gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/gcore-buffer-overflow.exp

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# Test GDB's internal buffers safety for the GCORE command.


standard_testfile .c

# The executable basename needs to exceed 80 characters (`sizeof (psargs)')
# plus some additional data to overwrite the stack frame.
set pattern  01234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789

set filename ${testfile}-${pattern}

if { [prepare_for_testing "prepare" $filename $srcfile] != 0 } {
    return
}

gdb_test_no_output "set args ${pattern}"	\
    "set buffer exceeding arguments"

if {![runto_main]} {
    return -1
}

gdb_gcore_cmd [standard_output_file gcore-buffer-overflow.test] \
    "save a corefile"