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authorJoel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>2014-11-21 04:59:35 +0100
committerJoel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>2014-12-13 08:26:31 -0500
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Lift DWARF unwinder restriction in dwarf2-frame.c::dwarf2_frame_cfa
GDB is currently broken on all SPARC targets when using GCC 4.9. When trying to print any local variable: (gdb) p x can't compute CFA for this frame This is related to the fact that the compiler now generates DWARF 4 debugging info by default, and in particular that it now emits DW_OP_call_frame_cfa, which triggers a limitation in dwarf2_frame_cfa: /* This restriction could be lifted if other unwinders are known to compute the frame base in a way compatible with the DWARF unwinder. */ if (!frame_unwinder_is (this_frame, &dwarf2_frame_unwind) && !frame_unwinder_is (this_frame, &dwarf2_tailcall_frame_unwind)) error (_("can't compute CFA for this frame")); We couldn't append the dwarf2 unwinder to all SPARC targets because it does not work properly with StackGhost: https://www.sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2014-07/msg00012.html We also later discovered that using the DWARF2 unwinder means using it for computing the function's return address, which is buggy when it comes to functions returning a struct (where the return address is saved-pc+12 instead of saved-pc+8). This is because GCC is emitting the info about the return address as %o7/%i7 instead of the actual return address. For functions that have debugging info, we compensate by looking at the function's return type and add the extra +4, but for function without debug info, we're stuck. EricB and I twisted the issue in all the directions we could think of, and unfortunately couldn't find a way to make it work without introduction one regression or another. But, stepping back a little, just removing the restriction seems to work well for us on all both sparc-elf and {sparc,sparc64}-solaris. After reviewing the previous discussions about this test, I could not figure out whether some unwinders were already known to have incompatible CFAs or if the concern was purely theoretical: https://www.sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2009-06/msg00191.html https://www.sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2009-07/msg00570.html https://www.sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2009-09/msg00027.html At the moment, we took the approach of trying it out, and see what happens... gdb/ChangeLog: PR backtrace/16215: * dwarf2-frame.c (dwarf2_frame_cfa): Remove the restriction the frame unwinder must either be the dwarf2_frame_unwind or the dwarf2_tailcall_frame_unwind. Verify that this_frame's stack_addr is valid before calling get_frame_base. Throw an error if not valid. Tested on sparc-solaris and sparc-elf with AdaCore's testsuite (the FSF testsuite crashes all of AdaCore's solaris machines).
Diffstat (limited to 'gdb')
-rw-r--r--gdb/dwarf2-frame.c12
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/dwarf2-frame.c b/gdb/dwarf2-frame.c
index 199ccea..f2053f4 100644
--- a/gdb/dwarf2-frame.c
+++ b/gdb/dwarf2-frame.c
@@ -1510,12 +1510,12 @@ dwarf2_frame_cfa (struct frame_info *this_frame)
throw_error (NOT_AVAILABLE_ERROR,
_("can't compute CFA for this frame: "
"required registers or memory are unavailable"));
- /* This restriction could be lifted if other unwinders are known to
- compute the frame base in a way compatible with the DWARF
- unwinder. */
- if (!frame_unwinder_is (this_frame, &dwarf2_frame_unwind)
- && !frame_unwinder_is (this_frame, &dwarf2_tailcall_frame_unwind))
- error (_("can't compute CFA for this frame"));
+
+ if (get_frame_id (this_frame).stack_status != FID_STACK_VALID)
+ throw_error (NOT_AVAILABLE_ERROR,
+ _("can't compute CFA for this frame: "
+ "frame base not available"));
+
return get_frame_base (this_frame);
}