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Re: [patch] Fix python gdb.execute to not paginate
On Mon, 09 Aug 2010 19:30:32 +0200, Tom Tromey wrote:
> I think this should go on the 7.2 branch as well.
> It fixes a pretty serious bug in a feature that is new to 7.2.
Checked-in gdb_7_2-branch.
Minor rediff had to be done.
Thanks,
Jan
http://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-cvs/2010-08/msg00037.html
--- src/gdb/ChangeLog 2010/08/06 19:51:48 1.11973.2.27
+++ src/gdb/ChangeLog 2010/08/09 19:22:57 1.11973.2.28
@@ -1,3 +1,22 @@
+2010-08-09 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
+
+ * defs.h (make_cleanup_restore_uinteger, make_cleanup_restore_ui_file)
+ (make_cleanup_restore_page_info)
+ (set_batch_flag_and_make_cleanup_restore_page_info): New declarations.
+ * gdbcmd.h (execute_command_to_string): New declaration.
+ * python/python.c (struct restore_ui_file_closure, restore_ui_file)
+ (make_cleanup_restore_ui_file): Move to utils.c
+ (execute_gdb_command) <to_string>: Move ...
+ * top.c (execute_command_to_string): ... here. Call
+ set_batch_flag_and_make_cleanup_restore_page_info.
+ * utils.c (make_cleanup_restore_integer): New source file blank line.
+ (make_cleanup_restore_uinteger): New.
+ (struct restore_ui_file_closure, do_restore_ui_file)
+ (make_cleanup_restore_ui_file): Move here from python/python.c.
+ (init_page_info) <batch_flag>
+ (do_restore_page_info_cleanup, make_cleanup_restore_page_info)
+ (set_batch_flag_and_make_cleanup_restore_page_info): New.
+
2010-08-06 Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@codesourcery.com>
* thread.c (add_thread_silent): Use null_ptid instead of
--- src/gdb/defs.h 2010/06/26 06:44:47 1.275
+++ src/gdb/defs.h 2010/08/09 19:22:58 1.275.2.1
@@ -351,6 +351,10 @@
extern struct cleanup *make_cleanup_obstack_free (struct obstack *obstack);
extern struct cleanup *make_cleanup_restore_integer (int *variable);
+extern struct cleanup *make_cleanup_restore_uinteger (unsigned int *variable);
+
+extern struct cleanup *
+ make_cleanup_restore_ui_file (struct ui_file **variable);
extern struct cleanup *make_final_cleanup (make_cleanup_ftype *, void *);
@@ -383,6 +387,10 @@
extern void init_page_info (void);
+extern struct cleanup *make_cleanup_restore_page_info (void);
+extern struct cleanup *
+ set_batch_flag_and_make_cleanup_restore_page_info (void);
+
extern char *gdb_realpath (const char *);
extern char *xfullpath (const char *);
--- src/gdb/gdbcmd.h 2010/01/01 07:31:32 1.20
+++ src/gdb/gdbcmd.h 2010/08/09 19:22:58 1.20.4.1
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@
extern struct cmd_list_element *showchecklist;
extern void execute_command (char *, int);
+extern char *execute_command_to_string (char *p, int from_tty);
enum command_control_type execute_control_command (struct command_line *);
--- src/gdb/top.c 2010/07/27 19:13:11 1.181.2.1
+++ src/gdb/top.c 2010/08/09 19:22:58 1.181.2.2
@@ -458,6 +458,39 @@
}
}
+/* Run execute_command for P and FROM_TTY. Capture its output into the
+ returned string, do not display it to the screen. BATCH_FLAG will be
+ temporarily set to true. */
+
+char *
+execute_command_to_string (char *p, int from_tty)
+{
+ struct ui_file *str_file;
+ struct cleanup *cleanup;
+ char *retval;
+
+ /* GDB_STDOUT should be better already restored during these
+ restoration callbacks. */
+ cleanup = set_batch_flag_and_make_cleanup_restore_page_info ();
+
+ str_file = mem_fileopen ();
+
+ make_cleanup_restore_ui_file (&gdb_stdout);
+ make_cleanup_restore_ui_file (&gdb_stderr);
+ make_cleanup_ui_file_delete (str_file);
+
+ gdb_stdout = str_file;
+ gdb_stderr = str_file;
+
+ execute_command (p, from_tty);
+
+ retval = ui_file_xstrdup (str_file, NULL);
+
+ do_cleanups (cleanup);
+
+ return retval;
+}
+
/* Read commands from `instream' and execute them
until end of file or error reading instream. */
