Re: [PATCH] Restrict gdb.base/gcore-relro-pie.exp to native/linux targets

[Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>]

On 02/23/2017 02:13 PM, Luis Machado wrote:
> This particular test doesn't work correctly on aarch64-elf for a couple
> reasons.
> 
> First, the test is supposed to crash and bare-metal targets are not always
> ready to handle such exceptions like Linux does. In our case the board just
> keeps cycling within an ISR function.

Hmm?  AFAICS, the testcase is generating the core with gdb_gcore_cmd.
How on earth is that causing this cycling?

Either I'm missing something, or the reason for the cycling is
something else, like for example, the fact that the test is
compiled with flags (-fpie -pie Wl,-z,relro) that might generate a
binary that does not work correctly, or strip is broken for that
target, or something like that.

Thanks,
Pedro Alves