[ was:  Re: [PATCH][gdb/symtab] Fix gdb.base/vla-optimized-out.exp with
clang ]

On 11/20/20 4:15 PM, Tom de Vries wrote:
> [ was: Re: [PATCH] KFAIL variable-length array tests which fail with Clang ]
> 
> On 11/19/20 11:53 PM, Tom de Vries wrote:
>> On 11/18/20 5:14 PM, Tom Tromey wrote:
>>>>>>>> "Gary" == Gary Benson via Gdb-patches <gdb-patches@sourceware.org> writes:
>>>
>>> Gary> Clang describes the upper bounds of variable length arrays using
>>> Gary> a DW_AT_count attribute which references the DIE of a synthetic
>>> Gary> variable whose value is specified using a DW_AT_location.  In
>>> Gary> some cases GDB correctly handles these, but in other cases GDB
>>> Gary> adds an extra dereference causing the test to fail.  This commit
>>> Gary> marks these failing tests as caused by PR gdb/26905 when the
>>> Gary> test executable was built using Clang.
>>>
>>> Shouldn't we just fix the gdb bug instead?
>>
>> This adhoc patch:
> 
> Here's the complete and tested patch.
> 
> Any comments?
> 

Given the comments elsewhere in the thread, for now committing the
trivial testsuite part of the patch.

Thanks,
- Tom