From: Simon Marchi <simark@simark.ca>
To: Sergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj@redhat.com>,
GDB Patches <gdb-patches@sourceware.org>
Cc: "Tom Tromey" <tom@tromey.com>, "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz@gnu.org>,
"Simon Marchi" <simon.marchi@ericsson.com>,
"Pedro Alves" <palves@redhat.com>,
"André Pönitz" <apoenitz@t-online.de>,
"Keith Seitz" <keiths@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] Implement pahole-like 'ptype /o' option
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2017 01:59:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ee0f6e01-cdea-6102-6606-f4f35ca0ef8a@simark.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20171211234345.27351-3-sergiodj@redhat.com>
On 2017-12-11 06:43 PM, Sergio Durigan Junior wrote:
> This commit implements the pahole-like '/o' option for 'ptype', which
> prints the offsets and sizes of struct fields, reporting whenever
> there is a hole found.
>
> The output is heavily based on pahole(1), with a few modifications
> here and there to adjust it to our reality. Here's an example:
>
> (gdb) ptype /o stap_probe
> /* offset | size */
> struct stap_probe {
> /* 0 | 40 */ struct probe {
> /* 0 | 8 */ const probe_ops *pops;
> /* 8 | 8 */ gdbarch *arch;
> /* 16 | 8 */ const char *name;
> /* 24 | 8 */ const char *provider;
> /* 32 | 8 */ CORE_ADDR address;
> } /* total size: 40 bytes */ p;
> /* 40 | 8 */ CORE_ADDR sem_addr;
> /* 48:31 | 4 */ unsigned int args_parsed : 1;
> /* XXX 7-bit hole */
> /* XXX 7-byte hole */
> /* 56 | 8 */ union {
> /* 8 */ const char *text;
> /* 8 */ VEC_stap_probe_arg_s *vec;
> } /* total size: 8 bytes */ args_u;
> } /* total size: 64 bytes */
>
> A big part of this patch handles the formatting logic of 'ptype',
> which is a bit messy. I tried to be not very invasive, but I had to
> do some cleanups here and there to make life easier.
>
> This patch is the start of a long-term work I'll do to flush the local
> patches we carry for Fedora GDB. In this specific case, I'm aiming at
> upstreaming the feature implemented by the 'pahole.py' script that is
> shipped with Fedora GDB:
>
> <https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/gdb/blob/master/f/gdb-archer.patch#_311>
>
> This has been regression-tested on the BuildBot. There's a new
> testcase for it, along with an update to the documentation. I also
> thought it was worth mentioning this feature in the NEWS file.
That patch LGTM as-is, as well as with the union offsets :)
Simon
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-12-12 1:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 75+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-11-21 16:07 [PATCH] " Sergio Durigan Junior
2017-11-21 16:16 ` Sergio Durigan Junior
2017-11-21 16:50 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-11-21 17:00 ` Sergio Durigan Junior
2017-11-21 19:14 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-11-26 19:27 ` Tom Tromey
2017-11-27 19:54 ` Sergio Durigan Junior
2017-11-27 22:20 ` Tom Tromey
2017-11-28 0:39 ` Sergio Durigan Junior
2017-11-28 21:21 ` [PATCH v2] " Sergio Durigan Junior
2017-11-29 3:28 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-12-04 15:03 ` Sergio Durigan Junior
2017-12-04 15:41 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-12-04 16:47 ` Sergio Durigan Junior
2017-12-08 21:32 ` Sergio Durigan Junior
2017-12-11 15:43 ` Simon Marchi
2017-12-11 18:59 ` Sergio Durigan Junior
2017-12-11 20:45 ` Simon Marchi
