[PATCH master + gdb-10-branch] gdb: fix getting range of flexible array member in Python
Simon Marchi
simon.marchi@polymtl.ca
Thu Apr 22 15:59:50 GMT 2021
As reported in bug 27757, we get an internal error when doing:
$ cat test.c
struct foo {
int len;
int items[];
};
struct foo *p;
int main() {
return 0;
}
$ gcc test.c -g -O0 -o test
$ ./gdb -q -nx --data-directory=data-directory ./test -ex 'python gdb.parse_and_eval("p").type.target()["items"].type.range()'
Reading symbols from ./test...
/home/simark/src/binutils-gdb/gdb/gdbtypes.h:435: internal-error: LONGEST dynamic_prop::const_val() const: Assertion `m_kind == PROP_CONST' failed.
A problem internal to GDB has been detected,
further debugging may prove unreliable.
Quit this debugging session? (y or n)
This is because the Python code (typy_range) blindly reads the high
bound of the type of `items` as a constant value. Since it is a
flexible array member, it has no high bound, the property is undefined.
Since commit 8c2e4e0689 ("gdb: add accessors to struct dynamic_prop"),
the getters check that you are not getting a property value of the wrong
kind, so this causes a failed assertion.
Fix it by checking if the property is indeed a constant value before
accessing it as such. Otherwise, use 0. This restores the previous GDB
behavior: because the structure was zero-initialized, this is what was
returned before. But now this behavior is explicit and not accidental.
Add a test, gdb.python/flexible-array-member.exp, that is derived from
gdb.base/flexible-array-member.exp. It tests the same things, but
through the Python API. It also specifically tests getting the range
from the various kinds of flexible array member types (AFAIK it wasn't
possible to do the equivalent through the CLI).
gdb/ChangeLog:
PR gdb/27757
* python/py-type.c (typy_range): Check that bounds are constant
before accessing them as such.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
PR gdb/27757
* gdb.python/flexible-array-member.c: New test.
* gdb.python/flexible-array-member.exp: New test.
Change-Id: Ibef92ee5fd871ecb7c791db2a788f203dff2b841
---
gdb/python/py-type.c | 11 ++-
.../gdb.python/flexible-array-member.c | 70 ++++++++++++++++
.../gdb.python/flexible-array-member.exp | 81 +++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 160 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/flexible-array-member.c
create mode 100644 gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/flexible-array-member.exp
diff --git a/gdb/python/py-type.c b/gdb/python/py-type.c
index bf707078841f..148e4a6aa3a0 100644
--- a/gdb/python/py-type.c
+++ b/gdb/python/py-type.c
@@ -592,8 +592,15 @@ typy_range (PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
case TYPE_CODE_ARRAY:
case TYPE_CODE_STRING:
case TYPE_CODE_RANGE:
- low = type->bounds ()->low.const_val ();
- high = type->bounds ()->high.const_val ();;
+ if (type->bounds ()->low.kind () == PROP_CONST)
+ low = type->bounds ()->low.const_val ();
+ else
+ low = 0;
+
+ if (type->bounds ()->high.kind () == PROP_CONST)
+ high = type->bounds ()->high.const_val ();
+ else
+ high = 0;
break;
}
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/flexible-array-member.c b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/flexible-array-member.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..79815e2d38e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/flexible-array-member.c
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+/* This testcase is part of GDB, the GNU debugger.
