Re: [PATCH][gdb/testsuite] Add gdb.arch/ppc64-break-on-_exit.exp

[Tom de Vries <tdevries@suse.de>]

On 11/11/21 12:50 AM, Kevin Buettner wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Nov 2021 11:57:27 +0100
> Tom de Vries <tdevries@suse.de> wrote:
> 
>>> I think your new test is okay, though (of course) it would have been
>>> nice to have a test which doesn't depend on particular OS instances.  
>>
>> Well, how about this one?  Does it reproduce for you, also in source
>> file mode ("if { 1 }" -> "if { 0 }" in the case-case) ?
> 
> I tried it both ways, using C source, and also using assembler on
> two different versions of ppc64le Fedora, Fedora 35 and Fedora 32.
> 
> Testing showed one pass for each of the runs when using builds against
> recent upstream sources (w/ your fix).  When tested against the
> installed GDB (which does not have your recent ppc related fix), the
> tests correctly showed 1 failure per run.
> 
> I like this test better!

Nice :)

Thanks for the testing.

I also managed to find the usual recipe for switching between assembler
and compiled version: "if [info exists COMPILE] ".  I've updated the
patch accordingly, and committed.

Thanks
- Tom