2017-12-11 21:07 ` Sergio Durigan Junior
2017-12-11 22:42 ` Pedro Alves
2017-12-11 22:50 ` Sergio Durigan Junior
2017-12-11 23:46 ` Pedro Alves
2017-12-12 0:25 ` Sergio Durigan Junior
2017-12-12 0:52 ` Pedro Alves
2017-12-12 1:25 ` Simon Marchi
2017-12-12 15:50 ` John Baldwin
2017-12-12 17:04 ` Sergio Durigan Junior
2017-12-11 19:58 ` [PATCH v3 0/2] Implement pahole-like 'ptype /o' option (and do some code reorg) Sergio Durigan Junior
2017-12-11 19:58 ` [PATCH v3 2/2] Implement pahole-like 'ptype /o' option Sergio Durigan Junior
2017-12-11 21:50 ` Simon Marchi
2017-12-11 23:24 ` Sergio Durigan Junior
2017-12-12 1:32 ` Simon Marchi
2017-12-12 6:19 ` Sergio Durigan Junior
2017-12-12 18:14 ` Pedro Alves
2017-12-12 18:40 ` Sergio Durigan Junior
2017-12-12 20:12 ` Pedro Alves
2017-12-11 19:58 ` [PATCH v3 1/2] Reorganize code to handle TYPE_CODE_{STRUCT,UNION} on 'c_type_print_base' Sergio Durigan Junior
2017-12-11 20:55 ` Simon Marchi
2017-12-11 23:05 ` Sergio Durigan Junior
2017-12-11 23:43 ` [PATCH v4 0/2] Implement pahole-like 'ptype /o' option (and do some code reorg) Sergio Durigan Junior
2017-12-11 23:44 ` [PATCH v4 2/2] Implement pahole-like 'ptype /o' option Sergio Durigan Junior
2017-12-12 0:27 ` Sergio Durigan Junior
2017-12-12 0:29 ` Sergio Durigan Junior
2017-12-12 1:59 ` Simon Marchi [this message]
2017-12-12 3:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-12-11 23:44 ` [PATCH v4 1/2] Reorganize code to handle TYPE_CODE_{STRUCT,UNION} on 'c_type_print_base' Sergio Durigan Junior
2017-12-13 3:17 ` [PATCH v5 0/2] Implement pahole-like 'ptype /o' option (and do some code reorg) Sergio Durigan Junior
2017-12-13 3:17 ` [PATCH v5 2/2] Implement pahole-like 'ptype /o' option Sergio Durigan Junior
2017-12-13 4:50 ` Simon Marchi
2017-12-13 16:42 ` Sergio Durigan Junior
2017-12-13 16:17 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-12-13 17:14 ` Sergio Durigan Junior
2017-12-13 16:19 ` Pedro Alves
2017-12-13 17:13 ` Sergio Durigan Junior
2017-12-13 20:36 ` Sergio Durigan Junior
2017-12-13 21:22 ` Pedro Alves
2017-12-13 21:30 ` Pedro Alves
2017-12-13 21:34 ` Sergio Durigan Junior
2017-12-13 16:20 ` Pedro Alves
2017-12-13 17:41 ` Sergio Durigan Junior
2017-12-13 3:17 ` [PATCH v5 1/2] Reorganize code to handle TYPE_CODE_{STRUCT,UNION} on 'c_type_print_base' Sergio Durigan Junior
2017-12-14 2:48 ` [PATCH v6 0/2] Implement pahole-like 'ptype /o' option (and do some code reorg) Sergio Durigan Junior
2017-12-14 2:48 ` [PATCH v6 1/2] Reorganize code to handle TYPE_CODE_{STRUCT,UNION} on 'c_type_print_base' Sergio Durigan Junior
2017-12-14 2:48 ` [PATCH v6 2/2] Implement pahole-like 'ptype /o' option Sergio Durigan Junior
2017-12-14 14:19 ` Pedro Alves
2017-12-14 20:31 ` Sergio Durigan Junior
2017-12-14 14:50 ` Pedro Alves
2017-12-14 20:29 ` Sergio Durigan Junior
2017-12-14 16:30 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-12-15 1:12 ` [PATCH v7 0/2] Implement pahole-like 'ptype /o' option (and do some code reorg) Sergio Durigan Junior
2017-12-15 1:12 ` [PATCH v7 1/2] Reorganize code to handle TYPE_CODE_{STRUCT,UNION} on 'c_type_print_base' Sergio Durigan Junior
2017-12-15 1:13 ` [PATCH v7 2/2] Implement pahole-like 'ptype /o' option Sergio Durigan Junior
2017-12-15 17:24 ` Pedro Alves
2017-12-15 20:04 ` Sergio Durigan Junior
2017-12-15 20:11 ` [PATCH v7 0/2] Implement pahole-like 'ptype /o' option (and do some code reorg) Sergio Durigan Junior
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