[PATCH] Fixed pretty printing max depth behavior

Kent Cheung kent.cheung@arm.com
Tue Jul 21 13:29:26 GMT 2020


On 7/20/20 6:21 PM, Andrew Burgess wrote:
> * Kent Cheung <kent.cheung@arm.com> [2020-07-20 11:49:34 +0100]:
>
>> The 'print max-depth' feature incorrectly causes GDB to skip printing
>> the string representation of pretty printed variables if the variable is
>> stored at a nested depth corresponding to the set max-depth value.  This
>> change ensures that it is always printed before checking whether the
>> maximum print depth has been reached.
>>
>> Regression tested with GCC 7.3.0 on x86_64, ppc64le, aarch64.
>>
>> gdb/ChangeLog:
>>
>> 2020-07-17  Kent Cheung  <kent.cheung@arm.com>
>>
>>          * cp-valprint.c (cp_print_value): Replaced duplicate code.
>>          * guile/scm-pretty-print.c (ppscm_print_children): Check
>>          max_depth just before printing child values.
>>          (gdbscm_apply_val_pretty_printer): Don't check max_depth before
>>          printing string representation.
>>          * python/py-prettyprint.c (print_children): Check max_depth just
>>          before printing child values.
>>          (gdbpy_apply_val_pretty_printer): Don't check max_depth before
>>          printing string representation.
>>
>> gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
>>
>> 2020-07-17  Kent Cheung  <kent.cheung@arm.com>
>>
>>          * gdb.python/py-format-string.c: Added a variable to test.
>>          * gdb.python/py-format-string.exp: Check string representation
>>          is printed at appropriate max_depth settings.
>>          * gdb.python/py-nested-maps.exp: Same.
> Thanks for looking at this.  I just had one query...
>
>> Change-Id: Ic4f8734361ab9d262c9468f3db929a8d18462136
>> ---
>>   gdb/ChangeLog                                 | 12 ++++++++
>>   gdb/cp-valprint.c                             | 10 ++-----
>>   gdb/guile/scm-pretty-print.c                  | 30 ++++++++++---------
>>   gdb/python/py-prettyprint.c                   | 28 +++++++++--------
>>   gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog                       |  7 +++++
>>   gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-format-string.c   |  6 ++++
>>   gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-format-string.exp |  9 ++++++
>>   gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-nested-maps.exp   |  6 ++--
>>   8 files changed, 71 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
>> index 6d231f5d94..70f1dc8a7c 100644
>> --- a/gdb/ChangeLog
>> +++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
>> @@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
>> +2020-07-17  Kent Cheung  <kent.cheung@arm.com>
>> +
>> +	* cp-valprint.c (cp_print_value): Replaced duplicate code.
>> +	* guile/scm-pretty-print.c (ppscm_print_children): Check max_depth
>> +	just before printing child values.
>> +	(gdbscm_apply_val_pretty_printer): Don't check max_depth before
>> +	printing string representation.
>> +	* python/py-prettyprint.c (print_children): Check max_depth just
>> +	before printing child values.
