gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/gcore-memory-usage.exp

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# Test that gcore doesn't end up using excessive memory.

require {istarget "*-*-linux*"}
require can_spawn_for_attach

standard_testfile

if {[build_executable "failed to prepare" $testfile $srcfile {debug}] == -1} {
    return -1
}

# Read the proc_pid_status page, to find how much memory the given
# PID is using.  This is meant to be used to find the
# memory usage for the GDB in this test.
# Returns memory usage in Kb, or -1 if it couldn't be found.
proc get_mem_usage {pid prefix} {
    set fd [open "/proc/$pid/status"]
    set memory -1
    while {[gets $fd line] != -1} {
	if {[regexp {VmSize:\s*([0-9]+) kB} $line full mem]} {
	    set memory $mem
	    break
	}
    }
    close $fd

    gdb_assert {$memory != -1} "$prefix: Managed to read the memory usage"

    return $memory
}

# This proc restarts GDB, runs the inferior with the desired
# amount of memory, then checks how much memory is necessary
# to run the gcore command.  It will return -1 if the gcore
# command fails, 0 otherwise.
proc run_test {megs} {
    with_test_prefix "$megs Mb" {
	clean_restart $::testfile

	set corefile [standard_output_file "${::testfile}.core"]
	set inferior_spawn_id [spawn_wait_for_attach [list "$::binfile $megs"]]
	set inferior_pid [spawn_id_get_pid $inferior_spawn_id]
	set gdb_pid [exp_pid -i [board_info host fileid]]

	gdb_test "attach $inferior_pid" "Attaching to.*"
	set line [gdb_get_line_number "TAG: BREAK HERE" $::testfile.c]
	gdb_breakpoint "${::srcfile}:$line" "break at to known line"
	gdb_continue_to_breakpoint "continue to known line"

	# Get the important info.
	set mem_before [get_mem_usage $gdb_pid before]
	if {![gdb_gcore_cmd $corefile "create the corefile"]} {
	    return -1
	}
	set mem_after [get_mem_usage $gdb_pid after]

	# Do the main part of the test: How much is the memory
	# usage of GDB going to grow after using the gcore command.
	set diff_k [expr $mem_after - $mem_before]
	set diff [expr $diff_k/1024]
	verbose -log "The gcore command used $diff Mb ($diff_k Kb)"
	# The original plan was to compare to a multiple of MEGS
	# but since the requirements don't seem to go up as the
	# inferior allocated more memory, we instead just hardcode
	# 2 megs, since sometimes 1 is used.
	gdb_assert {$diff < 2} "gdb did not use too much memory"

	gdb_test_no_output "set spin=0" "Allow program to exit"
    }
    return 0
}

# If we couldn't create the first corefile, there's no point
# in running the second part of the test.
if {[run_test 4] != 0} {
    return
}
# Surprisingly enough, the larger inferior doesn't seem to use
# any extra memory, it usually uses less memory.  Which is good,
# it means our memory requirements aren't growing with the inferior.
run_test 64