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From: Pedro Alves <pedro@codesourcery.com>
To: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
Cc: Yao Qi <yao@codesourcery.com>, Mark Kettenis <mark.kettenis@xs4all.nl>
Subject: Re: [patch, testsuite] gdb.base/savedregs.exp: SIGSEGV -> SIGILL
Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2011 14:25:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <201106091525.28900.pedro@codesourcery.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4DF0C613.70101@codesourcery.com>

On Thursday 09 June 2011 14:09:39, Yao Qi wrote:
> On 06/09/2011 07:17 PM, Mark Kettenis wrote:
> >> Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2011 17:28:09 +0800
> >> From: Yao Qi <yao@codesourcery.com>
> >>
> >> In current gdb.base/savedregs.exp, signal handler is installed for
> >> signal SIGSEGV, and SIGSEGV is trigger by `*(char *)0 = 0;'.  However,
> >> on non-mmu uclinux system, writing to an address 0x0 doesn't trigger
> >> SIGSEGV.
> >>
> >> In my patch, SIGILL is chosen to replace SIGSEGV.  One assumption here
> >> is that 0xffff is an invalid instruction on all ports.
> > 
> > Please don't do this.  You're changing the test significantly.  And
> 
> I don't think the test is changed *significantly*.  The purpose of
> writing to zero, at least in this case, is to trigger a signal, and
> check the register in signal trampoline frame.  Either SIGSEGV or SIGILL
> meets this need.

You made me go look for the original explanation behind the
test :-)

<http://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2004-10/msg00475.html>

-- 
Pedro Alves


  reply	other threads:[~2011-06-09 14:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-06-09  9:28 Yao Qi
2011-06-09 10:08 ` Andreas Schwab
2011-06-09 10:53   ` Yao Qi
2011-06-09 11:19 ` Mark Kettenis
2011-06-09 11:41   ` Pedro Alves
2011-06-09 13:25     ` Yao Qi
2011-06-09 13:10   ` Yao Qi
2011-06-09 14:25     ` Pedro Alves [this message]
2011-06-20  4:13     ` [patch V2, testsuite] gdb.base/savedregs.exp: SIGSEGV -> SIGALRM Yao Qi
2011-06-20  7:03       ` Mark Kettenis
2011-06-20  8:26         ` Yao Qi
2011-06-20 11:12           ` Mark Kettenis
2011-06-20 15:07             ` Yao Qi
2011-06-20 15:14               ` Paul Koning

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