Adds some MI commands to catch C++ exceptions. The new commands are
-catch-throw, -catch-rethrow, and -catch-catch, these all correspond
to the CLI commands 'catch throw', 'catch rethrow', and 'catch catch'.
Each MI command takes two optional arguments, '-t' has the effect of
calling 'tcatch' instead of 'catch', for example:
(gdb)
-catch-throw -t
Is the same as:
(gdb) tcatch throw
There is also a '-r REGEXP' argument that can supply a regexp to match
against the exception type, so:
(gdb)
-catch-catch -r PATTERN
Is the same as:
(gdb) catch catch PATTERN
The change in print_mention_exception_catchpoint might seem a little
strange; changing the output from using ui_out::field_int and
ui_out::text to using ui_out::message.
The print_mention_exception_catchpoint is used as the 'print_mention'
method for the exception catchpoint breakpoint object. Most of the
other 'print_mention' methods (see breakpoint.c) use either
printf_filtered, of ui_out::message. Using field_int was causing an
unexpected field to be added to the MI output. Here's the output
without the change in print_mention_exception_catchpoint:
(gdb)
-catch-throw
^done,bkptno="1",bkpt={number="1",type="breakpoint",disp="keep",
enabled="y",addr="0x00000000004006c0",
what="exception throw",catch-type="throw",
thread-groups=["i1"],times="0"}
Notice the breakpoint number appears in both the 'bkptno' field, and
the 'number' field within the 'bkpt' tuple. Here's the output with
the change in print_mention_exception_catchpoint:
(gdb)
-catch-throw
^done,bkpt={number="1",type="breakpoint",disp="keep",
enabled="y",addr="0x00000000004006c0",
what="exception throw",catch-type="throw",
thread-groups=["i1"],times="0"}
gdb/ChangeLog:
* NEWS: Mention new MI commands.
* break-catch-throw.c (enum exception_event_kind): Move to
breakpoint.h.
(print_mention_exception_catchpoint): Output text as a single
message.
(catch_exception_command_1): Rename to...
(catch_exception_event): ...this, make non-static, update header
command, and change some parameter types.
(catch_catch_command): Update for changes to
catch_exception_command_1.
(catch_throw_command): Likewise.
(catch_rethrow_command): Likewise.
* breakpoint.c (enum exception_event_kind): Delete.
* breakpoint.h (enum exception_event_kind): Moved here from
break-catch-throw.c.
(catch_exception_event): Declare.
* mi/mi-cmd-catch.c (mi_cmd_catch_exception_event): New function.
(mi_cmd_catch_throw): New function.
(mi_cmd_catch_rethrow): New function.
(mi_cmd_catch_catch): New function.
* mi/mi-cmds.c (mi_cmds): Add 'catch-throw', 'catch-rethrow', and
'catch-catch' entries.
* mi/mi-cmds.h (mi_cmd_catch_throw): Declare.
(mi_cmd_catch_rethrow): Declare.
(mi_cmd_catch_catch): Declare.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo (GDB/MI Catchpoint Commands): Add menu entry to new
node.
(C++ Exception GDB/MI Catchpoint Commands): New node to describe
new MI commands.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
* gdb.mi/mi-catch-cpp-exceptions.cc: New file.
* gdb.mi/mi-catch-cpp-exceptions.exp: New file.
* lib/mi-support.exp (mi_expect_stop): Handle 'exception-caught'
as a stop reason.
gdb/ChangeLog:
2019-06-13 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
* NEWS (New commands): Mention "maint test-options
require-delimiter", "maint test-options unknown-is-error", "maint
test-options unknown-is-operand" and "maint show
test-options-completion-result".
(New command options, command completion): New section.
(Completion improvements): New section.
Mention that you can abbreviate "unlimited".
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
2019-06-13 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Command Completion): Mention command options too.
(Command Options): New node.
(Threads): Add anchors. Extend descriptions of the "taas" and
"tfaas" commands.
(Backtrace): Describe new options of the "backtrace" command. Add
anchors.
(Frame Apply): Describe new options of the "frame apply" and
"faas" commands. Add anchors.
(Data): Describe new options of the "print" command. Add anchors.
(Compiling and Injecting Code): Mention options of the "compile
print" command.
(Maintenance Commands): Mention "maint test-options" subcommands
and the "maint show test-options-completion-result" command.
A following patch will introduce options for the "backtrace" command,
based on some "set print" and "set backtrace" settings. There's one
setting in particular that is a bit annoying if we want to describe
the backtrace options and the settings commands using the same data
structures:
"set print raw frame-arguments"
The problem is that space between "raw" and "frame-arguments".
Calling the option
"bt -raw frame-arguments"
would be odd. So I'm calling the option
"bt -raw-frame-arguments"
instead.
And for consistency, this patch renames the set/show commands to:
"set print raw-frame-arguments"
"show print raw-frame-arguments"
I.e., dash instead of space. The old commands are left in place, but
marked deprecated.
We need to adjust a couple testcases, because the relevant tests use
gdb_test_no_output and the old commands are no longer silent:
(gdb) set print raw frame-arguments on
Warning: command 'set print raw frame-arguments' is deprecated.
Use 'set print raw-frame-arguments'.
gdb/ChangeLog:
2019-06-13 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
* NEWS (Changed commands): Mention set/show print raw-frame-arguments,
and that "set/show print raw frame-arguments" are now deprecated.
* cli/cli-decode.c (add_setshow_boolean_cmd): Now returns the
command.
* command.h (add_setshow_boolean_cmd): Return cmd_list_element *.
* stack.c (_initialize_stack): Install "set/show print
raw-frame-arguments", and deprecate "set/show print raw
frame-arguments".
* valprint.c (_initialize_valprint): Deprecate "set/show print
raw".
