[PING] [PATCH] Enable hardware watchpoints on attach for aarch64

Alan Hayward Alan.Hayward@arm.com
Thu Jun 7 13:19:00 GMT 2018


Aarch64 changes look good to me.
I’m not up to speed enough with .exp files to comment on that part.
I tested it on an aarch64 box, and it works fine for me.

Alan.

> On 7 Jun 2018, at 09:54, Richard Bunt <richard.bunt@arm.com> wrote:
> 
> Polite ping.
> 
> 
> On 05/23/2018 09:48 AM, Richard Bunt wrote:
>> This patch fixes a bug whereby hardware watchpoints are not used on
>> aarch64 when attaching to a target.  The fix adds an aarch64 specialization
>> of post_attach which records the number of available hardware debug registers
>> using aarch64_linux_get_debug_reg_capacity.  This implementation mirrors that
>> of aarch64_linux_child_post_startup_inferior which successfully enables the
>> use of hardware watchpoints when launching the target under the debugger.
>> 
>> 2018-05-14  Richard Bunt<richard.bunt@arm.com>
>>         Dirk Schubert<dirk.schubert@arm.com>
>> 
>>     * aarch64-linux-nat.c (post_attach): New.
>>       (aarch64_linux_nat_target::post_attach): Override post_attach to
>>       record the number of hardware debug registers.
>> 
>> gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
>> 
>> 2018-05-14  Richard Bunt<richard.bunt@arm.com>
>> 
>>     * gdb.base/watchpoint-hw-attach.c: New test.
>>     * gdb.base/watchpoint-hw-attach.exp: New file.
>> ---
>>  Annotation for this patch
>>  gdb/aarch64-linux-nat.c                         | 18 ++++++
>>  gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/watchpoint-hw-attach.c   | 44 +++++++++++++
>>  gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/watchpoint-hw-attach.exp | 85 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  3 files changed, 147 insertions(+)
>>  create mode 100644 gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/watchpoint-hw-attach.c
>>  create mode 100644 gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/watchpoint-hw-attach.exp
>> 
>> diff --git a/gdb/aarch64-linux-nat.c b/gdb/aarch64-linux-nat.c
>> index 908b83a..e0f75d0 100644
>> --- a/gdb/aarch64-linux-nat.c
>> +++ b/gdb/aarch64-linux-nat.c
>> @@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ public:
>>    /* Override the GNU/Linux inferior startup hook.  */
>>    void post_startup_inferior (ptid_t) override;
>> 
>> +  /* Override the GNU/Linux post attach hook.  */
>> +  void post_attach (int pid) override;
>> +
>>    /* These three defer to common nat/ code.  */
>>    void low_new_thread (struct lwp_info *lp) override
>>    { aarch64_linux_new_thread (lp); }
>> @@ -521,6 +524,21 @@ aarch64_linux_nat_target::post_startup_inferior (ptid_t ptid)
>>    linux_nat_target::post_startup_inferior (ptid);
>>  }
>> 
>> +/* Implement the "post_attach" target_ops method.  */
>> +
>> +void
>> +aarch64_linux_nat_target::post_attach (int pid)
>> +{
>> +  low_forget_process (pid);
>> +  /* Set the hardware debug register capacity.  If
>> +     aarch64_linux_get_debug_reg_capacity is not called
>> +     (as it is in aarch64_linux_child_post_startup_inferior) then
>> +     software watchpoints will be used instead of hardware
>> +     watchpoints when attaching to a target.  */
>> +  aarch64_linux_get_debug_reg_capacity (pid);
>> +  linux_nat_target::post_attach (pid);
>> +}
>> +
>>  extern struct target_desc *tdesc_arm_with_neon;
>> 
>>  /* Implement the "read_description" target_ops method.  */
>> diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/watchpoint-hw-attach.c b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/watchpoint-hw-attach.c
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 0000000..9d55b28
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/watchpoint-hw-attach.c
>> @@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
>> +/* This testcase is part of GDB, the GNU debugger.
>> +
>> +   Copyright 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>> +
>> +   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
>> +   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
>> +   the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
>> +   (at your option) any later version.
>> +
>> +   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
>> +   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