+
+ Copyright 2020-2021 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 <stdlib.h>
+
+struct no_size
+{
+ int n;
+ int items[];
+};
+
+struct zero_size
+{
+ int n;
+ int items[0];
+};
+
+struct zero_size_only
+{
+ int items[0];
+};
+
+struct no_size *ns;
+struct zero_size *zs;
+struct zero_size_only *zso;
+
+static void
+break_here (void)
+{
+}
+
+int
+main (void)
+{
+ ns = (struct no_size *) malloc (sizeof (*ns) + 3 * sizeof (int));
+ zs = (struct zero_size *) malloc (sizeof (*zs) + 3 * sizeof (int));
+ zso = (struct zero_size_only *) malloc (sizeof (*zso) + 3 * sizeof (int));
+
+ ns->n = 3;
+ ns->items[0] = 101;
+ ns->items[1] = 102;
+ ns->items[2] = 103;
+
+ zs->n = 3;
+ zs->items[0] = 201;
+ zs->items[1] = 202;
+ zs->items[2] = 203;
+
+ zso->items[0] = 301;
+ zso->items[1] = 302;
+ zso->items[2] = 303;
+
+ break_here ();
+
+ return 0;
+}
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/flexible-array-member.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/flexible-array-member.exp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3739c9a9e5c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/flexible-array-member.exp
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+# Copyright 2020-2021 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/>.
+
+# Test getting the range of flexible array members in Python.
+
+standard_testfile
+
+if { [prepare_for_testing "failed to prepare" \
+ ${testfile} ${srcfile}] } {
+ return
+}
+
+if { ![runto break_here] } {
+ untested "could not run to break_here"
+ return
+}
+
+# The various cases are:
+#
+# - ns: flexible array member with no size
+# - zs: flexible array member with size 0 (GNU C extension that predates the
+# standardization of the feature, but widely supported)
+# - zso: zero-size only, a corner case where the array is the sole member of
+# the structure
+
+gdb_test "python ns = gdb.parse_and_eval('ns').dereference()"
+gdb_test "python zs = gdb.parse_and_eval('zs').dereference()"
+gdb_test "python zso = gdb.parse_and_eval('zso').dereference()"
+
+# Print the whole structure.
+
+gdb_test "python print(ns)" "{n = 3, items = $hex}"
+gdb_test "python print(zs)" "{n = 3, items = $hex}"
+gdb_test "python print(zso)" "{items = $hex}"
+
+# Print all items.
+
+gdb_test "python print(ns\['items'\])" "$hex"
+gdb_test "python print(ns\['items'\]\[0\])" "101"
+gdb_test "python print(ns\['items'\]\[1\])" "102"
+gdb_test "python print(ns\['items'\]\[2\])" "103"
+
+gdb_test "python print(zs\['items'\])" "$hex"
+gdb_test "python print(zs\['items'\]\[0\])" "201"
+gdb_test "python print(zs\['items'\]\[1\])" "202"
+gdb_test "python print(zs\['items'\]\[2\])" "203"
+
+gdb_test "python print(zso\['items'\])" "$hex"
+gdb_test "python print(zso\['items'\]\[0\])" "301"
+gdb_test "python print(zso\['items'\]\[1\])" "302"
+gdb_test "python print(zso\['items'\]\[2\])" "303"
+
+# Check taking the address of array elements (how PR 28675 was originally
+# reported).
+
+gdb_test "python print(ns\['items'\] == ns\['items'\]\[0\].address)" "True"
+gdb_test "python print(ns\['items'\]\[0\].address + 1 == ns\['items'\]\[1\].address)" "True"
+gdb_test "python print(zs\['items'\] == zs\['items'\]\[0\].address)" "True"
+gdb_test "python print(zs\['items'\]\[0\].address + 1 == zs\['items'\]\[1\].address)" "True"
+gdb_test "python print(zso\['items'\] == zso\['items'\]\[0\].address)" "True"
+gdb_test "python print(zso\['items'\]\[0\].address + 1 == zso\['items'\]\[1\].address)" "True"
+
+# Verify the range attribute. It looks a bit inconsistent that the high bound
+# is sometimes 0, sometimes -1, but that's what GDB produces today, so that's
+# what we test.
+
+gdb_test "python print(ns\['items'\].type.range())" "\\(0, 0\\)"
+gdb_test "python print(zs\['items'\].type.range())" "\\(0, -1\\)"
+gdb_test "python print(zso\['items'\].type.range())" "\\(0, -1\\)"
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