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
2019-06-13 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Print Settings): Document "set/show print
raw-frame-arguments" instead of "set/show print raw
frame-arguments".
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
2019-06-13 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
* gdb.guile/scm-frame-args.exp: Use "set print
raw-frame-arguments" instead of "set print raw frame-arguments".
* gdb.python/py-frame-args.exp: Likewise.
This commit adds new representative commands for all types of settings
commands supported by gdb (enum var_types), and then uses them to
exercise settings parsing and completion.
(gdb) maint test-settings s[TAB]
set show
(gdb) maint test-settings set [TAB]
auto-boolean integer uinteger
boolean optional-filename zinteger
enum string zuinteger
filename string-noescape zuinteger-unlimited
(gdb) maint test-settings set enum [TAB]
xxx yyy zzz
etc.
This is basically unit testing, except that it goes fully via GDB. It
must be done this way in order to exercise TAB completion properly,
which must go via readline.
gdb/ChangeLog:
2019-06-13 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
* Makefile.in (COMMON_SFILES): Add maint-test-settings.c.
* NEWS: Mention maint test-settings KIND.
* maint-test-settings.c: New file.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
2019-06-13 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Maintenance Commands): Document "maint
test-settings" commands.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
2019-06-13 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
* gdb.base/settings.c: New file.
* gdb.base/settings.exp: New file.
This allows users of the Python API to find the objfile where a type
was defined.
gdb/ChangeLog:
gdb/ChangeLog
2019-06-04 Christian Biesinger <cbiesinger@google.com>
Add objfile property to gdb.Type.
* gdb/NEWS: Mention Python API addition.
* gdb/python/py-type.c (typy_get_objfile): New method.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog
2019-06-04 Christian Biesinger <cbiesinger@google.com>
* gdb/doc/python.texi: Document new gdb.Type.objfile property.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
2019-06-04 Christian Biesinger <cbiesinger@google.com>
* gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-type.exp: Test for new
gdb.Type.objfile property.
A user wanted to be able to disable the display of the value when
using "finish" -- but still have the value entered into the value
history in case it was useful later on. Part of the rationale here is
that sometimes the value might be quite large, or expensive to display
(in their case this was compounded by a rogue pretty-printer).
This patch implements this idea.
gdb/ChangeLog
2019-05-29 Tom Tromey <tromey@adacore.com>
* NEWS: Add entry.
* infcmd.c (print_return_value_1): Handle finish_print
option.
(show_print_finish): New function.
(_initialize_infcmd): Add "set/show print finish" commands.
* valprint.c (user_print_options): Initialize new member.
* valprint.h (struct value_print_options) <finish_print>: New
member.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog
2019-05-29 Tom Tromey <tromey@adacore.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Continuing and Stepping): Document new
commands.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
2019-05-29 Tom Tromey <tromey@adacore.com>
* gdb.base/finish.exp (finish_no_print): New proc.
(finish_tests): Call it.
Add missing documentation for the debugredirect setting.
Add description and uses of gdb.in/gdb.cmd to the testsuite README.
Mention this in the NEWS file.
gdb/ChangeLog:
* NEWS: Add debugredirect and testsuite sections.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo (Shell Commands): Add debugredirect.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
* README (Re-running Tests Outside The Testsuite): New section.
There is a CLI command 'complete' intended to use with emacs. Such a command
would also be useful for MI frontends, when separate CLI and MI channels cannot
be used. For example, on Windows (because of lack of PTYs) or when GDB is used
through SSH session.
This commit adds a new '-complete' MI command.
gdb/Changelog:
2019-01-28 Jan Vrany <jan.vrany@fit.cvut.cz>
* mi/mi-cmds.h (mi_cmd_complete): New function.
* mi/mi-main.c (mi_cmd_complete): Likewise.
* mi/mi-cmds.c: Define new MI command -complete.
* NEWS: Mention new -complete command.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
2019-01-28 Jan Vrany <jan.vrany@fit.cvut.cz>
* gdb.texinfo (Miscellaneous GDB/MI Commands): Document new
MI command -complete.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
2019-01-28 Jan Vrany <jan.vrany@fit.cvut.cz>
* gdb.mi/mi-complete.exp: New file.
* gdb.mi/mi-complete.cc: Likewise.
The "automatic symbol index cache" entry in the docs is missing entries in the
concept and command indices. Add them.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
2019-05-14 Tom de Vries <tdevries@suse.de>
* gdb.texinfo (Automatic symbol index cache): Add concept and command
index entries.
Currently, the entry for the command "maint info selftests" in the Command,
Variable, and Function Index is listed at '"', rather than next to the other
"maint info" commands.
Fix this by removing the superfluous quoting in the @kindex entry.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
2019-05-14 Tom de Vries <tdevries@suse.de>
* gdb.texinfo (Maintenance Commands): Remove superfluous
quoting on command index entry for "maint info selftests".
I found out recently that some users didn't know that the Python
pretty-printers "children" method should compute its result lazily.
This has been a good idea since the earliest days, but wasn't
mentioned in the docs. This patch adds some text to this effect.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog
2019-05-10 Tom Tromey <tromey@adacore.com>
* python.texi (Pretty Printing API): Mention lazy computation for
"children".
This patch makes a few minor improvements to the catchpoint
documentation:
* "catch exception" and "catch handlers" now mention the argument in
the @item.
* "catch exception unhandled" is moved to be closer to "catch
exception", rather than after "catch handlers".
