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[PATCH] gdb.python/py-unwind: Disable stack protection
- From: Simon Marchi <simon dot marchi at ericsson dot com>
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- Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2017 12:27:14 +0200
- Subject: [PATCH] gdb.python/py-unwind: Disable stack protection
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I see the following failure on Ubuntu 16.04's gcc 5.4.0:
Running /home/emaisin/src/binutils-gdb/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-unwind.exp ...
FAIL: gdb.python/py-unwind.exp: continue to breakpoint: break backtrace-broken
FAIL: gdb.python/py-unwind.exp: Backtrace restored by unwinder (pattern 1)
The problem is that the test expects a very particular stack layout.
When stack protection is enabled, it adds a canary value which looks
like an additional local variable. This makes the test complain about
a bad stack layout and fail.
The simple solution is to disable stack protection for that test using
-fno-stack-protector. I checked older compilers (gcc 4.4, clang 3.5)
and they support that flag, so I don't think it's necessary to probe for
whether the compiler supports it.
Maybe a better solution would be to change the test to make it cope with
different stack layouts (perhaps it could save addresses of stuff in
some global variables which GDB/the unwinder would read). I'll go with
the simple solution for now though.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
* gdb.python/py-unwind.exp: Disable stack protection when
building test file.
---
gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-unwind.exp | 7 ++++++-
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-unwind.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-unwind.exp
index 625b04c..4a64f15 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-unwind.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-unwind.exp
@@ -20,7 +20,12 @@ load_lib gdb-python.exp
standard_testfile
-if { [prepare_for_testing "failed to prepare" ${testfile} ${srcfile}] } {
+# Stack protection can make the stack look a bit different, breaking the
+# assumptions of this test about the stack lay out.
+
+set flags "additional_flags=-fno-stack-protector"
+
+if { [prepare_for_testing "failed to prepare" ${testfile} ${srcfile} "debug $flags"] } {
return -1
}
--
2.7.4