This patch splits the TRY_CATCH macro into three, so that we go from
this:
~~~
volatile gdb_exception ex;
TRY_CATCH (ex, RETURN_MASK_ERROR)
{
}
if (ex.reason < 0)
{
}
~~~
to this:
~~~
TRY
{
}
CATCH (ex, RETURN_MASK_ERROR)
{
}
END_CATCH
~~~
Thus, we'll be getting rid of the local volatile exception object, and
declaring the caught exception in the catch block.
This allows reimplementing TRY/CATCH in terms of C++ exceptions when
building in C++ mode, while still allowing to build GDB in C mode
(using setjmp/longjmp), as a transition step.
TBC, after this patch, is it _not_ valid to have code between the TRY
and the CATCH blocks, like:
TRY
{
}
// some code here.
CATCH (ex, RETURN_MASK_ERROR)
{
}
END_CATCH
Just like it isn't valid to do that with C++'s native try/catch.
By switching to creating the exception object inside the CATCH block
scope, we can get rid of all the explicitly allocated volatile
exception objects all over the tree, and map the CATCH block more
directly to C++'s catch blocks.
The majority of the TRY_CATCH -> TRY+CATCH+END_CATCH conversion was
done with a script, rerun from scratch at every rebase, no manual
editing involved. After the mechanical conversion, a few places
needed manual intervention, to fix preexisting cases where we were
using the exception object outside of the TRY_CATCH block, and cases
where we were using "else" after a 'if (ex.reason) < 0)' [a CATCH
after this patch]. The result was folded into this patch so that GDB
still builds at each incremental step.
END_CATCH is necessary for two reasons:
First, because we name the exception object in the CATCH block, which
requires creating a scope, which in turn must be closed somewhere.
Declaring the exception variable in the initializer field of a for
block, like:
#define CATCH(EXCEPTION, mask) \
for (struct gdb_exception EXCEPTION; \
exceptions_state_mc_catch (&EXCEPTION, MASK); \
EXCEPTION = exception_none)
would avoid needing END_CATCH, but alas, in C mode, we build with C90,
which doesn't allow mixed declarations and code.
Second, because when TRY/CATCH are wired to real C++ try/catch, as
long as we need to handle cleanup chains, even if there's no CATCH
block that wants to catch the exception, we need for stop at every
frame in the unwind chain and run cleanups, then rethrow. That will
be done in END_CATCH.
After we require C++, we'll still need TRY/CATCH/END_CATCH until
cleanups are completely phased out -- TRY/CATCH in C++ mode will
save/restore the current cleanup chain, like in C mode, and END_CATCH
catches otherwise uncaugh exceptions, runs cleanups and rethrows, so
that C++ cleanups and exceptions can coexist.
IMO, this still makes the TRY/CATCH code look a bit more like a
newcomer would expect, so IMO worth it even if we weren't considering
C++.
gdb/ChangeLog.
2015-03-07 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
* common/common-exceptions.c (struct catcher) <exception>: No
longer a pointer to volatile exception. Now an exception value.
<mask>: Delete field.
(exceptions_state_mc_init): Remove all parameters. Adjust.
(exceptions_state_mc): No longer pop the catcher here.
(exceptions_state_mc_catch): New function.
(throw_exception): Adjust.
* common/common-exceptions.h (exceptions_state_mc_init): Remove
all parameters.
(exceptions_state_mc_catch): Declare.
(TRY_CATCH): Rename to ...
(TRY): ... this. Remove EXCEPTION and MASK parameters.
(CATCH, END_CATCH): New.
All callers adjusted.
gdb/gdbserver/ChangeLog:
2015-03-07 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
Adjust all callers of TRY_CATCH to use TRY/CATCH/END_CATCH
instead.
This normalizes some exception catch blocks that check for ex.reason
to look like this:
~~~
volatile gdb_exception ex;
TRY_CATCH (ex, RETURN_MASK_ALL)
{
...
}
if (ex.reason < 0)
{
...
}
~~~
This is a preparation step for running a script that converts all
TRY_CATCH uses to look like this instead:
~~~
TRY
{
...
}
CATCH (ex, RETURN_MASK_ALL)
{
...
}
END_CATCH
~~~
The motivation for that change is being able to reimplent TRY/CATCH in
terms of C++ try/catch.
This commit makes it so that:
- no condition other than ex.reason < 0 is checked in the if
predicate
- there's no "else" block to check whether no exception was caught
- there's no code between the TRY_CATCH (TRY) block and the
'if (ex.reason < 0)' block (CATCH).
- the exception object is no longer referred to outside the if/catch
block. Note the local volatile exception objects that are
currently defined inside functions that use TRY_CATCH will
disappear. In cases it's more convenient to still refer to the
exception outside the catch block, a new non-volatile local is
added and copy to that object is made within the catch block.
The following patches should make this all clearer.
gdb/ChangeLog:
2015-03-07 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
* amd64-tdep.c (amd64_frame_cache, amd64_sigtramp_frame_cache)
(amd64_epilogue_frame_cache): Normal exception handling code.