* "catch load" and "catch unload" now wrap the argument in @var.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog
2019-05-10 Tom Tromey <tromey@adacore.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Set Catchpoints): Add text for parameter to "catch
exception" and "catch handlers". Move "catch exception unhandled"
text. Use @var for "catch load" and "catch unload"
Consider this short C example:
struct inner
{
unsigned x;
unsigned y : 3;
unsigned z : 3;
};
struct outer
{
unsigned char o : 3;
struct inner i __attribute__ ((packed));
};
When I use "ptype/o" on this, I get:
(gdb) ptype/o struct outer
/* offset | size */ type = struct outer {
/* 0: 5 | 1 */ unsigned char o : 3;
/* XXX 5-bit hole */
/* 1 | 8 */ struct inner {
/* 1 | 4 */ unsigned int x;
/* 5:29 | 4 */ unsigned int y : 3;
/* 5:26 | 4 */ unsigned int z : 3;
/* XXX 2-bit padding */
/* XXX 3-byte padding */
/* total size (bytes): 8 */
} i;
/* total size (bytes): 9 */
}
In the location of "o" ("0: 5"), the "5" means "there are 5 bits left
relative to the size of the underlying type.
I find this very difficult to follow. On irc, Sergio said that this
choice came because it is what pahole does. However, I think it's not
very useful, and maybe is just an artifact of the way that
DW_AT_bit_offset was defined in DWARF 3.
This patch changes ptype/o to print the offset of a bitfield in a more
natural way, that is, using the bit number according to the platform's
bit numbering.
With this patch, the output is now:
(gdb) ptype/o struct outer
/* offset | size */ type = struct outer {
/* 0: 0 | 1 */ unsigned char o : 3;
/* XXX 5-bit hole */
/* 1 | 8 */ struct inner {
/* 1 | 4 */ unsigned int x;
/* 5: 0 | 4 */ unsigned int y : 3;
/* 5: 3 | 4 */ unsigned int z : 3;
/* XXX 2-bit padding */
/* XXX 3-byte padding */
/* total size (bytes): 8 */
} i;
/* total size (bytes): 9 */
}
This is better, IMO, because now the "offset" of a bitfield is
consistent with the offset of an ordinary member, referring to its
offset from the start of the structure.
gdb/ChangeLog
2019-05-08 Tom Tromey <tromey@adacore.com>
* typeprint.c (print_offset_data::update): Print the bit offset,
not the number of bits remaining.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog
2019-05-08 Tom Tromey <tromey@adacore.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Symbols): Document change to ptype/o.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
2019-05-08 Tom Tromey <tromey@adacore.com>
* gdb.base/ptype-offsets.exp: Update tests.
If you put the separate debug file in a global debug directory, GDB on
MS-Windows would fail to find it. This happens because we obtain the
directory to look up the debug file by concatenating the debug
directory name with the leading directories of the executable, and the
latter includes the drive letter on MS-Windows. So we get an invalid
file name like
d:/usr/lib/debug/d:/usr/bin/foo.debug
This commit fixes that by removing the colon of the drive letter,
thus producing
d:/usr/lib/debug/d/usr/bin/foo.debug
gdb/ChangeLog:
2019-05-03 Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
* symfile.c (find_separate_debug_file): Remove colon from the
drive spec of DOS/Windows file names of the target, so that the
file name produced from DEBUGDIR and the target's directory will
be valid on DOS/Windows systems.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
2019-05-03 Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
* gdb.texinfo (Separate Debug Files): Document how the
subdirectory of the global debug directory is computed on
MS-Windows/MS-DOS.
Introduce a new print setting max-depth which can be set with 'set
print max-depth DEPTH'. The default value of DEPTH is 20, but this
can also be set to unlimited.
When GDB is printing a value containing nested structures GDB will
stop descending at depth DEPTH. Here is a small example:
typedef struct s1 { int a; } s1;
typedef struct s2 { s1 b; } s2;
typedef struct s3 { s2 c; } s3;
typedef struct s4 { s3 d; } s4;
s4 var = { { { { 3 } } } };
The following table shows how various depth settings affect printing
of 'var':
| Depth Setting | Result of 'p var' |
|---------------+--------------------------------|
| Unlimited | $1 = {d = {c = {b = {a = 3}}}} |
| 4 | $1 = {d = {c = {b = {a = 3}}}} |
| 3 | $1 = {d = {c = {b = {...}}}} |
| 2 | $1 = {d = {c = {...}}} |
| 1 | $1 = {d = {...}} |
| 0 | $1 = {...} |
Only structures, unions, and arrays are replaced in this way, scalars
and strings are not replaced.
The replacement is counted from the level at which you print, not from
the top level of the structure. So, consider the above example and
this GDB session:
(gdb) set print max-depth 2
(gdb) p var
$1 = {d = {c = {...}}}
(gdb) p var.d
$2 = {c = {b = {...}}}
(gdb) p var.d.c
$3 = {b = {a = 3}}
Setting the max-depth to 2 doesn't prevent the user from exploring
deeper into 'var' by asking for specific sub-fields to be printed.
The motivation behind this feature is to try and give the user more
control over how much is printed when examining large, complex data
structures.
The default max-depth of 20 means that there is a change in GDB's
default behaviour. Someone printing a data structure with 20 levels
of nesting will now see '{...}' instead of their data, they would need
to adjust the max depth, or call print again naming a specific field
in order to dig deeper into their data structure. If this is
considered a problem then we could increase the default, or even make
the default unlimited.
This commit relies on the previous commit, which added a new field to
the language structure, this new field was a string that contained the
pattern that should be used when a structure/union/array is replaced
in the output, this allows languages to use a syntax that is more
appropriate, mostly this will be selecting the correct types of
bracket '(...)' or '{...}', both of which are currently in use.
This commit should have no impact on MI output, expressions are
printed through the MI using -var-create and then -var-list-children.
As each use of -var-list-children only ever displays a single level of
an expression then the max-depth setting will have no impact.
This commit also adds the max-depth mechanism to the scripting
language pretty printers following basically the same rules as for the
built in value printing.
