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Re: [RFC] PR 15075 dprintf interferes with "next"
- From: Hui Zhu <teawater at gmail dot com>
- To: Pedro Alves <palves at redhat dot com>, Tom Tromey <tromey at redhat dot com>
- Cc: gdb-patches at sourceware dot org, Keith Seitz <keiths at redhat dot com>, Yao Qi <yao at codesourcery dot com>
- Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2013 12:06:22 +0800
- Subject: Re: [RFC] PR 15075 dprintf interferes with "next"
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Thanks,
Hui
On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 8:01 AM, Hui Zhu <teawater@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Pedro and Tom,
>
> Thanks for your review.
>
> On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 8:46 PM, Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> wrote:
>> On 05/22/2013 11:21 AM, Hui Zhu wrote:
>>
>>> I tried it on fedora and looks it works OK most of times. I only got
>>> trouble is when run this test with remote, [runto main] with
>>> "non-stop" is open will fail sometime.
>>
>> Sorry, but "most of the times" is not acceptable. Can you please
>> figure out why that is so? This should never fail.
>
> I found a issue about remote test and non-stop. Because it doesn't
> have a lot of relation with dprintf, I will post a separate patch for
> that later.
>
>>
>>>> > Not sure even that is necessary, given bs->stop==0 and:
>>>> >
>>>> > /* Print nothing for this entry if we don't stop or don't
>>>> > print. */
>>>> > if (!bs->stop || !bs->print)
>>>> > bs->print_it = print_it_noop;
>>> I am not sure about this part.
>>> If my understanding about Tom's review in before is right, the action
>>> of dprintf command should be handled when GDB check the condition.
>>> And after that, dprintf not need be handled.
>>
>> Yes, but I don't see how that counters my suggestion.
>
> Added dprintf_create_breakpoints_sal. When dprintf is created, auto
> set silent to 0.
>
>>
>>>> >
>>>>> >> + bpstat_do_actions_1 (&bs);
>>>>> >> + bs->next = tmp;
>>>>> >> +}
>>>> >
>>>> > Could you add some comments explaining what this is
>>>> > doing, and why?
>>> I update this function to following part:
>>> /* Implement the "after_cond" breakpoint_ops method for dprintf. */
>>>
>>> static void
>>> dprintf_after_cond (struct bpstats *bs)
>>
>>
>>> {
>>> struct cleanup *old_chain;
>>> struct breakpoint *b = bs->breakpoint_at;
>>>
>>> bs->commands = b->commands;
>>> incref_counted_command_line (bs->commands);
>>
>> I still think there's no point in moving this to the
>> after_condition_true hook, if both existing implementations
>> end up doing it themselves. See below.
>>
>>>
>>> /* Because function bpstat_do_actions_1 will execute all the command
>>> list of BS and follow it by BS->NEXT, temporarily set BS->NEXT to
>>> NULL. */
>>> old_chain = make_cleanup_restore_ptr ((void **)&bs->next);
>>
>> That cast is invalid actually. Older gcc's will complain about
>> the aliasing violation. I think we can get away without this, by
>> passing a separate list with only one entry to bpstat_do_actions_1.
>>
>>> bs->next = NULL;
>>> bpstat_do_actions_1 (&bs);
>>> do_cleanups (old_chain);
>>>
>>> /* This dprintf need not be handled after this function
>>> because its command list is executed by bpstat_do_actions_1.
>>> Clear STOP and PRINT for that. */
>>> bs->stop = 0;
>>> bs->print = 0;
>>
>> Thanks. I was more looking for general design comments on why we
>> run the command list here. This also should explain why clear stop
>> here, instead of on the more natural check_status.
>>
>> So all in all, if it works for you (seems to work fine for me), I'd
>> rather do as this patch on top of yours does:
>>
>
> Thanks for this patch. I merged it to dprintf-continue patch.
>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> gdb/breakpoint.c | 62 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------
>> 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/gdb/breakpoint.c b/gdb/breakpoint.c
>> index 7ef5703..181aecc 100644
>> --- a/gdb/breakpoint.c
>> +++ b/gdb/breakpoint.c
>> @@ -5292,6 +5292,15 @@ bpstat_stop_status (struct address_space *aspace,
>> b->enable_state = bp_disabled;
>> removed_any = 1;
>> }
>> +
>> + if (b->silent)
>> + bs->print = 0;
>> + bs->commands = b->commands;
>> + incref_counted_command_line (bs->commands);
>> + if (command_line_is_silent (bs->commands
>> + ? bs->commands->commands : NULL))
>> + bs->print = 0;
>> +
>> b->ops->after_condition_true (bs);
>> }
>>
>> @@ -12742,15 +12751,7 @@ base_breakpoint_explains_signal (struct breakpoint *b)
>> static void
>> base_breakpoint_after_condition_true (struct bpstats *bs)
>> {
>> - struct breakpoint *b = bs->breakpoint_at;
>> -
>> - if (b->silent)
>> - bs->print = 0;
>> - bs->commands = b->commands;
>> - incref_counted_command_line (bs->commands);
>> - if (command_line_is_silent (bs->commands
>> - ? bs->commands->commands : NULL))
>> - bs->print = 0;
>> + /* Nothing to do. */
>> }
>>
>> struct breakpoint_ops base_breakpoint_ops =
>> @@ -13368,30 +13369,41 @@ dprintf_print_recreate (struct breakpoint *tp, struct ui_file *fp)
>> }
>>
>> /* Implement the "after_condition_true" breakpoint_ops method for
>> - dprintf. */
>> + dprintf.
