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authorTom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>2016-06-03 14:11:08 -0600
committerTom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>2016-07-26 13:43:27 -0600
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PR python/20190 - compute TLS symbol without a frame
PR python/20190 arose from an exception I noticed when trying to use the Python unwinder for Spider Monkey in Firefox. The problem is that the unwinder wants to examine the value of a thread-local variable. However, sympy_value rejects this because symbol_read_needs_frame returns true for a TLS variable. This problem arose once before, though in a different context: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11803 At the time Pedro and Daniel pointed out a simpler way to fix that bug (see links in 20190 if you are interested); but for this new bug I couldn't think of a similar fix and ended up implementing Daniel's other suggestion: https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2010-07/msg00393.html That is, this patch makes it possible to detect whether a symbol needs a specific frame, or whether it just needs the inferior to have registers. Built and regtested on x86-64 Fedora 24. 2016-07-26 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com> * symtab.c (register_symbol_computed_impl): Update. PR python/20190: * value.h (symbol_read_needs): Declare. (symbol_read_needs_frame): Add comment. * symtab.h (struct symbol_computed_ops) <read_variable>: Update comment. <get_symbol_read_needs>: Rename. Change return type. * findvar.c (symbol_read_needs): New function. (symbol_read_needs_frame): Rewrite. (default_read_var_value): Use symbol_read_needs. * dwarf2loc.c (struct symbol_needs_baton): Rename. <needs>: Renamed from needs_frame. Changed type. (needs_frame_read_addr_from_reg, symbol_needs_get_reg_value) (symbol_needs_read_mem, symbol_needs_frame_base) (symbol_needs_frame_cfa, symbol_needs_tls_address) (symbol_needs_dwarf_call): Rename. (needs_dwarf_reg_entry_value): Update. (symbol_needs_ctx_funcs, dwarf2_loc_desc_get_symbol_read_needs): Rename and update. (locexpr_get_symbol_read_needs, loclist_symbol_needs): Likewise. (dwarf2_locexpr_funcs, dwarf2_loclist_funcs): Update. * defs.h (enum symbol_needs_kind): New. 2016-07-26 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com> PR python/20190: * gdb.threads/tls.exp (check_thread_local): Add python symbol test.
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/symtab.h b/gdb/symtab.h
index 6f00baf..9df4efb 100644
--- a/gdb/symtab.h
+++ b/gdb/symtab.h
@@ -629,7 +629,8 @@ struct symbol_computed_ops
frame FRAME. If the variable has been optimized out, return
zero.
- Iff `read_needs_frame (SYMBOL)' is zero, then FRAME may be zero. */
+ Iff `read_needs_frame (SYMBOL)' is not SYMBOL_NEEDS_FRAME, then
+ FRAME may be zero. */
struct value *(*read_variable) (struct symbol * symbol,
struct frame_info * frame);
@@ -640,8 +641,11 @@ struct symbol_computed_ops
struct value *(*read_variable_at_entry) (struct symbol *symbol,
struct frame_info *frame);
- /* Return non-zero if we need a frame to find the value of the SYMBOL. */
- int (*read_needs_frame) (struct symbol * symbol);
+ /* Find the "symbol_needs_kind" value for the given symbol. This
+ value determines whether reading the symbol needs memory (e.g., a
+ global variable), just registers (a thread-local), or a frame (a
+ local variable). */
+ enum symbol_needs_kind (*get_symbol_read_needs) (struct symbol * symbol);
/* Write to STREAM a natural-language description of the location of
SYMBOL, in the context of ADDR. */