* NEWS: Mention it.
* solib.c (solib_read_symbols): Only print symbol loading messages
if requested.
(solib_add): If symbol loading is in "brief" mode, notify user
symbols are being loaded.
(reload_shared_libraries_1): Ditto.
* symfile.c (print_symbol_loading_off): New static global.
(print_symbol_loading_brief): New static global.
(print_symbol_loading_full): New static global.
(print_symbol_loading_enums): New static global.
(print_symbol_loading): New static global.
(print_symbol_loading_p): New function.
(symbol_file_add_with_addrs): Only print symbol loading messages
if requested.
(_initialize_symfile): Register "print symbol-loading" set/show
command.
* symfile.h (print_symbol_loading_p): Declare.
doc/
* gdb.texinfo (Symbols): Document set/show print symbol-loading.
testsuite/
* gdb.base/print-symbol-loading-lib.c: New file.
* gdb.base/print-symbol-loading-main.c: New file.
* gdb.base/print-symbol-loading.exp: New file.
The "dll-symbols" command, specific to native Windows platforms,
gives the impression that the symbols were not loaded, first
because it completes silently, and second because the "info shared"
output does not get updated after the command completes:
(gdb) dll-symbols C:\WINDOWS\syswow64\rpcrt4.dll
(gdb) info shared
From To Syms Read Shared Object Library
[...]
0x77e51000 0x77ee2554 No C:\WINDOWS\system32\rpcrt4.dll
(we exected the "Syms Read" column to read "Yes").
As far as I can tell, the symbols actually do get loaded, but completely
independently from the solib framework, which explains the silent
loading and the fact that the "Syms Read" column does not get updated.
See windows-nat.c::safe_symbol_file_add_stub, which calls symbol_file_add
instead of calling solib_add.
But, aside from the fact that the "Syms Read" status does not get
updated, I also noticed that it does not take into account the DLL's
actual load address when loading its symbols. As a result, I believe
that we get it wrong if the DLL does not get loaded at the prefered
address.
Rather than trying to fix this command, there does not seem to be
a reason other than historical for having Windows-specific commands
which essentially re-implements the "sharedlibrary" command. The
command interface is slightly different (the latter takes a regexp
rather than a plain filename), but it should be just as easy to use
the "sharedlibrary" command, or its "share" alias, as usisng the
"dll-symbols" command. For instance:
(gdb) share rpcrt4.dll
Reading symbols from C:\WINDOWS\system32\rpcrt4.dll...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for C:\WINDOWS\system32\rpcrt4.dll
(gdb) info shared
From To Syms Read Shared Object Library
[...]
0x77e51000 0x77ee2554 Yes (*) C:\WINDOWS\system32\rpcrt4.dll
This patch therefore deprecates the "dll-symbols" command, as well
as its two aliases "add-shared-symbol-files" and "assf", with a view
of deleting them as soon as the 7.8 branch gets cut.
gdb/ChangeLog:
* windows-nat.c (_initialize_windows_nat): Deprecate the
"dll-symbols" command. Turn the "add-shared-symbol-files"
and "assf" aliases into commands, and deprecate them as well.
* NEWS: Add entry explaining that "dll-symbols" and its two
aliases are now deprecated.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo (Files): Document "add-shared-symbol-files"
and "assf" as being deprecated.
(Cygwin Native): Likewise for "dll-symbols".
(Non-debug DLL Symbols): Remove reference to "dll-symbols"
as a way to force the loading of symbols from a DLL.
* NEWS: Add entry for the new feature
* python/py-value.c (valpy_binop): Call value_x_binop for struct
and class values.
testsuite/
* gdb.python/py-value-cc.cc: Improve test case to enable testing
operations on gdb.Value objects.
* gdb.python/py-value-cc.exp: Add new test to test operations on
gdb.Value objects.
doc/
* python.texi (Values From Inferior): Add description about the
new feature.
Currently, Ada debugging requires the use of certain GNAT-specific
encodings, which are generated by the compiler. These encodings
were created a long time ago to work around the fairly limited
capabilities of the stabs debugging format. With DWARF, the vast
majority of the encodings could be abandoned in favor of a pure
DWARF approach.
In order to make it easier to evaluate the quality of the DWARF
debugging information generated by the compiler, and how the debugger
handles it, we are introducing a small Ada-specific maintenance
setting which changes the debugger's behavior to ignore descriptive
types. Descriptive types are artificial types generated by the
compiler purely to give the debugger hints as to how to properly
decode certain properties of a type. For instance, for array
types, it generates a parallel type whose name is the name of
the array suffixed with ___XA, whose contents tells us what
the array's index type is, and possibly its bounds. See GCC's
gcc/ada/exp_dbug.ads for the full description of all encodings.
This is only a first step, as this setting does not deactivate
all encodings; More settings dedicated to each type of encoding
will likely be implemented in the future, as we make progress.
gdb/ChangeLog:
* ada-lang.c (maint_set_ada_cmdlist, maint_show_ada_cmdlist):
New static globals.
(maint_set_ada_cmd, maint_show_ada_cmd): New functions.
(ada_ignore_descriptive_types_p): New static global.
(find_parallel_type_by_descriptive_type): Return immediately
if ada_ignore_descriptive_types_p is set.
(_initialize_ada_language): Register new commands "maintenance
set ada", "maintenance show ada", "maintenance set ada
ignore-descriptive-types" and "maintenance show ada
ignore-descriptive-types".
* NEWS: Add entry for new "maint ada set/show
ignore-descriptive-types" commands.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo (Ada Glitches): Document the new "maint ada set/show
ignore-descriptive-types". commands.
* syscalls/s390x-linux.xml: New file.
* syscalls/s390-linux.xml: New file.
* s390-linux-tdep.c (XML_SYSCALL_FILENAME_S390): New macro.
(XML_SYSCALL_FILENAME_S390X): Likewise.
(op_svc): New enum value for SVC opcode.
(s390_sigtramp_frame_sniffer): Replace literal by 'op_svc'.
(s390_linux_get_syscall_number): New function.
