Re: [PATCH] Check tracefile is generated by binary execution

[Yao Qi <yao@codesourcery.com>]

On 04/01/2014 10:23 AM, Yao Qi wrote:
> On 03/25/2014 03:52 PM, Yao Qi wrote:
>> In gdb.trace/tfile.exp, we execute binary to generate tracefile,
>>
>>   remote_exec target "$binfile"
>>
>> however, this fails on bare metal target.  This patch is to
>> handle binary execution failure by running binary in GDB.
>> The binary will do some io operation to generate tracefile, so
>> we need a check 'target_info exists gdb,nofileio'.
>>
>> This patch is to check whether tracefile is generated.  tfile.exp can
>> be skipped if generation is failed, while test_tfind_tfile in
>> mi-traceframe-changed.exp is skipped if generated failed.  The rest of
>> the mi-traceframe-changed.exp can still be executed, because on some
>> bare metal targets, the remote stub may support tracepoint but doesn't
>> support fileio.
>>
>> This patch is tested on nios2-elf and arm-none-eabi.
>>
>> gdb/testsuite:
>>
>> 2014-03-25  Yao Qi  <yao@codesourcery.com>
>>
>> 	* lib/trace-support.exp (generate_tracefile): New procedure.
>> 	* gdb.trace/tfile.exp: Skip the test if generate_tracefile
>> 	return 0.
>> 	* gdb.trace/mi-traceframe-changed.exp: Invoke test_tfind_tfile
>> 	if generate_tracefile returns 1.
> 
> Ping.  https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2014-03/msg00591.html
> 

Ping^2.

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Yao (齐尧)