>> +	(gdbpy_apply_val_pretty_printer): Don't check max_depth before
>> +	printing string representation.
>> +
>>   2020-07-18  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>
>>   
>>   	* linux-nat.c (linux_multi_process): Remove.
>> diff --git a/gdb/cp-valprint.c b/gdb/cp-valprint.c
>> index a02fee6b55..aae8041c85 100644
>> --- a/gdb/cp-valprint.c
>> +++ b/gdb/cp-valprint.c
>> @@ -495,14 +495,8 @@ cp_print_value (struct value *val, struct ui_file *stream,
>>   	{
>>   	  int result = 0;
>>   
>> -	  if (options->max_depth > -1
>> -	      && recurse >= options->max_depth)
>> -	    {
>> -	      const struct language_defn *language = current_language;
>> -	      gdb_assert (language->la_struct_too_deep_ellipsis != NULL);
>> -	      fputs_filtered (language->la_struct_too_deep_ellipsis, stream);
>> -	    }
>> -	  else
>> +	  if (!val_print_check_max_depth (stream, recurse, options,
>> +					  current_language))
>>   	    {
>>   	      struct value *baseclass_val = value_primitive_field (val, 0,
>>   								   i, type);
>> diff --git a/gdb/guile/scm-pretty-print.c b/gdb/guile/scm-pretty-print.c
>> index ccc6164451..ec94d4d53c 100644
>> --- a/gdb/guile/scm-pretty-print.c
>> +++ b/gdb/guile/scm-pretty-print.c
>> @@ -818,21 +818,29 @@ ppscm_print_children (SCM printer, enum display_hint hint,
>>         gdb::unique_xmalloc_ptr<char> name
>>   	= gdbscm_scm_to_c_string (scm_name);
>>   
>> -      /* Print initial "{".  For other elements, there are three cases:
>> +      /* Print initial "=" to separate print_string_repr output and
>> +	 children.  For other elements, there are three cases:
>>   	 1. Maps.  Print a "," after each value element.
>>   	 2. Arrays.  Always print a ",".
>>   	 3. Other.  Always print a ",".  */
>>         if (i == 0)
>> -	{
>> -         if (printed_nothing)
>> -           fputs_filtered ("{", stream);
>> -         else
>> -           fputs_filtered (" = {", stream);
>> -       }
>> -
>> +      {
>> +	if (!printed_nothing)
>> +	  fputs_filtered (" = ", stream);
>> +      }
>>         else if (! is_map || i % 2 == 0)
>>   	fputs_filtered (pretty ? "," : ", ", stream);
>>   
>> +      /* Skip printing children if max_depth has been reached.  This check
>> +	 is performed after print_string_repr and the "=" separator so that
>> +	 these steps are not skipped if the variable is located within the
>> +	 permitted depth.  */
>> +      if (val_print_check_max_depth (stream, recurse, options, language))
>> +	return;
> Unlike the python version, all the paths through this function seem to
> pass through the 'done' block at the end.  I can't pretend I really
> know what's going on there, but I wonder if it would be better if we
> also made this path go through that block too?
>
> Looking at the following 'In summary mode...' logic, I'd be tempted to
> write:
>
>    if (val_print_check_max_depth (stream, recurse, options, language))
>      {
>        /* Setting I to 0 tricks the post loop logic to not print
>           anything.  */
>        i = 0;
>        break;
>      }
>
> What do you think?
>
> Otherwise, looks good.
>
> Thanks
> Andrew

