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Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] Implement pahole-like 'ptype /o' option
- From: Sergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj at redhat dot com>
- To: GDB Patches <gdb-patches at sourceware dot org>
- Cc: Tom Tromey <tom at tromey dot com>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>, Simon Marchi <simon dot marchi at ericsson dot com>, Pedro Alves <palves at redhat dot com>, André Pönitz <apoenitz at t-online dot de>, Keith Seitz <keiths at redhat dot com>
- Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2017 19:27:21 -0500
- Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] Implement pahole-like 'ptype /o' option
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- References: <20171121160709.23248-1-sergiodj@redhat.com> <20171211234345.27351-1-sergiodj@redhat.com> <20171211234345.27351-3-sergiodj@redhat.com>
On Monday, December 11 2017, I wrote:
> This commit implements the pahole-like '/o' option for 'ptype', which
> prints the offsets and sizes of struct fields, reporting whenever
> there is a hole found.
>
> The output is heavily based on pahole(1), with a few modifications
> here and there to adjust it to our reality. Here's an example:
>
> (gdb) ptype /o stap_probe
> /* offset | size */
> struct stap_probe {
> /* 0 | 40 */ struct probe {
> /* 0 | 8 */ const probe_ops *pops;
> /* 8 | 8 */ gdbarch *arch;
> /* 16 | 8 */ const char *name;
> /* 24 | 8 */ const char *provider;
> /* 32 | 8 */ CORE_ADDR address;
> } /* total size: 40 bytes */ p;
> /* 40 | 8 */ CORE_ADDR sem_addr;
> /* 48:31 | 4 */ unsigned int args_parsed : 1;
> /* XXX 7-bit hole */
> /* XXX 7-byte hole */
> /* 56 | 8 */ union {
> /* 8 */ const char *text;
> /* 8 */ VEC_stap_probe_arg_s *vec;
> } /* total size: 8 bytes */ args_u;
> } /* total size: 64 bytes */
>
> A big part of this patch handles the formatting logic of 'ptype',
> which is a bit messy. I tried to be not very invasive, but I had to
> do some cleanups here and there to make life easier.
>
> This patch is the start of a long-term work I'll do to flush the local
> patches we carry for Fedora GDB. In this specific case, I'm aiming at
> upstreaming the feature implemented by the 'pahole.py' script that is
> shipped with Fedora GDB:
>
> <https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/gdb/blob/master/f/gdb-archer.patch#_311>
>
> This has been regression-tested on the BuildBot. There's a new
> testcase for it, along with an update to the documentation. I also
> thought it was worth mentioning this feature in the NEWS file.
The patch below applies on top of this one and extends the output to
include offsets of union fields.
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diff --git a/gdb/c-typeprint.c b/gdb/c-typeprint.c
index 23138d8a40..e66129f643 100644
--- a/gdb/c-typeprint.c
+++ b/gdb/c-typeprint.c
@@ -906,11 +906,15 @@ output_access_specifier (struct ui_file *stream,
static void
c_print_type_union_field_offset (struct type *type, unsigned int field_idx,
- struct ui_file *stream)
+ struct ui_file *stream,
+ unsigned int offset_bitpos)
{
struct type *ftype = check_typedef (TYPE_FIELD_TYPE (type, field_idx));
+ unsigned int bitpos = TYPE_FIELD_BITPOS (type, field_idx);
- fprintf_filtered (stream, "/* %4u */", TYPE_LENGTH (ftype));
+ fprintf_filtered (stream, "/* %4u | %4u */",
+ (bitpos + offset_bitpos) / TARGET_CHAR_BIT,
+ TYPE_LENGTH (ftype));
}
/* Print information about field at index FIELD_IDX of the struct type
@@ -1169,7 +1173,8 @@ c_type_print_base_struct_union (struct type *type, struct ui_file *stream,
c_print_type_struct_field_offset (type, i, &endpos, stream,
flags->offset_bitpos);
else if (TYPE_CODE (type) == TYPE_CODE_UNION)
- c_print_type_union_field_offset (type, i, stream);
+ c_print_type_union_field_offset (type, i, stream,
+ flags->offset_bitpos);
}
else
print_spaces_filtered (OFFSET_SPC_LEN, stream);
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/ptype-offsets.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/ptype-offsets.exp
index fa1c0cb41c..7566dcaaab 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/ptype-offsets.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/ptype-offsets.exp
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ gdb_test "ptype /o struct abc" \
"/\\\* XXX 7-byte hole \\\*/" \
"/\\\* 32 | 8 \\\*/ uint64_t field5;" \
"/\\\* 40 | 8 \\\*/ union {" \
-"/\\\* 8 \\\*/ void \\\*field6;" \
-"/\\\* 4 \\\*/ int field7;" \
+"/\\\* 40 | 8 \\\*/ void \\\*field6;" \
+"/\\\* 40 | 4 \\\*/ int field7;" \
" } /\\\* total size: 8 bytes \\\*/ field8;" \
"" \
" abc\\(void\\);" \
@@ -82,13 +82,13 @@ gdb_test "ptype /o struct pqr" \
gdb_test "ptype /o union qwe" \
[multi_line \
"/\\\* offset | size \\\*/" \
-"/\\\* 24 \\\*/ struct tuv {" \
+"/\\\* 0 | 24 \\\*/ struct tuv {" \
"/\\\* 0 | 4 \\\*/ int a1;" \
"/\\\* XXX 4-byte hole \\\*/" \
"/\\\* 8 | 8 \\\*/ char \\\*a2;" \
"/\\\* 16 | 4 \\\*/ int a3;" \
" } /\\\* total size: 24 bytes \\\*/ fff1;" \
-"/\\\* 40 \\\*/ struct xyz {" \
+"/\\\* 0 | 40 \\\*/ struct xyz {" \
"/\\\* 0 | 4 \\\*/ int f1;" \
"/\\\* 4 | 1 \\\*/ char f2;" \
"/\\\* XXX 3-byte hole \\\*/" \
@@ -111,13 +111,13 @@ gdb_test "ptype /o struct poi" \
"/\\\* 0 | 4 \\\*/ int f1;" \
"/\\\* XXX 4-byte hole \\\*/" \
"/\\\* 8 | 40 \\\*/ union qwe {" \
-"/\\\* 24 \\\*/ struct tuv {" \
+"/\\\* 8 | 24 \\\*/ struct tuv {" \
"/\\\* 8 | 4 \\\*/ int a1;" \
"/\\\* XXX 4-byte hole \\\*/" \
"/\\\* 16 | 8 \\\*/ char \\\*a2;" \
"/\\\* 24 | 4 \\\*/ int a3;" \
" } /\\\* total size: 24 bytes \\\*/ fff1;" \
-"/\\\* 40 \\\*/ struct xyz {" \
+"/\\\* 8 | 40 \\\*/ struct xyz {" \
"/\\\* 8 | 4 \\\*/ int f1;" \
"/\\\* 12 | 1 \\\*/ char f2;" \
"/\\\* XXX 3-byte hole \\\*/" \