One quirk is that when printing a value using the display hint 'map',
if the keys of the map are structs then GDB will hide the keys one
depth level after it hides the values, this ensures that GDB produces
output like this:
$1 = map_object = {[{key1}] = {...}, [{key2}] = {...}}
Instead of this less helpful output:
$1 = map_object = {[{...}] = {...}, [{...}] = {...}}
This is covered by the new tests in gdb.python/py-nested-maps.exp.
gdb/ChangeLog:
* cp-valprint.c (cp_print_value_fields): Allow an additional level
of depth when printing anonymous structs or unions.
* guile/scm-pretty-print.c (gdbscm_apply_val_pretty_printer):
Don't print either the top-level value, or the children if the
max-depth is exceeded.
(ppscm_print_children): When printing the key of a map, allow one
extra level of depth.
* python/py-prettyprint.c (gdbpy_apply_val_pretty_printer): Don't
print either the top-level value, or the children if the max-depth
is exceeded.
(print_children): When printing the key of a map, allow one extra
level of depth.
* python/py-value.c (valpy_format_string): Add max_depth keyword.
* valprint.c: (PRINT_MAX_DEPTH_DEFAULT): Define.
(user_print_options): Initialise max_depth field.
(val_print_scalar_or_string_type_p): New function.
(val_print): Check to see if the max depth has been reached.
(val_print_check_max_depth): Define new function.
(show_print_max_depth): New function.
(_initialize_valprint): Add 'print max-depth' option.
* valprint.h (struct value_print_options) <max_depth>: New field.
(val_print_check_max_depth): Declare new function.
* NEWS: Document new feature.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo (Print Settings): Document 'print max-depth'.
* guile.texi (Guile Pretty Printing API): Document that 'print
max-depth' can effect the display of a values children.
* python.texi (Pretty Printing API): Likewise.
(Values From Inferior): Document max_depth keyword.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
* gdb.base/max-depth.c: New file.
* gdb.base/max-depth.exp: New file.
* gdb.python/py-nested-maps.c: New file.
* gdb.python/py-nested-maps.exp: New file.
* gdb.python/py-nested-maps.py: New file.
* gdb.python/py-format-string.exp (test_max_depth): New proc.
(test_all_common): Call test_max_depth.
* gdb.fortran/max-depth.exp: New file.
* gdb.fortran/max-depth.f90: New file.
* gdb.go/max-depth.exp: New file.
* gdb.go/max-depth.go: New file.
* gdb.modula2/max-depth.exp: New file.
* gdb.modula2/max-depth.c: New file.
* lib/gdb.exp (get_print_expr_at_depths): New proc.
Inferior function calls are powerful but might lead to undesired
results such as crashes when calling nested functions (frequently
used in particular in Ada).
This implements a GDB setting to disable calling inferior functions.
Note: the idea is that if/when the 'slash command' patch is pushed,
that this setting can be changed e.g. by using the shortcut /c.
This is version 2 of the patch. It handles all the received comments,
mostly replace 'can-call' by 'may-call', and avoid using
'inferior function call' in factor of 'calling function in the program'.
2019-04-26 Philippe Waroquiers <philippe.waroquiers@skynet.be>
gdb/ChangeLog
* NEWS: Mention the new set|show may-call-functions.
* infcall.c (may_call_functions_p): New variable.
(show_may_call_functions_p): New function.
(call_function_by_hand_dummy): Throws an error if not
may-call-functions.
(_initialize_infcall): Call add_setshow_boolean_cmd for
may-call-functions.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
* gdb.base/callexit.exp: Test may-call-functions off.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog
* gdb.texinfo (Calling): Document the new
set|show may-call-functions.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
2019-04-22 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Reverse Execution): Mention and xref process record
and replay. Mention remote and system emulators.
(Process Record and Replay): List supported architectures.
Mention that "record btrace" is only supported on Intel
processors.
This renaming was done to stay consistent with the naming of the new
gdb.InferiorThread.handle method. I had initially named it "thread_handle"
but Tom Tromey suggested just "handle".
The old name (thread_from_thread_handle) still works, but is marked as
deprecated in comments in the code as well as in the documentation.
I have some code which uses these functions. I very much like the
brevity of the new names.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* python.texi (Inferiors In Python): Rename
Inferior.thread_from_thread_handle to Inferior.thread_from_handle.
Add note about the former being deprecated.
gdb/ChangeLog:
* python/py-inferior.c (infpy_thread_from_thread_handle):
Adjust comments to reflect renaming of thread_from_thread_handle
to thread_from_handle. Adjust keywords. Fix type error message.
(inferior_object_methods): Add thread_from_handle. Retain
thread_from_thread_handle, but mark it as deprecated.
testsuite/ChangeLog:
* gdb.python/py-thrhandle.exp: Adjust tests to call
thread_from_handle instead of thread_from_thread_handle.
I've broken "make info" a couple of times now, because I sometimes
forget to run "make info" after modifying a Texinfo file.
I don't know why gdb's "make all" doesn't build the info pages. I
suspect this was some Cygnus-local oddity back in the day.
This patch changes doc/Makefile.in so that the info pages are built by
"make all". As a point of reference, Automake has essentially always
worked this way. According to the Automake manual (I didn't
double-check) this is required by the GNU coding standards.
The first time I sent this patch, I mentioned that I wanted to look
into some existing bugs in bugzilla about missing "makeinfo".
However, today I tried and I discovered that BFD requires makeinfo,
and builds its info file as part of "all". So, I think this change
doesn't worsen the situation for users in any way, and can simply go
in.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog
2019-04-07 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
* Makefile.in (all): Depend on "info".
Add two new internal functions $_cimag and $_creal that extract the
imaginary and real parts of a complex value.
These internal functions can take a complex value of any type 'float
complex', 'double complex', or 'long double complex' and return a
suitable floating point value 'float', 'double', or 'long double'.
