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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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diff --git a/gdb/value.h b/gdb/value.h
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--- a/gdb/value.h
+++ b/gdb/value.h
@@ -672,6 +672,13 @@ extern struct value *value_of_register (int regnum, struct frame_info *frame);
struct value *value_of_register_lazy (struct frame_info *frame, int regnum);
+/* Return the symbol's reading requirement. */
+
+extern enum symbol_needs_kind symbol_read_needs (struct symbol *);
+
+/* Return true if the symbol needs a frame. This is a wrapper for
+ symbol_read_needs that simply checks for SYMBOL_NEEDS_FRAME. */
+
extern int symbol_read_needs_frame (struct symbol *);
extern struct value *read_var_value (struct symbol *var,