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binutils-gdb/gdb/unittests/command-def-selftests.c
Guinevere Larsen 1518f2e087 gdb: add "essential" command class
Currently, there is no way for a new user to have an idea of common
useful commands  and behaviors from the GDB interface itself, without
checking the example session in the documentation.  This command class
aims to close that gap by providing a set of quickstart commands that
allows for any simple debug session to happen without anything too
egregious missing.

The set of commands was chosen somewhat arbitrarily, based on what I
used or missed the most.  The one overarching important thing, however,
is that the list is kept short, so as to not overwhelm new users.  This
is confirmed by the newly introduced selftest, essential_command_count,
which ensures there are 20 or fewer essential commands.

Here's the reasoning for some of the choices:
* The command "start" was picked over "run" because combining it with
"continue" achieves the same effect, and I prefer it over needing to set
a breakpoint on main to stop at the start of the inferior.
* The command "ptype" is chosen because I believe it is important to
provide a way for the user to check a variable's type from inside GDB,
and ptype is a more complete command than the alternative, "whatis".

Reviewed-By: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Approved-By: Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
2025-11-05 18:17:23 -03:00

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/* Self tests for GDB command definitions for GDB, the GNU debugger.
Copyright (C) 2019-2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This file is part of GDB.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
#include "cli/cli-cmds.h"
#include "cli/cli-decode.h"
#include "gdbsupport/selftest.h"
#include "gdbsupport/unordered_map.h"
namespace selftests {
/* Verify some invariants of GDB commands documentation. */
namespace help_doc_tests {
static unsigned int nr_failed_invariants;
/* Report a broken invariant and increments nr_failed_invariants. */
static void
broken_doc_invariant (const char *prefix, const char *name, const char *msg)
{
gdb_printf ("help doc broken invariant: command '%s%s' help doc %s\n",
prefix, name, msg);
nr_failed_invariants++;
}
/* Recursively walk the commandlist structures, and check doc invariants:
- The first line of the doc must end with a '.'.
- the doc must not end with a new line.
If an invariant is not respected, produce a message and increment
nr_failed_invariants.
Note that we do not call SELF_CHECK in this function, as we want
all commands to be checked before making the test fail. */
static void
check_doc (struct cmd_list_element *commandlist, const char *prefix)
{
struct cmd_list_element *c;
/* Walk through the commands. */
for (c = commandlist; c; c = c->next)
{
/* Checks the doc has a first line terminated with a '.'. */
const char *p = c->doc;
/* Position p on the first LF, or on terminating null byte. */
while (*p && *p != '\n')
p++;
if (p == c->doc)
broken_doc_invariant
(prefix, c->name,
"is missing the first line terminated with a '.' character");
else if (*(p-1) != '.')
broken_doc_invariant
(prefix, c->name,
"first line is not terminated with a '.' character");
/* Checks the doc is not terminated with a new line. */
if (c_isspace (c->doc[strlen (c->doc) - 1]))
broken_doc_invariant
(prefix, c->name,
"has superfluous trailing whitespace");
const char *prev_start = c->doc;
for (const char *nl = strchr (c->doc, '\n');
nl != nullptr;
nl = strchr (prev_start, '\n'))
{
if (nl == c->doc)
broken_doc_invariant (prefix, c->name, "has a leading newline");
else
{
/* \n\n is ok, so we check that explicitly here. */
if (c_isspace (nl[-1]) && nl[-1] != '\n')
broken_doc_invariant (prefix, c->name,
"has whitespace before a newline");
}
if (nl - prev_start > cli_help_line_length)
broken_doc_invariant (prefix, c->name, "has over-long line");