(s390_gdbarch_init): Register '*get_syscall_number' and the
syscall xml file name.
* data-directory/Makefile.in (SYSCALLS_FILES): Add
"s390-linux.xml" and "s390x-linux.xml".
* NEWS: Announce new feature.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
* gdb.base/catch-syscall.exp: Activate test on s390*-linux.
Provide to_resume and to_wait target methods for the btrace record target
to allow reverse stepping and replay support.
Replay is limited in the sense that only stepping and source correlation
are supported. We do not record data and thus can not show variables.
Non-stop mode is not working. Do not allow record-btrace in non-stop mode.
2014-01-16 Markus Metzger <markus.t.metzger@intel.com>
* btrace.h (btrace_thread_flag): New.
(struct btrace_thread_info) <flags>: New.
* record-btrace.c (record_btrace_resume_thread)
(record_btrace_find_thread_to_move, btrace_step_no_history)
(btrace_step_stopped, record_btrace_start_replaying)
(record_btrace_step_thread, record_btrace_decr_pc_after_break)
(record_btrace_find_resume_thread): New.
(record_btrace_resume, record_btrace_wait): Extend.
(record_btrace_can_execute_reverse): New.
(record_btrace_open): Fail in non-stop mode.
(record_btrace_set_replay): Split into this, ...
(record_btrace_stop_replaying): ... this, ...
(record_btrace_clear_histories): ... and this.
(init_record_btrace_ops): Init to_can_execute_reverse.
* NEWS: Announce it.
testsuite/
* gdb.btrace/delta.exp: Check reverse stepi.
* gdb.btrace/tailcall.exp: Update. Add stepping tests.
* gdb.btrace/finish.exp: New.
* gdb.btrace/next.exp: New.
* gdb.btrace/nexti.exp: New.
* gdb.btrace/record_goto.c: Add comments.
* gdb.btrace/step.exp: New.
* gdb.btrace/stepi.exp: New.
* gdb.btrace/multi-thread-step.c: New.
* gdb.btrace/multi-thread-step.exp: New.
* gdb.btrace/rn-dl-bind.c: New.
* gdb.btrace/rn-dl-bind.exp: New.
* gdb.btrace/data.c: New.
* gdb.btrace/data.exp: New.
* gdb.btrace/Makefile.in (EXECUTABLES): Add new.
doc/
* gdb.texinfo: Document limited reverse/replay support
for target record-btrace.
Read branch trace data incrementally and extend the current trace rather than
discarding it and reading the entire trace buffer each time.
If the branch trace buffer overflowed, we can't extend the current trace so we
discard it and start anew by reading the entire branch trace buffer.
2014-01-16 Markus Metzger <markus.t.metzger@intel.com>
* common/linux-btrace.c (perf_event_read_bts, linux_read_btrace):
Support delta reads.
(linux_disable_btrace): Change return type.
* common/linux-btrace.h (linux_read_btrace): Change parameters
and return type to allow error reporting. Update users.
(linux_disable_btrace): Change return type. Update users.
* common/btrace-common.h (btrace_read_type) <BTRACE_READ_DELTA>:
New.
(btrace_error): New.
(btrace_block) <begin>: Comment on BEGIN == 0.
* btrace.c (btrace_compute_ftrace): Start from the end of
the current trace.
(btrace_stitch_trace, btrace_clear_history): New.
(btrace_fetch): Read delta trace, return if replaying.
(btrace_clear): Move clear history code to btrace_clear_history.
(parse_xml_btrace): Throw an error if parsing failed.
* target.h (struct target_ops) <to_read_btrace>: Change parameters
and return type to allow error reporting.
(target_read_btrace): Change parameters and return type to allow
error reporting.
* target.c (target_read_btrace): Update.
* remote.c (remote_read_btrace): Support delta reads. Pass
errors on.
* NEWS: Announce it.
gdbserver/
* target.h (target_ops) <read_btrace>: Change parameters and
return type to allow error reporting.
* server.c (handle_qxfer_btrace): Support delta reads. Pass
trace reading errors on.
* linux-low.c (linux_low_read_btrace): Pass trace reading
errors on.
(linux_low_disable_btrace): New.
Extend the always failing unwinder to provide the PC based on the call
structure detected in the branch trace.
The unwinder supports normal frames and tailcall frames.
Inline frames are not supported.
2014-01-16 Markus Metzger <markus.t.metzger@intel.com>
* record.h (record_btrace_frame_unwind)
(record_btrace_tailcall_frame_unwind): New declarations.
* dwarf2-frame: Include record.h
(dwarf2_frame_cfa): Throw an error for btrace frames.
* record-btrace.c: Include hashtab.h.
(btrace_get_bfun_name): New.
(btrace_call_history): Call btrace_get_bfun_name.
(struct btrace_frame_cache): New.
(bfcache): New.
(bfcache_hash, bfcache_eq, bfcache_new): New.
(btrace_get_frame_function): New.
(record_btrace_frame_unwind_stop_reason): Allow unwinding.
(record_btrace_frame_this_id): Compute own id.
(record_btrace_frame_prev_register): Provide PC, throw_error
for all other registers.
(record_btrace_frame_sniffer): Detect btrace frames.
(record_btrace_tailcall_frame_sniffer): New.
(record_btrace_frame_dealloc_cache): New.
(record_btrace_frame_unwind): Add new functions.
(record_btrace_tailcall_frame_unwind): New.
(_initialize_record_btrace): Allocate cache.
* btrace.c (btrace_clear): Call reinit_frame_cache.
* NEWS: Announce it.
testsuite/
* gdb.btrace/record_goto.exp: Add backtrace test.
* gdb.btrace/tailcall.exp: Add backtrace test.
The "record function-call-history" and "record instruction-history" commands
accept a range "begin, end". End is not included in both cases. Include it.
2014-01-16 Markus Metzger <markus.t.metzger@intel.com>
* record-btrace.c (record_btrace_insn_history_range): Include
end.
(record_btrace_insn_history_from): Adjust range.
(record_btrace_call_history_range): Include
end.