Thanks for the comment. I think a goto is more appropriate here given 
its use in the rest of this function. I will post v2 shortly.

Many thanks,

Kent

>
>> +      else if (i == 0)
>> +	/* Print initial "{" to bookend children.  */
>> +	fputs_filtered ("{", stream);
>> +
>>         /* In summary mode, we just want to print "= {...}" if there is
>>   	 a value.  */
>>         if (options->summary)
>> @@ -991,12 +999,6 @@ gdbscm_apply_val_pretty_printer (const struct extension_language_defn *extlang,
>>       }
>>     gdb_assert (ppscm_is_pretty_printer_worker (printer));
>>   
>> -  if (val_print_check_max_depth (stream, recurse, options, language))
>> -    {
>> -      result = EXT_LANG_RC_OK;
>> -      goto done;
>> -    }
>> -
>>     /* If we are printing a map, we want some special formatting.  */
>>     hint = ppscm_get_display_hint_enum (printer);
>>     if (hint == HINT_ERROR)
>> diff --git a/gdb/python/py-prettyprint.c b/gdb/python/py-prettyprint.c
>> index 7cb20df7f2..8da6b83036 100644
>> --- a/gdb/python/py-prettyprint.c
>> +++ b/gdb/python/py-prettyprint.c
>> @@ -431,22 +431,29 @@ print_children (PyObject *printer, const char *hint,
>>   	  continue;
>>   	}
>>   
>> -      /* Print initial "{".  For other elements, there are three
>> -	 cases:
>> +      /* Print initial "=" to separate print_string_repr output and
>> +	 children.  For other elements, there are three cases:
>>   	 1. Maps.  Print a "," after each value element.
>>   	 2. Arrays.  Always print a ",".
>>   	 3. Other.  Always print a ",".  */
>>         if (i == 0)
>> -	{
>> -         if (is_py_none)
>> -           fputs_filtered ("{", stream);
>> -         else
>> -           fputs_filtered (" = {", stream);
>> -       }
>> -
>> +      {
>> +	if (!is_py_none)
>> +	  fputs_filtered (" = ", stream);
>> +      }
>>         else if (! is_map || i % 2 == 0)
>>   	fputs_filtered (pretty ? "," : ", ", stream);
>>   
>> +      /* Skip printing children if max_depth has been reached.  This check
>> +	 is performed after print_string_repr and the "=" separator so that
>> +	 these steps are not skipped if the variable is located within the
>> +	 permitted depth.  */
>> +      if (val_print_check_max_depth (stream, recurse, options, language))
>> +	return;
>> +      else if (i == 0)
>> +	/* Print initial "{" to bookend children.  */
>> +	fputs_filtered ("{", stream);
>> +
>>         /* In summary mode, we just want to print "= {...}" if there is
>>   	 a value.  */
>>         if (options->summary)
>> @@ -597,9 +604,6 @@ gdbpy_apply_val_pretty_printer (const struct extension_language_defn *extlang,
>>     if (printer == Py_None)
>>       return EXT_LANG_RC_NOP;
>>   
>> -  if (val_print_check_max_depth (stream, recurse, options, language))
>> -    return EXT_LANG_RC_OK;
>> -
>>     /* If we are printing a map, we want some special formatting.  */
>>     gdb::unique_xmalloc_ptr<char> hint (gdbpy_get_display_hint (printer.get ()));
>>   
>> diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
>> index 045ac01745..0c7716ca2b 100644
>> --- a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
>> +++ b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
>> @@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
>> +2020-07-17  Kent Cheung  <kent.cheung@arm.com>
>> +
>> +	* gdb.python/py-format-string.c: Added a variable to test.
>> +	* gdb.python/py-format-string.exp: Check string representation is
>> +	printed at appropriate max_depth settings.
>> +	* gdb.python/py-nested-maps.exp: Same.
>> +
>>   2020-07-20  Tom de Vries  <tdevries@suse.de>
>>   
>>   	* gdb.base/valgrind-infcall-2.exp: Handle printf unknown return type.
>> diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-format-string.c b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-format-string.c
>> index a771370fde..99b7982ebf 100644
>> --- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-format-string.c
>> +++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-format-string.c
>> @@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ typedef struct point
>>     int y;
>>   } point_t;
>>   
>> +typedef struct
>> +{
>> +  point_t the_point;
>> +} struct_point_t;
>> +
>>   typedef union
>>   {
>>     int an_int;
>> @@ -84,6 +89,7 @@ main ()
>>     point_t &a_point_t_ref = a_point_t;
>>   #endif
