Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] gdb/testsuite: Add libc_has_debug_info require helper

[Bernd Edlinger <bernd.edlinger@hotmail.de>]

Hi Thiago,

On 4/24/24 18:25, Thiago Jung Bauermann wrote:
> 
> Hello Kevin,
> 
> Kevin Buettner <kevinb@redhat.com> writes:
> 
>> On Mon, 22 Apr 2024 20:06:59 -0300
>> Thiago Jung Bauermann <thiago.bauermann@linaro.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Factor the test for libc debug info out of gdb.base/relativedebug.exp to
>>> a new procedure.
>>>
>>> Also, change the "info sharedlibrary" test to explicitly detect when
>>> libc has debug info.
>>> ---
>>>
>>> As mentioned in the cover letter, the new testcase doesn't use this helper
>>> procedure anymore so this is an optional patch.  I think it's a nice
>>> cleanup, though I didn't find any other testcase that need it so perhaps
>>> the new helper is not as useful as I imagine it to be. I'm fine with not
>>> committing this patch.
>>>
>>> Changes in v3:
>>> - Include <stdio.h> in test program to avoid error when using clang
>>>   (suggested by Kevin).
>>
>> I agree that it's a nice cleanup and I think that it should go in.
>>
>> I've retested with CC_FOR_TARGET set to clang and also gcc.  It works
>> for both.
>>
>> Approved-by: Kevin Buettner <kevinb@redhat.com>
> 
> Thank you! Pushed as commit f5ef12c3f1af.
> 

I think I have an issue with this commmit.
I use a self-built riscv-unknown-elf toolchain with newlib,
so there is no libc at all, regardless of debug info.
since today, I see messages like:
Running /home/ed/gnu/binutils-build-riscv64/gdb/testsuite/../../../binutils-gdb/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/relativedebug.exp ...
FAIL: gdb.base/relativedebug.exp: info sharedlibrary libc.so
ERROR: tcl error sourcing /home/ed/gnu/binutils-build-riscv64/gdb/testsuite/../../../binutils-gdb/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/relativedebug.exp.
ERROR: tcl error code TCL READ VARNAME
ERROR: can't read "libc_has_debug_info": no such variable
    while executing
"verbose "$me: returning $libc_has_debug_info" 2"
    (procedure "gdb_real__libc_has_debug_info" line 47)
    invoked from within
"gdb_real__libc_has_debug_info"
    ("uplevel" body line 1)
    invoked from within
"uplevel 2 [list $real_name {*}$args]"
    invoked from within
"gdb_do_cache_wrap $real_name {*}$args"
    (procedure "gdb_do_cache" line 48)
    invoked from within
"gdb_do_cache libc_has_debug_info"
    (procedure "libc_has_debug_info" line 1)
    invoked from within
"libc_has_debug_info"
    ("uplevel" body line 1)
    invoked from within
"uplevel 1 $fn"
    (procedure "require" line 11)
    invoked from within
"require {!target_info exists gdb,nosignals} libc_has_debug_info"
    (file "/home/ed/gnu/binutils-build-riscv64/gdb/testsuite/../../../binutils-gdb/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/relativedebug.exp" line 16)
    invoked from within
"source /home/ed/gnu/binutils-build-riscv64/gdb/testsuite/../../../binutils-gdb/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/relativedebug.exp"
    ("uplevel" body line 1)
    invoked from within
"uplevel #0 source /home/ed/gnu/binutils-build-riscv64/gdb/testsuite/../../../binutils-gdb/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/relativedebug.exp"
    invoked from within
"catch "uplevel #0 source $test_file_name" msg"
UNRESOLVED: gdb.base/relativedebug.exp: testcase '/home/ed/gnu/binutils-build-riscv64/gdb/testsuite/../../../binutils-gdb/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/relativedebug.exp' aborted due to Tcl error
PATH: gdb.base/relativedebug.exp: testcase '/home/ed/gnu/

while previously that looked like:

gdb compile failed, /home/ed/gnu/riscv64-unknown-elf/lib/gcc/riscv64-unknown-elf/14.0.1/../../../../riscv64-unknown-elf/bin/ld: /tmp/ccjr19GC.o: in function `main':
/home/ed/gnu/binutils-build-riscv64/gdb/testsuite/../../../binutils-gdb/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/relativedebug.c:30:(.text+0x28): undefined reference to `alarm'
/home/ed/gnu/riscv64-unknown-elf/lib/gcc/riscv64-unknown-elf/14.0.1/../../../../riscv64-unknown-elf/bin/ld: /home/ed/gnu/binutils-build-riscv64/gdb/testsuite/../../../binutils-gdb/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/relativedebug.c:31:(.text+0x30): undefined reference to `pause'
/home/ed/gnu/riscv64-unknown-elf/lib/gcc/riscv64-unknown-elf/14.0.1/../../../../riscv64-unknown-elf/bin/ld: /home/ed/gnu/binutils-build-riscv64/gdb/testsuite/../../../binutils-gdb/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/relativedebug.c:31:(.text+0x38): undefined reference to `pause'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
UNTESTED: gdb.base/relativedebug.exp: failed to compile

so not very noisy, newlib does apparently not have alarm, pause, sleep, and similar,
but much easier to understand the output...


Regards,
Bernd.