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authorKevin Pouget <kpouget@sourceware.org>2011-12-23 17:06:16 +0000
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Introduce gdb.FinishBreakpoint in Python
* Makefile.in (SUBDIR_PYTHON_OBS): Add py-finishbreakpoint.o. (SUBDIR_PYTHON_SRCS): Add python/py-finishbreakpoint.c. Add build rule for this file. * infcmd.c (print_return_value): Split to create get_return_value. (get_return_value): New function based on print_return_value. Handle case where stop_registers are not set. * inferior.h (get_return_value): New prototype. * python/py-breakpoint.c (bppy_pending_object): Make non-static. (gdbpy_breakpoint_created): Set is_py_finish_bp is necessary. (struct breakpoint_object): Move to python-internal.h (BPPY_REQUIRE_VALID): Likewise. (BPPY_SET_REQUIRE_VALID): Likewise. (gdbpy_breakpoint_created): Initialize is_finish_bp. (gdbpy_should_stop): Add pre/post hooks before/after calling stop method. * python/python-internal.h (breakpoint_object_type): Add as extern. (bppy_pending_object): Likewise. (typedef struct breakpoint_object) Removed. (struct breakpoint_object): Moved from py-breakpoint.c. Add field is_finish_bp. (BPPY_REQUIRE_VALID): Moved from py-breakpoint.c. (BPPY_SET_REQUIRE_VALID): Likewise. (frame_object_to_frame_info): New prototype. (gdbpy_initialize_finishbreakpoints): New prototype. (bpfinishpy_is_finish_bp): Likewise. (bpfinishpy_pre_stop_hook): Likewise. (bpfinishpy_post_stop_hook): Likewise. * python/py-finishbreakpoint.c: New file. * python/py-frame.c(frame_object_to_frame_info): Make non-static and accept PyObject instead of frame_object. (frapy_is_valid): Don't cast to frame_object. (frapy_name): Likewise. (frapy_type): Likewise. (frapy_unwind_stop_reason): Likewise. (frapy_pc): Likewise. (frapy_block): Likewise. (frapy_function): Likewise. (frapy_older): Likewise. (frapy_newer): Likewise. (frapy_find_sal): Likewise. (frapy_read_var): Likewise. (frapy_select): Likewise. * python/python.c (gdbpy_is_stopped_at_finish_bp): New noop function. (_initialize_python): Add gdbpy_initialize_finishbreakpoints. * python/python.h: Include breakpoint.h (gdbpy_is_stopped_at_finish_bp): New prototype. doc/ * gdb.texinfo (Finish Breakpoints in Python): New subsection. (Python API): Add menu entry for Finish Breakpoints. testsuite/ * Makefile.in (EXECUTABLES): Add py-finish-breakpoint and py-finish-breakpoint2 (MISCALLANEOUS): Add py-events-shlib.so and py-events-shlib-nodebug.so * gdb.python/py-breakpoint.exp (mult_line): Define and use variable instead of line number. * gdb.python/py-finish-breakpoint.c: New file. * gdb.python/py-finish-breakpoint.exp: New file. * gdb.python/py-finish-breakpoint.py: New file. * gdb.python/py-finish-breakpoint2.cc: New file. * gdb.python/py-finish-breakpoint2.exp: New file. * gdb.python/py-finish-breakpoint2.py: New file.
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+2011-12-23 Kevin Pouget <kevin.pouget@st.com>
+
+ Introduce gdb.FinishBreakpoint in Python.
+ * gdb.texinfo (Finish Breakpoints in Python): New subsection.
+ (Python API): Add menu entry for Finish Breakpoints.
+
2011-12-19 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
* gdbint.texinfo (Testsuite): Describe KFAIL and XFAIL in Writing
diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
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@@ -21525,6 +21525,8 @@ situation, a Python @code{KeyboardInterrupt} exception is thrown.
* Symbol Tables In Python:: Python representation of symbol tables.
* Lazy Strings In Python:: Python representation of lazy strings.
* Breakpoints In Python:: Manipulating breakpoints using Python.
+* Finish Breakpoints in Python:: Setting Breakpoints on function return
+ using Python.
@end menu
@node Basic Python
@@ -24359,6 +24361,57 @@ commands, separated by newlines. If there are no commands, this
attribute is @code{None}. This attribute is not writable.
@end defvar
+@node Finish Breakpoints in Python
+@subsubsection Finish Breakpoints
+
+@cindex python finish breakpoints
+@tindex gdb.FinishBreakpoint
+
+A finish breakpoint is a temporary breakpoint set at the return address of
+a frame, based on the @code{finish} command. @code{gdb.FinishBreakpoint}
+extends @code{gdb.Breakpoint}. The underlying breakpoint will be disabled
+and deleted when the execution will run out of the breakpoint scope (i.e.@:
+@code{Breakpoint.stop} or @code{FinishBreakpoint.out_of_scope} triggered).
+Finish breakpoints are thread specific and must be create with the right
+thread selected.
+
+@defun FinishBreakpoint.__init__ (@r{[}frame@r{]} @r{[}, internal@r{]})
+Create a finish breakpoint at the return address of the @code{gdb.Frame}
+object @var{frame}. If @var{frame} is not provided, this defaults to the
+newest frame. The optional @var{internal} argument allows the breakpoint to
+become invisible to the user. @xref{Breakpoints In Python}, for further
+details about this argument.
+@end defun
+
+@defun FinishBreakpoint.out_of_scope (self)
+In some circumstances (e.g.@: @code{longjmp}, C@t{++} exceptions, @value{GDBN}
+@code{return} command, @dots{}), a function may not properly terminate, and
+thus never hit the finish breakpoint. When @value{GDBN} notices such a
+situation, the @code{out_of_scope} callback will be triggered.
+
+You may want to sub-class @code{gdb.FinishBreakpoint} and override this
+method:
+
+@smallexample
+class MyFinishBreakpoint (gdb.FinishBreakpoint)
+ def stop (self):
+ print "normal finish"
+ return True
+
+ def out_of_scope ():
+ print "abnormal finish"
+@end smallexample
+@end defun
+
+@defvar FinishBreakpoint.return_value
+When @value{GDBN} is stopped at a finish breakpoint and the frame
+used to build the @code{gdb.FinishBreakpoint} object had debug symbols, this
+attribute will contain a @code{gdb.Value} object corresponding to the return
+value of the function. The value will be @code{None} if the function return
+type is @code{void} or if the return value was not computable. This attribute
+is not writable.
+@end defvar
+
@node Lazy Strings In Python
@subsubsection Python representation of lazy strings.