From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 27007 invoked by alias); 30 Jul 2004 22:33:23 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 26979 invoked from network); 30 Jul 2004 22:33:22 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (66.187.233.31) by sourceware.org with SMTP; 30 Jul 2004 22:33:22 -0000 Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.254]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i6UMXMe3001477 for ; Fri, 30 Jul 2004 18:33:22 -0400 Received: from localhost.redhat.com (porkchop.devel.redhat.com [172.16.58.2]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id i6UMXGa20407; Fri, 30 Jul 2004 18:33:16 -0400 Received: from gnu.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 087D42B9D; Fri, 30 Jul 2004 18:33:12 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <410ACCA7.7020104@gnu.org> Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 22:33:00 -0000 From: Andrew Cagney User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; NetBSD macppc; en-GB; rv:1.4.1) Gecko/20040217 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Michael Chastain Cc: kettenis@chello.nl, drow@false.org, jjohnstn@redhat.com, gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com Subject: Re: [RFA]: threaded watchpoint test References: <4106A553.7010202@redhat.com> <20040727230053.GA31203@nevyn.them.org> <4106E42F.3010304@redhat.com> <20040727232634.GA32379@nevyn.them.org> <4106EF7A.nail46S11RRBB@mindspring.com> <20040729152517.GA7192@nevyn.them.org> <200407292338.i6TNcNNY024581@elgar.kettenis.dyndns.org> <41099C99.nail5DO11TT76@mindspring.com> In-Reply-To: <41099C99.nail5DO11TT76@mindspring.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SW-Source: 2004-07/txt/msg00526.txt.bz2 > (1) The test suite does not keep its own info. The test suite asks > gdb whether gdb supports feature X, and trusts gdb. > > (2) The test suite keeps separate info. That way, the test suite > is actually testing gdb, not just asking and trusting it. > But the info can get out of sync. > > (2A) A whitelist of systems to test. > > (2B) A blacklist of systems not to test. We need both: - the testsuite asks and trusts GDB if feature X is supported - cross-check test confirming that GDB matches theory That way as each feature is implemented, the testsuite's coverage expands accordingly. But, if there's a screwup, the cross-check detects the problem. Andrew