I see two fails in async.exp on arm-none-eabi target:
nexti&^M
(gdb) 0x000001ba 14 x = 5; x = 5;^M
completed.^M
FAIL: gdb.base/async.exp: nexti&
finish&^M
Run till exit from #0 0x000001ba in foo () at /scratch/yqi/arm-none-eabi-lite/src/gdb-trunk/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/async.c:14^M
(gdb) 0x000001e6 in main () at /scratch/yqi/arm-none-eabi-lite/src/gdb-trunk/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/async.c:32^M
32 y = foo ();^M
Value returned is $1 = 8^M
completed.^M
FAIL: gdb.base/async.exp: finish&
The corresponding test is "test_background "nexti&" "" ".*y = 3.*"",
and it assumes that GDB "nexti" into the next source line. It is wrong
on arm. After "nexti", it still stops at the same source line, and it
fails.
When gdb does "finish", if the PC is in the middle of a source line,
the PC address is printed too. See stack.c:print_frame,
if (opts.addressprint)
if (!sal.symtab
|| frame_show_address (frame, sal)
|| print_what == LOC_AND_ADDRESS)
{
annotate_frame_address ();
if (pc_p)
ui_out_field_core_addr (uiout, "addr", gdbarch, pc);
else
ui_out_field_string (uiout, "addr", "<unavailable>");
annotate_frame_address_end ();
ui_out_text (uiout, " in ");
}
frame_show_address checks whether PC is the middle of a source line.
Since after "nexti", the inferior stops at the middle of a source line,
when we do "finish" the PC address is displayed.
In sum, GDB works well, but test case needs update. This patch is to
add a statement at the same line to make sure "nexti" doesn't go to
the new line, match the next instruction address in the output and
match the hex address the output of "finish".
gdb/testsuite:
2014-06-06 Yao Qi <yao@codesourcery.com>
* gdb.base/async.c (foo): Add one statement.
* gdb.base/async.exp: Get the next instruction address and
match the output of "nexti" by instruction address. Match
the hex address in the output of "finish".
This finally makes background execution commands possible by default.
However, in order to do that, there's one last thing we need to do --
we need to separate the MI and target notions of "async". Unlike the
CLI, where the user explicitly requests foreground vs background
execution in the execution command itself (c vs c&), MI chose to treat
"set target-async" specially -- setting it changes the default
behavior of execution commands.
So, we can't simply "set target-async" default to on, as that would
affect MI frontends. Instead we have to make the setting MI-specific,
and teach MI about sync commands on top of an async target.
Because the "target" word in "set target-async" ends up as a potential
source of confusion, the patch adds a "set mi-async" option, and makes
"set target-async" a deprecated alias.
Rather than make the targets always async, this patch introduces a new
"maint set target-async" option so that the GDB developer can control
whether the target is async. This makes it simpler to debug issues
arising only in the synchronous mode; important because sync mode
seems unlikely to go away.
Unlike in previous revisions, "set target-async" does not affect this
new maint parameter. The rationale for this is that then one can
easily run the test suite in the "maint set target-async off" mode and
have tests that enable mi-async fail just like they fail on
non-async-capable targets. This emulation is exactly the point of the
maint option.
I had asked Tom in a previous iteration to split the actual change of
the target async default to a separate patch, but it turns out that
that is quite awkward in this version of the patch, because with MI
async and target async decoupled (unlike in previous versions), if we
don't flip the default at the same time, then just "set target-async
on" alone never actually manages to do anything. It's best to not
have that transitory state in the tree.
Given "set target-async on" now only has effect for MI, the patch goes
through the testsuite removing it from non-MI tests. MI tests are
adjusted to use the new and less confusing "mi-async" spelling.
2014-05-29 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
* NEWS: Mention "maint set target-async", "set mi-async", and that
background execution commands are now always available.
* target.h (target_async_permitted): Update comment.
* target.c (target_async_permitted, target_async_permitted_1):
Default to 1.
(set_target_async_command): Rename to ...
(maint_set_target_async_command): ... this.
(show_target_async_command): Rename to ...
(maint_show_target_async_command): ... this.
(_initialize_target): Adjust.
* infcmd.c (prepare_execution_command): Make extern.
* inferior.h (prepare_execution_command): Declare.
* infrun.c (set_observer_mode): Leave target async alone.
* mi/mi-interp.c (mi_interpreter_init): Install
mi_on_sync_execution_done as sync_execution_done observer.
(mi_on_sync_execution_done): New function.