So we can now do this:
(gdb) p z1
$1 = 1.5 + 4.5 * I
(gdb) p $_cimag (z1)
$4 = 4.5
(gdb) p $_creal (z1)
$4 = 1.5
The components of a complex value are not strictly named types in
DWARF, as the complex type is itself the base type. However, once we
are able to extract the components it makes sense to be able to ask
what the type of these components is and get a sensible answer back,
rather than the error we would currently get. Currently GDB says:
(gdb) ptype z1
type = complex double
(gdb) p $_cimag (z1)
$4 = 4.5
(gdb) ptype $
type = <invalid type code 9>
With the changes in dwarf2read.c, GDB now says:
(gdb) ptype z1
type = complex double
(gdb) p $_cimag (z1)
$4 = 4.5
(gdb) ptype $
type = double
Which seems to make more sense.
gdb/ChangeLog:
* NEWS: Mention new internal functions.
* dwarf2read.c (dwarf2_init_complex_target_type): New function.
(read_base_type): Use dwarf2_init_complex_target_type.
* value.c (creal_internal_fn): New function.
(cimag_internal_fn): New function.
(_initialize_values): Register new internal functions.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo (Convenience Funs): Document '$_creal' and
'$_cimag'.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
* gdb.base/complex-parts.c: New file.
* gdb.base/complex-parts.exp: New file.
The str () function, called on a gdb.Value instance, produces a string
representation similar to what can be achieved with the print command,
but it doesn't allow to specify additional formatting settings, for
instance disabling pretty printers.
This patch introduces a new format_string () method to gdb.Value which
allows specifying more formatting options, thus giving access to more
features provided by the internal C function common_val_print ().
gdb/ChangeLog:
2019-04-01 Marco Barisione <mbarisione@undo.io>
Add gdb.Value.format_string ().
* python/py-value.c (copy_py_bool_obj):
(valpy_format_string): Add gdb.Value.format_string ().
* NEWS: Document the addition of gdb.Value.format_string ().
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
2019-04-01 Marco Barisione <mbarisione@undo.io>
* python.texi (Values From Inferior): Document
gdb.Value.format_string ().
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
2019-04-01 Marco Barisione <mbarisione@undo.io>
Test gdb.Value.format_string ().
* gdb.python/py-format-string.exp: New test.
* gdb.python/py-format-string.c: New file.
* gdb.python/py-format-string.py: New file.
The documentation say that the display_hint method must return a
string to serve as a display hint, and then goes on to list some
acceptable strings.
However, if we don't supply the display_hint method then we get a
default display style behaviour and there's currently no way (in the
python api) to force this default behaviour.
The guile api allows #f to be used in order to force the default
display style behaviour, and this is documented.
Currently, using None in the python api also forces the default
display behaviour.
This commit extends the documentation to make returning None from the
display_hint method an official mechanism by which the user can get
the default display style.
I've extended one of the existing tests to cover this case.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* python.texi (Pretty Printing API): Document use of None for the
display_hint.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
* gdb.python/py-prettyprint.c (struct container) <is_map_p>: New
field.
(make_container): Initialise new field.
* gdb.python/py-prettyprint.exp: Add new tests.
* gdb.python/py-prettyprint.py (class ContainerPrinter)
<display_hint>: New method.
Pointer Authentication is a new feature in AArch64 v8.3-a. When enabled in
the compiler, function return addresses will be mangled by the kernel.
Add register description xml and wire up to aarch64_linux_read_description.
This description includes the two pauth user registers.
Nothing yet uses the feature - that is added in later patches.
gdb/ChangeLog:
* aarch64-linux-nat.c
(aarch64_linux_nat_target::read_description): Add pauth param.
* aarch64-linux-tdep.c
(aarch64_linux_core_read_description): Likewise.
* aarch64-tdep.c (struct target_desc): Add in pauth.
(aarch64_read_description): Add pauth param.
(aarch64_gdbarch_init): Likewise.
* aarch64-tdep.h (aarch64_read_description): Likewise.
* arch/aarch64.c (aarch64_create_target_description): Likewise.
* arch/aarch64.h (aarch64_create_target_description): Likewise.
* features/Makefile: Add new files.
* features/aarch64-pauth.c: New file.
* features/aarch64-pauth.xml: New file.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo: Describe pauth feature.
gdb/gdbserver/ChangeLog:
* linux-aarch64-ipa.c (get_ipa_tdesc): Add pauth param.
(initialize_low_tracepoint): Likewise.
* linux-aarch64-low.c (aarch64_arch_setup): Likewise.
* linux-aarch64-tdesc-selftest.c (aarch64_tdesc_test): Likewise.
* linux-aarch64-tdesc.c (struct target_desc): Likewise.
(aarch64_linux_read_description): Likewise.
* linux-aarch64-tdesc.h (aarch64_linux_read_description): Likewise.
While referencing the manual, I noticed that gdb.pretty_printers
wasn't documented using @defvar. This made it more difficult to find
in the info pages. This patch adds the @defvar and also an
introductory paragraph in that node.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog
2019-03-20 Tom Tromey <tromey@adacore.com>
* python.texi (Selecting Pretty-Printers): Use @defvar for
gdb.pretty_printers.
Commit b4be1b0648 ("Fix MI output for multi-location breakpoints")
broke the build of gdb.texinfo. The problem is simply the use of "@end
@table", which should be "@end table".
The error was:
/home/smarchi/src/binutils-gdb/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo:27870: warning: @table should not appear in @end
/home/smarchi/src/binutils-gdb/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo:27870: table requires an argument: the formatter for @item
/home/smarchi/src/binutils-gdb/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo:27870: no matching `@end table'
/home/smarchi/src/binutils-gdb/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo:27870: bad argument to @end: @table
/home/smarchi/src/binutils-gdb/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo:27867: warning: @table has text but no @item
/home/smarchi/src/binutils-gdb/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo:27879: @node seen before @end table
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo (GDB/MI Development and Front Ends): Fix closing
of table, "@end @table" -> "@end table".
