[PING][PATCHv4] gdb/testsuite: modernize gdb.base/maint.exp

Bruno Larsen blarsen@redhat.com
Wed Jul 13 11:22:03 GMT 2022


ping!

Cheers!
Bruno Larsen

On 6/29/22 11:53, Bruno Larsen wrote:
> gdb.base/maint.exp was using several gdb_expect statements, probably
> because this test case predates the existance of gdb_test_multiple. This
> commit updates the test case to use gdb_test_multiple, making it more
> resilient to internal errors and such.
> 
> The only gdb_expect left in the testcase is one that specifically looks
> for an internal error being triggered as a PASS.
> ---
> 
> Changes for v4:
>      * Reverted -lbl change, as it wouldn't make the pattern simpler
>      * Simplified another psymbols test
> 
> Changes for version 3:
>      * changed patterns when testing psymbols, now using trailing
> parenthesis
>      * used -lbl when running "check psymtabs"
>      * made use of boolean variables and gdb_assert when testing
> psymtabs
>      * Simplified msymbols and psymbosl test to 3 tests, instead of
> nested tests
> 
> Changes for v2:
>   - Addressed Andrew's comments
>   - rebased on current master.
> 
> ---
>   gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/maint.exp | 146 ++++++++++---------------------
>   1 file changed, 45 insertions(+), 101 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/maint.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/maint.exp
> index 2817c6eafb9..16628b4a8b6 100644
> --- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/maint.exp
> +++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/maint.exp
> @@ -151,22 +151,24 @@ set have_psyms [expr ! ( $have_gdb_index || $readnow_p )]
>   # unless there is some problem with the symtabs and psymtabs
>   # so that branch will really never be covered in this tests here!!
>   #
> +# When there is a problem, there may be loads of output, which can
> +# overwhelm the expect buffer. Splitting it seems to fix those
> +# issues.
> +
> +set seen_command false
> +gdb_test_multiple "maint check-psymtabs" "" {
> +    -re "^maint check-psymtabs\r\n" {
> +	set seen_command true
> +	exp_continue
> +    }
>   
> -# guo: on linux this command output is huge.  for some reason splitting up
> -# the regexp checks works.
> -#
> -send_gdb "maint check-psymtabs\n"
> -gdb_expect  {
> -    -re "^maint check-psymtabs" {
> -	gdb_expect {
> -	    -re "$gdb_prompt $" {
> -		pass "maint check-psymtabs"
> -	    }
> -	    timeout { fail "(timeout) maint check-psymtabs" }
> -	}
> +    -re "^$gdb_prompt $" {
> +	gdb_assert { $seen_command } $gdb_test_name
> +    }
> +
> +    -re "^\[^\r\n\]+\r\n" {
> +	exp_continue
>       }
> -    -re ".*$gdb_prompt $"     { fail "maint check-psymtabs" }
> -    timeout         { fail "(timeout) maint check-psymtabs" }
>   }
>   
>   # This command does not produce any output unless there is some problem
> @@ -272,63 +274,29 @@ if { $have_psyms } {
>   		       "maint print psymbols -pc" \
>   		       "maint print psymbols -pc main $psymbols_output"]
>       foreach { test_name command } $test_list {
> -	send_gdb "$command\n"
> -	    gdb_expect  {
> -		-re "^maint print psymbols \[^\n\]*\r\n$gdb_prompt $" {
> -		    send_gdb "shell ls $psymbols_output\n"
> -		    gdb_expect {
> -			-re "$psymbols_output_re\r\n$gdb_prompt $" {
> -			    # We want this grep to be as specific as possible,
> -			    # so it's less likely to match symbol file names in
> -			    # psymbols_output.  Yes, this actually happened;
> -			    # poor expect got tons of output, and timed out
> -			    # trying to match it.   --- Jim Blandy <jimb@cygnus.com>
> -			    send_gdb "shell grep 'main.*function' $psymbols_output\n"
> -			    gdb_expect {
> -				-re ".main., function, $hex.*$gdb_prompt $" {
> -				    pass "$test_name 1"
> -				}
> -				-re ".*main.  .., function, $hex.*$gdb_prompt $" {
> -				    pass "$test_name 2"
> -				}
> -				-re ".*$gdb_prompt $" { fail "$test_name" }
> -				timeout { fail "$test_name (timeout)" }
> -			    }
> -			    gdb_test "shell rm -f $psymbols_output" ".*" \
> -				"${test_name}: shell rm -f psymbols_output"
> -			}
> -			-re ".*$gdb_prompt $" { fail "$test_name" }
> -			timeout { fail "$test_name (timeout)" }
> -		    }
> +	gdb_test_no_output "$command" "collecting data for $test_name"
> +	gdb_test_multiple "shell grep 'main.*function' $psymbols_output" "" {
> +		-re -wrap ".main., function, $hex.*" {
> +		    pass "$test_name (pattern 1)"
