From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 9243 invoked by alias); 15 Apr 2003 01:41:23 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 9230 invoked from network); 15 Apr 2003 01:41:23 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (66.187.233.31) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 15 Apr 2003 01:41:23 -0000 Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.254]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h3F1fND29265 for ; Mon, 14 Apr 2003 21:41:23 -0400 Received: from pobox.corp.redhat.com (pobox.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.156]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h3F1fMq23935; Mon, 14 Apr 2003 21:41:22 -0400 Received: from localhost.redhat.com (romulus-int.sfbay.redhat.com [172.16.27.46]) by pobox.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h3F1fL225682; Mon, 14 Apr 2003 21:41:21 -0400 Received: by localhost.redhat.com (Postfix, from userid 469) id 31DF32C43E; Mon, 14 Apr 2003 21:45:44 -0400 (EDT) From: Elena Zannoni MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <16027.25672.433673.523191@localhost.redhat.com> Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 01:41:00 -0000 To: Michael Snyder Cc: Andrew Cagney , Kevin Buettner , gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com Subject: Re: [RFC] gdb.base/args.exp: Invoke gdb_load for simulator targets In-Reply-To: <3E99BE7F.1B2584E8@redhat.com> References: <1030408222709.ZM13182@localhost.localdomain> <3E942C6E.50003@redhat.com> <1030409160731.ZM16357@localhost.localdomain> <3E944728.2070005@redhat.com> <3E99BE7F.1B2584E8@redhat.com> X-SW-Source: 2003-04/txt/msg00299.txt.bz2 Michael Snyder writes: > Andrew Cagney wrote: > > > > > On Apr 9, 10:21am, Andrew Cagney wrote: > > > > > > > > >> > * gdb.base/args.exp: Invoke gdb_load for simulator targets. > > >> > Modify regexps to match extra output after program exit in a > > >> > simulator. > > > > > >> > > >> What's the extra output? That part may be a bug. > > > > > > > > > When running on a simulator, I see: > > > > > > (gdb) target sim > > > Connected to the simulator. > > > (gdb) load gdb.base/args > > > (gdb) run > > > Starting program: .../gdb.base/args 1 3 > > > 3 > > > .../gdb.base/args > > > 1 > > > 3 > > > > > > Program exited normally. > > > [Switching to process 0] > > > Current language: auto; currently asm > > > (gdb) > > > > > > When running with a native gdb, I see: > > > > > > (gdb) run > > > Starting program: .../gdb.base/args 1 3 > > > 3 > > > .../gdb.base/args > > > 1 > > > 3 > > > > > > Program exited normally. > > > (gdb) > > > > > > The extra output is the bit about switching to process 0 and reporting > > > the current language. I figured it was a feature, but it may well be > > > a bug. (It seems pretty harmless...) > > > > I recall that mysteriously appearing at some stage. I don't think it is > > a feature since `Switching to process 0' doesn't make any sense - if the > > program exited normally then there are no processes. > > > > I suspect that it is related to the SIM trying to simultaneously be an > > embedded board (which can't exit) and a normal UNIX process (which does > > exit). > > I'd be more inclined to attribute it to some recent change > in infrun or close associates. It thinks the inferior_pid > has changed. That line is printed when we stop (normal_stop) and if target_has_execution. Maybe when the target exits, it used to pop the target stack to a layer for which target_has_execution was 0? It could be that now that doesn't happen anymore. What's the target once it stops? elena