RE: [PATCH] Debug support for global alias variable

["Natarajan, Kavitha" <Kavitha.Natarajan@amd.com>]

[AMD Official Use Only]

> Could you please go over the patch tweaking the new gdb_test_multiple
> calls to follow the same pattern, please?
>

Thank you Pedro for your suggestions. I have incorporated the changes for all get_test_multiple
calls and updated the patch.

Regards,
Kavitha
==============================================================================
When clang emits the dwarf information of global alias variable
as DW_TAG_imported_declaration, gdb does not handle it. GDB reads
this tag as C++/fortran imported declaration (type alias, namespace
alias and fortran module). Added support to handle this tag as
alias variable.

This change fixes the failure in gdb.base/symbol-alias.exp testcase.
This testcase is also updated to test nested (recursive) alias.
---
 gdb/dwarf2/read.c                       | 60 ++++++++++++++---------
 gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/symbol-alias.exp | 63 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/symbol-alias2.c  | 16 +++++++
 3 files changed, 116 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gdb/dwarf2/read.c b/gdb/dwarf2/read.c
index 6dcd446e5f4..d0c95459d8f 100644
--- a/gdb/dwarf2/read.c
+++ b/gdb/dwarf2/read.c
@@ -957,6 +957,10 @@ static void build_type_psymtabs_reader (cutu_reader *reader,

 static void dwarf2_build_psymtabs_hard (dwarf2_per_objfile *per_objfile);

+static void var_decode_location (struct attribute *attr,
+                                struct symbol *sym,
+                                struct dwarf2_cu *cu);
+
 static unsigned int peek_abbrev_code (bfd *, const gdb_byte *);

 static const gdb_byte *read_attribute (const struct die_reader_specs *,
@@ -1134,7 +1138,7 @@ static struct using_direct **using_directives (struct dwarf2_cu *cu);

 static void read_import_statement (struct die_info *die, struct dwarf2_cu *);

-static int read_namespace_alias (struct die_info *die, struct dwarf2_cu *cu);
+static bool read_alias (struct die_info *die, struct dwarf2_cu *cu);

 static struct type *read_module_type (struct die_info *die,
                                      struct dwarf2_cu *cu);
@@ -8728,9 +8732,9 @@ process_die (struct die_info *die, struct dwarf2_cu *cu)
       break;
     case DW_TAG_imported_declaration:
       cu->processing_has_namespace_info = true;
-      if (read_namespace_alias (die, cu))
+      if (read_alias (die, cu))
        break;
-      /* The declaration is not a global namespace alias.  */
+      /* The declaration is not a global namespace or variable alias.  */
       /* Fall through.  */
     case DW_TAG_imported_module:
       cu->processing_has_namespace_info = true;
@@ -9198,18 +9202,19 @@ dwarf2_physname (const char *name, struct die_info *die, struct dwarf2_cu *cu)
   return retval;
 }

-/* Inspect DIE in CU for a namespace alias.  If one exists, record
-   a new symbol for it.
+/* Inspect DIE in CU for a namespace alias or a variable
+   with alias attribute. If one exists, record a new symbol
+   for it.

-   Returns 1 if a namespace alias was recorded, 0 otherwise.  */
+   Returns "true" if an alias was recorded, "false" otherwise.  */

-static int
-read_namespace_alias (struct die_info *die, struct dwarf2_cu *cu)
+static bool
+read_alias (struct die_info *die, struct dwarf2_cu *cu)
 {
   struct attribute *attr;

-  /* If the die does not have a name, this is not a namespace
-     alias.  */
+  /* If the die does not have a name, this is not a namespace alias
+     or variable alias.  */
   attr = dwarf2_attr (die, DW_AT_name, cu);
   if (attr != NULL)
     {
@@ -9235,26 +9240,39 @@ read_namespace_alias (struct die_info *die, struct dwarf2_cu *cu)
        {
          complaint (_("DIE at %s has too many recursively imported "
                       "declarations"), sect_offset_str (d->sect_off));
-         return 0;
+         return false;
        }