>   		}
> -		-re ".*$gdb_prompt $" { fail "$test_name" }
> -		timeout { fail "$test_name (timeout)" }
> -	    }
> +		-re -wrap ".*main.  .., function, $hex.*" {
> +		    pass "$test_name (pattern 2)"
> +		}
> +	}
> +	gdb_test "shell rm -f $psymbols_output" ".*" \
> +	    "${test_name}: shell rm -f psymbols_output"
>       }
>   }
>   
>   
>   set msymbols_output [standard_output_file msymbols_output]
>   set msymbols_output_re [string_to_regexp $msymbols_output]
> -send_gdb "maint print msymbols -objfile ${binfile} $msymbols_output\n"
> -gdb_expect  {
> -    -re "^maint print msymbols \[^\n\]*\r\n$gdb_prompt $" {
> -	send_gdb "shell ls $msymbols_output\n"
> -	gdb_expect {
> -	    -re "$msymbols_output_re\r\n$gdb_prompt $" {
> -		gdb_test "shell grep factorial $msymbols_output" \
> -		    "\\\[ *$decimal\\\] \[tT\]\[ \t\]+$hex \\.?factorial.*" \
> -		    "maint print msymbols, absolute pathname"
> -		gdb_test "shell rm -f $msymbols_output" ".*" \
> -		    "shell rm -f msymbols_output"
> -	    }
> -	    -re ".*$gdb_prompt $" { fail "maint print msymbols" }
> -	    timeout { fail "maint print msymbols (timeout)" }
> -	}
> -    }
> -    -re ".*$gdb_prompt $" { fail "maint print msymbols" }
> -    timeout { fail "maint print msymbols (timeout)" }
> -}
> +gdb_test_no_output "maint print msymbols -objfile ${binfile} $msymbols_output" \
> +    "print msymbols to file, with absolute path"
> +gdb_test "shell grep factorial $msymbols_output" \
> +    "\\\[ *$decimal\\\] \[tT\]\[ \t\]+$hex \\.?factorial.*" \
> +    "maint print msymbols, absolute pathname"
> +gdb_test "shell rm -f $msymbols_output" ".*" "remove absolute path msymbols"
>   
>   # Check that maint print msymbols allows relative pathnames
>   set mydir [pwd]
> @@ -336,18 +304,13 @@ gdb_test "cd [standard_output_file {}]" \
>       "Working directory .*\..*" \
>       "cd to objdir"
>   
> -gdb_test_multiple "maint print msymbols -objfile ${testfile} msymbols_output2" "maint print msymbols" {
> -    -re "^maint print msymbols \[^\n\]*\r\n$gdb_prompt $" {
> -    	gdb_test_multiple "shell ls msymbols_output2" "maint print msymbols" {
> -	    -re "msymbols_output2\r\n$gdb_prompt $" {
> -		gdb_test "shell grep factorial msymbols_output2" \
> -		    "\\\[ *$decimal\\\] \[tT\]\[ \t\]+$hex \\.?factorial.*" \
> -		    "maint print msymbols, relative pathname"
> -		gdb_test "shell rm -f msymbols_output2" ".*"
> -	    }
> -	}
> -    }
> -}
> +gdb_test_no_output "maint print msymbols -objfile ${testfile} $msymbols_output"\
> +    "print msymbols to file, with relative path"
> +gdb_test "shell grep factorial $msymbols_output" \
> +    "\\\[ *$decimal\\\] \[tT\]\[ \t\]+$hex \\.?factorial.*" \
> +    "maint print msymbols, relative pathname"
> +gdb_test "shell rm -f msymbols_output" ".*" "remove relative path msymbols"
> +
>   gdb_test "cd ${mydir}" \
>       "Working directory [string_to_regexp ${mydir}]\..*" \
>       "cd to mydir"
> @@ -365,31 +328,12 @@ set test_list [list \
>   		   "maint print symbols -pc" \
>   		   "maint print symbols -pc main $symbols_output"]
>   foreach { test_name command } $test_list {
> -    send_gdb "$command\n"
> -    gdb_expect {
> -	-re "^maint print symbols \[^\n\]*\r\n$gdb_prompt $" {
> -	    send_gdb "shell ls $symbols_output\n"
> -	    gdb_expect {
> -		-re "$symbols_output_re\r\n$gdb_prompt $" {
> -		    # See comments for `maint print psymbols'.
> -		    send_gdb "shell grep 'main(.*block' $symbols_output\n"
> -		    gdb_expect {
> -			-re "int main\\(int, char \\*\\*, char \\*\\*\\); block.*$gdb_prompt $" {
> -			    pass "$test_name"
> -			}
> -			-re ".*$gdb_prompt $" { fail "$test_name" }
> -			timeout { fail "$test_name (timeout)" }
> -		    }
> -		    gdb_test "shell rm -f $symbols_output" ".*" \
> -			"$test_name: shell rm -f symbols_output"
> -		}
> -		-re ".*$gdb_prompt $" { fail "$test_name" }
> -		timeout { fail "$test_name (timeout)" }
> -	    }
> -	}
> -	-re ".*$gdb_prompt $" { fail "$test_name" }
> -	timeout { fail "$test_name (timeout)" }
> -    }
> +    gdb_test_no_output "$command" "$test_name generate"
> +    gdb_test "shell grep 'main(.*block' $symbols_output"\
> +	"int main\\(int, char \\*\\*, char \\*\\*\\); block.*"\
> +	"$test_name read"
> +    gdb_test "shell rm -f $symbols_output" ".*" \
> +	"$test_name: shell rm -f symbols_output"
>   }
>   
>   set msg "maint print type"



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