--- src/gdb/utils.c 2010/07/27 19:13:11 1.236.2.1
+++ src/gdb/utils.c 2010/08/09 19:22:58 1.236.2.2
@@ -339,6 +339,7 @@
/* Remember the current value of *VARIABLE and make it restored when the cleanup
is run. */
+
struct cleanup *
make_cleanup_restore_integer (int *variable)
{
@@ -352,6 +353,43 @@
xfree);
}
+/* Remember the current value of *VARIABLE and make it restored when the cleanup
+ is run. */
+
+struct cleanup *
+make_cleanup_restore_uinteger (unsigned int *variable)
+{
+ return make_cleanup_restore_integer ((int *) variable);
+}
+
+struct restore_ui_file_closure
+{
+ struct ui_file **variable;
+ struct ui_file *value;
+};
+
+static void
+do_restore_ui_file (void *p)
+{
+ struct restore_ui_file_closure *closure = p;
+
+ *(closure->variable) = closure->value;
+}
+
+/* Remember the current value of *VARIABLE and make it restored when
+ the cleanup is run. */
+
+struct cleanup *
+make_cleanup_restore_ui_file (struct ui_file **variable)
+{
+ struct restore_ui_file_closure *c = XNEW (struct restore_ui_file_closure);
+
+ c->variable = variable;
+ c->value = *variable;
+
+ return make_cleanup_dtor (do_restore_ui_file, (void *) c, xfree);
+}
+
struct cleanup *
make_my_cleanup2 (struct cleanup **pmy_chain, make_cleanup_ftype *function,
void *arg, void (*free_arg) (void *))
@@ -2034,6 +2072,12 @@
void
init_page_info (void)
{
+ if (batch_flag)
+ {
+ lines_per_page = UINT_MAX;
+ chars_per_line = UINT_MAX;
+ }
+ else
#if defined(TUI)
if (!tui_get_command_dimension (&chars_per_line, &lines_per_page))
#endif
@@ -2078,6 +2122,44 @@
set_width ();
}
+/* Helper for make_cleanup_restore_page_info. */
+
+static void
+do_restore_page_info_cleanup (void *arg)
+{
+ set_screen_size ();
+ set_width ();
+}
+
+/* Provide cleanup for restoring the terminal size. */
+
+struct cleanup *
+make_cleanup_restore_page_info (void)
+{
+ struct cleanup *back_to;
+
+ back_to = make_cleanup (do_restore_page_info_cleanup, NULL);
+ make_cleanup_restore_uinteger (&lines_per_page);
+ make_cleanup_restore_uinteger (&chars_per_line);
+
+ return back_to;
+}
+
+/* Temporarily set BATCH_FLAG and the associated unlimited terminal size.
+ Provide cleanup for restoring the original state. */
+
+struct cleanup *
+set_batch_flag_and_make_cleanup_restore_page_info (void)
+{
+ struct cleanup *back_to = make_cleanup_restore_page_info ();
+
+ make_cleanup_restore_integer (&batch_flag);
+ batch_flag = 1;
+ init_page_info ();
+
+ return back_to;
+}
+
/* Set the screen size based on LINES_PER_PAGE and CHARS_PER_LINE. */
static void
--- src/gdb/doc/ChangeLog 2010/07/30 14:40:59 1.1083.2.3
+++ src/gdb/doc/ChangeLog 2010/08/09 19:22:58 1.1083.2.4
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2010-08-09 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
+ Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
+
+ * gdb.texinfo (Mode Options) <-batch>
+ (Basic Python) <gdb.execute>: Describe setting width and height.
+
2010-07-30 Hui Zhu <teawater@gmail.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Inferiors and Programs): Update the introduce of
--- src/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo 2010/07/30 14:40:59 1.737.2.3
+++ src/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo 2010/08/09 19:22:59 1.737.2.4
@@ -1031,9 +1031,9 @@
command files specified with @samp{-x} (and all commands from
initialization files, if not inhibited with @samp{-n}). Exit with
nonzero status if an error occurs in executing the @value{GDBN} commands
-in the command files. Batch mode also disables pagination;
-@pxref{Screen Size} and acts as if @kbd{set confirm off} were in
-effect (@pxref{Messages/Warnings}).
+in the command files. Batch mode also disables pagination, sets unlimited
+terminal width and height @pxref{Screen Size}, and acts as if @kbd{set confirm
+off} were in effect (@pxref{Messages/Warnings}).
