Re: [patch/testcase] fix gdb.base/relocate.c

[Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@mvista.com>]

On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 11:56:07AM +0900, Kei Sakamoto wrote:
> The attached patch fixes gdb.base/relocate.c.
> 
> "relocate.exp: get address of function_bar" fails with m32r-elf-gdb
> as the following:
> 
> print &function_bar
> $6 = (int (*)(void)) 0xc <global_bar>
> (gdb) FAIL: gdb.base/relocate.exp: get address of function_bar (unknown output)
> 
> Both function_bar and global_bar have the same address, 0xc.
> Though they belong to different sections, gdb considers they
> are the same and prints global_bar's data instead of
> function_bar's.
> 
> The same error happens with i386 if line 4 and 5 of relocate.c
> are modified as the following:
> 
> short global_foo = 3;
> short global_bar = 4;
> 
> I guess this is not gdb's bug but a feature and the testcase
> should be modified. So I made a patch file.
> 
> The attached patch inserts a definition of a dummy array so that
> global_bar and function_bar should not have the same address.
> 
> Kei
> 
> 2003-07-08    Kei Sakamoto  <sakamoto.kei@renesas.com>
> 
>  * gdb.base/relocate.c : Add a dummy array to make global_bar
>         and function_bar have different addresses.

Ugh, this is OK, since the test can only reliably specify an offset for
.text.

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Daniel Jacobowitz
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