binutils-gdb/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
}

# 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.*"

# 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
}
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

# Rename the core file to "TESTFILE.corefile" 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"
} else {
    untested "can't generate a core file"
    return 0
}

# 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} 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 $corefile" "$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.  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
	    }
	}
    }
}

check_heap next $next_heap
check_heap prev $prev_heap