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| author | Tom de Vries <tdevries@suse.de> | 2020-02-04 17:36:17 +0100 |
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| committer | Tom de Vries <tdevries@suse.de> | 2020-02-04 17:36:17 +0100 |
| commit | f8dcc90b6030b641fa7b0b33e4203498bbb0f0e0 (patch) | |
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[gdb/testsuite] Add note to 'Race detection' entry in README
Add note to 'Race detection' entry in README about the possibility that
check-read1 makes failing tests pass.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
2020-02-04 Tom de Vries <tdevries@suse.de>
* README (Race detection): Add note.
Change-Id: I12ef2f0ec35abc5a0221585bf30e5f4f0616aa7c
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| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/testsuite/README | 7 |
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diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog index 8fcf67b..cd496e7 100644 --- a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog @@ -1,5 +1,9 @@ 2020-02-04 Tom de Vries <tdevries@suse.de> + * README (Race detection): Add note. + +2020-02-04 Tom de Vries <tdevries@suse.de> + * lib/gdb.exp (inferior_exited_re): Use "\[^\n\r\]*" instead of ".*". 2020-02-04 Tom de Vries <tdevries@suse.de> diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/README b/gdb/testsuite/README index 4795df1..3e42526 100644 --- a/gdb/testsuite/README +++ b/gdb/testsuite/README @@ -352,6 +352,13 @@ Examples: make -j10 check-read1 TESTS="*/paginate-*.exp" make -j10 check READ1="1" +Note: While the intention is to detect races and make otherwise passing tests +fail, it can also have the effect of making otherwise failing tests pass. +This happens f.i. if the test is trying to match a gdb prompt using an end of +input marker "${gdb_prompt} $" and there is output after the gdb prompt. This +may either pass or fail in normal operation, but using check-read1 will ensure +that it passes. + Testsuite Configuration *********************** |