[PATCH v3 0/7] glibc-2.34: Fix gdb.base/gdb-sigterm.exp failure/error

Simon Marchi simark@simark.ca
Wed Jul 20 01:53:30 GMT 2022



On 2022-02-26 19:00, Kevin Buettner via Gdb-patches wrote:
> This series addresses Pedro's concerns regarding the v2 series posted
> last year:
> 
> https://sourceware.org/pipermail/gdb-patches/2021-August/181575.html
> 
> In particular, it introduces a new exception which will be thrown
> when GDB receives a SIGTERM.  That exception is handled at the
> top level when possible, though for the extension languages, Python
> and Guile, a somewhat different approach had to be taken.  In order to
> ensure that this new exception isn't inadvertently swallowed on its
> way up to the top level, I also did an audit of the try / catch code
> involving gdb_exception, making adjustments where necessary.

I started to look at a gdb.base/gdb-sigterm.exp failure, searched the
list for mentions of that test, and found this series which I think
addresses exactly the failure I am seeing.  I'm just mentionning this to
bump the thread :).

Simon


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