       if (attr != NULL)
        {
          struct type *type;
-         sect_offset sect_off = attr->get_ref_die_offset ();
-
-         type = get_die_type_at_offset (sect_off, cu->per_cu, cu->per_objfile);
-         if (type != NULL && type->code () == TYPE_CODE_NAMESPACE)
+         if (d->tag == DW_TAG_variable)
            {
-             /* This declaration is a global namespace alias.  Add
-                a symbol for it whose type is the aliased namespace.  */
-             new_symbol (die, type, cu);
-             return 1;
+             /* This declaration is a C/C++ global variable alias. Add
+                a symbol for it whose type is same as aliased variable.  */
+             type = die_type (d, imported_cu);
+             struct symbol *sym = new_symbol (die, type, cu);
+             attr = dwarf2_attr (d, DW_AT_location, imported_cu);
+             sym->set_aclass_index (LOC_UNRESOLVED);
+             if (attr != nullptr)
+               var_decode_location (attr, sym, cu);
+             return true;
+           }
+         else
+           {
+             sect_offset sect_off = attr->get_ref_die_offset ();
+             type = get_die_type_at_offset (sect_off, cu->per_cu, cu->per_objfile);
+             if (type != NULL && type->code () == TYPE_CODE_NAMESPACE)
+               {
+                 /* This declaration is a global namespace alias. Add
+                    a symbol for it whose type is the aliased namespace.  */
+                 new_symbol (die, type, cu);
+                 return true;
+               }
            }
        }
     }
-
-  return 0;
+  return false;
 }

 /* Return the using directives repository (global or local?) to use in the
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/symbol-alias.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/symbol-alias.exp
index 2b53cc31053..1024954b0cb 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/symbol-alias.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/symbol-alias.exp
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

 standard_testfile symbol-alias.c symbol-alias2.c
+set using_clang [test_compiler_info clang-*]
+set old_clang [expr [test_compiler_info {clang-1[0-3]-*-*}] \
+                || [test_compiler_info {clang-[1-9]-*}]]

 if { [prepare_for_testing "failed to prepare" ${testfile} [list $srcfile $srcfile2]] } {
     return -1
@@ -31,6 +34,62 @@ foreach f {"func" "func_alias"} {
 }

 # Variables.
-foreach v {"g_var_s" "g_var_s_alias"} {
-    gdb_test "p $v" "= {field1 = 1, field2 = 2}"
+gdb_test "p g_var_s" "= {field1 = 1, field2 = 2}"
+foreach v {"g_var_s_alias" "g_var_s_alias2"} {
+    gdb_test_multiple "p $v" "print alias variable $v" {
+       -re -wrap " = {field1 = 1, field2 = 2}" {
+           pass $gdb_test_name
+       }
+       -re -wrap "has unknown type; cast it to its declared type" {
+           if { $old_clang } {
+               xfail $gdb_test_name
+           } else {
+               fail $gdb_test_name
+           }
+       }
+    }
+}
+
+# Static Variable.
+gdb_test "p g_var" " = 1"
+gdb_test_multiple "p g_var_alias" "print alias of static variable" {
+    -re -wrap " = 1" {
+       pass $gdb_test_name
+    }
+    -re -wrap "has unknown type; cast it to its declared type" {
+       if { $old_clang } {
+         xfail $gdb_test_name
+       } else {
+         fail $gdb_test_name
+       }
+    }
+}
+
+# Deferred Variable.
+gdb_test "p g_def_var" " = 2"
+gdb_test_multiple "p g_def_var_alias" "print alias of deferred variable" {
+    -re -wrap " = 2" {
+       pass $gdb_test_name
+    }
+    -re -wrap "has unknown type; cast it to its declared type" {
+       if { $using_clang } {
+         xfail $gdb_test_name
+       } else {
+         fail $gdb_test_name
+       }
+    }
+}
+
+# Alias of deferred Variable alias.
+gdb_test_multiple "p g_def_var2_alias2" "print alias of alias of deferred variable" {
+    -re -wrap " = 3" {
+       pass $gdb_test_name
+    }
+    -re -wrap "has unknown type; cast it to its declared type" {
+       if { $old_clang } {
+         xfail $gdb_test_name
+       } else {
+         fail $gdb_test_name
+       }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/symbol-alias2.c b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/symbol-alias2.c
index 34f4e121e25..41d4b6a53e5 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/symbol-alias2.c
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/symbol-alias2.c
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ struct S

 struct S g_var_s = { 1, 2 };

+static int g_var = 1;
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 /* So that the alias attribute below work without having to figure out
    this function's mangled name.  */
@@ -38,3 +40,17 @@ func (void)
 struct S *func_alias (void) __attribute__ ((alias ("func")));

 extern struct S g_var_s_alias __attribute__ ((alias ("g_var_s")));
+
+extern struct S g_var_s_alias2 __attribute__ ((alias ("g_var_s_alias")));
+
+extern int g_var_alias __attribute__ ((alias ("g_var")));
+
+extern int g_def_var_alias __attribute__ ((alias ("g_def_var")));
+
+int g_def_var = 2;
+
+extern int g_def_var2_alias __attribute__ ((alias ("g_def_var2")));
+
+int g_def_var2 = 3;
+
+extern int g_def_var2_alias2 __attribute__ ((alias ("g_def_var2_alias")));
--
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