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authorJan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>2008-03-24 15:16:12 +0000
committerJan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>2008-03-24 15:16:12 +0000
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Fix random false FAILs on i386.
* gdb.base/prelink.exp: Use `--no-exec-shield' for prelink.
-rw-r--r--gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog5
-rw-r--r--gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/prelink.exp12
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
index 669384e..e353733 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-03-24 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
+
+ Fix random false FAILs on i386.
+ * gdb.base/prelink.exp: Use `--no-exec-shield' for prelink.
+
2008-03-23 Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@codesourcery.com>
PR gdb/544
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/prelink.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/prelink.exp
index abdf927..4f6779f 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/prelink.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/prelink.exp
@@ -47,7 +47,15 @@ if { [gdb_compile "${srcdir}/${subdir}/${libsrcfile}" "${libfile}" executable [l
return -1
}
-if {[catch "system \"prelink -qNR ${libfile}\""] != 0} {
+# `--no-exec-shield' is for i386 where prelink in the exec-shield mode is
+# forced to push all the libraries tight together to fit into the first two
+# memory areas (either the ASCII Shield area or at least below the executable).
+# In this case its -R option cannot be applied and we falsely FAIL here as if
+# the system is already prelinked prelink has no choice how to randomize the
+# single new unprelinked library address without wasting the first one/two
+# memory areas. We do not care of the efficiency of loading such resulting
+# exec-shield unfriendly prelinked library.
+if {[catch "system \"prelink -qNR --no-exec-shield ${libfile}\""] != 0} {
# Maybe we don't have prelink.
return -1
}
@@ -92,7 +100,7 @@ if {[catch "system \"prelink -uN ${libfile}\""] != 0} {
untested "${testfile}.so was not prelinked, maybe system libraries are not prelinked?"
return 0
}
-catch "system \"prelink -qNR ${libfile}\""
+catch "system \"prelink -qNR --no-exec-shield ${libfile}\""
# Start with a fresh gdb