(record_btrace_call_history_from): Adjust range.
* NEWS: Announce changes.
testsuite/
* gdb.btrace/function_call_history.exp: Update tests.
* gdb.btrace/instruction_history.exp: Update tests.
doc/
* gdb.texinfo (Process Record and Replay): Update documentation.
Add a new modifier /c to the "record function-call-history" command to
indent the function name based on its depth in the call stack.
Also reorder the optional fields to have the indentation at the very beginning.
Prefix the insn range (/i modifier) with "inst ".
Prefix the source line (/l modifier) with "at ".
Change the range syntax from "begin-end" to "begin,end" to allow copy&paste to
the "record instruction-history" and "list" commands.
Adjust the respective tests and add new tests for the /c modifier.
2014-01-16 Markus Metzger <markus.t.metzger@intel.com>
* record.h (enum record_print_flag)
<record_print_indent_calls>: New.
* record.c (get_call_history_modifiers): Recognize /c modifier.
(_initialize_record): Document /c modifier.
* record-btrace.c (btrace_call_history): Add btinfo parameter.
Reorder fields. Optionally indent the function name. Update
all users.
* NEWS: Announce changes.
testsuite/
* gdb.btrace/function_call_history.exp: Fix expected field
order for "record function-call-history".
Add new tests for "record function-call-history /c".
* gdb.btrace/exception.cc: New.
* gdb.btrace/exception.exp: New.
* gdb.btrace/tailcall.exp: New.
* gdb.btrace/x86-tailcall.S: New.
* gdb.btrace/x86-tailcall.c: New.
* gdb.btrace/unknown_functions.c: New.
* gdb.btrace/unknown_functions.exp: New.
* gdb.btrace/Makefile.in (EXECUTABLES): Add new.
doc/
* gdb.texinfo (Process Record and Replay): Document new /c
modifier accepted by "record function-call-history".
Add /i modifier to "record function-call-history" example.
The record instruction-history and record-function-call-history commands start
counting instructions at zero. This is somewhat unintuitive when we start
navigating in the recorded instruction history. Start at one, instead.
2014-01-16 Markus Metzger <markus.t.metzger@intel.com>
* btrace.c (ftrace_new_function): Start counting at one.
* record-btrace.c (record_btrace_info): Adjust number of calls
and insns.
* NEWS: Announce it.
testsuite/
* gdb.btrace/instruction_history.exp: Update.
* gdb.btrace/function_call_history.exp: Update.
This patch adds a news entry about improvements in record-replay and
reverse debugging support for arm*-linux* targets.
gdb/ChangeLog:
2014-01-15 Omair Javaid <omair.javaid@linaro.org>
* NEWS: Add note on improved process record-replay on
arm*-linux* targets.
Consider the following declarations:
typedef long our_time_t;
our_time_t current_time = 1384395743;
The purpose of this patch is to allow the use of a pretty-printer
for variables of type our_time_t. Normally, pretty-printing sniffers
use the tag name in order to determine which, if any, pretty-printer
should be used. But in the case above, the tag name is not set, since
it does not apply to integral types.
This patch extends the gdb.Type list of attributes to also include
the name of the type, thus allowing the sniffer to match against
that name. With that change, I was able to write a pretty-printer
which displays our variable as follow:
(gdb) print current_time
$1 = Thu Nov 14 02:22:23 2013 (1384395743)
gdb/ChangeLog:
* python/py-type.c (typy_get_name): New function.
(type_object_getset): Add entry for attribute "name".
* NEWS: Add entry mentioning this new attribute.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo (Types In Python): Document new attribute Types.name.
gdb/testsuite:
* gdb.python/py-pp-integral.c: New file.
* gdb.python/py-pp-integral.py: New file.
* gdb.python/py-pp-integral.exp: New file.
Tested on x86_64-linux.
This commit implements the needed bits for SystemTap SDT probe support
on AArch64 architectures.
First, I started by looking at AArch64 assembly specification and
filling the necessary options on gdbarch's stap machinery in order to
make the generic asm parser (implemented in stap-probe.c) recognize
AArch64's asm.
After my last patch for the SystemTap SDT API, which extends it in order
to accept multiple prefixes and suffixes, this patch became simpler. I
also followed Marcus suggestion and did not shared code between 32- and
64-bit ARM.
Tom asked me in a previous message how I did my tests. I believe I
replied that, but just in case: I ran the tests on
gdb.base/stap-probe.exp by hand. I also managed to run the tests on
real hardware, and they pass without regressions.
2013-12-28 Sergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj@redhat.com>
PR tdep/15653
* NEWS: Mention SystemTap SDT probe support for AArch64 GNU/Linux.
* aarch64-linux-tdep.c: Include necessary headers for parsing of
SystemTap SDT probes.
(aarch64_stap_is_single_operand): New function.
(aarch64_stap_parse_special_token): Likewise.
(aarch64_linux_init_abi): Declare SystemTap SDT probe argument
prefixes and suffixes. Initialize gdbarch with them.
PR python/16113
* NEWS (Python Scripting): Add entry for the new feature and the
new attribute of gdb.Field objects.
* python/py-type.c (gdbpy_is_field): New function
(convert_field): Add 'parent_type' attribute to gdb.Field
objects.
* python/py-value.c (valpy_getitem): Allow subscript value to be
a gdb.Field object.
(value_has_field): New function
(get_field_flag): New function
* python/python-internal.h (gdbpy_is_field): Add declaration.
testsuite/
* gdb.python/py-value-cc.cc: Improve test case.
* gdb.python/py-value-cc.exp: Add new tests to test usage of
gdb.Field objects as subscripts on gdb.Value objects.
doc/
* gdb.texinfo (Values From Inferior): Add a note about using
gdb.Field objects as subscripts on gdb.Value objects.
(Types In Python): Add description about the new attribute
"parent_type" of gdb.Field objects.
This adds "exec-run-start-option" in the output of the -list-features
commands, allowing front-ends to easily determine whether -exec-run
supports the --start option.
gdb/ChangeLog:
* mi/mi-main.c (mi_cmd_list_features): add "exec-run-start-option".