prev_start = nl + 1;
}
if (strlen (prev_start) > cli_help_line_length)
broken_doc_invariant (prefix, c->name, "has over-long line");
/* Check if this command has subcommands and is not an
abbreviation. We skip checking subcommands of abbreviations
in order to avoid duplicates in the output. */
if (c->is_prefix () && !c->abbrev_flag)
{
/* Recursively call ourselves on the subcommand list,
passing the right prefix in. */
check_doc (*c->subcommands, c->prefixname ().c_str ());
}
}
}
static void
help_doc_invariants_tests ()
{
nr_failed_invariants = 0;
check_doc (cmdlist, "");
SELF_CHECK (nr_failed_invariants == 0);
}
} /* namespace help_doc_tests */
/* Verify some invariants of GDB command structure. */
namespace command_structure_tests {
/* Nr of commands in which a duplicated list is found. */
static unsigned int nr_duplicates = 0;
/* Nr of commands in a list having no valid prefix cmd. */
static unsigned int nr_invalid_prefixcmd = 0;
/* A map associating a list with the prefix leading to it. */
static gdb::unordered_map<cmd_list_element **, const char *> lists;
/* Store each command list in lists, associated with the prefix to reach it. A
list must only be found once.
Verifies that all elements of the list have the same non-null prefix
command. */
static void
traverse_command_structure (struct cmd_list_element **list,
const char *prefix)
{
struct cmd_list_element *c, *prefixcmd;
auto dupl = lists.find (list);
if (dupl != lists.end ())
{
gdb_printf ("list %p duplicated,"
" reachable via prefix '%s' and '%s'."
" Duplicated list first command is '%s'\n",
list,
prefix, dupl->second,
(*list)->name);
nr_duplicates++;
return;
}
lists.insert ({list, prefix});
/* All commands of *list must have a prefix command equal to PREFIXCMD,
the prefix command of the first command. */
if (*list == nullptr)
prefixcmd = nullptr; /* A prefix command with an empty subcommand list. */
else
prefixcmd = (*list)->prefix;
/* Walk through the commands. */
for (c = *list; c; c = c->next)
{
/* If this command has subcommands and is not an alias,
traverse the subcommands. */
if (c->is_prefix () && !c->is_alias ())
{
/* Recursively call ourselves on the subcommand list,
passing the right prefix in. */
traverse_command_structure (c->subcommands, c->prefixname ().c_str ());
}
if (prefixcmd != c->prefix
|| (prefixcmd == nullptr && *list != cmdlist))
{
if (c->prefix == nullptr)
gdb_printf ("list %p reachable via prefix '%s'."
" command '%s' has null prefixcmd\n",
list,
prefix, c->name);
else
gdb_printf ("list %p reachable via prefix '%s'."
" command '%s' has a different prefixcmd\n",
list,
prefix, c->name);
nr_invalid_prefixcmd++;
}
}
}
/* Verify that a list of commands is present in the tree only once. */
static void
command_structure_invariants_tests ()
{
nr_duplicates = 0;
nr_invalid_prefixcmd = 0;
traverse_command_structure (&cmdlist, "");
/* Release memory, be ready to be re-run. */
lists.clear ();
SELF_CHECK (nr_duplicates == 0);
SELF_CHECK (nr_invalid_prefixcmd == 0);
}
}
namespace essential_command_tests {
/* The maximum number of commands that can be considered
essential by GDB. This value was chosen arbitrarily,
but it must be kept low, so as to not overwhelm new
users. */
static constexpr int max_essential_cmds = 20;
static void
essential_command_count_tests ()
{
int nr_essential_cmds = 0;
for (struct cmd_list_element *c = cmdlist; c != nullptr; c = c->next)
{
if (c->is_essential ())
nr_essential_cmds ++;
}
SELF_CHECK (nr_essential_cmds <= max_essential_cmds);
}
}
} /* namespace selftests */
INIT_GDB_FILE (command_def_selftests)
{
selftests::register_test
("help_doc_invariants",
selftests::help_doc_tests::help_doc_invariants_tests);
selftests::register_test
("command_structure_invariants",
selftests::command_structure_tests::command_structure_invariants_tests);
selftests::register_test
("essential_command_count",
selftests::essential_command_tests::essential_command_count_tests);
}