Re: [PATCH v2] Fix PR12526: -location watchpoints for bitfield arguments

Patrick Palka
2014-09-03T13:18:18Z

On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 10:28 AM, Patrick Palka <patrick@parcs.ath.cx> wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 11:32 PM, Patrick Palka <patrick@parcs.ath.cx> wrote:
>> { v2: Here is my crude attempt at adding a testcase for this changeset.
>> I also fixed the bug that I alluded to earlier. }
>>
>> PR 12526 reports that -location watchpoints against bitfield arguments
>> trigger false positives when bits around the bitfield, but not the
>> bitfield itself, are modified.
>>
>> This happens because -location watchpoints naturally operate at the byte
>> level, not at the bit level. When the address of a bitfield lvalue is
>> taken, information about the bitfield (i.e. its offset and size) is lost
>> in the process.
>>
>> This information must first be retained throughout the lifetime of the
>> -location watchpoint. This patch achieves this by adding two new fields
>> to the watchpoint struct: val_bitpos and val_bitsize. These fields are
>> set when a watchpoint is first defined in watch_command_1(). They are
>> both equal to zero if the watchpoint is not a -location watchpoint or if
>> the argument is not a bitfield.
>>
>> Then these bitfield parameters are used inside update_watchpoint() and
>> watchpoint_check() to extract the actual value of the bitfield from the
>> watchpoint address, with the help of a local helper function
>> extract_bitfield_from_watchpoint_value().
>>
>> Finally when creating a HW breakpoint pointing to a bitfield, we
>> optimize the address and length of the breakpoint. By skipping over the
>> bytes that don't cover the bitfield, this step reduces the frequency at
>> which a read watchpoint for the bitfield is triggered. It also reduces
>> the number of times a false-positive call to check_watchpoint() is
>> triggered for a write watchpoint.
>>
>> gdb/
>> PR breakpoints/12526
>> * breakpoint.h (struct watchpoint): New fields val_bitpos and
>> val_bitsize.
>> * breakpoint.c (watch_command_1): Use these fields to retain
>> bitfield information.
>> (extract_bitfield_from_watchpoint_value): New function.
>> (watchpoint_check): Use it.
>> (update_watchpoint): Use it. Optimize the address and length
>> of a HW watchpoint pointing to a bitfield.
>>
>> gdb/testsuite/
>> PR breakpoints/12526
>> * gdb.base/pr12526.exp: New file.
>> * gdb.base/pr12526.c: New file.
>> ---
>> gdb/breakpoint.c | 67 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>> gdb/breakpoint.h | 5 +++
>> gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/pr12526.c | 54 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/pr12526.exp | 47 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> 4 files changed, 172 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>> create mode 100644 gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/pr12526.c
>> create mode 100644 gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/pr12526.exp
>>
>> diff --git a/gdb/breakpoint.c b/gdb/breakpoint.c
>> index 683ed2b..7b7c74b 100644
>> --- a/gdb/breakpoint.c
>> +++ b/gdb/breakpoint.c
>> @@ -1703,6 +1703,31 @@ watchpoint_del_at_next_stop (struct watchpoint *w)
>> b->disposition = disp_del_at_next_stop;
>> }
>>
>> +/* Extract a bitfield value from value VAL using the bit parameters contained in
>> + watchpoint W. */
>> +
>> +static struct value *
>> +extract_bitfield_from_watchpoint_value (struct watchpoint *w, struct value *val)
>> +{
>> + LONGEST bit_val;
>> + int ok;
>> +
>> + if (val == NULL)
>> + return NULL;
>> +
>> + ok = unpack_value_bits_as_long (value_type (val),
>> + value_contents_for_printing (val),
>> + value_offset (val),
>> + w->val_bitpos,
>> + w->val_bitsize,
>> + val,
>> + &bit_val);
>> + if (ok)
>> + return value_from_longest (value_type (val), bit_val);
>> +
>> + return NULL;
>> +}
>> +
>> /* Assuming that B is a watchpoint:
>> - Reparse watchpoint expression, if REPARSE is non-zero
>> - Evaluate expression and store the result in B->val
>> @@ -1877,6 +1902,12 @@ update_watchpoint (struct watchpoint *b, int reparse)
>> watchpoints. */
>> if (!b->val_valid && !is_masked_watchpoint (&b->base))
>> {
>> + if (b->val_bitsize)
>> + {
>> + v = extract_bitfield_from_watchpoint_value (b, v);
>> + if (v)
>> + release_value (v);
>> + }
>> b->val = v;
>> b->val_valid = 1;
>> }
>> @@ -1906,8 +1937,24 @@ update_watchpoint (struct watchpoint *b, int reparse)
>> CORE_ADDR addr;
>> int type;
>> struct bp_location *loc, **tmp;
>> + int bitpos = 0, bitsize = 0;
>> +
>> + if (value_bitsize (v))
>> + {
>> + bitpos = value_bitpos (v);
>> + bitsize = value_bitsize (v);
>> + }
>> + else if (v == result && b->val_bitsize)
>> + {
>> + bitpos = b->val_bitpos;
>> + bitsize = b->val_bitsize;
>> + }
>>
>> addr = value_address (v);
>> + if (bitsize)