* NEWS: Expand the entry documenting the new -exec-run --start
option to mention the corresponding new entry in the output of
"-list-features".
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo (GDB/MI Miscellaneous Commands): Document the new
"exec-run-start-option" entry in the output of the "-list-features"
command.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
* gdb.mi/mi-start.exp: Add test verifying that -list-features
contains "exec-run-start-option".
This patch extends a bit the news entry we added which documents
general support of the --language option, to add a small reference
to the associated entry which was also added to the "-list-features"
command output.
gdb/ChangeLog:
* NEWS: Mention "-list-features" in the entry documenting
the support for the "--language" option.
... when trying to execute an undefined GDB/MI command. When trying
to execute a GDB/MI command which does not exist, the current error
result record looks like this:
-unsupported
^error,msg="Undefined MI command: unsupported"
The only indication that the command does not exist is the error
message. It would be a little fragile for a consumer to rely solely
on the contents of the error message in order to determine whether
a command exists or not.
This patch improves the situation by adding concept of error
code, starting with one well-defined error code ("undefined-command")
identifying errors due to a non-existant command. Here is the new
output:
-unsupported
^error,msg="Undefined MI command: unsupported",code="undefined-command"
This error code is only displayed when the corresponding error
condition is met. Otherwise, the error record remains unchanged.
For instance:
-symbol-list-lines foo.adb
^error,msg="-symbol-list-lines: Unknown source file name."
For frontends to be able to know whether they can rely on this
variable, a new entry "undefined-command-error-code" has been
added to the "-list-features" command. Another option would be
to always generate an error="..." variable (for the default case,
we could decide for instance that the error code is the empty string).
But it seems more efficient to provide that info in "-list-features"
and then only add the error code when meaningful.
gdb/ChangeLog:
(from Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>)
(from Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>)
* exceptions.h (enum_errors) <UNDEFINED_COMMAND_ERROR>: New enum.
* mi/mi-parse.c (mi_parse): Throw UNDEFINED_COMMAND_ERROR instead
of a regular error when the GDB/MI command does not exist.
* mi/mi-main.c (mi_cmd_list_features): Add
"undefined-command-error-code".
(mi_print_exception): Print an "undefined-command"
error code if EXCEPTION.ERROR is UNDEFINED_COMMAND_ERROR.
* NEWS: Add entry documenting the new "code" variable in
"^error" result records.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo (GDB/MI Result Records): Fix the syntax of the
"^error" result record concerning the error message. Document
the error code that may also be part of that result record.
(GDB/MI Miscellaneous Commands): Document the
"undefined-command-error-code" element in the output of
the "-list-features" GDB/MI command.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
* gdb.mi/mi-undefined-cmd.exp: New testcase.
This patch adds a new GDB/MI command meant for graphical frontends
trying to determine whether a given GDB/MI command exists or not.
Examples:
-info-gdb-mi-command unsupported-command
^done,command={exists="false"}
(gdb)
-info-gdb-mi-command symbol-list-lines
^done,command={exists="true"}
(gdb)
At the moment, this is the only piece of information that this
command returns.
Eventually, and if needed, we can extend it to provide
command-specific pieces of information, such as updates to
the command's syntax since inception. This could become,
for instance:
-info-gdb-mi-command symbol-list-lines
^done,command={exists="true",features=[]}
(gdb)
-info-gdb-mi-command catch-assert
^done,command={exists="true",features=["conditions"]}
In the first case, it would mean that no extra features,
while in the second, it announces that the -catch-assert
command in this version of the debugger supports a feature
called "condition" - exact semantics to be documented with
combined with the rest of the queried command's documentation.
But for now, we start small, and only worry about existance.
And to bootstrap the process, I have added an entry in the
output of the -list-features command as well ("info-gdb-mi-command"),
allowing the graphical frontends to go through the following process:
1. Send -list-features, collect info from there as before;
2. Check if the output contains "info-gdb-mi-command".
If it does, then support for various commands can be
queried though -info-gdb-mi-command. Newer commands
will be expected to always be checked via this new
-info-gdb-mi-command.
gdb/ChangeLog:
* mi/mi-cmds.h (mi_cmd_info_gdb_mi_command): Declare.
* mi/mi-cmd-info.c (mi_cmd_info_gdb_mi_command): New function.
* mi/mi-cmds.c (mi_cmds): Add -info-gdb-mi-command command.
* mi/mi-main.c (mi_cmd_list_features): Add "info-gdb-mi-command"
field to output of "-list-features".
* NEWS: Add entry for new -info-gdb-mi-command.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo (GDB/MI Miscellaneous Commands): Document
the new -info-gdb-mi-command GDB/MI command. Document
the meaning of "-info-gdb-mi-command" in the output of
-list-features.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
* gdb.mi/mi-i-cmd.exp: New file.
Similar to stack cache, in this patch, we add
TARGET_OBJECT_CODE_MEMORY to read code from target and add a new
option "set code-cache on|off" to optimize code accesses by
using the target memory cache.
In V4:
- Remove "without affecting correctness" from NEWS and doc.
- Replace "ON" with "on" in doc.
- "access" -> "accesses".
In V3:
- Rename functions and variables.
- Update command help, doc and NEWS entry.
- Invalidate cache on option transitions, to align with
the behaviour of "stack-cache". Since cache invalidation is
transparent to users, users don't know option "stack-cache"
transitions cause code cache invalidation.
V2 was reviewed by Doug. There are some changes in V3, so I post it
here.
gdb:
2013-11-24 Yao Qi <yao@codesourcery.com>
* NEWS: Add note on new "set code-cache" option.
* target-dcache.c (code_cache_enabled_1): New variable.
(code_cache_enabled): New variable.
(show_code_cache, set_code_cache): New function.
(code_cache_enabled_p): New function.
(_initialize_target_dcache): Register command.
* target-dcache.h (code_cache_enabled_p): Declare.
* target.c (memory_xfer_partial_1):Handle
TARGET_OBJECT_CODE_MEMORY and code_cache_enabled.
