[PING] [PATCH v3] gdb tests: Allow for "LWP" in thread IDs from info threads.
John Baldwin
jhb@FreeBSD.org
Fri Jun 30 14:21:51 GMT 2023
On 6/9/23 9:56 AM, John Baldwin wrote:
> On 5/26/23 10:51 AM, John Baldwin wrote:
>> On 5/12/23 7:15 AM, John Baldwin wrote:
>>> On 5/9/23 1:56 PM, John Baldwin wrote:
>>>> On 5/9/23 12:01 PM, Simon Marchi wrote:
>>>>> On 4/18/23 16:13, John Baldwin wrote:
>>>>>> Several tests assume that the first word after a thread ID in 'info
>>>>>> threads' output is "Thread". However, several targets use "LWP"
>>>>>> instead such as the FreeBSD and NetBSD native targets. The Linux
>>>>>> native target also uses "LWP" if libthread_db is not being used.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Add a tdlabel_re global variable as a regular-expression for a thread
>>>>>> label in `info threads' that matches either "thread" or "LWP".
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Some other tests in the tree don't require a specific word, and
>>>>>> some targets may use other first words (e.g. OpenBSD uses "thread"
>>>>>> and Ravenscar threads use "Ravenscar Thread").
>>>>>
>>>>> That LGTM, I don't really see another way:
>>>>>
>>>>> Approved-By: Simon Marchi <simon.marchi@efficios.com>
>>>>>
>>>>> One nit is that I prefer to use the ${::tdlabel_re} notation instead of
>>>>> the global keyword, but it's not a dealbreaker.
>>>>>
>>>>> And just one question:
>>>>>
>>>>>> diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/report.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/report.exp
>>>>>> index 14db2511d40..a5b7ccf4ba5 100644
>>>>>> --- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/report.exp
>>>>>> +++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/report.exp
>>>>>> @@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ proc use_collected_data { data_source } {
>>>>>>
>>>>>> # There is always a thread of an inferior, either a live one or
>>>>>> # a faked one.
>>>>>> - gdb_test "info threads" "\\* ${decimal} (process|Thread) \[0-9\.\]+\[ \t\].*"
>>>>>> + gdb_test "info threads" "\\* ${decimal} ${tdlabel_re} \[0-9\.\]+\[ \t\].*"
>>>>>
>>>>> This one said "process" as well, I guess it's not important?
>>>>
>>>> Hummm, it didn't regress on Linux, but on some other native target that
>>>> doesn't support threads it might regress I guess. normal_pid_to_str
>>>> uses "process <PID>" and is the defalt for target::pid_to_str.
>>>>
>>>> Probably tdlabel_re should permit "process" as a word as well:
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp b/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp
>>>> index 527c84599ca..6ded65e31c4 100644
>>>> --- a/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp
>>>> +++ b/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp
>>>> @@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ set inferior_exited_re "(?:\\\[Inferior \[0-9\]+ \\(\[^\n\r\]*\\) exited)"
>>>>
>>>> # A regular expression that matches the first word of a thread
>>>> # description after the thread number info 'info threads'
>>>> -set tdlabel_re "(Thread|LWP)"
>>>> +set tdlabel_re "(process|Thread|LWP)"
>>>>
>>>> # A regular expression that matches a value history number.
>>>> # E.g., $1, $2, etc.
>>>>
>>>> (I'd also have to reword the commit log a bit to mention this case if so.)
>>>
>>> Just to be sure, are you still ok with this patch with this tweak?
>>
>> Ping, here's the updated log message to match:
>>
>> gdb tests: Allow for "LWP" in thread IDs from info threads.
>>
>> Several tests assume that the first word after a thread ID in 'info
>> threads' output is "Thread". However, several targets use "LWP"
>> instead such as the FreeBSD and NetBSD native targets. The Linux
>> native target also uses "LWP" if libthread_db is not being used.
>> Targets that do not support threads use "process" as the first word
>> via normal_pid_to_str.
>>
>> Add a tdlabel_re global variable as a regular-expression for a thread
>> label in `info threads' that matches either "process", "Thread", or
>> "LWP".
>>
>> Some other tests in the tree don't require a specific word, and
>> some targets may use other first words (e.g. OpenBSD uses "thread"
>> and Ravenscar threads use "Ravenscar Thread").
>
> Ping, this is mostly a small change to a previously approved patch, just not
> sure what the threshold is for if a fixup change is small enough to still
> count as approved, etc.
>
--
John Baldwin
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