From: Thiago Jung Bauermann <thiago.bauermann@linaro.org>
To: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
Subject: [PATCH] gdb.gdb/python-helper.exp: Increase timeout values
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 2026 01:01:40 -0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260906040140.158197-1-thiago.bauermann@linaro.org> (raw)
In the three Linux machines I tested (my x86_64 laptop and two aarch64
servers), gdb.gdb/python-helper.exp has this timeout failure:
FAIL: gdb.gdb/python-helper.exp: pretty print type instance flags (timeout)
And the slower aarch64 server also has this one:
FAIL: gdb.gdb/python-helper.exp: start inner gdb (timeout)
Fix these failures by using timeout factors. For the latter, a 2x factor
is enough. For the former, I needed 8x. It appears that the "pretty print
type instance flags" test is quite demanding.
---
I actually noticed these failures because I compared GDB 17.2 test
results with GDB 18 ones. OK to also push to the branch?
gdb/testsuite/gdb.gdb/python-helper.exp | 40 ++++++++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.gdb/python-helper.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.gdb/python-helper.exp
index d84e48166995..bcd94b2e6ae5 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.gdb/python-helper.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.gdb/python-helper.exp
@@ -91,19 +91,21 @@ proc test_python_helper {} {
# little clearer when trying to unpick which GDB is active.
gdb_test_no_output -prompt $outer_prompt_re "set prompt (outer-gdb) " "set outer gdb prompt"
- # Send a command to the outer GDB to continue the inner GDB. The
- # stop is being detected from the inner GDB, hence the use of -i
- # here.
- gdb_test_multiple "continue" "start inner gdb" {
- -re "received signal SIGSEGV.* in GC_.*$outer_prompt_re" {
- # Some versions of the GC used by Guile cause a SEGV
- # during stack probing. Ignore this and carry on.
- send_gdb "continue\n"
- exp_continue
- }
- -i "$inferior_spawn_id"
- -re "\r\n$gdb_prompt $" {
- pass $gdb_test_name
+ with_timeout_factor 2 {
+ # Send a command to the outer GDB to continue the inner GDB. The
+ # stop is being detected from the inner GDB, hence the use of -i
+ # here.
+ gdb_test_multiple "continue" "start inner gdb" {
+ -re "received signal SIGSEGV.* in GC_.*$outer_prompt_re" {
+ # Some versions of the GC used by Guile cause a SEGV
+ # during stack probing. Ignore this and carry on.
+ send_gdb "continue\n"
+ exp_continue
+ }
+ -i "$inferior_spawn_id"
+ -re "\r\n$gdb_prompt $" {
+ pass $gdb_test_name
+ }
}
}
@@ -172,11 +174,13 @@ proc test_python_helper {} {
" int_stuff = \{ bit_size = $decimal, bit_offset = $decimal \}\}"]
gdb_test -prompt $outer_prompt_re "print *val->m_type->main_type" $answer "pretty print type->main_type"
- # Test printing instance flags using an artificial type.
- set answer [string_to_regexp {instance_flags = [VOLATILE|DATA_SPACE|ADDRESS_CLASS(3)]}]
- gdb_test -prompt $outer_prompt_re \
- "print *make_type_with_harvard_address_space (make_cv_type (0, 1, make_type_with_address_class (val->m_type, 3)), 2)" \
- "${answer}.*" "pretty print type instance flags"
+ with_timeout_factor 8 {
+ # Test printing instance flags using an artificial type.
+ set answer [string_to_regexp {instance_flags = [VOLATILE|DATA_SPACE|ADDRESS_CLASS(3)]}]
+ gdb_test -prompt $outer_prompt_re \
+ "print *make_type_with_harvard_address_space (make_cv_type (0, 1, make_type_with_address_class (val->m_type, 3)), 2)" \
+ "${answer}.*" "pretty print type instance flags"
+ }
# Send the continue to the outer GDB, which resumes the inner GDB,
# we then detect the prompt from the inner GDB, hence the use of
next reply other threads:[~2026-09-06 4:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-06 4:01 Thiago Jung Bauermann [this message]
2026-09-06 15:58 ` Tom de Vries
2026-09-06 20:13 ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2026-09-07 1:02 ` Simon Marchi
2026-09-07 4:21 ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2026-09-06 18:52 ` Simon Marchi
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