(target_read_code): New function.
* target.h (enum target_object) <TARGET_OBJECT_CODE_MEMORY>:
New.
(target_read_code): Declare.
gdb/doc:
2013-11-24 Yao Qi <yao@codesourcery.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Caching Remote Data): Document new
"set/show stack-cache" option.
Frontend sometimes need to evaluate expressions that are
language-specific. For instance, Eclipse uses the following
expression to determine the size of an address on the target:
-data-evaluate-expression "sizeof (void*)"
Unfortunately, if the main of the program being debugged is not C,
this may not work. For instance, if the main is in Ada, you get...
-data-evaluate-expression "sizeof (void*)"
^error,msg="No definition of \"sizeof\" in current context."
... and apparently decides to stop the debugging session as a result.
The recommendation sent was to specifically set the language to C
before trying to evaluate the expression. Something such as:
1. save current language
2. set language c
3. -data-evaluate-expression "sizeof (void*)"
4. Restore language
This has the same disadvantages as the ones outlined in the "Context
Management" section of the GDB/MI documentation regarding setting
the current thread or the current frame, thus recommending the use of
general command-line switches such as --frame, or --thread instead.
This patch follows the same steps for the language, adding a similar
new command option: --language LANG. Example of use:
-data-evaluate-expression --language c "sizeof (void*)"
^done,value="4"
gdb/ChangeLog:
* mi/mi-parse.h (struct mi_parse) <language>: New field.
* mi/mi-main.c (mi_cmd_execute): Temporarily set language to
PARSE->LANGUAGE during command execution, if set.
* mi/mi-parse.c: Add "language.h" #include.
(mi_parse): Add parsing of "--language" command option.
* NEWS: Add entry mentioning the new "--language" command option.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
* gdb.mi/mi-language.exp: New file.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo (Show): Add xref anchor for "show language" command.
(Context management): Place current subsection text into its own
subsubsection. Add new subsubsection describing the "--language"
command option.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo (Ada): Add entry in menu for new "Ada Exceptions" node.
(Ada Exceptions): New node.
(GDB/MI): Add entry in menu for new "GDB/MI Ada Exceptions
Commands" node.
(GDB/MI Ada Exceptions Commands): New node.
(GDB/MI Miscellaneous Commands): Document new "info-ada-exceptions"
field in the output of the "-list-features" command.
* NEWS: Add entry for the new "info exceptions" CLI command,
and for the new "-info-ada-exceptions" GDB/MI command.
* python/py-breakpoint.c (bppy_get_temporary): New function.
(bppy_init): New keyword: temporary. Parse it and set breakpoint
to temporary if True.
2013-11-07 Phil Muldoon <pmuldoon@redhat.com>
* gdb.python/py-breakpoint.exp: Add temporary breakpoint tests.
2013-11-07 Phil Muldoon <pmuldoon@redhat.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Breakpoints In Python): Document temporary
option in breakpoint constructor, and add documentation to the
temporary attribute.
2013-10-29 Nicolas Blanc <nicolas.blanc@intel.com>
* NEWS: Add description of the remove-symbol-file command.
gdb/doc
* gdb.texinfo (Commands to Specify Files): Add description
of the remove-symbol-file command.
Signed-off-by: Nicolas Blanc <nicolas.blanc@intel.com>
Occasionaly we hear about people having problems with GDB not being
able to start programs (with "run"/"start"). GDB spawns a shell to
start the program, and most often, it'll be the case that the problem
is actually with the user's shell setup.
GDB has code to disable the use of the shell to start programs.
That's the STARTUP_WITH_SHELL macro that native targets could set to 0
in their nm.h file (though no target actually uses it nowadays).
This patch makes that setting a run-time knob instead. This will be
useful to quickly diagnose such shell issues, and might also come in
handy at other times (such as when debugging the shell itself, if you
don't have a different shell handy).
gdb/
2013-10-24 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
* NEWS (New options): Mention set/show startup-with-shell.
* config/alpha/nm-osf3.h (START_INFERIOR_TRAPS_EXPECTED): Set to 2
instead of 3.
* fork-child.c (fork_inferior, startup_inferior): Handle 'set
startup-with-shell'.
(show_startup_with_shell): New function.
(_initialize_fork_child): Register the set/show startup-with-shell
commands.
* inf-ptrace.c (inf_ptrace_create_inferior): Remove comment.
* inf-ttrace.c (inf_ttrace_him): Remove comment.
* procfs.c (procfs_init_inferior): Remove comment.
* infcmd.c (startup_with_shell): New global.
* inferior.h (startup_with_shell): Declare global.
(STARTUP_WITH_SHELL): Delete.
(START_INFERIOR_TRAPS_EXPECTED): Set to 1 by default instead of 2.
gdb/doc/
2013-10-24 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Starting): Document set/show startup-with-shell.
This patch adds documentation for the new GDB/MI commands "-catch-assert"
and "-catch-exception", meant to provide the same functionality as
the "catch assert", "catch exception" and "catch exception unhandled"
CLI commands.
In the GDB Manual, there was already a section for catchpoint comments,
so that seemed like a natural place to document the new commands. But
commands related to a given concept seem to have traditionally been
organized alphabetically, and I didn't want future commands to break
down logical pairing of various commands. For instance, "-catch-load"
and "-catch-unload" are quite "distant" from each other, and it is easy
to imagine a new comment which would alphabetically fall in between,
causing them to be separated. So I introduced subsections to prevent
that from happening.
gdb/ChangeLog:
* NEWS: Add entry documenting the new "-catch-assert" and
"-catch-exception" GDB/MI commands.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo (Shared Library GDB/MI Catchpoint Commands):
New subsection inside which the "-catch-load" and "-catch-unload"
commands documentation is now placed.
(Ada Exception GDB/MI Catchpoint Commands): New subsection
documenting the "-catch-assert" and "-catch-exception" new
GDB/MI commands.
This patch renames the "set/show remotebaud" commands into
"set/show serial baud", and moves its implementation into serial.c.
