Re: [PATCH RFA] gdb.base/signals.exp: explicitly set count = 0

[Fernando Nasser <fnasser at redhat dot com>]

Orjan Friberg wrote:
> 
> gdb.base/signals.exp runs the main function in signals.c twice.
> signal.c contains a static variable count which is initialized to 0.
> The second time the main function is run, the test case relies on count
> being 0, which depends on how runto_main is implemented for the target.
> My target does a simple "jump *main", which obviously doesn't
> re-initialize count to 0.  This patch sets count to 0 explicitly.
> 
> Ok to commit?
> 

Yes.  

The way it is implemented now also depends on the effect of rerunning a
program in static variables.  For some remote targets this can also
imply that count is not zero if one does not "load" again (in case
someone did not specify "do_reload_on_run" for the target  --  although
this would be a mistake IMO).

Fernando


> 2001-03-15  Orjan Friberg  <orjanf@axis.com>
> 
>         * gdb.base/signals.exp: Set count to 0 explicitly.
> 
> Index: signals.exp
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/signals.exp,v
> retrieving revision 1.2
> diff -c -3 -p -r1.2 signals.exp
> *** signals.exp 2001/03/06 08:21:51     1.2
> --- signals.exp 2001/03/15 13:35:40
> *************** gdb_expect {
> *** 370,375 ****
> --- 370,378 ----
>   }
> 
>   if [runto_main] then {
> +     # Since count is a static variable outside main, runto_main
> +     # is no guarantee that count will be 0 at this point.
> +     gdb_test "set variable count = 0" ""
>       gdb_test "break handler if 0" "Breakpoint \[0-9\]+ .*"
>       gdb_test "set \$handler_breakpoint_number = \$bpnum" ""
> 
> 
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