>> +
>> + dprintf's are implemented with regular commands in their command
>> + list, but we run the commands here instead of before presenting the
>> + stop to the user, as dprintf's don't actually cause a stop. This
>> + also makes it so that the commands of multiple dprintfs at the same
>> + address are all handled. */
>>
>> static void
>> dprintf_after_condition_true (struct bpstats *bs)
>> {
>> struct cleanup *old_chain;
>> - struct breakpoint *b = bs->breakpoint_at;
>> + struct bpstats tmp_bs = { NULL };
>> + struct bpstats *tmp_bs_p = &tmp_bs;
>>
>> - bs->commands = b->commands;
>> - incref_counted_command_line (bs->commands);
>> + /* dprintf's never cause a stop. This wasn't set in the
>> + check_status hook instead because that would make the dprintf's
>> + condition not be evaluated. */
>> + bs->stop = 0;
>>
>> - /* Because function bpstat_do_actions_1 will execute all the command
>> - list of BS and follow it by BS->NEXT, temporarily set BS->NEXT to
>> - NULL. */
>> - old_chain = make_cleanup_restore_ptr ((void **)&bs->next);
>> - bs->next = NULL;
>> - bpstat_do_actions_1 (&bs);
>> - do_cleanups (old_chain);
>> + /* Run the command list here. Take ownership of it instead of
>> + copying. We never want these commands to run later in
>> + bpstat_do_actions, if a breakpoint that causes a stop happens to
>> + be set at same address as this dprintf, or even if running the
>> + commands here throws. */
>> + tmp_bs.commands = bs->commands;
>> + bs->commands = NULL;
>> + old_chain = make_cleanup_decref_counted_command_line (&tmp_bs.commands);
>>
>> - /* This dprintf need not be handled after this function
>> - because its command list is executed by bpstat_do_actions_1.
>> - Clear STOP and PRINT for that. */
>> - bs->stop = 0;
>> - bs->print = 0;
>> + bpstat_do_actions_1 (&tmp_bs_p);
>> +
>> + /* 'tmp_bs.commands' will usually be NULL by now, but
>> + bpstat_do_actions_1 may return early without processing the whole
>> + list. */
>> + do_cleanups (old_chain);
>> }
>>
>> /* The breakpoint_ops structure to be used on static tracepoints with
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>>>>> >> +if [prepare_for_testing $expfile $executable $srcfile {debug}] {
>>>>> >> + untested "failed to prepare for trace tests"
>>>> >
>>>> > This is not a trace test. Actually, prepare_for_testing
>>>> > already calls untested with whatever we pass it as first argument.
>>>> > I think it'd be the first such call in the testsuite, but I
>>>> > think this would be better:
>>>> >
>>>> > if [prepare_for_testing "failed to prepare for trace tests" \
>>>> > $executable $srcfile {debug}] {
>>>> > return -1
>>>> > }
>>> After I use this part of code, I got:
>>> ERROR: tcl error sourcing ../../../src/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/dprintf-next.exp.
>>> ERROR: wrong # args: should be "prepare_for_testing testname
>>> executable ?sources? ?options?"
>>> while executing
>>> "prepare_for_testing "failed to prepare for dprintf next tests""
>>> invoked from within
>>> "if [prepare_for_testing "failed to prepare for dprintf next tests"
>>> $executable $srcfile {debug}] {
>>> return -1
>>> }"
>>
>> Hmm? Oh, it looks like you forgot the '\' at the end of the line.
>> Please try again.
>
> Fixed both dprintf-next.exp and dprintf-non-stop.exp.
>
>>
>>> So I change this part to:
>>> if { [prepare_for_testing dprintf-next.exp "dprintf-next" {} {debug}] } {
>>
>> 'dprintf-next.exp' really isn't magical. It's just a string. :-)
>>
>>> return -1
>>> }
>>
>>>>> >> +gdb_test "next" ".*" "next 1"
>>>>> >> +gdb_test "next" ".*" "next 2"
>>>> >
>>>> > Please use more string regexes for these, that confirm the next stopped
>>>> > at the right lines.
>>> Fixed.
>>
>> Sorry, I should have been clearer. Don't do that by checking
>> line numbers though, as those change when more functions are
>> added to the test. Just make each line look different instead.
>>
>>> +
>>> +gdb_test "dprintf $dp_location, \"%d\\n\", x" \
>>> + "Dprintf .*"
>>
>> Please add an explicit 3rd parameter to gdb_test, so that
>> the line number doesn't appear in gdb.sum.