* break-catch-throw.c (check_status_exception_catchpoint)
(re_set_exception_catchpoint): Ditto.
* cli/cli-interp.c (safe_execute_command):
* cli/cli-script.c (script_from_file): Ditto.
* compile/compile-c-symbols.c (generate_c_for_for_one_variable):
Ditto.
* compile/compile-object-run.c (compile_object_run): Ditto.
* cp-abi.c (baseclass_offset): Ditto.
* cp-valprint.c (cp_print_value): Ditto.
* exceptions.c (catch_exceptions_with_msg):
* frame-unwind.c (frame_unwind_try_unwinder): Ditto.
* frame.c (get_frame_address_in_block_if_available): Ditto.
* i386-tdep.c (i386_frame_cache, i386_epilogue_frame_cache)
(i386_sigtramp_frame_cache): Ditto.
* infcmd.c (post_create_inferior): Ditto.
* linespec.c (parse_linespec, find_linespec_symbols):
* p-valprint.c (pascal_object_print_value): Ditto.
* parse.c (parse_expression_for_completion): Ditto.
* python/py-finishbreakpoint.c (bpfinishpy_init): Ditto.
* remote.c (remote_get_noisy_reply): Ditto.
* s390-linux-tdep.c (s390_frame_unwind_cache): Ditto.
* solib-svr4.c (solib_svr4_r_map): Ditto.
This patch renames symbols that happen to have names which are
reserved keywords in C++.
Most of this was generated with Tromey's cxx-conversion.el script.
Some places where later hand massaged a bit, to fix formatting, etc.
And this was rebased several times meanwhile, along with re-running
the script, so re-running the script from scratch probably does not
result in the exact same output. I don't think that matters anyway.
gdb/
2015-02-27 Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
Rename symbols whose names are reserved C++ keywords throughout.
gdb/gdbserver/
2015-02-27 Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
Rename symbols whose names are reserved C++ keywords throughout.
-- Initial message by Tom Tromey:
While testing on AIX, I happened to notice an internal error coming
from parse_probes. This happens because there are no probes defined
on this platform. This patch fixes the problem by changing an assert
into an ordinary error, and then changing the relevant caller to cope.
This fixes a few tests on AIX; also regtested on x86-64 Fedora 18.
-- Followup by Sergio Durigan Junior:
By reading the patch (and the original code), I found it a little bit
obscure, so I took the liberty to try to improve it. Here's the patch.
Could you please take a look and see if it works on AIX (and also if you
like the approach)?
gdb/
2014-03-20 Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
Sergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj@redhat.com>
* probe.c (parse_probes): Turn assert into an ordinary error.
* break-catch-throw.c (re_set_exception_catchpoint): Ignore
exceptions when parsing probes. Rearrange the code for clarity.
This changes the probes to be independent of the program space.
After this, when a probe's address is needed, it is determined by
applying offsets at the point of use.
This introduces a bound_probe object, similar to bound minimal
symbols. Objects of this type are used when it's necessary to pass a
probe and its corresponding objfile.
This removes the backlink from probe to objfile, which was primarily
used to fetch the architecture to use.
This adds a get_probe_address function which calls a probe method to
compute the probe's relocated address. Similarly, it adds an objfile
parameter to the semaphore methods so they can do the relocation
properly as well.
2014-03-03 Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
* break-catch-throw.c (fetch_probe_arguments): Use bound probes.
* breakpoint.c (create_longjmp_master_breakpoint): Use
get_probe_address.
(add_location_to_breakpoint, bkpt_probe_insert_location)
(bkpt_probe_remove_location): Update.
* breakpoint.h (struct bp_location) <probe>: Now a bound_probe.
* elfread.c (elf_symfile_relocate_probe): Remove.
(elf_probe_fns): Update.
(insert_exception_resume_breakpoint): Change type of "probe"
parameter to bound_probe.
(check_exception_resume): Update.
* objfiles.c (objfile_relocate1): Don't relocate probes.
* probe.c (bound_probe_s): New typedef.
(parse_probes): Use get_probe_address. Set sal's objfile.
(find_probe_by_pc): Return a bound_probe.
(collect_probes): Return a VEC(bound_probe_s).
(compare_probes): Update.
(gen_ui_out_table_header_info): Change type of "probes"
parameter. Update.
(info_probes_for_ops): Update.
(get_probe_address): New function.
(probe_safe_evaluate_at_pc): Update.
* probe.h (struct probe_ops) <get_probe_address>: New field.
<set_semaphore, clear_semaphore>: Add objfile parameter.
(struct probe) <objfile>: Remove field.
<arch>: New field.
<address>: Update comment.
(struct bound_probe): New.
(find_probe_by_pc): Return a bound_probe.
(get_probe_address): Declare.
* solib-svr4.c (struct probe_and_action) <address>: New field.
(hash_probe_and_action, equal_probe_and_action): Update.
(register_solib_event_probe): Add address parameter.
