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Re: [RFA/testsuite] Handle MIPS in step-test.exp
- From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at mvista dot com>
- To: Andrew Cagney <ac131313 at redhat dot com>
- Cc: gdb-patches at sources dot redhat dot com, fnasser at redhat dot com
- Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 10:25:37 -0400
- Subject: Re: [RFA/testsuite] Handle MIPS in step-test.exp
- References: <20021022020218.GA22839@nevyn.them.org> <3DB55E72.3060700@redhat.com>
On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 10:19:30AM -0400, Andrew Cagney wrote:
> >The MIPS PIC calling conventions have a $gp register which needs to be
> >reloaded after function calls, so they need the same treatment IA-64 and PA
> >do in step-test. I also needed to finish stepping past one call before
> >looking for the next or the test showed a bogus failure.
>
> Is this a straight GDB bug?
It's a straight testsuite bug. The test is full of assumptions about
when nexti will move to the next source line.
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Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer