[pushed] Add test to make sure GDB knows which "kind" of watchpoint the target has

Pedro Alves
2014-09-16T13:18:38Z

This adds a test that makes sure GDB knows whether the target has
continuable, or non-continuable watchpoints.

That is, the test confirms that GDB presents a watchpoint value change
at the first instruction right after the instruction that changes
memory.

gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
2014-09-16 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>

* gdb.base/watchpoint-stops-at-right-insn.c: New file.
* gdb.base/watchpoint-stops-at-right-insn.exp: New file.
---
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog | 5 +
.../gdb.base/watchpoint-stops-at-right-insn.c | 33 ++++
.../gdb.base/watchpoint-stops-at-right-insn.exp | 177 +++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 215 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/watchpoint-stops-at-right-insn.c
create mode 100644 gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/watchpoint-stops-at-right-insn.exp

diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
index 361c819..c2588d3 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
2014-09-16 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>

+ * gdb.base/watchpoint-stops-at-right-insn.c: New file.
+ * gdb.base/watchpoint-stops-at-right-insn.exp: New file.
+
+2014-09-16 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
+
* config/vx.exp, config/vxworks.exp, config/vxworks29k.exp: Delete
files.
* gdb.base/a2-run.exp: Remove all code guarded by istarget
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/watchpoint-stops-at-right-insn.c b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/watchpoint-stops-at-right-insn.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..005d63f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/watchpoint-stops-at-right-insn.c
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/* This testcase is part of GDB, the GNU debugger.
+
+ Copyright 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+ This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+ (at your option) any later version.
+
+ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
+
+volatile int global;
+
+void
+set_global (int val)
+{
+ global = val;
+}
+
+int
+main (void)
+{
+ set_global (1);
+ set_global (2);
+
+ return 0;
+}
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/watchpoint-stops-at-right-insn.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/watchpoint-stops-at-right-insn.exp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9ad6080
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/watchpoint-stops-at-right-insn.exp
@@ -0,0 +1,177 @@
+# This testcase is part of GDB, the GNU debugger.
+
+# Copyright 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# This file is part of the gdb testsuite.
+
+# Test that GDB presents a hardware watchpoint stop at the first
+# instruction right after the instruction that changes memory.
+#
+# Some targets trigger a hardware watchpoint after the instruction
+# that wrote memory executes, thus with the memory already changed and
+# the PC pointing to the instruction after the instruction that wrote
+# to memory. These targets are said to have "continuable"
+# watchpoints, referring to the fact that to make progress after the
+# watchpoint triggers, GDB just needs to continue the target.
+#
+# Other targets trigger a hardware watchpoint at the instruction which
+# has attempted to write to the piece of memory under control of the
+# watchpoint, with the instruction actually not executed yet. To be
+# able to check whether the watched value changed, GDB needs to
+# complete the memory write, single-stepping the target once. These
+# targets are said to have "non-continuable" watchpoints.
+#
+# This test makes sure that GDB knows which kind of watchpoint the
+# target has, using this sequence of steps:
+#
+# 1 - run to main
+#
+# 2 - set a software watchpoint
+#
+# 3 - continue until watchpoint triggers
+#
+# 4 - the PC now points to the instruction right after the instruction
+# that actually caused the memory write. So this is the address a
+# hardware watchpoint should present the stop to the user too.
+# Store the PC address.
+#
+# 5 - replace the software watchpoint by a hardware watchpoint
+#
+# 6 - continue until hardware watchpoint triggers
+#
+# 7 - the PC must point to the same address the software watchpoint
+# triggered at.
+#
+# If the target has continuable watchpoints, but GDB thinks it has
+# non-continuable watchpoints, GDB will stop the inferior two
+# instructions after the watched value change, rather than at the next
+# instruction.
+#
+# If the target has non-continuable watchpoints, while GDB thinks it
+# has continuable watchpoints, GDB will see a watchpoint trigger,
+# notice no value changed, and immediatly continue the target. Now,
+# either the target manages to step-over the watchpoint transparently,
+# and GDB thus fails to present to value change to the user, or, the
+# watchpoint will keep re-triggering, with the program never making
+# any progress.
+
+standard_testfile
+
+# No use testing this if we can't use hardware watchpoints.
+if {[target_info exists gdb,no_hardware_watchpoints]} {
+ return -1
+}
+
+if { [prepare_for_testing ${testfile}.exp ${testfile} ${srcfile}] } {
+ untested ${testfile}.exp
+ return -1
+}
+
+if { ![runto main] } then {
+ fail "run to main"
+ return
+}
+
+# Get the current PC. TEST is used as test prefix.
+
+proc get_pc {test} {
+ global hex gdb_prompt
+
+ set addr ""
+ gdb_test_multiple "p /x \$pc" "$test" {
+ -re " = ($hex).*$gdb_prompt $" {
+ set addr $expect_out(1,string)
+ pass "$test"
+ }
+ }
+
+ return $addr
+}
+
+# So we get an immediate warning/error if the target doesn't support a
+# given watchpoint type.
+gdb_test_no_output "set breakpoint always-inserted on"
+
+set hw_watchpoints_supported 0
+
+set test "set probe hw watchpoint"
+gdb_test_multiple "watch global" $test {
+ -re "You may have requested too many.*$gdb_prompt $" {
+ pass $test
+ }
+ -re "Target does not support.*$gdb_prompt $" {
+ pass $test
+ }
+ -re "$gdb_prompt $" {
+ pass $test
+ set hw_watchpoints_supported 1
+ }
+}
+
+if {!$hw_watchpoints_supported} {
+ unsupported "no hw watchpoints support"
+ return
+}
+
+delete_breakpoints
+
+proc test {always_inserted} {
+ global srcfile binfile
+
+ with_test_prefix "always-inserted $always_inserted" {
+
+ clean_restart $binfile
+
+ if { ![runto main] } then {
+ fail "run to main"
+ return
+ }
+
+ # Force use of software watchpoints.
+ gdb_test_no_output "set can-use-hw-watchpoints 0"
+
+ gdb_test "watch global" \
+ "Watchpoint .*: global" \
+ "set software watchpoint on global variable"
+
+ gdb_test "continue" \
+ "Watchpoint .*: global.*Old value = 0.*New value = 1.*set_global \\(val=1\\).*$srcfile.*" \
+ "software watchpoint triggers"
+
+ set sw_watch_pc [get_pc "get sw watchpoint PC"]
+
+ delete_breakpoints
+
+ # Allow hardware watchpoints again.
+ gdb_test_no_output "set can-use-hw-watchpoints 1"
+
+ gdb_test "watch global" \
+ "Hardware watchpoint .*: global" \
+ "set hardware watchpoint on global variable"
+
+ gdb_test "continue" \
+ "Hardware watchpoint .*: global.*Old value = 1.*New value = 2.*set_global \\(val=2\\).*$srcfile.*" \
+ "hardware watchpoint triggers"
+
+ set hw_watch_pc [get_pc "get hw watchpoint PC"]
+
+ gdb_assert {$sw_watch_pc == $sw_watch_pc} "hw watchpoint stops at right instruction"
+ }
+}
+
+foreach always_inserted {"off" "on" } {
+ test $always_inserted
+}
--
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