I was getting
gu (print arg0)^M
= 0x7fffffffdafb
"/unsafebuild-x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu/gdb/testsuite.unix.-m64/outputs/gdb.guile/scm-value/scm-"...^M
(gdb) FAIL: gdb.guile/scm-value.exp: verify dereferenced value
python print (arg0)^M
0x7fffffffdafd
"/unsafebuild-x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu/gdb/testsuite.unix.-m64/outputs/gdb.python/py-value/py-v"...^M
(gdb) FAIL: gdb.python/py-value.exp: verify dereferenced value
and also:
(gdb) p argv[0]^M
$2 = 0x7fffffffd832 "/home/jkratoch/redhat/gdb-test-", 'x' <repeats 169
times>...^M
(gdb) FAIL: gdb.guile/scm-value.exp: argv[0] should be available on this
target
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
2016-01-11 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
* gdb.guile/scm-value.exp (test_value_in_inferior): Set print elements
and repeats to unlimited.
* gdb.python/py-value.exp: Likewise.
* lib/gdb.exp (gdb_has_argv0): Save and temporarily set print elements
and repeats to unlimited.
Before:
(gdb) info threads
Id Target Id Frame
3 Thread 0x7ffff77c3700 (LWP 29035) callme () at foo.c:30
2 Thread 0x7ffff7fc4700 (LWP 29034) 0x000000000040087b in child_function_2 (arg=0x0) at foo.c:60
* 1 Thread 0x7ffff7fc5740 (LWP 29030) 0x0000003b37209237 in pthread_join (threadid=140737353893632, thread_return=0x0) at pthread_join.c:92
After:
(gdb) info threads
Id Target Id Frame
* 1 Thread 0x7ffff7fc5740 (LWP 29030) 0x0000003b37209237 in pthread_join (threadid=140737353893632, thread_return=0x0) at pthread_join.c:92
2 Thread 0x7ffff7fc4700 (LWP 29034) 0x000000000040087b in child_function_2 (arg=0x0) at foo.c:60
3 Thread 0x7ffff77c3700 (LWP 29035) callme () at foo.c:30
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
2015-11-24 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
PR 17539
* gdb.texinfo (Inferiors and Programs): Adjust "maint info
program-spaces" example to ascending order listing.
(Threads): Adjust "info threads" example to ascending order
listing.
(Forks): Adjust "info inferiors" example to ascending order
listing.
gdb/ChangeLog:
2015-11-24 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
PR 17539
* inferior.c (add_inferior_silent): Append the new inferior to the
end of the list.
* progspace.c (add_program_space): Append the new pspace to the
end of the list.
* thread.c (new_thread): Append the new thread to the end of the
list.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
2015-11-24 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
PR 17539
* gdb.base/foll-exec-mode.exp: Adjust to GDB listing inferiors and
threads in ascending order.
* gdb.base/foll-fork.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.base/foll-vfork.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.base/multi-forks.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.mi/mi-nonstop.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.mi/mi-nsintrall.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.multi/base.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.multi/multi-arch.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.python/py-inferior.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.threads/break-while-running.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.threads/execl.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.threads/gcore-thread.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.threads/info-threads-cur-sal.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.threads/kill.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.threads/linux-dp.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.threads/multiple-step-overs.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.threads/next-bp-other-thread.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.threads/step-bg-decr-pc-switch-thread.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.threads/step-over-lands-on-breakpoint.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.threads/step-over-trips-on-watchpoint.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.threads/thread-find.exp: Likewise.
* gdb.threads/tls.exp: Likewise.
* lib/mi-support.exp (mi_reverse_list): Delete.
(mi_check_thread_states): No longer reverse list.
On decr_pc_after_break targets, GDB adjusts the PC incorrectly if a
background single-step stops somewhere where PC-$decr_pc has a
breakpoint, and the thread that finishes the step is not the current
thread, like:
ADDR1 nop <-- breakpoint here
ADDR2 jmp PC
IOW, say thread A is stepping ADDR2's line in the background (an
infinite loop), and the user switches focus to thread B. GDB's
adjust_pc_after_break logic confuses the single-step stop of thread A
for a hit of the breakpoint at ADDR1, and thus adjusts thread A's PC
to point at ADDR1 when it should not, and reports a breakpoint hit,
when thread A did not execute the instruction at ADDR1 at all.
The test added by this patch exercises exactly that.
I can't find any reason we'd need the "thread to be examined is still
the current thread" condition in adjust_pc_after_break, at least
nowadays; it might have made sense in the past. Best just remove it,
and rely on currently_stepping().
Here's the test's log of a run with an unpatched GDB:
35 while (1);
(gdb) PASS: gdb.threads/step-bg-decr-pc-switch-thread.exp: next over nop
next&
(gdb) PASS: gdb.threads/step-bg-decr-pc-switch-thread.exp: next& over inf loop
thread 1
[Switching to thread 1 (Thread 0x7ffff7fc2740 (LWP 29027))](running)
(gdb)
PASS: gdb.threads/step-bg-decr-pc-switch-thread.exp: switch to main thread
Breakpoint 2, thread_function (arg=0x0) at ...src/gdb/testsuite/gdb.threads/step-bg-decr-pc-switch-thread.c:34
34 NOP; /* set breakpoint here */
FAIL: gdb.threads/step-bg-decr-pc-switch-thread.exp: no output while stepping
gdb/ChangeLog:
2015-02-11 Pedro Alves <pedro@codesourcery.com>
* infrun.c (adjust_pc_after_break): Don't adjust the PC just
because the event thread is not the current thread.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
2015-02-11 Pedro Alves <pedro@codesourcery.com>
* gdb.threads/step-bg-decr-pc-switch-thread.c: New file.
* gdb.threads/step-bg-decr-pc-switch-thread.exp: New file.