Re: [RFA] Handle expected failure in interrupt.exp for Linux/x86

[Fernando Nasser <fnasser@redhat.com>]

Mark Kettenis wrote:
> 
> Ouch!  Letting GDB call a function from an interrupted restartable
> system call doesn't work on Linux/x86.  This already was an expected
> failure.  Unfortunately it only deals with a SIGSEGV wheras a SIGILL
> is just as likely.
> 
> Fixing the actual problem isn't easy.  I'll try to come up with
> something clever.  In the meantime, I'd like to check in this patch.
> 
> OK?
> 
> Mark
> 

Yes, thanks for the patch.

Fernando

> Index: ChangeLog
> from  Mark Kettenis  <kettenis@gnu.org>
> 
>         * gdb.base/interrupt.exp: Treat SIGILL similar to SIGSEGV such
>         that we catch the expected failure under Linux/x86.
> 
> Index: gdb.base/interrupt.exp
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/interrupt.exp,v
> retrieving revision 1.3
> diff -u -p -r1.3 interrupt.exp
> --- gdb.base/interrupt.exp 2001/03/06 08:21:50 1.3
> +++ gdb.base/interrupt.exp 2001/10/28 15:46:38
> @@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ if ![file exists $binfile] then {
>         send_gdb "p func1 ()\n"
>         gdb_expect {
>             -re " = 4.*$gdb_prompt $" { pass "call function when asleep" }
> -           -re ".*Program received signal SIGSEGV.*$gdb_prompt $" {
> +           -re ".*Program received signal SIG(SEGV|ILL).*$gdb_prompt $" {
>                 setup_xfail "i*86-pc-linux*-gnu*"
>                 fail "child died when we called func1, skipped rest of tests"
>                 return

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