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author | Keith Seitz <keiths@redhat.com> | 2018-08-29 15:12:24 -0700 |
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committer | Keith Seitz <keiths@redhat.com> | 2018-08-29 15:12:24 -0700 |
commit | 078a020797210f4d8f9491bbfe16ec31e9efb652 (patch) | |
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C++ compile support
This patch adds *basic* support for C++ to the compile feature. It does
most simple type conversions, including everything that C compile does and
your basic "with-classes" type of C++.
I've written a new compile-support.exp support file which adds a new test
facility for automating and simplifying "compile print" vs "compile code"
testing. See testsuite/lib/compile-support.exp and CompileExpression
for more on that. The tests use this facility extensively.
This initial support has several glaring omissions:
- No template support at all
I have follow-on patches for this, but they add much complexity
to this "basic" support. Consequently, they will be submitted separately.
- Cannot print functions
The code template needs tweaking, and I simply haven't gotten to it yet.
- So-called "special function" support is not included
Using constructors, destructors, operators, etc will not work. I have
follow-on patches for that, but they require some work because of the
recent churn in symbol searching.
- There are several test suite references to "compile/1234" bugs.
I will file bugs and update the test suite's bug references before pushing
these patches.
The test suite started as a copy of the original C-language support, but
I have written tests to exercise the basic functionality of the plug-in.
I've added a new option for outputting debug messages for C++ type-conversion
("debug compile-cplus-types").
gdb/ChangeLog:
* Makefile.in (SUBDIR_GCC_COMPILE_SRCS): Add compile-cplus-symbols.c
and compile-cplus-types.c.
(HFILES_NO_SRCDIR): Add gcc-cp-plugin.h.
* c-lang.c (cplus_language_defn): Set C++ compile functions.
* c-lang.h (cplus_get_compile_context, cplus_compute_program):
Declare.
* compile/compile-c-support.c: Include compile-cplus.h.
(load_libcompile): Templatize.
(get_compile_context): "New" function.
(c_get_compile_context): Use get_compile_context.
(cplus_get_compile_context): New function.
(cplus_push_user_expression, cplus_pop_user_expression)
(cplus_add_code_header, cplus_add_input, cplus_compile_program)
(cplus_compute_program): Define new structs/functions.
* compile/compile-cplus-symmbols.c: New file.
* compile/compile-cplus-types.c: New file.
* compile/compile-cplus.h: New file.
* compile/compile-internal.h (debug_compile_oracle, GCC_TYPE_NONE):
Declare.
* compile/compile-object-load.c (get_out_value_type): Use
strncmp_iw when comparing symbol names.
(compile_object_load): Add mst_bss and mst_data.
* compile/compile.c (_initialize_compile): Remove
-Wno-implicit-function-declaration from `compile_args'.
* compile/gcc-cp-plugin.h: New file.
* NEWS: Mention C++ compile support and new debug options.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
* gdb.compile/compile-cplus-anonymous.cc: New file.
* gdb.compile/compile-cplus-anonymous.exp: New file.
* gdb.compile/compile-cplus-array-decay.cc: New file.
* gdb.compile/compile-cplus-array-decay.exp: New file.
* gdb.compile/compile-cplus-inherit.cc: New file.
* gdb.compile/compile-cplus-inherit.exp: New file.
* gdb.compile/compile-cplus-member.cc: New file.
* gdb.compile/compile-cplus-member.exp: New file.
* gdb.compile/compile-cplus-method.cc: New file.
* gdb.compile/compile-cplus-method.exp: New file.
* gdb.compile/compile-cplus-mod.c: "New" file.
* gdb.compile/compile-cplus-namespace.cc: New file.
* gdb.compile/compile-cplus-namespace.exp: New file.
* gdb.compile/compile-cplus-nested.cc: New file.
* gdb.compile/compile-cplus-nested.exp: New file.
* gdb.compile/compile-cplus-print.c: "New" file.
* gdb.compile/compile-cplus-print.exp: "New" file.
* gdb.compile/compile-cplus-virtual.cc: New file.
* gdb.compile/compile-cplus-virtual.exp: New file.
* gdb.compile/compile-cplus.c: "New" file.
* gdb.compile/compile-cplus.exp: "New" file.
* lib/compile-support.exp: New file.
doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo (Compiling and injecting code in GDB): Document
set/show "compile-oracle" and "compile-cplus-types" commands.
Diffstat (limited to 'gdb/NEWS')
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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
@@ -3,6 +3,14 @@ *** Changes since GDB 8.2 +* GDB now has experimental support for the compilation and injection of + C++ source code into the inferior. This beta release does not include + support for several language features, such as templates, constructors, + and operators. + + This feature requires GCC 7.1 or higher built with libcp1.so + (the C++ plug-in). + * GDB and GDBserver now support IPv6 connections. IPv6 addresses can be passed using the '[ADDRESS]:PORT' notation, or the regular 'ADDRESS:PORT' method. @@ -15,6 +23,12 @@ * New commands +set debug compile-cplus-types +show debug compile-cplus-types + Control the display of debug output about type conversion in the + C++ compile feature. Commands have no effect while compiliong + for other languages. + frame apply [all | COUNT | -COUNT | level LEVEL...] [FLAG]... COMMAND Apply a command to some frames. FLAG arguments allow to control what output to produce and how to handle |