Re: [PATCH] wp-replication: Fix test case loop

[Luis Machado <lgustavo@codesourcery.com>]

Hi,

On 07/05/2013 01:10 PM, Andreas Arnez wrote:
> When executing wp-replication.exp on S/390, the loop that counts the
> number of available hardware watchpoints does not terminate properly,
> because *all* "watch" commands yield "hardware watchpoints".
>
> Since the C source code is not prepared for more than NR_THREADS
> hardware watchpoints anyhow, I suggest to add the appropriate exit
> condition to the loop.

That's an interesting behavior. Are the resources on s390 nearly 
unlimited for hardware watchpoints? Does it run out of hardware 
watchpoints eventually?

>
>
> 2013-07-05  Andreas Arnez  <arnez@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>
> 	* gdb.threads/wp-replication.exp: Stop counting available hardware
> 	watchpoints after NR_THREADS iterations.
>
> diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.threads/wp-replication.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.threads/wp-replication.exp
> index 8927a43..af3594d 100644
> --- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.threads/wp-replication.exp
> +++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.threads/wp-replication.exp
> @@ -81,6 +81,10 @@ while { $done == 0 } {
>     gdb_test_multiple "continue" "watchpoint created successfully" {
>       -re ".*Breakpoint 2, empty_cycle \\(\\).*$gdb_prompt $" {
>         incr hwatch_count
> +      if { $hwatch_count == $NR_THREADS } {
> +	set done 1
> +	break
> +      }
>       }
>       -re ".*Could not insert hardware watchpoint.*$gdb_prompt $" {
>         set done 1
>

If s390 doesn't run out of hardware watchpoints, i'd add a comment to 
the testcase explaining why we have this condition.

Luis