GDB 6.8 on sparc64-linux not working

[Laurent GUERBY <laurent at guerby dot net>]

Hi,

I built GDB 6.8 on sparc64-linux (running debian etch / kernel Debian
2.6.18.dfsg.1-24) as follows:

./configure --prefix=/opt/cfarm/gdb-6.8-64 --target=sparc64-unknown-linux-gnu --disable-nls

With this GDB I'm unable to breakpoint on a simple C program compiled in
64 bits as shown below. System provided GDB 6.4.90 seems to work a bit
better (however it doesn't work when threading is present hence
my try of a newer GCC).

Any idea?

For access to the platform feel free to request an account on the
GCC Compile Farm which is open to all free software developpers, not
only GCC, following instructions given here:

http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/CompileFarm

Current platforms (running Linux):

* i686 
  * x86_64, including three bi-quad core with 16 GB of RAM 
  * armv5tel 
  * powerpc 
  * powerpc64 
  * sparc 
  * sparc64 (sparcv9) 
  * alpha 
  * mipsel 
  * mips64el 
  * ia64 

The machine I used for sparc64-linux is "gcc54".

I also noticed the archive for gdb-testresults seems empty, is there
another place to look for? Automatic testers via crontab are of course
allowed on the compile farm.

Sincerely,

Laurent

guerby@gcc54:~/tmp$ cat ttt.c
#include <stdio.h>
int main(void) {
 printf("hello\n");
 return 0;
}
guerby@gcc54:~/tmp$ gcc -g -m64 ttt.c
guerby@gcc54:~/tmp$ file ./a.out
./a.out: ELF 64-bit MSB executable, SPARC V9, version 1 (SYSV), for GNU/Linux 2.4.18, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.4.18, not stripped
guerby@gcc54:~/tmp$ gdb ./a.out 
GNU gdb 6.8
Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.  Type "show copying"
and "show warranty" for details.
This GDB was configured as "sparc64-unknown-linux-gnu"...
(gdb) set debug infrun 1
(gdb) r
Starting program: /home/guerby/tmp/a.out 
infrun: wait_for_inferior (treat_exec_as_sigtrap=1)
infrun: infwait_normal_state
infrun: TARGET_WAITKIND_STOPPED
infrun: stop_pc = 0xf7ec90000033f398
infrun: quietly stopped
infrun: stop_stepping
infrun: resume (step=0, signal=0)
infrun: wait_for_inferior (treat_exec_as_sigtrap=1)
infrun: infwait_normal_state
infrun: TARGET_WAITKIND_STOPPED
infrun: stop_pc = 0xf7ec90000033f398
infrun: quietly stopped
infrun: stop_stepping
infrun: proceed (addr=0xffffffffffffffff, signal=0, step=0)
infrun: resume (step=0, signal=0)
infrun: wait_for_inferior (treat_exec_as_sigtrap=0)
hello
infrun: infwait_normal_state
infrun: TARGET_WAITKIND_EXITED

Program exited normally.
infrun: stop_stepping
(gdb) b main
Breakpoint 1 at 0x100550: file ttt.c, line 3.
(gdb) r
Starting program: /home/guerby/tmp/a.out 
infrun: wait_for_inferior (treat_exec_as_sigtrap=1)
infrun: infwait_normal_state
infrun: TARGET_WAITKIND_STOPPED
infrun: stop_pc = 0xf7ec90000034ec88
infrun: quietly stopped
infrun: stop_stepping
infrun: resume (step=0, signal=0)
infrun: wait_for_inferior (treat_exec_as_sigtrap=1)
infrun: infwait_normal_state
infrun: TARGET_WAITKIND_STOPPED
infrun: stop_pc = 0xf7ec90000034ec88
infrun: quietly stopped
infrun: stop_stepping
infrun: proceed (addr=0xffffffffffffffff, signal=0, step=0)
infrun: resume (step=0, signal=0)
infrun: wait_for_inferior (treat_exec_as_sigtrap=0)
infrun: infwait_normal_state
infrun: TARGET_WAITKIND_STOPPED
infrun: stop_pc = 0xf7ec90000033fdd0
infrun: random signal 5

Program received signal SIGTRAP, Trace/breakpoint trap.
infrun: stop_stepping
0xf7ec90000033fdd0 in ?? ()
(gdb) bt
#0  0xf7ec90000033fdd0 in ?? ()
#1  0xffffc9e000000008 in ?? ()
Backtrace stopped: previous frame identical to this frame (corrupt stack?)
(gdb) n
Cannot find bounds of current function
(gdb) q
guerby@gcc54:~/tmp$ /usr/bin/gdb a.out
GNU gdb 6.4.90-debian
Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are
welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions.
Type "show copying" to see the conditions.
There is absolutely no warranty for GDB.  Type "show warranty" for details.
This GDB was configured as "sparc-linux-gnu"...
warning: A handler for the OS ABI "GNU/Linux" is not built into this configuration
of GDB.  Attempting to continue with the default sparc:v9 settings.

Using host libthread_db library "/lib/v9/libthread_db.so.1".

(gdb) b main
Breakpoint 1 at 0x100550: file ttt.c, line 3.
(gdb) r
Starting program: /home/guerby/tmp/a.out 
warning: no shared library support for this OS / ABI

Breakpoint 1, main () at ttt.c:3
3	 printf("hello\n");
(gdb) n
hello
4	 return 0;
(gdb) q
The program is running.  Exit anyway? (y or n) y