Re: [PATCH 2/2 v2] Demangler crash handler

[Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>]

> Date: Mon, 19 May 2014 16:48:23 +0100
> From: Gary Benson <gbenson@redhat.com>
> Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org, aburgess@broadcom.com, xdje42@gmail.com,
>         fw@deneb.enyo.de, mark.kettenis@xs4all.nl, palves@redhat.com,
>         tromey@redhat.com
> 
> > Can't say this option makes sense to me.  Isn't there a way to
> > display the necessary information in a message, even though you
> > catch the signal?
> 
> To clarify, the current situation in GDB is that crashes in the
> demangler are not caught:
> 
>   (gdb) set lang c++
>   (gdb) maint demangle _Z1-Av23*;cG~Wo2Vu
>   Segmentation fault (core dumped)
> 
> With the patch, that is also the default situation.  But with the
> patch, with "maint set catch-demangler-crashes on", a signal handler
> is installed across calls to the demangler, so that if the demangler
> crashes you get something like this:
> 
>   (gdb) set lang c++
>   (gdb) maint set catch-demangler-crashes on
>   (gdb) maint demangle _Z1-Av23*;cG~Wo2Vu
>   /home/gary/work/archer/demangle-crashcatcher/src/gdb/cp-support.c:1590: internal-warning: unable to demangle '_Z1-Av23*;cG~Wo2Vu' (demangler failed with signal 11)
>   A problem internal to GDB has been detected,
>   further debugging may prove unreliable.
>   Quit this debugging session? (y or n) y
>   
>   /home/gary/work/archer/demangle-crashcatcher/src/gdb/cp-support.c:1590: internal-warning: unable to demangle '_Z1-Av23*;cG~Wo2Vu' (demangler failed with signal 11)
>   A problem internal to GDB has been detected,
>   further debugging may prove unreliable.
>   Create a core file of GDB? (y or n) y
>   Aborted (core dumped)

Yes, I knew all that (because I've read all the deliberations here
about this feature).  I'm asking why do we need this option, instead
of having its ON effect by default?

> --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
> +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
> @@ -33142,6 +33142,16 @@ Expand symbol tables.
>  If @var{regexp} is specified, only expand symbol tables for file
>  names matching @var{regexp}.
>  
> +@kindex maint set catch-demangler-crashes
> +@kindex maint show catch-demangler-crashes

Please add here

 @cindex demangler crashes

Otherwise, this part is OK.  Thanks.