Re: [RFC] fix gdb.threads/non-stop-fair-events.exp timeouts

[Sandra Loosemore <sandra at codesourcery dot com>]

On 09/08/2015 10:30 AM, Pedro Alves wrote:
> Yeah, I've seen this before with a local series I use for debugging
> software single-step things that implements software single-stepping
> on x86.  I just re-tried it now after rebasing that series to
> current mainline, and I still see the time outs against gdbserver.
>
> AFAICS, nios2 is a software single-step target that does not implement
> displaced stepping either.  I had a patch for this that I had
> never posted.  See attached.

Hmmm, these two patches are not working for me.  The trouble is that 
this part:

> +gdb_test_multiple "si" $msg {
> +    -re "displaced pc to.*$gdb_prompt $" {
> +	set displaced_stepping_enabled 1
> +    }
> +    -re ".*$gdb_prompt $" {
> +    }
> +}

is causing the target to step from main to pthread_self, which is in a 
different file.  This causes the subsequent breakpoint commands to fail, 
and things go south from there:

Breakpoint 1, main () at 
/scratch/sandra/nios2-linux-trunk/src/gdb-trunk/gdb/testsuite/gdb.threads/non-stop-fair-events.c:76
76	  pthread_kill (pthread_self (), 0);
(gdb) handle SIGUSR1 print nostop pass
Signal        Stop	Print	Pass to program	Description
SIGUSR1       No	Yes	Yes		User defined signal 1
(gdb) PASS: gdb.threads/non-stop-fair-events.exp: handle SIGUSR1 print 
nostop pass
print num_threads
$1 = 10
(gdb) PASS: gdb.threads/non-stop-fair-events.exp: get num_threads
set debug displaced 1
(gdb) PASS: gdb.threads/non-stop-fair-events.exp: set debug displaced 1
si
0x00002720 in pthread_self () at pthread_self.c:27
27	}
(gdb) set debug displaced 0
(gdb) PASS: gdb.threads/non-stop-fair-events.exp: set debug displaced 0
delete breakpoints
Delete all breakpoints? (y or n) y
(gdb) info breakpoints
No breakpoints or watchpoints.
(gdb) print got_sig = 0
$2 = 0
(gdb) PASS: gdb.threads/non-stop-fair-events.exp: signal_thread=2: print 
got_sig = 0
break 63
No line 63 in the current file.
Make breakpoint pending on future shared library load? (y or [n]) n
(gdb) FAIL: gdb.threads/non-stop-fair-events.exp: signal_thread=2: 
setting breakpoint at 63
break 88
No line 88 in the current file.
Make breakpoint pending on future shared library load? (y or [n]) n
(gdb) FAIL: gdb.threads/non-stop-fair-events.exp: signal_thread=2: 
setting breakpoint at 88

-Sandra