[PATCH] PowerPC, fix test gdb.arch/altivec-regs.exp

[PATCH] PowerPC, fix test gdb.arch/altivec-regs.exp

[Carl Love]

GDB maintainers:

The following patch fixes test gdb.arch/altivec-regs.exp.  The issue is
the test sets a breakpoint on the line that it is currently stopped at
and then does a continue to get to the same line to start the test. 
The test assumes GDB will stop at the breakpoint it just set.  However,
GDB runs to the end of the program.  The test is fixed by initializing
a local variable so GDB will stop on the variable initialization.  GDB
then sets and runs to the breakpoint where the test starts.

The issue only seems to occur with some distros, specifically with
RHEL9.  The patch fixes the test so it runs correctly on RHEL 9.

Please let me know if this patch is acceptable for mainline.  Thanks.

                     Carl 
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PowerPC, fix test gdb.arch/altivec-regs.exp

The test fails on Power 10 with the RHEL9 distro but passes on Ubuntu 22.04.

The test set a the breakpoint in main that stops at line:
a = 9; /* start here */.  The test then sets a break point at the same
line where it wants to start the test and does a continue.  GDB does not
stop again on the same line where it is stopped, but rather continues to
the end of the program.

Initialize variable A to zero so the break on main will stop before setting
a break point on line a = 9; /* start here */.

Make the match on the breakpoint number generic.

Patch has been tested on Power 10 with RHEL 9, Power 10 with Ubuntu 22.04,
and Power 9 with Fedora 36 with no regression failures.
---
 gdb/testsuite/gdb.arch/altivec-regs.c   | 2 +-
 gdb/testsuite/gdb.arch/altivec-regs.exp | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.arch/altivec-regs.c b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.arch/altivec-regs.c
index 1411f15e358..a838b28b9b5 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.arch/altivec-regs.c
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.arch/altivec-regs.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ main ()
   vector unsigned int y; 
   vector unsigned int x; 
   vector unsigned int z; 
-  int a;
+  int a = 0;
 
   #ifdef _AIX
   /* On AIX, the debugger cannot access vector registers before they
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.arch/altivec-regs.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.arch/altivec-regs.exp
index b771a4df76f..ece207be48e 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.arch/altivec-regs.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.arch/altivec-regs.exp
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ send_gdb "info vector\n"
 gdb_expect_list "info vector" ".*$gdb_prompt $" $pattern_list
 
 gdb_test "break vector_fun" \
- "Breakpoint 2 at.*altivec-regs.c, line \[0-9\]+\\." \
+ "Breakpoint $decimal at.*altivec-regs.c, line \[0-9\]+\\." \
  "set breakpoint at vector_fun"
 
 # Actually it is nuch easier to see these results printed in hex.
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ gdb_test "set output-radix 16" \
   "set output radix to hex"
 
 gdb_test "continue" \
-  "Breakpoint 2, vector_fun .a=.0xfefefefe, 0xfefefefe, 0xfefefefe, 0xfefefefe., b=.0x1010101, 0x1010101, 0x1010101, 0x1010101.*altivec-regs.c.*vec_splat_u8.2..;" \
+  "Breakpoint $decimal, vector_fun .a=.0xfefefefe, 0xfefefefe, 0xfefefefe, 0xfefefefe., b=.0x1010101, 0x1010101, 0x1010101, 0x1010101.*altivec-regs.c.*vec_splat_u8.2..;" \
   "continue to vector_fun"
 
 # Do a next over the assignment to vector 'a'. 
-- 
2.37.2

Re: [PATCH] PowerPC, fix test gdb.arch/altivec-regs.exp

[Ulrich Weigand]

Carl Love <cel@us.ibm.com> wrote:

>The following patch fixes test gdb.arch/altivec-regs.exp.  The issue is
>the test sets a breakpoint on the line that it is currently stopped at
>and then does a continue to get to the same line to start the test. 
>The test assumes GDB will stop at the breakpoint it just set.  However,
>GDB runs to the end of the program.  

Ah, this looks like a regression caused by the recent AIX fix.
I hadn't realized this would happen, sorry.

Your fix looks good to me.

Thanks,
Ulrich