>> + /* Skip the bytes that don't contain the bitfield. */
>> + addr += bitpos / 8;
>> +
>> type = hw_write;
>> if (b->base.type == bp_read_watchpoint)
>> type = hw_read;
>> @@ -1922,7 +1969,13 @@ update_watchpoint (struct watchpoint *b, int reparse)
>>
>> loc->pspace = frame_pspace;
>> loc->address = addr;
>> - loc->length = TYPE_LENGTH (value_type (v));
>> +
>> + if (bitsize)
>> + /* Just cover the bytes that make up the bitfield. */
>> + loc->length = ((bitpos % 8) + bitsize + 7) / 8;
>> + else
>> + loc->length = TYPE_LENGTH (value_type (v));
>> +
>> loc->watchpoint_type = type;
>> }
>> }
>> @@ -5039,6 +5092,9 @@ watchpoint_check (void *p)
>> mark = value_mark ();
>> fetch_subexp_value (b->exp, &pc, &new_val, NULL, NULL, 0);
>>
>> + if (b->val_bitsize)
>> + new_val = extract_bitfield_from_watchpoint_value (b, new_val);
>> +
>> /* We use value_equal_contents instead of value_equal because
>> the latter coerces an array to a pointer, thus comparing just
>> the address of the array instead of its contents. This is
>> @@ -11172,6 +11228,7 @@ watch_command_1 (const char *arg, int accessflag, int from_tty,
>> struct expression *exp;
>> const struct block *exp_valid_block = NULL, *cond_exp_valid_block = NULL;
>> struct value *val, *mark, *result;
>> + int saved_bitpos = 0, saved_bitsize = 0;
>> struct frame_info *frame;
>> const char *exp_start = NULL;
>> const char *exp_end = NULL;
>> @@ -11305,6 +11362,12 @@ watch_command_1 (const char *arg, int accessflag, int from_tty,
>> mark = value_mark ();
>> fetch_subexp_value (exp, &pc, &val, &result, NULL, just_location);
>>
>> + if (val && just_location)
>> + {
>> + saved_bitpos = value_bitpos (val);
>> + saved_bitsize = value_bitsize (val);
>> + }
>> +
>> if (just_location)
>> {
>> int ret;
>> @@ -11440,6 +11503,8 @@ watch_command_1 (const char *arg, int accessflag, int from_tty,
>> else
>> {
>> w->val = val;
>> + w->val_bitpos = saved_bitpos;
>> + w->val_bitsize = saved_bitsize;
>> w->val_valid = 1;
>> }
>>
>> diff --git a/gdb/breakpoint.h b/gdb/breakpoint.h
>> index f6d06ce..2b80af1 100644
>> --- a/gdb/breakpoint.h
>> +++ b/gdb/breakpoint.h
>> @@ -779,6 +779,11 @@ struct watchpoint
>> then an error occurred reading the value. */
>> int val_valid;
>>
>> + /* When watching the location of a bitfield, contains the offset and size of
>> + the bitfield. Otherwise contains 0. */
>> + int val_bitpos;
>> + int val_bitsize;
>> +
>> /* Holds the frame address which identifies the frame this
>> watchpoint should be evaluated in, or `null' if the watchpoint
>> should be evaluated on the outermost frame. */
>> diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/pr12526.c b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/pr12526.c
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 0000000..b51926d
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/pr12526.c
>> @@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
>> +/* 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/>. */
>> +
>> +struct foo
>> +{
>> + unsigned long a:1;
>> + unsigned char b:2;
>> + unsigned long c:3;
>> + char d:4;
>> + int e:5;
>> + char f:6;
>> + int g:7;
>> + long h:8;
>> +} q = { 0 };
>> +
>> +int
>> +main (void)
>> +{
>> + q.a = 1;
>> + q.b = 2;
>> + q.c = 3;
>> + q.d = 4;
>> + q.e = 5;
>> + q.f = 6;
>> + q.g = -7;
>> + q.h = -8;
>> +
>> + q.a--;
>> + q.b--;
>> + q.e--;
>> + q.d--;
>> + q.c--;
>> +
>> + q.f--;
>> + q.g--;
>> + q.h--;
>> +
>> +
>> + return 0;
>> +}
>> diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/pr12526.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/pr12526.exp
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 0000000..ed99bdc
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/pr12526.exp
>> @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
>> +# 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
>> +
>> +standard_testfile
>> +
>> +if {[prepare_for_testing $testfile.exp $testfile $srcfile debug]} {
>> + return -1
>> +}
>> +
>> +if {![runto_main]} {
>> + return -1
>> +}
>> +
>> +# Test correctness of watchpoints on bitfields.
>> +
>> +gdb_test "watch -l q.c"
>> +gdb_test "cont" "q\.c.*Old value = 0.*New value = 3.*"
>> +gdb_test "watch -l q.d"
>> +gdb_test "cont" "q\.d.*Old value = 0.*New value = 4.*"
>> +gdb_test "watch q.e"
>> +gdb_test "cont" "q\.e.*Old value = 0.*New value = 5.*"
>> +
>> +gdb_test "cont" "q\.e.*Old value = 5.*New value = 4.*"
>> +gdb_test "cont" "q\.d.*Old value = 4.*New value = 3.*"
>> +gdb_test "cont" "q\.c.*Old value = 3.*New value = 2.*"
>> +
>> +delete_breakpoints
>> +gdb_test "watch q.f"
>> +gdb_test "watch q.g"
>> +gdb_test "watch -l q.h"
>> +gdb_test "cont" "q\.f.*Old value = 6.*New value = 5.*"
>> +gdb_test "cont" "q\.g.*Old value = -7.*New value = -8.*"
>> +gdb_test "cont" "q\.h.*Old value = -8.*New value = -9.*"
>> --
>> 2.1.0
>>
>
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