Re: [PATCH][gdb/testsuite] Capture many-headers.exp progress and output in gdb.log

[Simon Marchi <simark at simark dot ca>]

On 2020-02-06 3:52 a.m., Tom de Vries wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> When running test-case gdb.base/many-headers.exp, we have test output on
> stdout/stderr:
> ...
> Running src/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/many-headers.exp ...
> [New LWP 759]
> Core was generated by `outputs/gdb.base/many-headers/many'.
> Program terminated with signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
> \#0  0x0000000000400688 in ?? ()
> 
>                 === gdb Summary ===
> 
> nr of expected passes            1
> ...
> 
> Furthermore, the only trace in gdb.log that we have of the gdb command issued
> is:
> ...
> PASS: gdb.base/many-headers.exp: read core file
> ...
> 
> Fix this by echoing the gdb command in gdb.log, and capturing the
> command output and pasting it into gdb.log:
> ...
> ( ulimit -s 4096; \
>   gdb -nw -nx -data-directory data-directory -batch -core=many-headers.core )
> [New LWP 1542]
> Core was generated by `many'.
> Program terminated with signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
> \#0  0x0000000000400688 in ?? ()
> PASS: gdb.base/many-headers.exp: read core file
> ...
> 
> Tested on x86_64-linux.
> 
> OK for trunk?
> 
> Thanks,
> - Tom
> 
> [gdb/testsuite] Capture many-headers.exp progress and output in gdb.log
> 
> gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
> 
> 2020-02-06  Tom de Vries  <tdevries@suse.de>
> 
> 	* gdb.base/many-headers.exp: Echo gdb command to gdb.log.  Capture gdb
> 	command output and paste it into gdb.log.  If any, paste catch message
> 	to gdb.log.
> 
> ---
>  gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/many-headers.exp | 17 ++++++++++++-----
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/many-headers.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/many-headers.exp
> index dc7f8675b8..3c2a4dc91b 100644
> --- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/many-headers.exp
> +++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/many-headers.exp
> @@ -51,17 +51,24 @@ if { "$msg" != "" } {
>      return -1
>  }
>  
> +set cmd \
> +    [concat \
> +	 "(" \
> +	 "ulimit -s $stack_limit;" \
> +	 "$GDB $INTERNAL_GDBFLAGS $GDBFLAGS -batch -core=$corefile" \
> +	 ")"]
> +verbose -log $cmd
> +
>  # Run gdb with stack limit
>  catch {
> -    system [concat \
> -		"(" \
> -		"ulimit -s $stack_limit;" \
> -		"$GDB $INTERNAL_GDBFLAGS $GDBFLAGS -batch -core=$corefile" \
> -		")"]
> +    system "$cmd > OUTPUT 2>&1"
>  } msg
> +verbose -log [exec cat OUTPUT]
> +
>  set test "read core file"
>  if { "$msg" == "" } {
>      pass "$test"
>  } else {
> +    verbose -log $msg
>      fail "$test"
>  }
> 

This leaves a stray OUTPUT file in the build/gdb/testsuite directory.  I am fine
with the technique used, but maybe just create some file using standard_output_file?

Simon