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Re: gdb.arch vs. gdb.base gcore test cases


Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> writes:

> On 05/03/2013 12:15 PM, Andreas Arnez wrote:
>> The following two test cases are mostly identical, and their associated
>> C source files are exactly identical:
>> 
>>     gdb.arch/system-gcore.exp
>>     gdb.base/gcore.exp
>> 
>> Is there any specific reason for the two copies?  Just curious...
>
> Well, what does git blame, and the initial submission of the
> corresponding patches say?  The answer probably lies in what makes them
> "mostly identical" rather than "exactly identical" being arch
> specific.  If the differences are really small, then we could merge
> them into gcore.exp, using istarget to guard the arch specific bits.

The common test case was introduced some time ago:

    2002-01-08  Michael Snyder  <msnyder@redhat.com>
    
    	* gdb.base/gcore.exp: New test for generate-core-file command.
    	* gdb.base/gcore.c: Testcase for above.
    	* gdb.threads/gcore-thread.exp: New test for gcore (threaded).

The x86-specific one is newer; it was introduced with this change:

    2010-04-17  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
    
    	PR corefiles/11511
    	* gdb.arch/system-gcore.exp: New.
    	* gdb.arch/gcore.c: Likewise.

The only functional difference seems to be that system-gcore.exp adds a
new comparison (before/after) for the output from "info reg system".


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