gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/bigcore.exp

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# This file is based on corefile.exp which was written by Fred
# Fish. (fnf@cygnus.com)


# Are we on a target board?  As of 2004-02-12, GDB didn't have a
# mechanism that would let it efficiently access a remote corefile.

require isnative

# Can the system run this test (in particular support sparse
# corefiles)?  On systems that lack sparse corefile support this test
# consumes too many resources - gigabytes worth of disk space and
# I/O bandwith.

if { [istarget "*-*-*bsd*"]
     || [istarget "*-*-solaris*"] 
     || [istarget "*-*-darwin*"] 
     || [istarget "*-*-cygwin*"] } {
    untested "kernel lacks sparse corefile support (PR gdb/1551)"
    return
}

standard_testfile .c
set corefile [standard_output_file ${binfile}.corefile]

if  { [gdb_compile "${srcdir}/${subdir}/${srcfile}" "${binfile}" executable {debug}] != "" } {
     untested "failed to compile"
     return -1
}

# Traverse part of bigcore's linked list of memory chunks (forward or
# backward), saving each chunk's address.

proc extract_heap { dir } {
    global gdb_prompt
    global expect_out
    set heap ""
    set test "extract ${dir} heap"
    set lim 0
    gdb_test_multiple "print heap.${dir}" "$test" {
	-re " = \\(struct list \\*\\) 0x0.*$gdb_prompt $" {
	    pass "$test"
	}
	-re " = \\(struct list \\*\\) (0x\[0-9a-f\]*).*$gdb_prompt $" {
	    set heap [concat $heap $expect_out(1,string)]
	    if { $lim >= 200 } {
		pass "$test (stop at $lim)"
	    } else {
		incr lim
		send_gdb "print \$.${dir}\n"
		exp_continue
	    }
	}
	-re ".*$gdb_prompt $" {
	    fail "$test (entry $lim)"
	}
	timeout {
	    fail "$test (timeout)"
	}
    }
    return $heap
}

# Re-traverse bigcore's linked list, checking each chunk's address
# against the executable.  Don't use gdb_test_multiple as want only
# one pass/fail.  Don't use exp_continue as the regular expression
# involving $heap needs to be re-evaluated for each new response.

proc check_heap { dir heap } {
    global gdb_prompt
    set test "check ${dir} heap"
    set ok 1
    set lim 0
    send_gdb "print heap.${dir}\n"
    while { $ok } {
	gdb_expect {
	    -re " = \\(struct list \\*\\) [lindex $heap $lim].*$gdb_prompt $" {
		if { $lim >= [llength $heap] } {
		    pass "$test"
		    set ok 0
		} else {
		    incr lim
		    send_gdb "print \$.${dir}\n"
		}
	    }
	    -re ".*$gdb_prompt $" {
		fail "$test (address [lindex $heap $lim])"
		set ok 0
	    }
	    timeout {
		fail "$test (timeout)"
		set ok 0
	    }
	}
    }
}

# The bulk of the testcase.  DUMPER indicates who is supposed to dump
# the core.  It can be either "kernel", or "gdb".
proc test {dumper} {
    global binfile timeout corefile gdb_prompt

    # Run GDB on the bigcore program up-to where it will dump core.

    clean_restart ${binfile}
    gdb_test_no_output "set print sevenbit-strings"
    gdb_test_no_output "set width 0"

    # Get the core into the output directory.
    set_inferior_cwd_to_output_dir

    if {![runto_main]} {
	return 0
    }
    set print_core_line [gdb_get_line_number "Dump core"]
    gdb_test "tbreak $print_core_line"
    gdb_test continue ".*print_string.*"
    gdb_test next ".*0 = 0.*"

    set next_heap [extract_heap next]
    set prev_heap [extract_heap prev]

    # Save the total allocated size within GDB so that we can check
    # the core size later.
    gdb_test_no_output "set \$bytes_allocated = bytes_allocated" \
	"save heap size"

    # Now create a core dump.

    if {$dumper == "kernel"} {
	# Rename the core file to "TESTFILE.corefile.$dumper" rather
	# than just "core", to avoid problems with sys admin types
	# that like to regularly prune all files named "core" from the
	# system.

	# Some systems append "core" to the name of the program;
	# others append the name of the program to "core"; still
	# others (like Linux, as of May 2003) create cores named
	# "core.PID".

	# Save the process ID.  Some systems dump the core into
	# core.PID.
	set inferior_pid [get_inferior_pid]

	# Dump core using SIGABRT.
	set oldtimeout $timeout
	set timeout 600
	gdb_test "signal SIGABRT" "Program terminated with signal SIGABRT, .*"
	set timeout $oldtimeout

	# Find the corefile.
	set file [find_core_file $inferior_pid]
	if { $file != "" } {
	    remote_exec build "mv $file $corefile.$dumper"
	} else {
	    untested "can't generate a core file"
	    return 0
	}
    } elseif {$dumper == "gdb"} {
	gdb_gcore_cmd "$corefile.$dumper" "gcore corefile"
    } else {
	error "unhandled dumper: $dumper"
    }

    # Check that the corefile is plausibly large enough.  We're trying
    # to detect the case where the operating system has truncated the
    # file just before signed wraparound.  TCL, unfortunately, has a
    # similar problem - so use catch.  It can handle the "bad" size
    # but not necessarily the "good" one.  And we must use GDB for the
    # comparison, similarly.

    if {[catch {file size $corefile.$dumper} core_size] == 0} {
	set core_ok 0
	gdb_test_multiple "print \$bytes_allocated < $core_size" \
	    "check core size" {
	    -re " = 1\r\n$gdb_prompt $" {
		pass "check core size"
		set core_ok 1
	    }
	    -re " = 0\r\n$gdb_prompt $" {
		pass "check core size"
		set core_ok 0
	    }
	}
    } {
	# Probably failed due to the TCL build having problems with
	# very large values.  Since GDB uses a 64-bit off_t (when
	# possible) it shouldn't have this problem.  Assume that
	# things are going to work.  Without this assumption the test
	# is skiped on systems (such as i386 GNU/Linux with patched
	# kernel) which do pass.
	pass "check core size"
	set core_ok 1
    }
    if {! $core_ok} {
	untested "check core size (system does not support large corefiles)"
	return 0
    }

    # Now load up that core file.

    set test "load corefile"
    gdb_test_multiple "core $corefile.$dumper" "$test" {
	-re "A program is being debugged already.  Kill it. .y or n. " {
	    send_gdb "y\n"
	    exp_continue
	}
	-re "Core was generated by.*$gdb_prompt $" {
	    pass "$test"
	}
    }

    # Finally, re-traverse bigcore's linked list, checking each
    # chunk's address against the executable.

    check_heap next $next_heap
    check_heap prev $prev_heap
}

foreach_with_prefix dumper {kernel gdb} {
    # GDB's gcore is too slow when testing with the extended-gdbserver
    # board, since it requires reading all the inferior memory.
    if {$dumper == "gdb" && [target_info gdb_protocol] != ""} {
	continue
    }
    test $dumper
}