From: Christina Schimpe <christina.schimpe@intel.com>
To: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
Cc: tom@tromey.com, thiago.bauermann@linaro.org
Subject: [PATCH v3 03/12] gdb: Add get_main_func_start_pc to refactor frame.c:inside_main_func.
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2026 12:31:24 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260706123133.1990441-4-christina.schimpe@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260706123133.1990441-1-christina.schimpe@intel.com>
Refactor frame.c:inside_main_func to use the new function
get_main_func_start_pc, which will be called in a following commmit.
---
gdb/frame.c | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
gdb/frame.h | 6 ++++++
2 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/gdb/frame.c b/gdb/frame.c
index cefdde5ed1e..a9f2675ce3a 100644
--- a/gdb/frame.c
+++ b/gdb/frame.c
@@ -2641,27 +2641,26 @@ frame_debug_got_null_frame (const frame_info_ptr &this_frame,
}
}
-/* Is this (non-sentinel) frame in the "main"() function? */
+/* See frame.h. */
-static bool
-inside_main_func (const frame_info_ptr &this_frame)
+std::optional<CORE_ADDR>
+get_main_func_start_pc (gdbarch* gdbarch, const language lang)
{
if (current_program_space->symfile_object_file == nullptr)
- return false;
+ return {};
- CORE_ADDR sym_addr = 0;
const char *name = main_name ();
bound_minimal_symbol msymbol
= lookup_minimal_symbol (current_program_space, name,
current_program_space->symfile_object_file);
+ CORE_ADDR sym_addr = 0;
if (msymbol.minsym != nullptr)
sym_addr = msymbol.value_address ();
/* Favor a full symbol in Fortran, for the case where the Fortran main
is also called "main". */
- if (msymbol.minsym == nullptr
- || get_frame_language (this_frame) == language_fortran)
+ if (msymbol.minsym == nullptr || lang == language_fortran)
{
/* In some language (for example Fortran) there will be no minimal
symbol with the name of the main function. In this case we should
@@ -2677,16 +2676,30 @@ inside_main_func (const frame_info_ptr &this_frame)
sym_addr = block->start ();
}
else if (msymbol.minsym == nullptr)
- return false;
+ return {};
}
/* Convert any function descriptor addresses into the actual function
code address. */
- sym_addr = (gdbarch_convert_from_func_ptr_addr
- (get_frame_arch (this_frame), sym_addr,
- current_inferior ()->top_target ()));
+ return {gdbarch_convert_from_func_ptr_addr
+ (gdbarch,
+ sym_addr,
+ current_inferior ()->top_target ())};
+}
+
+/* Is this (non-sentinel) frame in the "main"() function? */
+
+static bool
+inside_main_func (const frame_info_ptr &this_frame)
+{
+ std::optional<CORE_ADDR> sym_addr
+ = get_main_func_start_pc (get_frame_arch (this_frame),
+ get_frame_language (this_frame));
+
+ if (!sym_addr.has_value ())
+ return false;
- return sym_addr == get_frame_func (this_frame);
+ return get_frame_func (this_frame) == *sym_addr;
}
/* Test whether THIS_FRAME is inside the process entry point function. */
diff --git a/gdb/frame.h b/gdb/frame.h
index f6553fb7b6d..58732bceab4 100644
--- a/gdb/frame.h
+++ b/gdb/frame.h
@@ -887,6 +887,12 @@ extern struct symbol *get_frame_function (const frame_info_ptr &);
extern CORE_ADDR get_pc_function_start (CORE_ADDR);
+/* If possible, get the start pc of the main function of the current program
+ space for the language LANG. */
+
+extern std::optional<CORE_ADDR> get_main_func_start_pc (gdbarch *gdbarch,
+ const language lang);
+
extern frame_info_ptr find_relative_frame (frame_info_ptr, int *);
/* Wrapper over print_stack_frame modifying current_uiout with UIOUT for
--
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-06 12:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-06 12:31 [PATCH v3 00/12] Add new command to print the shadow stack backtrace Christina Schimpe
2026-07-06 12:31 ` [PATCH v3 01/12] gdb: Generalize handling of the shadow stack pointer Christina Schimpe
2026-07-06 12:31 ` [PATCH v3 02/12] aarch64: Implement gdbarch function top_addr_empty_shadow_stack Christina Schimpe
2026-07-06 12:31 ` Christina Schimpe [this message]
2026-07-06 12:31 ` [PATCH v3 04/12] gdb: Refactor 'stack.c:print_frame' Christina Schimpe
2026-07-06 12:31 ` [PATCH v3 05/12] gdb: Introduce 'stack.c:print_pc' function without frame argument Christina Schimpe
2026-07-06 12:31 ` [PATCH v3 06/12] gdb: Refactor 'find_symbol_funname' and 'info_frame_command_core' in stack.c Christina Schimpe
2026-07-06 12:31 ` [PATCH v3 07/12] gdb: Refactor 'stack.c:print_frame_info' Christina Schimpe
2026-07-06 12:31 ` [PATCH v3 08/12] gdb: Add command option 'bt -shadow' to print the shadow stack backtrace Christina Schimpe
2026-07-08 9:13 ` Schimpe, Christina
2026-07-06 12:31 ` [PATCH v3 09/12] gdb: Implement the hook 'is_no_return_shadow_stack_address' for amd64 linux Christina Schimpe
2026-07-06 12:31 ` [PATCH v3 10/12] gdb: Enable inferior calls in the shadow stack backtrace Christina Schimpe
2026-07-06 12:31 ` [PATCH v3 11/12] gdb: Enable signal trampolines " Christina Schimpe
2026-07-06 12:31 ` [PATCH v3 12/12] gdb, mi: Add -shadow-stack-list-frames command Christina Schimpe
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