>> +   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
>> +   GNU General Public License for more details.
>> +
>> +   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
>> +   along with this program.  If not, see<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
>> +
>> +#include <stdio.h>
>> +#include <sys/types.h>
>> +#include <unistd.h>
>> +
>> +/* This is set to 1 by the debugger post attach to continue to the
>> + watchpoint trigger.  */
>> +volatile int should_continue = 0;
>> +/* The variable to place a watchpoint on.  */
>> +volatile int watched_variable = 0;
>> +
>> +int
>> +main (void)
>> +{
>> +  unsigned int counter = 1;
>> +  int mypid = getpid ();
>> +
>> +  /* Wait for the debugger to attach, but not indefinitely so this
>> +     test program is not left hanging around.  */
>> +  for (counter = 0; !should_continue && counter < 100; counter++)
>> +    sleep (1);            /* pidacquired */
>> +
>> +  watched_variable = 0;        /* prewatchtrigger */
>> +  /* Trigger a watchpoint.  */
>> +  watched_variable = 4;
>> +  printf ("My variable is %d\n", watched_variable);
>> +  return 0;
>> +}
>> diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/watchpoint-hw-attach.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/watchpoint-hw-attach.exp
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 0000000..a030cb7
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/watchpoint-hw-attach.exp
>> @@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
>> +# Copyright 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>> +
>> +# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
>> +# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
>> +# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
>> +# (at your option) any later version.
>> +#
>> +# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
>> +# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
>> +# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
>> +# GNU General Public License for more details.
>> +#
>> +# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
>> +# along with this program.  If not, see<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
>> +
>> +# watchpoint-hw-attach.exp -- Test if hardware watchpoints are used
>> +# when attaching to a target.
>> +
>> +if {[skip_hw_watchpoint_tests]} {
>> +    return 0
>> +}
>> +
>> +if {![can_spawn_for_attach]} {
>> +    return 0
>> +}
>> +
>> +standard_testfile
>> +
>> +if {[prepare_for_testing "failed to prepare" $testfile $srcfile debug]} {
>> +    return -1
>> +}
>> +
>> +clean_restart $binfile
>> +
>> +if ![runto_main] {
>> +    untested "can't run to main"
>> +    return -1
>> +}
>> +# Run to the point where mypid in the test program has been
>> +# populated.
>> +gdb_breakpoint [gdb_get_line_number "pidacquired"]
>> +gdb_continue_to_breakpoint "pidacquired"
>> +
>> +# Get the PID of the test process.
>> +set testpid ""
>> +set test "get inferior process ID"
>> +    gdb_test_multiple "p mypid" $test {
>> +    -re " = ($decimal)\r\n$gdb_prompt $" {
>> +    set testpid $expect_out(1,string)
>> +    pass $test
>> +    }
>> +}
>> +
>> +gdb_test "detach" "Detaching from program: .*"
>> +
>> +if {$testpid == ""} {
>> +    return -1
>> +}
>> +
>> +# A clean restart is needed to force the hardware watchpoint setup
>> +# logic to run post attach rather than post inferior launch.
>> +clean_restart $binfile
>> +
>> +set test "attach $testpid"
>> +gdb_test_multiple $test $test {
>> +    -re "Attaching to program.*process $testpid\r\n.*$gdb_prompt $" {
>> +    pass "$test"
>> +    }
>> +    timeout {
>> +    fail "$test"
>> +    }
>> +}
>> +
>> +gdb_test_no_output "set should_continue = 1"
>> +# Ensure the test program is in the top frame so the required
>> +# variables are in scope.
>> +gdb_breakpoint [gdb_get_line_number "prewatchtrigger"]
>> +gdb_continue_to_breakpoint "prewatchtrigger"
>> +
>> +gdb_test "watch watched_variable" \
>> +     "Hardware watchpoint $decimal: watched_variable"
>> +
>> +gdb_test "continue" \
>> +     "continue.*Continuing.*\.Hardware watchpoint $decimal:\
>> +         watched_variable.*Old value = 0.*New value = 4.*"
>> -- 1.8.5.6
>> 
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