New in v2:
- Addressed comments about doc, updated the MI version table
- New doc for the Breakpoint information format
- New -fix-multi-location-breakpoint-output command, with associated
doc, test and NEWS updated accordingly
- Fixed the output, the locations list is now actually in the tuple
representing the breakpoint.
Various MI commands or events related to breakpoints output invalid MI
records when printing information about a multi-location breakpoint.
For example:
-break-insert allo
^done,bkpt={...,addr="<MULTIPLE>",...},{number="1.1",...},{number="1.2",...}
The problem is that according to the syntax [1], the top-level elements
are of type "result" and should be of the form "variable=value".
This patch changes the output to wrap the locations in a list:
^done,bkpt={...,addr="<MULTIPLE>",locations=[{number="1.1",...},{number="1.2",...}]}
The events =breakpoint-created, =breakpoint-modified, as well as the
-break-info command also suffer from this (and maybe others I didn't
find).
Since this is a breaking change for MI, we have to deal somehow with
backwards compatibility. The approach taken by this patch is to bump
the MI version, use the new syntax in MI3 while retaining the old syntax
in MI2. Frontends are expected to use a precise MI version (-i=mi2), so
if they do that they should be unaffected.
The patch also adds the command -fix-multi-location-breakpoint-output,
which front ends can use to enable this behavior with MI <= 2.
[1] https://sourceware.org/gdb/onlinedocs/gdb/GDB_002fMI-Output-Syntax.html#GDB_002fMI-Output-Syntax
gdb/ChangeLog:
* NEWS: Mention that the new default MI version is 3. Mention
changes to the output of commands and events that deal with
multi-location breakpoints.
* breakpoint.c: Include "mi/mi-out.h".
(print_one_breakpoint): Change output syntax if using MI version
>= 3.
* mi/mi-main.h (mi_cmd_fix_multi_location_breakpoint_output):
New.
(mi_multi_location_breakpoint_output_fixed): New.
* mi/mi-main.c (fix_multi_location_breakpoint_output): New.
(mi_cmd_fix_multi_location_breakpoint_output): New.
(mi_multi_location_breakpoint_output_fixed): New.
* mi/mi-cmds.c (mi_cmds): Register command
-fix-multi-location-breakpoint-output.
* mi/mi-out.c (mi_out_new): Instantiate version 3 when using
interpreter "mi".
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
* mi-breakpoint-location-ena-dis.exp: Rename to ...
* mi-breakpoint-multiple-locations.exp: ... this.
(make_breakpoints_pattern): New proc.
(do_test): Add mi_version parameter, test -break-insert,
-break-info and =breakpoint-created.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo (Mode Options): Mention mi3.
(Interpreters): Likewise.
(GDB/MI Development and Front Ends): Add entry for MI 3 in
version table. Document -fix-multi-location-breakpoint-output.
(GDB/MI Breakpoint Information): Document format of breakpoint
location output.
The synopsis of the two-parameters form of the gdb.Value constructor is
currently shown as
Value.__init__ (val, [, type ])
in the documentation.
First, there is an extra comma, which I think we can remove in any
case.
Then, since the type parameter is not optional, I would not put in
between square brackets. Those usually indicate that something is
optional.
With this patch, it appears as:
Value.__init__ (val, type)
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* python.texi (Values From Inferior): Change synopsys of the
second form of Value.__init__.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
2019-03-02 Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
* gdb.texinfo (Output Styling): Fix typos. Document the default
foreground colors of the available styles.
gdb/ChangeLog:
* NEWS: Mention two argument form of gdb.Value constructor.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* python.texi (Values From Inferior): Document second form
of Value.__init__.
I missed those files which need to be updated manually when I did
the copyright year range update. The copyright.py script reminds
us of that fact with the following message at the end...
REMINDER: Multiple copyright headers must be updated by hand:
gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
gdb/doc/refcard.tex
gdb/gdbarch.sh
... and somehow I missed this. This commit makes the change for
gdb.texinfo and refcard.tex. gdbarch.sh is being updated separately
by Andrew Burgess.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo: Update copyright year ranges.
* refcard.tex: Likewise.
I noticed a trailing "." in the @item for "show remotelogfile".
This removes it. Committing as obvious.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog
2019-02-21 Tom Tromey <tromey@adacore.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Remote Configuration): Remove trailing "." from
@item.
This patch adds a table summarizing the history or MI versions:
- The version number
- Which GDB version introduced it
- Breaking changes compared to the previous version
The goal of the table is to help writers of front ends know which
version of MI they can use with a given GDB version. It will also help
them update their code to work against a newer MI version.
Right now, we just have 1 and 2, but we expect to add an entry for 3
soon. I did a bit of archelogy and reverse engineering of the code to
come up with the breaking changes for MI 2.
I did some changes to the text around it, some things that I thought
needed to be clarified, seemed a bit dated or seemed just wrong
(especially "Apart from mi0, new versions of @value{GDBN} will not
support old versions of MI").
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo (GDB/MI Development and Front Ends): Add table of
MI versions. Update text around it.
This patch defines pseudo-registers "v0" through "v31" as aliases that
map to the corresponding raw "vr0" through "vr31" vector registers for
Power.
The motivation behind this is that although GDB defines these
registers as "vrX", the disassembler prints them as "vX", e.g. as the
operands in instructions such as "vaddubm v2,v1,v1". This can be
confusing to users trying to print out the values of the operands
while inspecting the disassembled code.
The new aliases are made not to belong to any register group, to avoid
duplicated values in "info register vector" and "info register all".