>>
>>> +
>>> +gdb_test "next" "23.*\\+\\+x.*" "next 1"
>>> +gdb_test "next" "24.*\\+\\+x.*" "next 2"
>>
>> Do something like this:
>>
>> gdb_test "next" "\\+\\+x;" "next 1"
>> gdb_test "next" "\\+\\+x; /* set dprintf here" "next 2"
>>
>> You could add a comment to the first stepped line to
>> make that clearer:
>>
>> gdb_test "next" "\\+\\+x; /* step here.*" "next 1"
>> gdb_test "next" "\\+\\+x; /* set dprintf here" "next 2"
>
> This part is fixed.
>
>>
>>
>>> --- /dev/null
>>> +++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/dprintf-non-stop.c
>>> @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
>>> +/* This testcase is part of GDB, the GNU debugger.
>>> +
>>> + Copyright (C) 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>>> + Contributed by Hui Zhu <hui@codesourcery.com>
>>> +
>>> + This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
>>> + it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
>>> + the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
>>> + (at your option) any later version.
>>> +
>>> + This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
>>> + but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
>>> + MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
>>> + GNU General Public License for more details.
>>> +
>>> + You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
>>> + along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
>>> +
>>> +void
>>> +foo ()
>>> +{
>>> +}
>>> +
>>> +int
>>> +main ()
>>> +{
>>> + foo ();
>>> + while (1);
>>
>> If something goes wrong, like GDB crashing, this could leave the test
>> running forever, pegging the CPU. Just make it sleep for some
>> time instead.
>
> Changed this part to sleep(3)
>
>>
>>> + return 0;
>>
>>> +}
>>> \ No newline at end of file
>>
>> Please watch out for these, and add a newline.
>>
>
> Fixed.
>
>>> +gdb_test "dprintf foo,\"At foo entry\\n\"" "Dprintf .*"
>>> +
>>> +send_gdb "continue &\n"
>>> +exec sleep 1
>>> +set test "interrupt"
>>> +gdb_test_multiple $test $test {
>>> + -re "interrupt\r\n$gdb_prompt " {
>>> + pass $test
>>> + }
>>> +}
>>> +
>>> +set test "inferior stopped"
>>> +gdb_test_multiple "" $test {
>>> + -re "\r\n\\\[.* \[0-9\]+\\\] #1 stopped\\\.\r\n" {
>>> + pass $test
>>> + }
>>> +}
>>
>> This leaves the prompt in the expect buffer. I think
>> this is likely to confuse the following test that runs.
>>
>
> After change this part to:
> gdb_test_multiple "" $test {
> -re "\r\n\\\[.* \[0-9\]+\\\] #1 stopped\\\.\r\n$gdb_prompt" {
> pass $test
> }
> }
> I got:
> Running ../../../src/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/dprintf-non-stop.exp ...
> FAIL: gdb.base/dprintf-non-stop.exp: inferior stopped (timeout)
>
> I thought the reason is:
> (gdb) PASS: gdb.base/dprintf-non-stop.exp: interrupt
>
> [process 24118] #1 stopped.
> 0x00002aaaaad8f830 in nanosleep () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
> FAIL: gdb.base/dprintf-non-stop.exp: inferior stopped (timeout)
>
> There is not $gdb_prompt.
>
>
> On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 10:04 PM, Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> "Hui" == Hui Zhu <teawater@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>> Hui> So I change this part to:
>> Hui> if { [prepare_for_testing dprintf-next.exp "dprintf-next" {} {debug}] } {
>> Hui> return -1
>> Hui> }
>>
>> I think it is better to use the variables created by standard_testfile.
>
> Fixed.
>
> The attachments are the new patches.
>
> Best,
> Hui
>
> 2013-05-28 Yao Qi <yao@codesourcery.com>
> Hui Zhu <hui@codesourcery.com>
> Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
>
> PR breakpoints/15075
> PR breakpoints/15434
> * breakpoint.c (bpstat_stop_status): Call
> b->ops->after_condition_true.
> (update_dprintf_command_list): Don't append "continue" command
> to the command list of dprintf breakpoint.
> (base_breakpoint_after_condition_true): New function.
> (base_breakpoint_ops): Add base_breakpoint_after_condition_true.
> (dprintf_create_breakpoints_sal,
> dprintf_after_condition_true): New functions.
> (initialize_breakpoint_ops): Set dprintf_create_breakpoints_sal
> and dprintf_after_condition_true.
> * breakpoint.h (breakpoint_ops): Add after_condition_true.
>
> 2013-05-28 Yao Qi <yao@codesourcery.com>
> Hui Zhu <hui@codesourcery.com>
>
> PR breakpoints/15075
> PR breakpoints/15434
> * gdb.base/dprintf-next.c: New file.
> * gdb.base/dprintf-next.exp: New file.
> * gdb.base/dprintf-non-stop.c: New file.
> * gdb.base/dprintf-non-stop.exp: New file.
> * gdb.base/dprintf.exp: Don't check "continue" in the output
> of "info breakpoints".
> * gdb.mi/mi-breakpoint-changed.exp (test_insert_delete_modify):
> Don't check "continue" in script field.