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[PATCH] Fix passing/returning of complex data for PowerPC 32-bit
- From: Luis Machado <lgustavo at codesourcery dot com>
- To: "'gdb-patches at sourceware dot org'" <gdb-patches at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 06:54:59 +0100
- Subject: [PATCH] Fix passing/returning of complex data for PowerPC 32-bit
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- Reply-to: <lgustavo at codesourcery dot com>
The PowerPC 32-bit unified ABI states that there are two ways of passing
and returning complex type data:
- Pointer, in a register, to a memory area.
- Data in registers.
The problem is that it is not clear how to detect which variation a
program is using. GDB currently does a bit of both. It uses the first
mechanism for passing parameters and uses both to return data, depending
on the size of the data type. It is a bit messy because GDB is not
handling complex types explicitly.
Checking the gdb.base/callfuncs.exp testcase for a PowerPC 32-bit
target, with code built with GCC, showed a few failures related to
complex types.
This patch steers GDB towards what GCC seems to generate for PowerPC
32-bit and handles complex type passing/return via general registers
(the second option). All failures are gone.
The problem here is if some other target/compiler is using the other
variation. So, for those that have a PowerPC 32-bit handy, can you
confirm it works reliably? I'm thinking AIX, Darwin or some other eabi
target.
Otherwise, does this look reasonable?
Regards,
Luis
2014-06-26 Luis Machado <lgustavo@codesourcery.com>
* ppc-sysv-tdep.c (ppc_sysv_abi_push_dummy_call): Explicitly
handle passing of complex arguments.
(do_ppc_sysv_return_value): Explicitly handle return of
complex types.
diff --git a/gdb/ppc-sysv-tdep.c b/gdb/ppc-sysv-tdep.c
index 1a880a6..2ea7796 100644
--- a/gdb/ppc-sysv-tdep.c
+++ b/gdb/ppc-sysv-tdep.c
@@ -269,6 +269,57 @@ ppc_sysv_abi_push_dummy_call (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, struct value *function,
greg += 4;
}
}
+ else if (TYPE_CODE (type) == TYPE_CODE_COMPLEX)
+ {
+ int lgpr = 11;
+ int type_size = TYPE_LENGTH (type);
+ int ngpr = type_size / tdep->wordsize;
+
+ /* The PowerPC Unified 32-bit ABI states that complex types should
+ be handled in two different ways. Either they are passed via
+ general registers or they are returned as a pointer, in a
+ general register, to an area that contains the data.
+
+ Unfortunately there is no straightforward way to decide what
+ variation a program is using. Therefore we assume the GCC
+ mechanism of passing the complex data in general registers.
+
+ Float complex uses 2 consecutive GPR's.
+
+ Double complex uses 4 consecutive GPR's.
+
+ Long Double complex uses 4 or 8 consecutive GPR's, depending on
+ whether the long double is represented as a double or as a
+ 128-bit entity.
+
+ Scalar-based complex types are passed in the same way as their
+ floating point counterparts. */
+
+ /* Check if we should pass this parameter in registers or
+ stack. */
+ if (ngpr + greg > lgpr)
+ {
+ /* Pass parameter in the stack. */
+ argoffset = align_up (argoffset, 8);
+ if (write_pass)
+ write_memory (sp + argoffset, val, len);
+ argoffset += len;
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ /* Pass the parameter in registers. */
+ if (write_pass)
+ {
+ int i;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < ngpr; i++)
+ regcache_cooked_write (regcache,
+ tdep->ppc_gp0_regnum + greg + i,
+ val + i * 4);
+ }
+ greg += ngpr;
+ }
+ }
else if (TYPE_CODE (type) == TYPE_CODE_DECFLOAT && len <= 8
&& !tdep->soft_float)
{
@@ -724,6 +775,45 @@ do_ppc_sysv_return_value (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, struct type *func_type,
}
return RETURN_VALUE_REGISTER_CONVENTION;
}
+
+ /* The PowerPC Unified 32-bit ABI handles return of complex types in two
+ different ways. Either they are returned via general registers or they are
+ returned as a pointer, in a general register, to an area that contains the
+ data.
+
+ Unfortunately there is no straightforward way to decide what variation a
+ program is using. Therefore we assume the GCC mechanism of returning the
+ complex data in general registers.
+
+ Float complex uses 2 consecutive GPR's.
+
+ Double complex uses 4 consecutive GPR's.
+
+ Long Double complex uses 4 or 8 consecutive GPR's, depending on whether the
+ long double is represented as a double or as a 128-bit entity.
+
+ Scalar-based complex types are returned in the same way as their floating
+ point counterparts. */
+ if (TYPE_CODE (type) == TYPE_CODE_COMPLEX)
+ {
+ int i, nregs;
+ int return_reg = tdep->ppc_gp0_regnum + 3;
+
+ nregs = TYPE_LENGTH (type) / tdep->wordsize;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < nregs; i++)
+ {
+ if (readbuf)
+ regcache_cooked_read (regcache, return_reg + i,
+ readbuf + i * tdep->wordsize);
+ if (writebuf)
+ regcache_cooked_write (regcache, return_reg + i,
+ writebuf + i * tdep->wordsize);
+ }
+
+ return RETURN_VALUE_REGISTER_CONVENTION;
+ }
+
if (TYPE_CODE (type) == TYPE_CODE_FLT
&& TYPE_LENGTH (type) == 16
&& !tdep->soft_float