It also moves the "baud_rate" global from top.c to serial.c, where
the new code is being added (the alternative was to add an include
of target.h).
And to facilitate the transition to the new setting name, this
patch also preserves the old commands, and marks them as deprecated
to alert the users of the change.
gdb/ChangeLog:
* cli/cli-cmds.c (show_baud_rate): Moved to serial.c as
serial_baud_show_cmd.
(_initialize_cli_cmds): Delete the code creating the
"set/show remotebaud" commands.
* serial.c (baud_rate): Move here from top.c.
(serial_baud_show_cmd): Move here from cli/cli-cmds.c.
(_initialize_serial): Create "set/show serial baud" commands.
Add "set/show remotebaud" command aliases.
* top.c (baud_rate): Moved to serial.c.
* NEWS: Document the new "set/show serial baud" commands,
replacing "set/show remotebaud".
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo: Replace "set remotebaud" and "show remotebaud"
by "set serial baud" and "show serial baud" (resp) throughout.
will hold the signal number when the inferior terminates due to the
uncaught signal.
I've made modifications on infrun.c:handle_inferior_event such that
$_exitcode gets cleared when the inferior signalled, and vice-versa.
This assumption was made because the variables are mutually
exclusive, i.e., when the inferior terminates because of an uncaught
signal it is not possible for it to return. I have also made modifications
such that when a corefile is loaded, $_exitsignal gets set to the uncaught
signal that "killed" the inferior, and $_exitcode is cleared.
The patch also adds a NEWS entry, documentation bits, and a testcase. The
documentation entry explains how to use $_exitsignal and $_exitcode in a
GDB script, by making use of the new $_isvoid convenience function.
gdb/
2013-10-06 Sergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj@redhat.com>
* NEWS: Mention new convenience variable $_exitsignal.
* corelow.c (core_open): Reset exit convenience variables. Set
$_exitsignal to the uncaught signal which generated the corefile.
* infrun.c (handle_inferior_event): Reset exit convenience
variables. Set $_exitsignal for TARGET_WAITKIND_SIGNALLED.
(clear_exit_convenience_vars): New function.
* inferior.h (clear_exit_convenience_vars): New prototype.
gdb/testsuite/
2013-10-06 Sergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj@redhat.com>
* gdb.base/corefile.exp: Test whether $_exitsignal is set and
$_exitcode is void when opening a corefile.
* gdb.base/exitsignal.exp: New file.
* gdb.base/segv.c: Likewise.
* gdb.base/normal.c: Likewise.
gdb/doc/
2013-10-06 Sergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj@redhat.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Convenience Variables): Document $_exitsignal.
Update entry for $_exitcode.
* NEWS: Mention support for DWP file format version 2.
* dwarf2read.c (dwarf2_section_info): Convert asection field to a
union of asection, containing_section. New fields virtual_offset
and is_virtual. Change type of readin filed from int to char.
(dwo_sections, dwo_file): Tweak comments.
(dwp_v2_section_ids): New enum.
(dwp_sections): New fields abbrev, info, line, loc, macinfo, macro,
str_offsets, types.
(virtual_v1_dwo_sections): Renamed from virtual_dwo_sections.
All uses updated.
(virtual_v2_dwo_sections): New struct.
(dwp_hash_table): New fields version, nr_columns. Change type of
section_pool field to a union.
(dwp_file): New field version.
(dwarf2_has_info): Check for virtual sections.
(get_containing_section): New function.
(get_section_bfd_owner, get_section_bfd_section): Call it.
(dwarf2_locate_sections): Update.
(dwarf2_section_empty_p): Update.
(dwarf2_read_section): Handle virtual sections.
(locate_dwz_sections): Update.
(create_dwp_hash_table): Document and handle V2 format.
(locate_v1_virtual_dwo_sections): Renamed from
locate_virtual_dwo_sections and update. All callers updated.
(create_dwo_unit_in_dwp_v1): Renamed from create_dwo_in_dwp.
Delete arg htab. Rename arg section_index to unit_index.
All callers updated.
(MAX_NR_V1_DWO_SECTIONS): Renamed from MAX_NR_DWO_SECTIONS.
All uses updated.
(create_dwp_v2_section, create_dwo_unit_in_dwp_v2): New functions.
(lookup_dwo_unit_in_dwp): Add V2 support.
(dwarf2_locate_dwo_sections): Update.
(dwarf2_locate_common_dwp_sections): Renamed from
dwarf2_locate_dwp_sections and update. All callers updated.
(dwarf2_locate_v2_dwp_sections): New function.
(open_and_init_dwp_file): Add V2 support.
(read_str_index): New locals str_section, str_offsets_section.
gdb/ChangeLog:
* mi/mi-main.c (run_one_inferior): Add function description.
Make ARG a pointer to an integer whose value determines whether
we should "run" or "start" the program.
(mi_cmd_exec_run): Add handling of the "--start" option.
Reject all other command-line options.
* NEWS: Add entry for "-exec-run"'s new "--start" option.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo (GDB/MI Program Execution): Document "-exec-run"'s
new "--start" option.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
* gdb.mi/mi-start.c, gdb.mi/mi-start.exp: New files.
Currently, in some scenarios, GDB prints <optimized out> when printing
outer frame registers. An <optimized out> register is a confusing
concept. What this really means is that the register is
call-clobbered, or IOW, not saved by the callee. This patch makes GDB
say that instead.
Before patch:
(gdb) p/x $rax $1 = <optimized out>
(gdb) info registers rax
rax <optimized out>
After patch:
(gdb) p/x $rax
$1 = <not saved>
(gdb) info registers rax
rax <not saved>
However, if for some reason the debug info describes a variable as
being in such a register (**), we still want to print <optimized out>
when printing the variable. IOW, <not saved> is reserved for
inspecting registers at the machine level. The patch uses
lval_register+optimized_out to encode the not saved registers, and
makes it so that optimized out variables always end up in
!lval_register values.
