Re: [PATCH, doc RFA] Add "skip regexp"

[Simon Marchi <simon.marchi@ericsson.com>]

On 16-02-16 08:07 PM, Doug Evans wrote:
> +# Test -fi + -fu.
> +
> +if ![runto_main] {
> +    fail "Can't run to main"
> +    return
> +}
> +
> +set test "step using -fi + -fu"
> +gdb_test_no_output "skip delete"
> +gdb_test "skip -fi skip1.c -fu test_skip" \
> +    "Function test_skip in file skip1.c will be skipped when stepping\."
> +gdb_breakpoint "test_skip_file_and_function"
> +gdb_breakpoint "end_test_skip_file_and_function"
> +gdb_test "call test_skip_file_and_function ()" "silently stop."

Hi Doug,

I just saw a failure of this test on a target that doesn't have inferior calls.  It
seems to me like the function call isn't fundamental to the test and it could be
avoided by organizing things differently.  What do you think?

Otherwise, we would need to add a

  if [target_info exists gdb,cannot_call_functions] {

Simon