT), which causes the
two if branches to be duplicated.
Alpha doesn't have hardware breakpoints, so the Linux kernel for Alpha
never sets si_code to TRAP_HWBKPT. We can just remove the special
definitions of these macros for __alpha__ and rely on the default ones.
Since the kernel will never report TRAP_HWBKPT, we will just never enter
the "hardware breakpoint" branch on Alpha (which is fine since it
doesn't have them).
gdb/ChangeLog:
* nat/linux-ptrace.h [__alpha__]
(GDB_ARCH_IS_TRAP_BRKPT, GDB_ARCH_IS_TRAP_HWBKPT): Remove
definitions.
Use the last endianness explicitly selected, either by choosing a binary
file or with the `set endian' command, for future automatic selection.
As observed with the `gdb.base/step-over-no-symbols.exp' test case when
discarding the binary file even while connected to a live target the
endianness automatically selected is reset to the GDB target's default,
even if it does not match the endianness of the target being talked to.
For example with a little-endian MIPS target and the default endianness
being big we get this:
(gdb) file .../gdb/testsuite/outputs/gdb.base/step-over-no-symbols/step-over-no-symbols
Reading symbols from .../gdb/testsuite/outputs/gdb.base/step-over-no-symbols/step-over-no-symbols...done.
(gdb) delete breakpoints
(gdb) info breakpoints
No breakpoints or watchpoints.
(gdb) break main
Breakpoint 1 at 0x400840: file .../gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/start.c, line 34.
[...]
(gdb) continue
Continuing.
Breakpoint 1, main () at .../gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/start.c:34
34 foo();
(gdb) delete breakpoints
Delete all breakpoints? (y or n) y
(gdb) info breakpoints
No breakpoints or watchpoints.
(gdb) file
A program is being debugged already.
Are you sure you want to change the file? (y or n) y
No executable file now.
Discard symbol table from `.../gdb/testsuite/outputs/gdb.base/step-over-no-symbols/step-over-no-symbols'? (y or n) y
No symbol file now.
(gdb) PASS: gdb.base/step-over-no-symbols.exp: displaced=off: purging symbols
p /x $pc
$1 = 0x40084000
(gdb) PASS: gdb.base/step-over-no-symbols.exp: displaced=off: get before PC
break *$pc
Breakpoint 2 at 0x40084000
(gdb) PASS: gdb.base/step-over-no-symbols.exp: displaced=off: break *$pc
set displaced-stepping off
(gdb) PASS: gdb.base/step-over-no-symbols.exp: displaced=off: set displaced-stepping off
stepi
Warning:
Cannot insert breakpoint 2.
Cannot access memory at address 0x40084000
Command aborted.
(gdb) FAIL: gdb.base/step-over-no-symbols.exp: displaced=off: stepi
p /x $pc
$2 = 0x40084000
(gdb) PASS: gdb.base/step-over-no-symbols.exp: displaced=off: get after PC
FAIL: gdb.base/step-over-no-symbols.exp: displaced=off: advanced
Remote debugging from host ...
monitor exit
(gdb) Killing process(es): ...
testcase .../gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/step-over-no-symbols.exp completed in 2 seconds
which shows that with the removal of the executable debugged the
endianness of $pc still at `main' gets swapped and the value in that
register is now incorrectly interpreted as 0x40084000 rather than
0x400840 as shown earlier on with the `break' command. Consequently the
debug session no longer works as expected, until the endianness is
overridden with an explicit `set endian little' command.
This will happen while working with any target hardware whose endianness
does not match the default GDB target's endianness guessed and recorded
for a later use in `initialize_current_architecture'.
Given that within a single run of GDB it is more likely that consecutive
target connections will use the same endianness than that the endianness
will be swapped between connections, it makes sense to preserve the last
endianness explicitly selected as the automatic default. It will make a
session like above, where an executable is removed, work correctly and
will retain the endianness for a further reconnection to the target.
And the new automatic default will still be overridden by subsequently
choosing a binary to debug, or with an explicit `set endian' command.