** See <https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2012-08/msg00787.html>.
Current/recent enough GCC doesn't mark variables/arguments as being in
call-clobbered registers in the ranges corresponding to function
calls, while older GCCs did. Newer GCCs will just not say where the
variable is, so GDB will end up realizing the variable is optimized
out.
frame_unwind_got_optimized creates not_lval optimized out registers,
so by default, in most cases, we'll see <optimized out>.
value_of_register is the function eval.c uses for evaluating
OP_REGISTER (again, $pc, etc.), and related bits. It isn't used for
anything else. This function makes sure to return lval_register
values. The patch makes "info registers" and the MI equivalent use it
too. I think it just makes a lot of sense, as this makes it so that
when printing machine registers ($pc, etc.), we go through a central
function.
We're likely to need a different encoding at some point, if/when we
support partially saved registers. Even then, I think
value_of_register will still be the spot to tag the intention to print
machine register values differently.
value_from_register however may also return optimized out
lval_register values, so at a couple places where we're computing a
variable's location from a dwarf expression, we convert the resulting
value away from lval_register to a regular optimized out value.
Tested on x86_64 Fedora 17
gdb/
2013-10-02 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
* cp-valprint.c (cp_print_value_fields): Adjust calls to
val_print_optimized_out.
* jv-valprint.c (java_print_value_fields): Likewise.
* p-valprint.c (pascal_object_print_value_fields): Likewise.
* dwarf2loc.c (dwarf2_evaluate_loc_desc_full)
<DWARF_VALUE_REGISTER>: If the register was not saved, return a
new optimized out value.
* findvar.c (address_from_register): Likewise.
* frame.c (put_frame_register): Tweak error string to say the
register was not saved, rather than optimized out.
* infcmd.c (default_print_one_register_info): Adjust call to
val_print_optimized_out. Use value_of_register instead of
get_frame_register_value.
* mi/mi-main.c (output_register): Use value_of_register instead of
get_frame_register_value.
* valprint.c (valprint_check_validity): Likewise.
(val_print_optimized_out): New value parameter. If the value is
lval_register, print <not saved> instead.
(value_check_printable, val_print_scalar_formatted): Adjust calls
to val_print_optimized_out.
* valprint.h (val_print_optimized_out): New value parameter.
* value.c (struct value) <optimized_out>: Extend comment.
(error_value_optimized_out): New function.
(require_not_optimized_out): Use it. Use a different string for
lval_register values.
* value.h (error_value_optimized_out): New declaration.
* NEWS: Mention <not saved>.
gdb/testsuite/
2013-10-02 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
* gdb.dwarf2/dw2-reg-undefined.exp <pattern_rax_rbx_rcx_print,
pattern_rax_rbx_rcx_info>: Set to "<not saved>".
* gdb.mi/mi-reg-undefined.exp (opt_out_pattern): Delete.
(not_saved_pattern): New.
Replace use of the former with the latter.
gdb/doc/
2013-10-02 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Registers): Expand description of saved registers
in frames. Explain <not saved>.
* NEWS: Mention "set debug symfile".
* Makefile.in (SFILES): Add symfile-debug.c.
(COMMON_OBS): Add symfile-debug.o.
* elfread.c (elf_symfile_read): Use objfile_set_sym_fns to set the
objfile's symbol functions.
* objfiles.h (objfile_set_sym_fns): Declare.
* symfile-debug.c: New file.
* symfile.c (syms_from_objfile_1): Use objfile_set_sym_fns to set the
objfile's symbol functions.
(reread_symbols): Ditto.
<https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2013-09/msg00301.html>
<https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2013-09/msg00383.html>
This patch adds a new convenience function called $_isvoid, whose
only purpose is to check whether an expression is void or not.
This became necessary because the new convenience variable
$_exitsignal (not yet approved) has a mutual exclusive behavior
with $_exitcode, i.e., when one is "defined" (i.e., non-void),
the other is cleared (i.e., becomes void). Doug wanted a way to
identify which variable to use, and checking for voidness is the
obvious solution.
It is worth mentioning that my first attempt, after a conversation with
Doug, was to actually implement a new $_isdefined() convenience
function. I would do that (for convenience variables) by calling
lookup_only_internalvar. However, I found a few problems:
- Whenever I called $_isdefined ($variable), $variable became defined
(with a void value), and $_isdefined always returned true.
- Then, I tried to implement $_isdefined ("variable"), and do the "$" +
"variable" inside GDB, thus making it impossible for GDB to create the
convenience variable. However, it was hard to extract the string
without having to mess with values and their idiossincrasies.
Therefore, I decided to abandon this attempt (specially because I
didn't want to spend too much time struggling with it).
Anyway, after talking to Doug again we decided that it would be easier
to implement $_isvoid, and this will probably help in cases like
<http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3744554/testing-if-a-gdb-convenience-variable-is-defined>.
I wrote a NEWS entry for it, and some new lines on the documentation.
gdb/
2013-09-16 Sergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj@redhat.com>
* NEWS: Mention new convenience function $_isvoid.
* value.c (isvoid_internal_fn): New function.
(_initialize_values): Add new convenience function $_isvoid.
gdb/doc/
2013-09-16 Sergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj@redhat.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Convenience Functions): Mention new convenience
function $_isvoid.
gdb/testsuite/
2013-09-16 Sergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj@redhat.com>
* gdb.base/gdbvars.c (foo_void): New function.
(foo_int): Likewise.
* gdb.base/gdbvars.exp (test_convenience_functions): New
function. Call it.
* NEWS: Add entry mentioning support for native Windows x64
SEH data.
* amd64-windows-tdep.c: #include "objfiles.h", "frame-unwind.h",
"coff/internal.h", "coff/i386.h", "coff/pe.h" and "libcoff.h".
(struct amd64_windows_frame_cache): New struct.
(amd64_windows_w2gdb_regnum): New global.
(pc_in_range, amd64_windows_frame_decode_epilogue)
(amd64_windows_frame_decode_insns, amd64_windows_find_unwind_info)
(amd64_windows_frame_cache, amd64_windows_frame_prev_register)
(amd64_windows_frame_this_id): New functions.