(solib_event_probe_at): Update.
(svr4_create_probe_breakpoints): Add objfile parameter. Use
get_probe_address.
* stap-probe.c (struct stap_probe) <sem_addr>: Update comment.
(stap_get_probe_address): New function.
(stap_can_evaluate_probe_arguments, compute_probe_arg)
(compile_probe_arg): Update.
(stap_set_semaphore, stap_clear_semaphore): Compute semaphore's
address.
(handle_stap_probe): Don't relocate the probe.
(stap_relocate): Remove.
(stap_gen_info_probes_table_values): Update.
(stap_probe_ops): Remove stap_relocate.
* symfile-debug.c (debug_sym_relocate_probe): Remove.
(debug_sym_probe_fns): Update.
* symfile.h (struct sym_probe_fns) <sym_relocate_probe>: Remove.
* symtab.c (init_sal): Use memset.
* symtab.h (struct symtab_and_line) <objfile>: New field.
* tracepoint.c (start_tracing, stop_tracing): Update.
This patch sanitizes the access to gdbarch made by various functions of
the SDT probe API. Before this patch, gdbarch was being accessed via
the probe's objfile; however, this proved to cause a bug on 32-bit ARM
targets because during the parsing of the probe's arguments the code
needed to access some pseudo-registers of the architecture, and this
information is not fully correct on the objfile's gdbarch.
Basically, the approach taken was to instead pass the current/selected
frame to the parsing and evaluation functions, so that they can extract
the gdbarch directly from the frame. It solved the ARM bug reported
above, and also contributed to make the API cleaner.
Tested on x86_64 and 32-bit ARM.
2013-12-11 Sergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj@redhat.com>
* break-catch-throw.c (fetch_probe_arguments): Pass selected frame
to get_probe_argument_count and evaluate_probe_argument.
* probe.c (get_probe_argument_count): Adjust declaration to accept
frame. Pass frame to probe_ops's get_probe_argument_count.
(evaluate_probe_argument): Likewise, for evaluate_probe_argument.
(probe_safe_evaluate_at_pc): Pass frame to
get_probe_argument_count and evaluate_probe_argument.
* probe.h (struct probe_ops) <get_probe_argument_count,
evaluate_probe_argument>: Adjust declarations to accept frame.
(get_probe_argument_count, evaluate_probe_argument): Likewise.
* solib-svr4.c (solib_event_probe_action): Get current frame.
Pass it to get_probe_argument_count.
(svr4_handle_solib_event): Get current frame. Pass it to
get_probe_argument_count and evaluate_probe_argument.
* stap-probe.c (stap_parse_probe_arguments): Adjust declaration to
accept gdbarch. Do not obtain it from the probe's objfile.
(stap_get_probe_argument_count): Adjust declaration to accept
frame. Obtain gdbarch from the frame. Call generic
can_evaluate_probe_arguments. Pass gdbarch to
stap_parse_probe_arguments.
(stap_get_arg): Adjust declaration to accept gdbarch. Pass it to
stap_parse_probe_arguments.
(stap_evaluate_probe_argument): Adjust declaration to accept
frame. Obtain gdbarch from the frame. Pass gdbarch to
stap_get_arg.
(stap_compile_to_ax): Pass agent_expr's gdbarch to stap_get_arg.
(compute_probe_arg): Obtain gdbarch from frame. Pass frame to
get_probe_argument_count and evaluate_probe_argument.
While looking into the probe API, it seemed to me that there were a
number of methods in sym_probe_fns that were not needed. This patch
removes them.
Specifically, it seems to me that sym_probe_fns ought to be concerned
with the API for constructing the probes. Any method relating to some
aspect of an individual probe can be handled via the probe's own
vtable. That is, the double indirection here doesn't seem useful --
it certainly isn't in fact used, but also I couldn't think of a
potential use.
2013-12-06 Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
* break-catch-throw.c (fetch_probe_arguments): Use
get_probe_argument_count and evaluate_probe_argument.
* elfread.c (elf_get_probe_argument_count)
(elf_can_evaluate_probe_arguments, elf_evaluate_probe_argument)
(elf_compile_to_ax): Remove.
(elf_probe_fns): Update.
* probe.c (get_probe_argument_count, can_evaluate_probe_arguments)
(evaluate_probe_argument): Call method on probe, not via sym
functions.
* stap-probe.c (compute_probe_arg): Use get_probe_argument_count,
evaluate_probe_argument.
(compile_probe_arg): Use get_probe_argument_count. Call method on
probe, not via sym functions.
* symfile-debug.c (debug_sym_get_probe_argument_count)
(debug_can_evaluate_probe_arguments)
(debug_sym_evaluate_probe_argument, debug_sym_compile_to_ax):
Remove.
(debug_sym_probe_fns): Remove.
* symfile.h (struct sym_probe_fns) <sym_get_probe_argument_count,
can_evaluate_probe_arguments, sym_evaluate_probe_argument,
sym_compile_to_ax>: Remove fields.
