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From: Tom de Vries <tdevries@suse.de>
To: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
Subject: [PATCH v4 3/4] gdb: fix missing print frame when stepping out of function
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2026 12:12:51 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260410101252.1805303-4-tdevries@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260410101252.1805303-1-tdevries@suse.de>

Consider test-case gdb.dwarf2/dw2-extend-inline-block.exp,
specifically the "contiguous block" prefix part, which can be stepped
through like this:

...
  $ gdb -q outputs/gdb.dwarf2/dw2-extend-inline-block/dw2-extend-inline-block-5
  Reading symbols from dw2-extend-inline-block-5...
  (gdb) start
  ... snip ...
  Temporary breakpoint 1, main () at dw2-extend-inline-block.c:35
  35	  /* main:2 */
  (gdb) s
  36	  /* main:3 */ foo ();				/* foo call line */
  (gdb)
  foo () at dw2-extend-inline-block.c:26
  26	  /* foo:1 */
  (gdb) s
  27	  /* foo:2 */
  (gdb) s
  28	  /* foo:3 */
  (gdb) s
  main () at dw2-extend-inline-block.c:37
  37	  /* main:4 */
  (gdb)
...

If we slightly modify the line program:

...
	DW_LNE_set_address main_4
+	DW_LNS_advance_line 1
	DW_LNS_copy

	DW_LNE_set_address main_5
-	DW_LNS_advance_line 1
	DW_LNS_negate_stmt
	DW_LNS_copy
...

we change the 36/0x401165 entry into a 37/0x401165 entry:

...
  File name                     Line number    Starting address    View    Stmt
  dw2-extend-inline-block.c              34            0x401116               x
  dw2-extend-inline-block.c              35            0x401129               x
  dw2-extend-inline-block.c              26            0x401138               x
  dw2-extend-inline-block.c              27            0x401147               x
  dw2-extend-inline-block.c              28            0x401156               x
  dw2-extend-inline-block.c              36            0x401156
 -dw2-extend-inline-block.c              36            0x401165
 +dw2-extend-inline-block.c              37            0x401165
  dw2-extend-inline-block.c              37            0x401174               x
  dw2-extend-inline-block.c              38            0x401183               x
  dw2-extend-inline-block.c              39            0x401192               x
  dw2-extend-inline-block.c              40            0x4011a1               x
  dw2-extend-inline-block.c               -            0x4011b7
...

As it happens, the fix to extend truncated inlined function blocks
doesn't work in this case.  This is PR gdb/33930.

We can work around this by making sure that the inlined function block
isn't truncated in the first place:

...
-			DW_AT_high_pc main_3 addr
+			DW_AT_high_pc main_4 addr
...

But then we still run into PR gdb/33981: the problem that gdb doesn't
notify us when stepping out of foo:

...
  (gdb) step^M
  28        /* foo:3 */^M
  (gdb) step^M
  37        /* main:4 */^M
  (gdb)
...

What happens is that the slightly different line program triggers a
different stepping path, which includes a case of "stepped to a
different frame, but it's not the start of a statement", which
refreshes the stepping info and consequently updates
tp->control.step_frame_id to the frame id of main.

So by the time we're stopped at line 37, and are trying to figure out
what to print in print_stop_location, this condition evaluates to
true:

...
      if (tp->control.stop_step
	  && (tp->control.step_frame_id
	      == get_frame_id (get_current_frame ()))
	  && (tp->control.step_start_function
	      == find_symbol_for_pc (tp->stop_pc ())))
...

and we get:

...
      /* Finished step in same frame and same file, just print source
	 line.  */
      source_flag = SRC_LINE;
...

It's good to realize here that because foo is inlined into main,
tp->control.step_start_function is not foo but main, so consequently
the step_start_function check (which checks if we are still in the
same function) also passes, even though we actually stepped from foo
into main.

The problem is the use of find_symbol_for_pc, this function
deliberately skips over inline frames and returns the symbol for the
innermost non-inline frame.

It might be tempting to think that we should switch to use
find_symbol_for_pc_sect_maybe_inline, which will return the symbol for
an inline frame, but this also has problems, specifically, attempting
this caused a regression in gdb.opt/inline-cmds.exp.  The previous
version of this patch, which showed the regression can be found here:

  https://inbox.sourceware.org/gdb-patches/20260331132342.1050954-1-tdevries@suse.de

At a given $pc the inferior might be reported as being within an
inline frame, or it might be reported as being in the containing
non-inline frame.  When the user performs a 'step' the
step_start_function needs to be set based on the function symbol of
the frame the inferior is actually reported in.  And we have a
function that gives us this information, get_frame_function.  So
instead of looking up the step_start_function based on the $pc value,
set it based on the frame.