With the change in place the test case above completes successfully:
(gdb) continue
Continuing.
Breakpoint 1, main () at .../gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/start.c:34
34 foo();
(gdb) delete breakpoints
Delete all breakpoints? (y or n) y
(gdb) info breakpoints
No breakpoints or watchpoints.
(gdb) file
A program is being debugged already.
Are you sure you want to change the file? (y or n) y
No executable file now.
Discard symbol table from `.../gdb/testsuite/outputs/gdb.base/step-over-no-symbols/step-over-no-symbols'? (y or n) y
No symbol file now.
(gdb) PASS: gdb.base/step-over-no-symbols.exp: displaced=off: purging symbols
p /x $pc
warning: GDB can't find the start of the function at 0x400840.
GDB is unable to find the start of the function at 0x400840
and thus can't determine the size of that function's stack frame.
This means that GDB may be unable to access that stack frame, or
the frames below it.
This problem is most likely caused by an invalid program counter or
stack pointer.
However, if you think GDB should simply search farther back
from 0x400840 for code which looks like the beginning of a
function, you can increase the range of the search using the `set
heuristic-fence-post' command.
$1 = 0x400840
(gdb) PASS: gdb.base/step-over-no-symbols.exp: displaced=off: get before PC
break *$pc
Breakpoint 2 at 0x400840
(gdb) PASS: gdb.base/step-over-no-symbols.exp: displaced=off: break *$pc
set displaced-stepping off
(gdb) PASS: gdb.base/step-over-no-symbols.exp: displaced=off: set displaced-stepping off
stepi
warning: GDB can't find the start of the function at 0x4007f8.
0x004007f8 in ?? ()
(gdb) PASS: gdb.base/step-over-no-symbols.exp: displaced=off: stepi
p /x $pc
$2 = 0x4007f8
(gdb) PASS: gdb.base/step-over-no-symbols.exp: displaced=off: get after PC
PASS: gdb.base/step-over-no-symbols.exp: displaced=off: advanced
Remote debugging from host ...
monitor exit
(gdb) Killing process(es): ...
testcase .../gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/step-over-no-symbols.exp completed in 2 seconds
gdb/
* arch-utils.c (gdbarch_info_fill): Set `default_byte_order' to
the endianness selected.
* NEWS: Document `set endian auto' mode operation update.
gdb/doc/
* gdb.texinfo (Choosing Target Byte Order): Document endianness
selection details with the `set endian auto' mode.
gdb/testsuite
* gdb.base/endian.exp: New test.
* gdb.base/endian.c: New test source.
Returns 0 for systems without SVE support.
Note the defines taken from Linux kernel headers
in aarch64-sve-linux-ptrace.h.
gdb/
* Makefile.in: Add new header.
* gdb/arch/aarch64.h (sve_vg_from_vl): New macro.
(sve_vl_from_vg): Likewise.
(sve_vq_from_vl): Likewise.
(sve_vl_from_vq): Likewise.
(sve_vq_from_vg): Likewise.
(sve_vg_from_vq): Likewise.
* configure.nat: Add new c file.
* nat/aarch64-sve-linux-ptrace.c: New file.
* nat/aarch64-sve-linux-ptrace.h: New file.
gdbserver/
* configure.srv: Add new c/h file.
This patch fixes a bug introduced by fix to AArch64 pointer tagging.
In our fix for tagged pointer support our agreed approach was to sign
extend user-space address after clearing tag bits. This is not same
for all architectures and this patch allows sign extension for
addresses on targets which specifically set significant_addr_bit.
More information about patch that caused the issues and discussion
around tagged pointer support can be found in links below:
https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2018-05/msg00000.htmlhttps://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2017-12/msg00159.html
gdb/ChangeLog:
2018-05-31 Omair Javaid <omair.javaid@linaro.org>
PR gdb/23210
* gdbarch.sh (significant_addr_bit): Default to zero when
not set by target architecture.
* gdbarch.c: Re-generated.
* utils.c (address_significant): Update.