(amd64_windows_frame_unwind): New static global.
(amd64_windows_skip_prologue): New function.
(amd64_windows_init_abi): Call frame_unwind_prepend_unwinder
with amd64_windows_frame_unwind. Call set_gdbarch_skip_prologue
with amd64_windows_skip_prologue.
This is the patch to add new option '--skip-unavailable' to MI
commands '-stack-list-{locals, arguments, variables}'. This patch
extends list_args_or_locals to add a new parameter 'skip_unavailable',
and don't list locals or arguments if values are unavailable and
'skip_unavailable' is true.
This is inspecting a trace frame (tfind mode), where only a few
locals have been collected.
-stack-list-locals, no switch vs new switch:
-stack-list-locals --simple-values
^done,locals=[{name="array",type="unsigned char [2]"},{name="i",type="int",value="<unavailable>"}]
-stack-list-locals --skip-unavailable --simple-values
^done,locals=[{name="array",type="unsigned char [2]"}]
-stack-list-arguments, no switch vs new switch:
-stack-list-arguments --simple-values
^done,stack-args=[frame={level="0",args=[{name="j",type="int",value="4"},{name="s",type="char *",value="<unavailable>"}]},frame={level="1",args=[]}]
-stack-list-arguments --skip-unavailable --simple-values
^done,stack-args=[frame={level="0",args=[{name="j",type="int",value="4"}]},frame={level="1",args=[]}]
-stack-list-variables, no switch vs new switch:
-stack-list-variables --simple-values
^done,variables=[{name="j",arg="1",type="int",value="4"},{name="s",arg="1",type="char *",value="<unavailable>"},{name="array",type="unsigned char [2]"},{name="i",type="int",value="<unavailable>"}]
-stack-list-variables --skip-unavailable --simple-values
^done,variables=[{name="j",arg="1",type="int",value="4"},{name="array",type="unsigned char [2]"}]
tests are added to test these new options.
gdb:
2013-08-27 Pedro Alves <pedro@codesourcery.com>
Yao Qi <yao@codesourcery.com>
* mi/mi-cmd-stack.c (list_args_or_locals): Adjust prototype.
(parse_no_frames_option): Remove.
(mi_cmd_stack_list_locals): Handle --skip-unavailable.
(mi_cmd_stack_list_args): Adjust.
(mi_cmd_stack_list_variables): Handle --skip-unavailable.
(list_arg_or_local): Add new parameter 'skip_unavailable'. Return
early if SKIP_UNAVAILABLE is true and ARG->val is unavailable.
Caller update.
(list_args_or_locals): New parameter 'skip_unavailable'.
Handle it.
* valprint.c (scalar_type_p): Rename to ...
(val_print_scalar_type_p): ... this. Make extern.
(val_print, value_check_printable): Adjust.
* valprint.h (val_print_scalar_type_p): Declare.
* value.c (value_entirely_unavailable): New function.
* value.h (value_entirely_unavailable): Declare.
* NEWS: Mention the new option "--skip-unavailable" to MI
commands '-stack-list-locals', '-stack-list-arguments' and
'-stack-list-variables'.
gdb/doc:
2013-08-27 Pedro Alves <pedro@codesourcery.com>
Yao Qi <yao@codesourcery.com>
* gdb.texinfo (GDB/MI Stack Manipulation) <-stack-list-locals>:
Document new --skip-unavailable option.
<-stack-list-variables>: Document new --skip-unavailable option.
gdb/testsuite:
2013-08-27 Yao Qi <yao@codesourcery.com>
* gdb.trace/entry-values.exp: Test unavailable entry value is
not shown when option '--skip-unavailable' is specified.
* gdb.trace/mi-trace-unavailable.exp (test_trace_unavailable):
Add tests for new option '--skip-unavailable'.
* symmisc.c (maintenance_print_objfiles): Argument is now an optional
regexp of objfiles to print.
(_initialize_symmisc): Update doc string for "mt print objfiles".
doc/
* gdb.texinfo (Maintenance Commands): "maint print objfiles" now takes
an optional regexp.
This time, it passes all the tests and comes with a nearly complete
XML file (plus a script that can nearly regenerate the XML file).
(I elected to leave out __ARM_NR_cmpxchg, since it has dire warnings
to the effect that the only pieces of code that should be aware of it
are the implementation and the __kuser_cmpxchg code in entry-armv.S.)
gdb/
2013-08-14 Samuel Bronson <naesten@gmail.com>
ARM Linux support for `catch syscall'.
* syscalls/arm-linux.py: New file.
* syscalls/arm-linux.xml: Likewise.
* arm-linux-tdep.c (arm_linux_get_syscall_number): New function.
(arm_linux_init_abi): Register the new function and syscall xml file.
* data-directory/Makefile.in: Install the new syscall xml file.
* NEWS: Brag about this.
gdb/testsuite/
2013-08-14 Samuel Bronson <naesten@gmail.com>
ARM Linux support for `catch syscall'.
* gdb.base/catch-syscall.exp: Test this on ARM now.
(fill_all_syscalls_numbers): ARM has close/chroot on 6/61, too.
* Makefile.in (SFILES): Add common/mips-linux-watch.c.
(mips-linux-watch.o): New rule.
(mips_linux_watch_h): New variable.
* configure.srv <mips*-*-linux*>: Add mips-linux-watch.o to
srv_tgtobj.
* linux-mips-low.c: Include mips-linux-watch.h.
(struct arch_process_info, struct arch_lwp_info): New.
(update_watch_registers_callback): New function.
(mips_linux_new_process, mips_linux_new_thread) New functions.
(mips_linux_prepare_to_resume, mips_insert_point): New
functions.
(mips_remove_point, mips_stopped_by_watchpoint): New
functions.
(rsp_bp_type_to_target_hw_bp_type): New function.
(mips_stopped_data_address): New function.
(the_low_target): Add watchpoint support functions.
gdb/
* NEWS: Mention that GDBserver now supports hardware
watchpoints on the MIPS GNU/Linux target.
Doug Evans