Test gdb.dwarf2/dw2-extend-inline-block.exp is extended with the
additional test case described above.

Tested on x86_64-linux.

Co-Authored-By: Andrew Burgess <aburgess@redhat.com>
Bug: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33930
Bug: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33981
---
 gdb/gdbthread.h                               | 12 ++---
 gdb/infcmd.c                                  |  3 +-
 gdb/infrun.c                                  |  5 +--
 .../gdb.dwarf2/dw2-extend-inline-block.exp    | 45 +++++++++++++++++--
 4 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gdb/gdbthread.h b/gdb/gdbthread.h
index 224e6e4b657..c56c4ce4036 100644
--- a/gdb/gdbthread.h
+++ b/gdb/gdbthread.h
@@ -154,10 +154,10 @@ struct thread_control_state
   CORE_ADDR step_range_start = 0;	/* Inclusive */
   CORE_ADDR step_range_end = 0;		/* Exclusive */
 
-  /* Set m_step_start_function according to PC.  */
-  void set_step_start_function (CORE_ADDR pc)
+  /* Set m_step_start_function according to FRAME.  */
+  void set_step_start_function (const frame_info_ptr &frame)
   {
-    m_step_start_function = find_symbol_for_pc (pc);
+    m_step_start_function = get_frame_function (frame);
   }
 
   /* Reset m_step_start_function.  */
@@ -166,11 +166,11 @@ struct thread_control_state
     m_step_start_function = nullptr;
   }
 
-  /* Return true if the function symbol for PC matches
+  /* Return true if the function symbol of FRAME matches
      m_step_start_function.  */
-  bool in_step_start_function (CORE_ADDR pc)
+  bool in_step_start_function (const frame_info_ptr &frame)
   {
-    return m_step_start_function == find_symbol_for_pc (pc);
+    return m_step_start_function == get_frame_function (frame);
   }
 
   /* Return true if m_step_start_function is set.  */
diff --git a/gdb/infcmd.c b/gdb/infcmd.c
index a1df59e09f2..c0d12be6e4a 100644
--- a/gdb/infcmd.c
+++ b/gdb/infcmd.c
@@ -898,8 +898,7 @@ set_step_frame (thread_info *tp)
   symtab_and_line sal = find_frame_sal (frame);
   set_step_info (tp, frame, sal);
 
-  CORE_ADDR pc = get_frame_pc (frame);
-  tp->control.set_step_start_function (pc);
+  tp->control.set_step_start_function (frame);
 }
 
 /* Step until outside of current statement.  */
diff --git a/gdb/infrun.c b/gdb/infrun.c
index becd68a21ad..dea2a2cbd48 100644
--- a/gdb/infrun.c
+++ b/gdb/infrun.c
@@ -7871,8 +7871,7 @@ process_event_stop_test (struct execution_control_state *ecs)
 	   == ecs->event_thread->control.step_stack_frame_id)
 	  && ((ecs->event_thread->control.step_stack_frame_id
 	       != outer_frame_id)
-	      || !ecs->event_thread->control.in_step_start_function
-		    (ecs->event_thread->stop_pc ()))))
+	      || !ecs->event_thread->control.in_step_start_function (frame))))
     {
       CORE_ADDR stop_pc = ecs->event_thread->stop_pc ();
       CORE_ADDR real_stop_pc;
@@ -9359,7 +9358,7 @@ print_stop_location (const target_waitstatus &ws)
       if (tp->control.stop_step
 	  && (tp->control.step_frame_id
 	      == get_frame_id (get_current_frame ()))
-	  && tp->control.in_step_start_function (tp->stop_pc ()))
+	  && tp->control.in_step_start_function (get_current_frame ()))
 	{
 	  symtab_and_line sal = find_frame_sal (get_selected_frame (nullptr));
 	  if (sal.symtab != tp->current_symtab)
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.dwarf2/dw2-extend-inline-block.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.dwarf2/dw2-extend-inline-block.exp
index 9e4798b53f3..481dfbdd134 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.dwarf2/dw2-extend-inline-block.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.dwarf2/dw2-extend-inline-block.exp
@@ -52,8 +52,11 @@ get_func_info main
 # Create DWARF for the test.  In this case, inline function 'foo' is created
 # with a contiguous address range that needs extending.
 
