[PING] [PATCHv4] Make "skip" work on inline frames

[Bernd Edlinger <bernd.edlinger@hotmail.de>]

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On 11/24/19 12:22 PM, Bernd Edlinger wrote:
> This is just a minor update on the patch
> since the function SYMBOL_PRINT_NAME was removed with
> commit 987012b89bce7f6385ed88585547f852a8005a3f
> I replaced it with sym->print_name (), otherwise the
> patch is unchanged.
> 
> On 10/31/19 8:19 PM, Bernd Edlinger wrote:
>> On 10/31/19 7:00 PM, Pedro Alves wrote:
>>> On 10/31/19 4:53 PM, Simon Marchi wrote:
>>>> On 2019-10-31 12:42 p.m., Pedro Alves wrote:
>>>>> On 10/30/19 9:56 PM, Bernd Edlinger wrote:
>>>>>> +if { [prepare_for_testing "failed to prepare" "skip2" \
>>>>>> +                          {skip2.c skip1.c } \
>>>>>> +                          {debug nowarnings optimize=-O2}] } {
>>>>>
>>>>> Instead of -O2, could you make this use -O0 (the default),
>>>>> and then use attribute((always_inline)) to force inlining? 
>>>>> We do that in some tests.  E.g., gdb.opt/inline-locals.c.
>>>>
>>>> I think that's a good suggestion, but just be aware that there used to be
>>>> some problems with always_inline, e.g.:
>>>
>>> I don't think always_inline changes anything in the debug info special,
>>> it just tells the compiler to inline the function even at -O0, which is
>>> what we're after.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13263
>>>
>>> This one seems to be about attribute((artificial)), and the desire
>>> to not step into such functions automatically:
>>>
>>>    "Given that I marked the function always_inline and artificial, I
>>>     was expecting not to step into its body."
>>>
>>>> https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12429
>>>>
>>>
>>> This one seems like a generic inlining issue.
>>>
>>>> I'm not sure if those are still valid.  If they are, it might be more difficult
>>>> that expected to use always_inline.
>>> I don't think always_inline is anything special compared to inlining
>>> because of -O2.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Pedro Alves
>>>
>>
>> Ah, thanks for that hint!
>>
>> always_inline works quite well.
>>
>> The debug session started (using gcc 4.8.4) with -O2 -g on the line with "{" in main,
>> and with -O0 -g at the first real statement, so I had to remove one step.
>> I did not worry about it initially, but now I agree that would have caused trouble.
>>
>>
>> I attached both parts of the patch, the fist part unchanged from previous.
>> The test case now makes sure to not repeat the names.
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>> Bernd.
>>