Re: [PATCH] [gdb/testsuite] Fix gdb.ada/float-bits.exp for powerpc64le

[Luis Machado <luis.machado@arm.com>]

On 12/1/22 20:51, Luis Machado wrote:
> On 12/1/22 14:40, Tom de Vries wrote:
>> On 12/1/22 14:49, Luis Machado wrote:
>>> This change seems to be causing a timeout on aarch64-linux Ubuntu 22.04.
>>>
>>> FAIL: gdb.ada/float-bits.exp: maint print architecture (timeout)
>>>
>>> # of expected passes            12
>>> # of unexpected failures        1
>>>
>>> It is as if the listing of the architecture fields didn't have time to finish.
>>>
>>
>> Can you see if this fixes things?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> - Tom
> 
> I checked the patch and it doesn't seem to help. It still times out.
> 
> I briefly investigated this and it looks like a (gdb) prompt gets output when it shouldn't.
> 
> gdbarch_dump: read_core_file_mappings = <0xaaaac98fb7f0>
> (gdb) aarch64_dump_tdep: Lowest pc = 0x0x8000 <the prompt is here, hitting enter gives another prompt below)
> (gdb)
> 
> This doesn't seem to be related to your patch, but something else.

Ah, the tdep dumper for aarch64 is missing a "\n"! So the prompt seems to be output in the beginning of the same line.

Odd, and slightly fragile.

In any case, this is easily fixed with the \n addition. I'll push an obvious change for that.

Sorry for the noise.