-proc build_dwarf_for_contiguous_block { asm_file } {
+proc build_dwarf_for_contiguous_block { asm_file {range_correct 0} {variant 0} } {
     Dwarf::assemble $asm_file {
+	upvar range_correct range_correct
+	upvar variant variant
+
 	declare_labels lines_table inline_func
 
 	cu { } {
@@ -83,7 +86,11 @@ proc build_dwarf_for_contiguous_block { asm_file } {
 			DW_AT_call_file 1 data1
 			DW_AT_call_line $::foo_call_line data1
 			DW_AT_low_pc main_1 addr
-			DW_AT_high_pc main_3 addr
+			if {$range_correct} {
+			    DW_AT_high_pc main_4 addr
+			} else {
+			    DW_AT_high_pc main_3 addr
+			}
 		    }
 		}
 	    }
@@ -120,10 +127,15 @@ proc build_dwarf_for_contiguous_block { asm_file } {
 		DW_LNS_copy
 
 		DW_LNE_set_address main_4
+		if {$variant == 1} {
+		    DW_LNS_advance_line 1
+		}
 		DW_LNS_copy
 
 		DW_LNE_set_address main_5
-		DW_LNS_advance_line 1
+		if {$variant == 0} {
+		    DW_LNS_advance_line 1
+		}
 		DW_LNS_negate_stmt
 		DW_LNS_copy
 
@@ -146,6 +158,22 @@ proc build_dwarf_for_contiguous_block { asm_file } {
     }
 }
 
+# Like build_dwarf_for_contiguous_block, but use a slightly different line
+# info by setting variant == 1.
+# Use range_correct 1, so we're not testing the fix for PR33930.
+
+proc build_dwarf_for_contiguous_block_2 { asm_file } {
+    return [build_dwarf_for_contiguous_block $asm_file 1 1]
+}
+
+# Like build_dwarf_for_contiguous_block, but use a slightly different line
+# info by setting variant == 1.
+# Use range_correct 0, so we're testing the fix for PR33930.
+
+proc build_dwarf_for_contiguous_block_3 { asm_file } {
+    return [build_dwarf_for_contiguous_block $asm_file 0 1]
+}
+
 # Assuming GDB is stopped at the entry $pc for 'foo', use 'maint info
 # blocks' to check the block for 'foo' is correct.  This function checks
 # 'foo' created by 'build_dwarf_for_contiguous_block'.
@@ -555,6 +583,12 @@ set test_list \
 	 [list "contiguous block" \
 	      build_dwarf_for_contiguous_block \
 	      check_contiguous_block] \
+	 [list "contiguous block 2" \
+	      build_dwarf_for_contiguous_block_2 \
+	      check_contiguous_block] \
+	 [list "contiguous block 3" \
+	      build_dwarf_for_contiguous_block_3 \
+	      check_contiguous_block] \
 	]
 
 # Run all the tests.
@@ -566,6 +600,11 @@ foreach test_spec $test_list {
     set build_dwarf_func [lindex $test_spec 1]
     set check_block_func [lindex $test_spec 2]
 
+    if {$build_dwarf_func == "build_dwarf_for_contiguous_block_3"} {
+	# Work around PR gdb/33930.
+	continue
+    }
+
     with_test_prefix $prefix {
 	set asm_file [standard_output_file ${testfile}-${suffix}.S]
 	$build_dwarf_func $asm_file
-- 
2.51.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-04-10 10:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-04-10 10:12 [PATCH v4 0/4] [gdb] Fix " Tom de Vries
2026-04-10 10:12 ` [PATCH v4 1/4] [gdb/testsuite] Extend gdb.opt/inline-cmds.exp Tom de Vries
2026-04-10 10:12 ` [PATCH v4 2/4] [gdb] Add thread_control_state::step_start_function methods Tom de Vries
2026-04-10 10:12 ` Tom de Vries [this message]
2026-04-10 10:12 ` [PATCH v4 4/4] gdb: use get_current_frame consistently in print_stop_location Tom de Vries
2026-04-14 16:32 ` [PATCH v4 0/4] [gdb] Fix missing print frame when stepping out of function Andrew Burgess
2026-04-14 20:41   ` Tom de Vries

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