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authorTom de Vries <tdevries@suse.de>2019-09-24 23:38:49 +0200
committerTom de Vries <tdevries@suse.de>2019-09-24 23:38:49 +0200
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[gdb/tdep] Handle mxcsr kernel bug on Intel Skylake CPUs
On my openSUSE Leap 15.1 x86_64 Skylake system with the default (4.12) kernel, I run into: ... FAIL: gdb.base/gcore.exp: corefile restored all registers ... The problem is that there's a difference in the mxcsr register value before and after the gcore command: ... - mxcsr 0x0 [ ] + mxcsr 0x400440 [ DAZ OM ] ... This can be traced back to amd64_linux_nat_target::fetch_registers, where xstateregs is partially initialized by the ptrace call: ... char xstateregs[X86_XSTATE_MAX_SIZE]; struct iovec iov; amd64_collect_xsave (regcache, -1, xstateregs, 0); iov.iov_base = xstateregs; iov.iov_len = sizeof (xstateregs); if (ptrace (PTRACE_GETREGSET, tid, (unsigned int) NT_X86_XSTATE, (long) &iov) < 0) perror_with_name (_("Couldn't get extended state status")); amd64_supply_xsave (regcache, -1, xstateregs); ... after which amd64_supply_xsave is called. The amd64_supply_xsave call is supposed to only use initialized parts of xstateregs, but due to a kernel bug on intel skylake (fixed from 4.14 onwards by commit 0852b374173b "x86/fpu: Add FPU state copying quirk to handle XRSTOR failure on Intel Skylake CPUs") it can happen that the mxcsr part of xstateregs is not initialized, while amd64_supply_xsave expects it to be initialized, which explains the FAIL mentioned above. Fix the undetermined behaviour by initializing xstateregs before calling ptrace, which makes sure we get a 0x0 for mxcsr when this kernel bug occurs, and which also happens to fix the FAIL. Furthermore, add an xfail for this FAIL which triggers the same kernel bug: ... FAIL: gdb.arch/amd64-init-x87-values.exp: check_setting_mxcsr_before_enable: \ check new value of MXCSR is still in place ... Both FAILs pass when using a 5.3 kernel instead on the system mentioned above. Tested on x86_64-linux. gdb/ChangeLog: 2019-09-24 Tom de Vries <tdevries@suse.de> PR gdb/23815 * amd64-linux-nat.c (amd64_linux_nat_target::fetch_registers): Initialize xstateregs before ptrace PTRACE_GETREGSET call. gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog: 2019-09-24 Tom de Vries <tdevries@suse.de> PR gdb/24598 * gdb.arch/amd64-init-x87-values.exp: Add xfail.
Diffstat (limited to 'gdb')
-rw-r--r--gdb/ChangeLog6
-rw-r--r--gdb/amd64-linux-nat.c6
-rw-r--r--gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog5
-rw-r--r--gdb/testsuite/gdb.arch/amd64-init-x87-values.exp19
4 files changed, 34 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 77aab76..ee53e9c 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2019-09-24 Tom de Vries <tdevries@suse.de>
+
+ PR gdb/23815
+ * amd64-linux-nat.c (amd64_linux_nat_target::fetch_registers):
+ Initialize xstateregs before ptrace PTRACE_GETREGSET call.
+
2019-09-23 Dimitar Dimitrov <dimitar@dinux.eu>
* NEWS: Mention new simulator port for PRU.
diff --git a/gdb/amd64-linux-nat.c b/gdb/amd64-linux-nat.c
index 4f1c98a..d0328b6 100644
--- a/gdb/amd64-linux-nat.c
+++ b/gdb/amd64-linux-nat.c
@@ -238,6 +238,12 @@ amd64_linux_nat_target::fetch_registers (struct regcache *regcache, int regnum)
char xstateregs[X86_XSTATE_MAX_SIZE];
struct iovec iov;
+ /* Pre-4.14 kernels have a bug (fixed by commit 0852b374173b
+ "x86/fpu: Add FPU state copying quirk to handle XRSTOR failure on
+ Intel Skylake CPUs") that sometimes causes the mxcsr location in
+ xstateregs not to be copied by PTRACE_GETREGSET. Make sure that
+ the location is at least initialized with a defined value. */
+ memset (xstateregs, 0, sizeof (xstateregs));
iov.iov_base = xstateregs;
iov.iov_len = sizeof (xstateregs);
if (ptrace (PTRACE_GETREGSET, tid,
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
index 37e323f..706c5da 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2019-09-24 Tom de Vries <tdevries@suse.de>
+
+ PR gdb/24598
+ * gdb.arch/amd64-init-x87-values.exp: Add xfail.
+
2019-09-22 Tom de Vries <tdevries@suse.de>
* gdb.base/restore.exp: Allow register variables to be optimized out at
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.arch/amd64-init-x87-values.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.arch/amd64-init-x87-values.exp
index cdf92dc..5fd18db 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.arch/amd64-init-x87-values.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.arch/amd64-init-x87-values.exp
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ proc_with_prefix check_x87_regs_around_init {} {
# nop that does not enable any FP features). Finally check that the
# mxcsr register still has the value we set.
proc_with_prefix check_setting_mxcsr_before_enable {} {
- global binfile
+ global binfile gdb_prompt
clean_restart ${binfile}
@@ -127,7 +127,22 @@ proc_with_prefix check_setting_mxcsr_before_enable {} {
gdb_test_no_output "set \$mxcsr=0x9f80" "set a new value for MXCSR"
gdb_test "stepi" "fwait" "step forward one instruction for mxcsr test"
- gdb_test "p/x \$mxcsr" " = 0x9f80" "check new value of MXCSR is still in place"
+
+ set test "check new value of MXCSR is still in place"
+ set pass_pattern " = 0x9f80"
+ # Pre-4.14 kernels have a bug (fixed by commit 0852b374173b "x86/fpu:
+ # Add FPU state copying quirk to handle XRSTOR failure on Intel Skylake
+ # CPUs") that causes mxcsr not to be copied, in which case we get 0 instead of
+ # the just saved value.
+ set xfail_pattern " = 0x0"
+ gdb_test_multiple "p/x \$mxcsr" $test {
+ -re "\[\r\n\]*(?:$pass_pattern)\[\r\n\]+$gdb_prompt $" {
+ pass $test
+ }
+ -re "\[\r\n\]*(?:$xfail_pattern)\[\r\n\]+$gdb_prompt $" {
+ xfail $test
+ }
+ }
}
# Start the test file, all FP features will be disabled. Set new