Re: Several regressions and we branch soon.

[Andreas Arnez <arnez@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

On Wed, Jun 24 2015, Yao Qi wrote:

> Doug Evans <dje@google.com> writes:
>
>> FAIL: gdb.base/gnu_vector.exp: call add_singlevecs
>
> I see this fail too,
> print add_singlevecs((char1) {6}, (int1) {12}, (double1) {24})^M
> ^M
> Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.^M
> 0x00000000004008ec in add_singlevecs (a=..., b=..., c=...) at ../../../../../binutils-gdb/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/gnu_vector.c:132^M
> 132       return (double1) {a[0] + b[0] + c[0]};^M
> The program being debugged was signaled while in a function called from GDB.^M
> GDB remains in the frame where the signal was received.^M
> To change this behavior use "set unwindonsignal on".^M
> Evaluation of the expression containing the function^M
> (add_singlevecs) will be abandoned.^M
> When the function is done executing, GDB will silently stop.^M
> (gdb) FAIL: gdb.base/gnu_vector.exp: call add_singlevecs

This is not a regression in GDB, but a new test uncovering GDB's missing
vector ABI support on x86_64.  So for the branch I suggest to suppress
these new FAILs with gnu_vector.exp -- either in the test case or in the
test harness.