>>     struct point another_point = { 123, 456 };
>> +  struct_point_t a_struct_with_point = { a_point_t };
>>   
>>     struct_union_t a_struct_with_union;
>>     /* Fill the union in an endianness-independent way.  */
>> diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-format-string.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-format-string.exp
>> index 792d60c09d..59a1eb94e2 100644
>> --- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-format-string.exp
>> +++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-format-string.exp
>> @@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ set default_regexp_dict [dict create \
>>     "a_point_t_pointer"		$default_pointer_regexp \
>>     "a_point_t_ref"		"Pretty Point \\(42, 12\\)" \
>>     "another_point"		"Pretty Point \\(123, 456\\)" \
>> +  "a_struct_with_point"		"\\{the_point = Pretty Point \\(42, 12\\)\\}" \
>>     "a_struct_with_union"		"\\{the_union = \\{an_int = 707406378, a_char = 42 '\\*'\\}\\}" \
>>     "an_enum"			"ENUM_BAR" \
>>     "a_string"			"${default_pointer_regexp} \"hello world\"" \
>> @@ -679,18 +680,26 @@ proc test_max_depth {} {
>>       set opts "max_depth=-1"
>>       with_test_prefix $opts {
>>   	check_format_string "a_struct_with_union" $opts
>> +	check_format_string "a_point_t" $opts "Pretty Point \\(42, 12\\)"
>> +	check_format_string "a_struct_with_point" $opts
>>       }
>>       set opts "max_depth=0"
>>       with_test_prefix $opts {
>>   	check_format_string "a_struct_with_union" $opts "\\{\.\.\.\\}"
>> +	check_format_string "a_point_t" $opts "Pretty Point \\(42, 12\\)"
>> +	check_format_string "a_struct_with_point" $opts "\\{\.\.\.\\}"
>>       }
>>       set opts "max_depth=1"
>>       with_test_prefix $opts {
>>   	check_format_string "a_struct_with_union" $opts "\\{the_union = \\{\.\.\.\\}\\}"
>> +	check_format_string "a_point_t" $opts "Pretty Point \\(42, 12\\)"
>> +	check_format_string "a_struct_with_point" $opts
>>       }
>>       set opts "max_depth=2"
>>       with_test_prefix $opts {
>>   	check_format_string "a_struct_with_union" $opts
>> +	check_format_string "a_point_t" $opts "Pretty Point \\(42, 12\\)"
>> +	check_format_string "a_struct_with_point" $opts
>>       }
>>   }
>>   
>> diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-nested-maps.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-nested-maps.exp
>> index 9e1fca58bf..c8717e7b90 100644
>> --- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-nested-maps.exp
>> +++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-nested-maps.exp
>> @@ -222,15 +222,15 @@ with_test_prefix "headers=on" {
>>       with_test_prefix "pretty=off" {
>>   	gdb_print_expr_at_depths "*m1" \
>>   	    [list \
>> -		 "\{\\.\\.\\.\}" \
>> +		 "pp_map = \{\\.\\.\\.\}" \
>>   		 "pp_map = \{\\\[\{a = 3, b = 4\}\\\] = \{\\.\\.\\.\}, \\\[\{a = 4, b = 5\}\\\] = \{\\.\\.\\.\}, \\\[\{a = 5, b = 6\}\\\] = \{\\.\\.\\.\}\}" \
>>   		 "pp_map = \{\\\[\{a = 3, b = 4\}\\\] = \{x = 0, y = 1, z = 2\}, \\\[\{a = 4, b = 5\}\\\] = \{x = 3, y = 4, z = 5\}, \\\[\{a = 5, b = 6\}\\\] = \{x = 6, y = 7, z = 8\}\}" \
>>   		]
>>   
>>   	gdb_print_expr_at_depths "*mm" \
>>   	    [list \
>> -		 "\{\\.\\.\\.\}" \
>> -		 "pp_map_map = \{\\\[$hex \"m1\"\\\] = \{\\.\\.\\.\}, \\\[$hex \"m2\"\\\] = \{\\.\\.\\.\}\}" \
>> +		 "pp_map_map = \{\\.\\.\\.\}" \
>> +		 "pp_map_map = \{\\\[$hex \"m1\"\\\] = pp_map = \{\\.\\.\\.\}, \\\[$hex \"m2\"\\\] = pp_map = \{\\.\\.\\.\}\}" \
>>   		 "pp_map_map = \{\\\[$hex \"m1\"\\\] = pp_map = \{\\\[\{a = 3, b = 4\}\\\] = \{\\.\\.\\.\}, \\\[\{a = 4, b = 5\}\\\] = \{\\.\\.\\.\}, \\\[\{a = 5, b = 6\}\\\] = \{\\.\\.\\.\}\}, \\\[$hex \"m2\"\\\] = pp_map = \{\\\[\{a = 6, b = 7\}\\\] = \{\\.\\.\\.\}, \\\[\{a = 7, b = 8\}\\\] = \{\\.\\.\\.\}, \\\[\{a = 8, b = 9\}\\\] = \{\\.\\.\\.\}\}\}" \
>>   		 "pp_map_map = \{\\\[$hex \"m1\"\\\] = pp_map = \{\\\[\{a = 3, b = 4\}\\\] = \{x = 0, y = 1, z = 2\}, \\\[\{a = 4, b = 5\}\\\] = \{x = 3, y = 4, z = 5\}, \\\[\{a = 5, b = 6\}\\\] = \{x = 6, y = 7, z = 8\}\}, \\\[$hex \"m2\"\\\] = pp_map = \{\\\[\{a = 6, b = 7\}\\\] = \{x = 9, y = 0, z = 1\}, \\\[\{a = 7, b = 8\}\\\] = \{x = 2, y = 3, z = 4\}, \\\[\{a = 8, b = 9\}\\\] = \{x = 5, y = 6, z = 7\}\}\}" \
>>   		]
>> -- 
>> 2.23.0
>>


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