Signal 4 from h8300-hms-run

[Kazu Hirata]

Hi Michael,

> > While playing with the mainline of gdb, I noticed that h8300-hms-run
> > does not seem to simulate the following.
> > 
> > 	.h8300h
> > 	.section .rodata
> > 	.align 2
> > .L9:
> > 	.long	1234
> > 	.align 1
> > 	.global _main
> > _main:
> > 	sub.l	er0,er0
> > 	mov.l	@(.L9,er0),er0
> > 	sub.l	er0,er0
> > 	rts
> > 	.end
> > 
> > The expected output is nothing, but h8300-hms-run says
> > 
> >   program stopped with signal 4.
> > 
> > If I change @(.L9,er0) to @.L9, I don't get the error any more.  I am
> > currently getting a lot of failures in gcc testsuite, and I am
> > wondering if they all come from the same reason.  I haven't figures
> > out how this happens or which patch is causing this.  The problem
> > occurs with or without
> > 
> >   http://sources.redhat.com/ml/gdb-patches/2003-07/msg00053.html
> 
> Hmmm... There's a subtle difference between constants that are
> allowed to be symbols, and constants that aren't.  But if it
> assembles, it should run.
> 
> Can you check to see if the assembler output is correct?

I just built latest mainline gdb again, and I noticed that the error
is now gone.  All this might be simply due to my oversight and/or
operator error.  I'll run gcc testsuite to see what happens.

Sorry for taking up your time.

Kazu Hirata