Re: [PATCH v3] gdb tests: Allow for "LWP" in thread IDs from info threads.

[John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>]

On 5/9/23 12:01 PM, Simon Marchi wrote:
> On 4/18/23 16:13, John Baldwin wrote:
>> Several tests assume that the first word after a thread ID in 'info
>> threads' output is "Thread".  However, several targets use "LWP"
>> instead such as the FreeBSD and NetBSD native targets.  The Linux
>> native target also uses "LWP" if libthread_db is not being used.
>>
>> Add a tdlabel_re global variable as a regular-expression for a thread
>> label in `info threads' that matches either "thread" or "LWP".
>>
>> Some other tests in the tree don't require a specific word, and
>> some targets may use other first words (e.g. OpenBSD uses "thread"
>> and Ravenscar threads use "Ravenscar Thread").
> 
> That LGTM, I don't really see another way:
> 
> Approved-By: Simon Marchi <simon.marchi@efficios.com>
> 
> One nit is that I prefer to use the ${::tdlabel_re} notation instead of
> the global keyword, but it's not a dealbreaker.
> 
> And just one question:
> 
>> diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/report.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/report.exp
>> index 14db2511d40..a5b7ccf4ba5 100644
>> --- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/report.exp
>> +++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/report.exp
>> @@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ proc use_collected_data { data_source } {
>>   
>>   	# There is always a thread of an inferior, either a live one or
>>   	# a faked one.
>> -	gdb_test "info threads" "\\* ${decimal}    (process|Thread) \[0-9\.\]+\[ \t\].*"
>> +	gdb_test "info threads" "\\* ${decimal}    ${tdlabel_re} \[0-9\.\]+\[ \t\].*"
> 
> This one said "process" as well, I guess it's not important?

Hummm, it didn't regress on Linux, but on some other native target that
doesn't support threads it might regress I guess.  normal_pid_to_str
uses "process <PID>" and is the defalt for target::pid_to_str.

Probably tdlabel_re should permit "process" as a word as well:

diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp b/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp
index 527c84599ca..6ded65e31c4 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ set inferior_exited_re "(?:\\\[Inferior \[0-9\]+ \\(\[^\n\r\]*\\) exited)"
  
  # A regular expression that matches the first word of a thread
  # description after the thread number info 'info threads'
-set tdlabel_re "(Thread|LWP)"
+set tdlabel_re "(process|Thread|LWP)"
  
  # A regular expression that matches a value history number.
  # E.g., $1, $2, etc.

(I'd also have to reword the commit log a bit to mention this case if so.)

-- 
John Baldwin