Batch mode may be useful for running @value{GDBN} as a filter, for
example to download and run a program on another computer; in order to
@@ -20432,7 +20432,9 @@
@value{GDBN}'s standard output. If the @var{to_string} parameter is
@code{True}, then output will be collected by @code{gdb.execute} and
returned as a string. The default is @code{False}, in which case the
-return value is @code{None}.
+return value is @code{None}. If @var{to_string} is @code{True}, the
+@value{GDBN} virtual terminal will be temporarily set to unlimited width
+and height, and its pagination will be disabled; @pxref{Screen Size}.
@end defun
@findex gdb.breakpoints
--- src/gdb/python/python.c 2010/06/28 21:16:03 1.44
+++ src/gdb/python/python.c 2010/08/09 19:22:59 1.44.2.1
@@ -309,33 +309,6 @@
return PyUnicode_Decode (cset, strlen (cset), host_charset (), NULL);
}
-struct restore_ui_file_closure
-{
- struct ui_file **variable;
- struct ui_file *value;
-};
-
-static void
-restore_ui_file (void *p)
-{
- struct restore_ui_file_closure *closure = p;
-
- *(closure->variable) = closure->value;
-}
-
-/* Remember the current value of *VARIABLE and make it restored when
- the cleanup is run. */
-struct cleanup *
-make_cleanup_restore_ui_file (struct ui_file **variable)
-{
- struct restore_ui_file_closure *c = XNEW (struct restore_ui_file_closure);
-
- c->variable = variable;
- c->value = *variable;
-
- return make_cleanup_dtor (restore_ui_file, (void *) c, xfree);
-}
-
/* A Python function which evaluates a string using the gdb CLI. */
static PyObject *
@@ -376,27 +349,15 @@
/* Copy the argument text in case the command modifies it. */
char *copy = xstrdup (arg);
struct cleanup *cleanup = make_cleanup (xfree, copy);
- struct ui_file *str_file = NULL;
if (to_string)
+ result = execute_command_to_string (copy, from_tty);
+ else
{
- str_file = mem_fileopen ();
-
- make_cleanup_restore_ui_file (&gdb_stdout);
- make_cleanup_restore_ui_file (&gdb_stderr);
- make_cleanup_ui_file_delete (str_file);
-
- gdb_stdout = str_file;
- gdb_stderr = str_file;
+ result = NULL;
+ execute_command (copy, from_tty);
}
- execute_command (copy, from_tty);
-
- if (str_file)
- result = ui_file_xstrdup (str_file, NULL);
- else
- result = NULL;
-
do_cleanups (cleanup);
}
GDB_PY_HANDLE_EXCEPTION (except);
--- src/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog 2010/07/27 23:21:07 1.2376.2.8
+++ src/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog 2010/08/09 19:22:59 1.2376.2.9
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2010-08-09 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
+
+ * gdb.python/python.exp (show height, set height 10)
+ (verify pagination beforehand, verify pagination beforehand: q)
+ (gdb.execute does not page, verify pagination afterwards)
+ (verify pagination afterwards: q): New.
+
2010-07-27 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
* gdb.base/help.exp (help disassemble): Update the content.
--- src/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/python.exp 2010/06/25 18:15:18 1.9
+++ src/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/python.exp 2010/08/09 19:23:00 1.9.2.1
@@ -87,3 +87,26 @@
gdb_test_no_output \
"python x = gdb.execute('printf \"%d\", 23', to_string = True)"
gdb_test "python print x" "23"
+
+# Test (no) pagination of the executed command.
+gdb_test "show height" {Number of lines gdb thinks are in a page is unlimited\.}
+set lines 10
+gdb_test_no_output "set height $lines"
+
+set test "verify pagination beforehand"
+gdb_test_multiple "python print \"\\n\" * $lines" $test {
+ -re "---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit---$" {
+ pass $test
+ }
+}
+gdb_test "q" "Quit" "verify pagination beforehand: q"
+
+gdb_test "python if gdb.execute('python print \"\\\\n\" * $lines', to_string=True) == \"\\n\" * [expr $lines + 1]: print \"yes\"" "yes" "gdb.execute does not page"
+
+set test "verify pagination afterwards"
+gdb_test_multiple "python print \"\\n\" * $lines" $test {
+ -re "---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit---$" {
+ pass $test
+ }
+}
+gdb_test "q" "Quit" "verify pagination afterwards: q"