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Re: [testsuite/alpha] Add test for step over fbne instruction
- From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at false dot org>
- To: Joel Brobecker <brobecker at adacore dot com>
- Cc: Richard Henderson <rth at redhat dot com>, gdb-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Sat, 28 May 2005 14:54:04 -0400
- Subject: Re: [testsuite/alpha] Add test for step over fbne instruction
- References: <20050525064819.GA5406@redhat.com> <20050526023539.GL1525@adacore.com>
On Thu, May 26, 2005 at 12:35:39PM +1000, Joel Brobecker wrote:
> > > Thanks for the couple of suggestions. Is the attached better?
> >
> > Yes, though I'm confused as to why you didn't use the 4 or 5 insn
> > hand-coded routine that I gave you, which is more like what you would
> > get from the compiler with -O2 -ffast-math.
>
> Because I'm lazy? ;-). Seriously, that was a good suggestion, and I have
> now used it in this iteration of the testcase. I took this opportunity
> to actually test all forms of FP branch instructions, with branch taken
> and branch not taken. That way, that should cover most cases. I left
> the edge cases for another time.
>
> 2005-05-20 Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>
>
> * gdb.arch/alpha-step.c: New file.
> * gdb.arch/alpha-step.exp: New testcase.
>
> Tested on alpha-tru64 5.1a. We now have 21 FAILs revealed by this testcase.
> Before the following patch was applied, we had 30.
>
> http://sources.redhat.com/ml/gdb-patches/2005-05/msg00479.html
>
> I used an ancient version of GDB, before the switch to software single-step
> was made, and I have an all PASS.
>
> Will investigate the FAILs as soon as possible.
>
> OK to apply?
This is OK.
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