Setting CC_FOR_TARGET from the environment CC was just plain wrong,
and no doubt the reason these tests were only run natively.
* testsuite/binutils-all/compress.exp (test_gnu_debuglink): Don't
set CC_FOR_TARGET. Run test non-native.
* testsuite/binutils-all/objdump.exp (test_build_id_debuglink):
Likewise.
(test_follow_debuglink): Run test non-native.
Remove regcache_raw_write, update all callers to use regcache::raw_write
instead.
gdb/ChangeLog:
* regcache.h (regcache_raw_write): Remove, update callers to use
regcache::raw_write instead.
* regcache.c (regcache_raw_write): Remove.
Remove regcache_raw_read, update all callers to use
readable_regcache::raw_read instead.
gdb/ChangeLog:
* regcache.h (regcache_raw_read): Remove, update callers to use
readable_regcache::raw_read instead.
* regcache.c (regcache_raw_read): Remove.
PR 23107
* ar.c (display_offsets): New variable.
(usage): Add description of 'O' operator.
(decode_option): Handle 'O' operator.
(print_descr): Pass display_offsets to print_arelt_descr.
* arsup.c: Update call to printy_arelt_descr.
* objdump.c: Likewise.
* bucomm.c (print_arelt_descr): If offsets parameter is true then
display offset of archive element within the archive.
* bucomm.h: Update prototype for print_arelt_descr.
* doc/binutils.texi: Update description of ar command.
* NEWS: Mention the new feature.
* testsuite/binutils-all/ar.exp: Add text of new feature.
The or1k-tdep.o object is missing from the ALL_TARGET_OBS, which means
it's not currently included in an --enable-targets=all build.
gdb/ChangeLog:
* Makefile.in (ALL_TARGET_OBS): Add or1k-tdep.o.
This commit fixes a set of -Wmaybe-uninitialized warnings in GDB and
GDBserver, seen with GCC 7.3.1 on F27 at -O2. Specifically, all of
these:
src/gdb/breakpoint.c:5040:4: warning: ‘e’ may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized]
src/gdb/cli/cli-cmds.c:277:71: warning: ‘tracker’ may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized]
src/gdb/cli/cli-cmds.c:302:22: warning: ‘word’ may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized]
src/gdb/gdbserver/server.c:1895:7: warning: ‘result’ may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized]
src/gdb/gdbserver/server.c:1966:7: warning: ‘result’ may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized]
For example, looking at one of the gdbserver ones in more detail:
../../../src/gdb/gdbserver/server.c: In function ‘int handle_qxfer_btrace_conf(const char*, gdb_byte*, const gdb_byte*, ULONGEST, LONGEST)’:
../../../src/gdb/gdbserver/server.c:1966:7: warning: ‘result’ may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized]
if (result != 0)
^~
In this case (like the others), the 'result' variable is assigned in
both TRY and CATCH blocks:
TRY
{
result = target_read_btrace_conf (thread->btrace, &cache);
if (result != 0)
memcpy (own_buf, cache.buffer, cache.used_size);
}
CATCH (exception, RETURN_MASK_ERROR)
{
sprintf (own_buf, "E.%s", exception.message);
result = -1;
}
END_CATCH
if (result != 0)
return -3;
so it would seem like the warning is bogus.
However, END_CATCH is really a catch block in disguise, and that path
indeed does not initialize the variable:
#define END_CATCH \
catch (...) \
{ \
exception_rethrow (); \
} \
}
exception_rethrow does not return normally (it rethrows the current
exception after running cleanups), but the compiler can not see that.
If it could return normally, then indeed 'result' could be used
uninitialized if the TRY block threw some non-gdb exception, which
would be caught by END_CATCH.
The fix it to let the compiler know that the exception_rethrow does
not return normally, using ATTRIBUTE_NORETURN.
gdb/ChangeLog:
2018-05-30 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
* common/common-exceptions.h (exception_rethrow): Use
ATTRIBUTE_NORETURN.