(mi_execute_command_input_handler): Don't print the prompt if we
just started a synchronous command with an async target.
(mi_on_resume): Check sync_execution before printing prompt.
* mi/mi-main.h (mi_async_p): Declare.
* mi/mi-main.c: Include gdbcmd.h.
(mi_async_p): New function.
(mi_async, mi_async_1): New globals.
(set_mi_async_command, show_mi_async_command, mi_async): New
functions.
(exec_continue): Call prepare_execution_command.
(run_one_inferior, mi_cmd_exec_run, mi_cmd_list_target_features)
(mi_execute_async_cli_command): Use mi_async_p.
(_initialize_mi_main): Install "set mi-async". Make
"target-async" a deprecated alias.
2014-05-29 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Non-Stop Mode): Remove "set target-async 1"
from example.
(Asynchronous and non-stop modes): Document '-gdb-set mi-async'.
Mention that target-async is now deprecated.
(Maintenance Commands): Document maint set/show target-async.
2014-05-29 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
* gdb.base/async-shell.exp: Don't enable target-async.
* gdb.base/async.exp
* gdb.base/corefile.exp (corefile_test_attach): Remove 'async'
parameter. Adjust.
(top level): Don't test with "target-async".
* gdb.base/dprintf-non-stop.exp: Don't enable target-async.
* gdb.base/gdb-sigterm.exp: Don't test with "target-async".
* gdb.base/inferior-died.exp: Don't enable target-async.
* gdb.base/interrupt-noterm.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.mi/mi-async.exp: Use "mi-async" instead of "target-async".
* gdb.mi/mi-nonstop-exit.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.mi/mi-nonstop.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.mi/mi-ns-stale-regcache.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.mi/mi-nsintrall.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.mi/mi-nsmoribund.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.mi/mi-nsthrexec.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.mi/mi-watch-nonstop.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.multi/watchpoint-multi.exp: Adjust comment.
* gdb.python/py-evsignal.exp: Don't enable target-async.
* gdb.python/py-evthreads.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.python/py-prompt.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.reverse/break-precsave.exp: Don't test with "target-async".
* gdb.server/solib-list.exp: Don't enable target-async.
* gdb.threads/thread-specific-bp.exp: Likewise.
* lib/mi-support.exp: Adjust to use mi-async.
There's no reason not to enable this test anymore.
Even if the current output isn't ideal (we mess up the prompt), it's what
we have today. We can adjust the test if the output improves.
gdb/testsuite/
2014-03-19 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
* gdb.base/async.exp: Remove early return.
This test is currently racy:
PASS: gdb.base/async.exp: step&
stepi&
(gdb) 0x0000000000400547 14 x = 5; x = 5;
completed.
PASS: gdb.base/async.exp: stepi&
nexti&
(gdb) 15 y = 3;
completed.FAIL: gdb.base/async.exp: nexti&
The problem is here:
-re "^$command\r\n${before_prompt}${gdb_prompt}${after_prompt}completed\.\r\n" {
pass "$command"
}
-re "$gdb_prompt.*completed\.$" {
fail "$command"
}
Note how the fail pattern is a subset of the pass pattern. If the
expect buffer happens to end up with:
"^$command\r\n${before_prompt}${gdb_prompt}${after_prompt}completed\."
that is, the final "\r\n" has't reached the expect buffer yet, but
"completed." has, then the fail pattern matches...
gdb/testsuite/
2014-03-19 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
* gdb.base/async.exp (test_background): Expect \r\n after
"completed." in the fail pattern.
All the tests here follow the same pattern (and they all have the same
problem, not fixed here yet). Add a new procedure, factoring out the
pattern to a simple place.
gdb/testsuite/
2014-03-19 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
* gdb.base/async.exp (test_background): New procedure.
Use it for all background execution command tests.
gdb/testsuite/
2014-03-19 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
* gdb.base/async.c (main): Add "jump here" and "until here" line
marker comments.
* gdb.base/async.exp (jump_here): New global.
(jump& test): Use it.
(until_here): New global.
(until& test): Use it.
Many eons ago, async was only implemented in the remote target, and
you'd activate it by doing "target async" rather than "target remote".
That's long gone now, replaced by "set target-async on".
gdb/testsuite/
2014-03-19 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
* gdb.base/async.exp: Don't frob gdb_protocol.
Two modifications:
1. The addition of 2013 to the copyright year range for every file;
2. The use of a single year range, instead of potentially multiple
year ranges, as approved by the FSF.
