Re: [RFA] Assuming malloc exists in callfwmall.exp

[Elena Zannoni <ezannoni@cygnus.com>]

Michael Snyder writes:
 > Elena Zannoni wrote:
 > > 
 > > Kevin Buettner writes:
 > >  > On Feb 14, 12:51pm, Michael Snyder wrote:
 > >  >
 > >  > > Fernando Nasser wrote:
 > >  > > >
 > >  > > > Sounds reasonable.  Check it in (assuming you have already added yourself to the write after approval list).
 > >  > >
 > >  > > Hold on -- aren't you defeating the purpose of this test?
 > >  > > The test was added by HP precisely because these calls
 > >  > > fail when malloc isn't included in the target program.
 > >  > > The test is a duplicate of callfuncs.exp, except that it
 > >  > > doesn't link malloc.
 > >  >
 > >  > I sort of agree with Michael.  (I almost posted a similar remark.)
 > >  >
 > > 
 > > Yes, in callfwmall.c there is this comment:
 > > /* Support program for testing gdb's ability to call functions
 > >    in an inferior which doesn't itself call malloc, pass appropriate
 > >    arguments to those functions, and get the returned result. */
 > > 
 > >  > OTOH, given that GDB's mechanism for performing these tests is to
 > >  > use malloc(), I'm not sure how these are supposed to succeed.  (As
 > >  > someone else pointed out, they do succeed on some platforms because
 > >  > malloc() sneaks into the picture through the dynamic loader.)
 > >  >
 > >  > Does anyone know of any host/target combinations which manage to pass
 > >  > these tests without using malloc()?
 > > 
 > > HPUX should pass. That's why those tests were added in the first
 > > place, I think.
 > > 
 > >  >
 > >  > If there are some, or if this is a feature that we expect to work (in
 > >  > the fullness of time), then perhaps the FAILing tests ought to be
 > >  > XFAIL'd.  Otherwise, I think Keith's patch is reasonable.
 > >  >
 > > 
 > > Maybe this file should be moved to the gdb.hp directory. But I think
 > > there must have been a reason for which it wasn't put there in the
 > > first place. So I would think it used to pass at some point.
 > > I don't see anything interesting in the ChangeLog.
 > 
 > There was no gdb.hp directory at the time.
 > 

True, but I remember Stan going through and getting files moved around.
Was this file just forgotten?
Stan, do you recall anything about this?


Elena