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-rw-r--r--gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog7
-rw-r--r--gdb/testsuite/README10
-rw-r--r--gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/break-interp.exp6
-rw-r--r--gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/dump.exp4
-rw-r--r--gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp30
5 files changed, 53 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
index 636800f..76ffd632 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2019-03-22 Alan Hayward <alan.hayward@arm.com>
+
+ * README: Add pie options.
+ * gdb.base/break-interp.exp: Ensure pie is disabled.
+ * gdb.base/dump.exp: Likewise.
+ * lib/gdb.exp (gdb_compile): Add pie option.
+
2019-03-19 Tom Tromey <tromey@adacore.com>
* gdb.mi/mi2-cli-display.c: New file.
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/README b/gdb/testsuite/README
index b5e75b9..db90ea4 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/README
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/README
@@ -482,6 +482,16 @@ gdb,no_thread_names
The target doesn't support thread names.
+gdb,pie_flag
+
+ The flag required to force the compiler to produce position-independent
+ executables.
+
+gdb,pie_ldflag
+
+ The flag required to force the linker to produce position-independent
+ executables.
+
gdb,nopie_flag
The flag required to force the compiler to produce non-position-independent
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/break-interp.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/break-interp.exp
index f85e8a6..51e31f6 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/break-interp.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/break-interp.exp
@@ -625,8 +625,10 @@ foreach ldprelink {NO YES} {
lappend opts {debug}
}
if {$binpie != "NO"} {
- lappend opts {additional_flags=-fPIE}
- lappend opts {ldflags=-pie}
+ lappend opts {pie}
+ } else {
+ # Debian9/Ubuntu16.10 onwards default to PIE enabled. Ensure it is disabled.
+ lappend opts {nopie}
}
set dir ${exec}.d
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/dump.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/dump.exp
index 44b0988..52ba5f8 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/dump.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/dump.exp
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ if {[istarget "spu*-*-*"]} then {
set is64bitonly "yes"
}
+# Debian9/Ubuntu16.10 onwards default to PIE enabled. Ensure it is disabled as
+# this causes addresses to be out of range for IHEX.
+lappend options {nopie}
+
if { [gdb_compile "${srcdir}/${subdir}/${srcfile}" "${binfile}" executable ${options}] != "" } {
untested "failed to compile"
return -1
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp b/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp
index f13f909..6800c74 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp
@@ -3461,6 +3461,7 @@ set gdb_saved_set_unbuffered_mode_obj ""
# dynamically load libraries at runtime. For example, on Linux, this adds
# -ldl so that the test can use dlopen.
# - nowarnings: Inhibit all compiler warnings.
+# - pie: Force creation of PIE executables.
# - nopie: Prevent creation of PIE executables.
#
# And here are some of the not too obscure options understood by DejaGnu that
@@ -3599,8 +3600,33 @@ proc gdb_compile {source dest type options} {
set options [lreplace $options $nowarnings $nowarnings $flag]
}
- # Replace the "nopie" option with the appropriate additional_flags
- # to disable PIE executables.
+ # Replace the "pie" option with the appropriate compiler and linker flags
+ # to enable PIE executables.
+ set pie [lsearch -exact $options pie]
+ if {$pie != -1} {
+ if [target_info exists gdb,pie_flag] {
+ set flag "additional_flags=[target_info gdb,pie_flag]"
+ } else {
+ # For safety, use fPIE rather than fpie. On AArch64, m68k, PowerPC
+ # and SPARC, fpie can cause compile errors due to the GOT exceeding
+ # a maximum size. On other architectures the two flags are
+ # identical (see the GCC manual). Note Debian9 and Ubuntu16.10
+ # onwards default GCC to using fPIE. If you do require fpie, then
+ # it can be set using the pie_flag.
+ set flag "additional_flags=-fPIE"
+ }
+ set options [lreplace $options $pie $pie $flag]
+
+ if [target_info exists gdb,pie_ldflag] {
+ set flag "ldflags=[target_info gdb,pie_ldflag]"
+ } else {
+ set flag "ldflags=-pie"
+ }
+ lappend options "$flag"
+ }
+
+ # Replace the "nopie" option with the appropriate linker flag to disable
+ # PIE executables. There are no compiler flags for this option.
set nopie [lsearch -exact $options nopie]
if {$nopie != -1} {
if [target_info exists gdb,nopie_flag] {