I get this kind of errors with GCC 6.3.0:
/home/simark/src/binutils-gdb/gdb/breakpoint.c: In function 'void print_solib_event(int)':
/home/simark/src/binutils-gdb/gdb/breakpoint.c:4618:12: error: types may not be defined in a for-range-declaration [-Werror]
for (struct so_list *iter : current_program_space->added_solibs)
^~~~~~
Removing the struct keyword makes it happy.
gdb/ChangeLog:
* breakpoint.c (print_solib_event, check_status_catch_solib):
Remove struct keyword in range-based for loops.
* dbxread.c (find_corresponding_bincl_psymtab): Likewise.
* dwarf2read.c (compute_delayed_physnames, rust_union_quirks);
Likewise.
* linespec.c (find_superclass_methods, search_minsyms_for_name):
Likewise.
* symfile.c (addr_info_make_relative): Likewise.
* thread.c (value_in_thread_stack_temporaries): Likewise.
Function lookup_minimal_symbol_and_objfile iterates on all objfiles and
calls lookup_minimal_symbol for each of them, effectively searching in all
objfiles. lookup_bound_minimal_symbol calls lookup_minimal_symbol with NULL,
which also effectively searches all objfiles. AFAIK, they do exactly the same
thing, so we can get rid of one (and lookup_minimal_symbol_and_objfile happens
to be the most inefficient because it ends up n^2 on the number of objfiles).
Tested in both aarch64-linux-gnu and amd64-linux-gnu. No regressions.
Now that the mingw builder in the buildbot is working again, it
pointed out a build failure due to a missing fall-through comment in
windows-nat.c. This patch fixes the problem.
Tested by first triggering the failure with a local mingw build, then
by rebuilding successfully with the patch.
I'm checking this in as obvious.
gdb/ChangeLog
2018-05-29 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
* windows-nat.c (handle_exception): Update fall-through comment.
This removes a VEC from type.c, by using std::vector.
While doing this I also took the opportunity to change
types_deeply_equal to return bool. This caught some weird code in
typy_richcompare, now fixed.
And, since I was changing types_deeply_equal, it seemed like a good
idea to also change types_equal, so this patch includes that as well.
Tested by the buildbot.
ChangeLog
2018-05-29 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
* python/py-type.c (typy_richcompare): Update.
* guile/scm-type.c (tyscm_equal_p_type_smob): Update.
* gdbtypes.h (types_deeply_equal): Return bool.
(types_equal): Likewise.
* gdbtypes.c (type_equality_entry_d): Remove typedef. Don't
declare VEC.
(check_types_equal): Change worklist to std::vector. Return
bool.
(struct type_equality_entry): Add constructor.
(compare_maybe_null_strings): Return bool.
(check_types_worklist): Return bool. Change worklist to
std::vector.
(types_deeply_equal): Use std::vector.
(types_equal): Return bool.
(compare_maybe_null_strings): Simplify.
The tp_t typedef is no longer used and can be removed.
ChangeLog
2018-05-29 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
* record-btrace.c (tp_t): Remove typedef. Don't declare VEC.
The const_char_ptr is no longer used, so it can be removed.
ChangeLog
2018-05-29 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
* objc-lang.h: Don't include cp-support.h.
* common/gdb_vecs.h (const_char_ptr): Remove typedef. Don't
declare VEC.
ENDBR64 is added to the special TLSDESC entry, which is similar to the
PLT0 entry, in the x86-64 lazy procedure linkage table to support Intel
CET. The NaCl PLT is different from the normal PLT. This patch adds
plt_tlsdesc_entry, plt_tlsdesc_entry_size, plt_tlsdesc_got1_offset,
plt_tlsdesc_got2_offset, plt_tlsdesc_got1_insn_end and
plt_tlsdesc_got2_insn_end to elf_x86_lazy_plt_layout to support both
normal and NaCl TLSDESC entries. This fixed
FAIL: TLS descriptor -fpic -shared transitions
for x86_64-nacl.
* elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_lazy_plt): Add plt_tlsdesc_entry,
plt_tlsdesc_entry_size, plt_tlsdesc_got1_offset,
plt_tlsdesc_got2_offset, plt_tlsdesc_got1_insn_end and
plt_tlsdesc_got2_insn_end for TLSDESC entry.
(elf_i386_lazy_ibt_plt): Likewise.
(elf_i386_nacl_plt): Likewise.
* elf64-x86-64.c (tlsdesc_plt_entry): Moved and renamed to ...
(elf_x86_64_tlsdesc_plt_entry): This.
(elf_x86_64_lazy_plt): Add plt_tlsdesc_entry,
plt_tlsdesc_entry_size, plt_tlsdesc_got1_offset,
plt_tlsdesc_got2_offset, plt_tlsdesc_got1_insn_end and
plt_tlsdesc_got2_insn_end for TLSDESC entry.
(elf_x86_64_lazy_bnd_plt): Likewise.
(elf_x86_64_lazy_ibt_plt): Likewise.
(elf_x32_lazy_ibt_plt): Likewise.
(elf_x86_64_nacl_plt): Likewise.
(elf_x86_64_finish_dynamic_sections): Use plt_tlsdesc_entry,
plt_tlsdesc_entry_size, plt_tlsdesc_got1_offset,
plt_tlsdesc_got2_offset, plt_tlsdesc_got1_insn_end and
plt_tlsdesc_got2_insn_end to update TLSDESC entry.
* elfxx-x86.h (elf_x86_lazy_plt_layout): Update comments.
Add plt_tlsdesc_entry, plt_tlsdesc_entry_size,
plt_tlsdesc_got1_offset, plt_tlsdesc_got2_offset,
plt_tlsdesc_got1_insn_end and plt_tlsdesc_got2_insn_end.
(elf_x86_non_lazy_plt_layout): Update comments.
(elf_x86_plt_layout): Likewise.
This patch doesn't stop the build-id and debuglink tests using the
installed ld, it just prevents a compiler failure from resulting in a
test fail. We could move the tests to the ld testsuite but it doesn't
seem all that important.
PR 23235
* testsuite/binutils-all/compress.exp (test_gnu_debuglink): Return
unsupported rather than fail on compile errors.
* testsuite/binutils-all/objdump.exp (test_build_id_debuglink):
Likewise. Save and restore CFLAGS_FOR_TARGET.
REMOTE_OBS was removed from Makefile.in in
18ca73470a, but one reference remains.
This patch removes the lingerer.
ChangeLog
2018-05-27 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
* Makefile.in (DEPFILES): Don't reference REMOTE_OBS.
bfd_hide_sym_by_version can't be used to check if a versioned symbol is
hidden. This patch adds _bfd_elf_link_hide_sym_by_version to support
both versioned and unversioned symbols by extracting versioned symbol
check from _bfd_elf_link_assign_sym_version.
bfd/
PR ld/23194
* elf-bfd.h (_bfd_elf_link_hide_sym_by_version): New.
* elflink.c (_bfd_elf_link_hide_versioned_symbol): New function.
Extracted from _bfd_elf_link_assign_sym_version.
(_bfd_elf_link_hide_sym_by_version): New function.
(_bfd_elf_link_assign_sym_version): Use
_bfd_elf_link_hide_versioned_symbol.
* elfxx-x86.c (_bfd_x86_elf_link_symbol_references_local): Call
_bfd_elf_link_hide_sym_by_version instead of
bfd_hide_sym_by_version. Don't check unversioned symbol.
ld/
PR ld/23194
* testsuite/ld-i386/pr23194.d: Expect only R_386_GLOB_DAT
against foobar.
* testsuite/ld-i386/pr23194.map: Add foobar.
* testsuite/ld-x86-64/pr23194.map: Likewise.
* testsuite/ld-i386/pr23194.s: Add a common foobar symbol.
* testsuite/ld-x86-64/pr23194.s: Likewise.
* testsuite/ld-x86-64/pr23194.d: Expect only R_X86_64_GLOB_DAT
against foobar.