The arch-specific rs6000_pseudo_register_reggroup_p function had
previously been removed since the other pseudo-registers could have
their groups inferred by their type. It restored with this patch to
handle the aliases. Membership for the other pseudo-registers is
still determined using the default function.
A new tests checks that GDB prints the expected values of vector
registers after they are filled by the inferior, by using both the raw
names and the aliases. Two other existing tests are modified to also
test the aliases.
gdb/ChangeLog:
2019-01-14 Pedro Franco de Carvalho <pedromfc@linux.ibm.com>
* ppc-tdep.h (struct gdbarch_tdep) <ppc_v0_alias_regnum>: New
field.
* rs6000-tdep.c: Include reggroups.h.
(IS_V_ALIAS_PSEUDOREG): Define.
(rs6000_register_name): Return names for the "vX" aliases.
(rs6000_pseudo_register_type): Return type for the "vX" aliases.
(rs6000_pseudo_register_reggroup_p): Restore. Handle "vX"
aliases. Call default_register_reggroup_p for all other
pseudo-registers.
(v_alias_pseudo_register_read, v_alias_pseudo_register_write):
New functions.
(rs6000_pseudo_register_read, rs6000_pseudo_register_write):
Handle "vX" aliases.
(v_alias_pseudo_register_collect): New function.
(rs6000_ax_pseudo_register_collect): Handle "vX" aliases.
(rs6000_gdbarch_init): Initialize "vX" aliases as
pseudo-registers. Restore registration of
rs6000_pseudo_register_reggroup_p with
set_tdesc_pseudo_register_reggroup_p.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
2019-01-14 Pedro Franco de Carvalho <pedromfc@linux.ibm.com>
* gdb.arch/vsx-regs.exp: Add tests that use the vector register
aliases.
* gdb.arch/altivec-regs.exp: Likewise. Fix indentation of two
tests.
* gdb.arch/powerpc-vector-regs.c: New file.
* gdb.arch/powerpc-vector-regs.exp: New file.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
2019-01-14 Pedro Franco de Carvalho <pedromfc@linux.ibm.com>
* gdb.texinfo (PowerPC Features): Document the alias
pseudo-registers for the org.gnu.gdb.power.altivec feature.
An upcoming sync with gcc's libiberty [1] will remove support for old
mangling schemes (GNU v2, Lucid, ARM, HP and EDG). It will remove the
cplus_demangle_opname function, so we need to get rid of its usages in
GDB (it's a GNU v2 specific function).
I think the changes are mostly relatively obvious, some hacks that were
necessary to support overloaded operators with GNU v2 mangling are not
needed anymore.
The change in stabsread.c is perhaps less obvious. I think we could get
rid of more code in that region that is specific to old mangling
schemes, but I chose to do only the minimal changes required to remove
the cplus_demangle_opname uses. There is also a detailed comment just
above that explaining how GNU v2 and v3 mangled symbols are handled, I
decided to leave it as-is, since I wasn't sure which part to remove,
change or leave there.
[1] The commit "Remove support for demangling GCC 2.x era mangling
schemes.", specifically.
gdb/ChangeLog:
* gdbtypes.c (check_stub_method_group): Remove handling of old
mangling schemes.
* linespec.c (find_methods): Likewise.
* stabsread.c (read_member_functions): Likewise.
* valops.c (search_struct_method): Likewise.
(value_struct_elt_for_reference): Likewise.
* NEWS: Mention this change.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
* gdb.cp/demangle.exp (test_gnu_style_demangling): Rename to...
(test_gnuv3_style_demangling): ... this.
(test_lucid_style_demangling): Remove.
(test_arm_style_demangling): Remove.
(test_hp_style_demangling): Remove.
(do_tests): Remove calls to the above.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo (Print Settings): Remove mention of specific
demangle-style values, just refer to the in-process help.
This commit applies all changes made after running the gdb/copyright.py
script.
Note that one file was flagged by the script, due to an invalid
copyright header
(gdb/unittests/basic_string_view/element_access/char/empty.cc).
As the file was copied from GCC's libstdc++-v3 testsuite, this commit
leaves this file untouched for the time being; a patch to fix the header
was sent to gcc-patches first.
gdb/ChangeLog:
Update copyright year range in all GDB files.
This documents the new "set style" commands.
gdb/ChangeLog
2018-12-28 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
* NEWS: Mention terminal styling.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog
2018-12-28 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Output Styling): New node.
When setting a syscall catchpoint by name, catch syscalls whose name
or alias matches the requested string.
When the ABI of a system call is changed in the FreeBSD kernel, this
is implemented by leaving a compatibility system call using the old
ABI at the existing "slot" and allocating a new system call for the
version using the new ABI. For example, new fields were added to the
'struct kevent' used by the kevent() system call in FreeBSD 12. The
previous kevent() system call in FreeBSD 12 kernels is now called
freebsd11_kevent() and is still used by older binaries compiled
against the older ABI. The freebsd11_kevent() system call can be
tagged with an "alias" attribute of "kevent" permitting 'catch syscall
kevent' to catch both system calls and providing the expected user
behavior for both old and new binaries. It also provides the expected
behavior if GDB is compiled on an older host (such as a FreeBSD 11
host).
gdb/ChangeLog:
* NEWS: Add entry documenting system call aliases.
* break-catch-syscall.c (catch_syscall_split_args): Pass 'result'
to get_syscalls_by_name.
* gdbarch.sh (UNKNOWN_SYSCALL): Remove.
* gdbarch.h: Regenerate.
* syscalls/gdb-syscalls.dtd (syscall): Add alias attribute.
* xml-syscall.c [!HAVE_LIBEXPAT] (get_syscalls_by_name): Rename
from get_syscall_by_name. Now accepts a pointer to a vector of
integers and returns a bool.
[HAVE_LIBEXPAT] (struct syscall_desc): Add alias member.
