Hi Michael, Like the prev patch I send to you, this issue still affect cvs-head and the patch can fix it. Please help me review it. The attachment is the new patch follow cvs-head. 2009-05-06 Hui Zhu * infrun.c (handle_inferior_event): Check frame_id when check range in reverse debug mode. Thanks, Hui On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 16:52, Hui Zhu wrote: > Hi, > > This patch is for bug report by Marc in > http://sourceware.org/ml/gdb/2009-03/msg00127.html. > > This bug in "handle_inferior_event" deal with recursion function tail > in reverse debug. > infrun: infwait_normal_state > infrun: TARGET_WAITKIND_STOPPED > infrun: stop_pc = 0x8048457 > infrun: stepping inside range [0x8048457-0x804845a] > infrun: stop_stepping > factorial (x=4) at b.cc:5 > > Inferior already step into another frame. But because this is a > recursion function call, And 0x8048457 is in > ecs->event_thread->step_range_start and > ecs->event_thread->step_range_start. > > So gdb run in: > > if (stop_pc >= ecs->event_thread->step_range_start >      && stop_pc < ecs->event_thread->step_range_end) >    { > > This code is in front of: >  if (!frame_id_eq (get_frame_id (get_current_frame ()), >                    ecs->event_thread->step_frame_id) >      && (frame_id_eq (frame_unwind_id (get_current_frame ()), >                       ecs->event_thread->step_frame_id) >          || execution_direction == EXEC_REVERSE)) > > So gdb check range without check frame_id. > > So I make a patch to check frame_id when check range in reverse debug mode. > > 2008-03-21  Hui Zhu   > >        * infrun.c (handle_inferior_event): Check frame_id when >        check range in reverse debug mode. > > > > > > Actually, there is another thing, when gdb begin reverse-debug, it's range is: >  8048439:       8b 45 08                mov    0x8(%ebp),%eax >  804843c:       83 e8 01                sub    $0x1,%eax >  804843f:       89 04 24                mov    %eax,(%esp) >  8048442:       e8 dd ff ff ff          call   8048424 <_Z9factoriali> >  8048447:       0f af 45 08             imul   0x8(%ebp),%eax >  804844b:       89 45 fc                mov    %eax,-0x4(%ebp) > Why is changed to infrun: stepping inside range [0x8048457-0x804845a]? > That is because when inferior step at: >  8048458:       c3                      ret > In this address, $ebp is same with high level function and this > function is factorial too. > So the gdb can't found inferior step into another frame.  It will run to: >  ecs->event_thread->step_range_start = stop_pc_sal.pc; >  ecs->event_thread->step_range_end = stop_pc_sal.end; >  ecs->event_thread->step_frame_id = get_frame_id (get_current_frame ()); >  ecs->event_thread->current_line = stop_pc_sal.line; >  ecs->event_thread->current_symtab = stop_pc_sal.symtab; > >  if (debug_infrun) >     fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stdlog, "infrun: keep going\n"); >  keep_going (ecs); > } > So ecs->event_thread->step_range_start and ecs->event_thread->step_range_end. > > I don't find that it affect the reverse debug or something.  So I didn't fix it. > > > > > Thanks, > Hui >