(syscall_create_syscall_desc): Add alias parameter and pass it to
syscall_desc constructor.
(syscall_start_syscall): Handle alias attribute.
(syscall_attr): Add alias attribute.
(xml_get_syscalls_by_name): Rename from xml_get_syscall_number.
Now accepts a pointer to a vector of integers and returns a
bool. Add syscalls whose alias or name matches the requested
name.
(get_syscalls_by_name): Rename from get_syscall_by_name. Now
accepts a pointer to a vector of integers and returns a bool.
* xml-syscall.h (get_syscalls_by_name): Likewise.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo (Set Catchpoints): Add an anchor for 'catch syscall'.
(Native): Add a FreeBSD subsection.
(FreeBSD): Document use of system call aliases for compatibility
system calls.
This commit adds target description support for riscv.
I've used the split feature approach for specifying the architectural
features, and the CSR feature is auto-generated from the riscv-opc.h
header file.
If the target doesn't provide a suitable target description then GDB
will build one by looking at the bfd headers.
This commit does not implement target description creation for the
Linux or FreeBSD native targets, both of these will need to add
read_description methods into their respective target classes, which
probe the target features, and then call
riscv_create_target_description to build a suitable target
description. Until this is done Linux and FreeBSD will get the same
default target description based on the bfd that bare-metal targets
get.
I've only added feature descriptions for 32 and 64 bit registers, 128
bit registers (for RISC-V) are not supported in the reset of GDB yet.
This commit removes the special reading of the MISA register in order
to establish the target features, this was only used for figuring out
the f-register size, and even that wasn't done consistently. We now
rely on the target to tell us what size of registers it has (or look
in the BFD as a last resort). The result of this is that we should
now support RV64 targets with 32-bit float, though I have not
extensively tested this combination yet.
* Makefile.in (ALL_TARGET_OBS): Add arch/riscv.o.
(HFILES_NO_SRCDIR): Add arch/riscv.h.
* arch/riscv.c: New file.
* arch/riscv.h: New file.
* configure.tgt: Add cpu_obs list of riscv, move riscv-tdep.o into
this list, and add arch/riscv.o.
* features/Makefile: Add riscv features.
* features/riscv/32bit-cpu.c: New file.
* features/riscv/32bit-cpu.xml: New file.
* features/riscv/32bit-csr.c: New file.
* features/riscv/32bit-csr.xml: New file.
* features/riscv/32bit-fpu.c: New file.
* features/riscv/32bit-fpu.xml: New file.
* features/riscv/64bit-cpu.c: New file.
* features/riscv/64bit-cpu.xml: New file.
* features/riscv/64bit-csr.c: New file.
* features/riscv/64bit-csr.xml: New file.
* features/riscv/64bit-fpu.c: New file.
* features/riscv/64bit-fpu.xml: New file.
* features/riscv/rebuild-csr-xml.sh: New file.
* riscv-tdep.c: Add 'arch/riscv.h' include.
(riscv_gdb_reg_names): Delete.
(csr_reggroup): New global.
(struct riscv_register_alias): Delete.
(struct riscv_register_feature): New structure.
(riscv_register_aliases): Delete.
(riscv_xreg_feature): New global.
(riscv_freg_feature): New global.
(riscv_virtual_feature): New global.
(riscv_csr_feature): New global.
(riscv_create_csr_aliases): New function.
(riscv_read_misa_reg): Delete.
(riscv_has_feature): Delete.
(riscv_isa_xlen): Simplify, just return cached xlen.
(riscv_isa_flen): Simplify, just return cached flen.
(riscv_has_fp_abi): Update for changes in struct gdbarch_tdep.
(riscv_register_name): Update to make use of tdesc_register_name.
Look up xreg and freg names in the new globals riscv_xreg_feature
and riscv_freg_feature. Don't supply csr aliases here.
(riscv_fpreg_q_type): Delete.
(riscv_register_type): Use tdesc_register_type in almost all
cases, override the returned type in a few specific cases only.
(riscv_print_one_register_info): Handle errors reading registers.
(riscv_register_reggroup_p): Use tdesc_register_in_reggroup_p for
registers that are otherwise unknown to GDB. Also check the
csr_reggroup.
(riscv_print_registers_info): Remove assert about upper register
number, and use gdbarch_register_reggroup_p instead of
short-cutting.
(riscv_find_default_target_description): New function.
(riscv_check_tdesc_feature): New function.
(riscv_add_reggroups): New function.
(riscv_setup_register_aliases): New function.
(riscv_init_reggroups): New function.
(_initialize_riscv_tdep): Add calls to setup CSR aliases, and
setup register groups. Register new riscv debug variable.
* riscv-tdep.h: Add 'arch/riscv.h' include.
(struct gdbarch_tdep): Remove abi union, and add
riscv_gdbarch_features field. Remove cached quad floating point
type, and provide initialisation for double type field.
* target-descriptions.c (maint_print_c_tdesc_cmd): Add riscv to
the list of targets using the feature based target descriptions.
* NEWS: Mention target description support.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo (Standard Target Features): Add RISC-V Features
sub-section.
doc/ChangeLog
2018-11-20 Philippe Waroquiers <philippe.waroquiers@skynet.be>
* gdb.texinfo (Examining the Symbol Table): Document language choice
for 'info types|functions|variables' commands.
(Setting Breakpoints): Document language choice to print
the functions in which a breakpoint is set.
Andrew Burgess
Pedro Alves
Amos Bird
Christian Biesinger via gdb-patches
Philippe Waroquiers
Tom Tromey
Alan Hayward
Jan Vrany
Tom de Vries
Eli Zaretskii
Kevin Buettner
Tom Tromey
Marco Barisione
Simon Marchi
Simon Marchi
Joel Brobecker
Pedro Franco de Carvalho
John Baldwin