There are targets GDB thinks support hardware watchpoints, but in reality they
don't. Though it may seem that hardware watchpoint creation was successful,
the actual insertion of such watchpoint will fail when GDB moves the inferior.
(gdb) watch -location q.a^M
Hardware watchpoint 2: -location q.a^M
(gdb) PASS: gdb.base/watch-bitfields.exp: -location watch against bitfields: watch -location q.a
watch -location q.e^M
Hardware watchpoint 3: -location q.e^M
(gdb) PASS: gdb.base/watch-bitfields.exp: -location watch against bitfields: watch -location q.e
print q.a^M
$1 = 0^M
(gdb) PASS: gdb.base/watch-bitfields.exp: -location watch against bitfields: q.a: 0->1: print expression before
continue^M
Continuing.^M
Warning:^M
Could not insert hardware watchpoint 2.^M
Could not insert hardware watchpoint 3.^M
Could not insert hardware breakpoints:^M
You may have requested too many hardware breakpoints/watchpoints.^M
^M
(gdb) FAIL: gdb.base/watch-bitfields.exp: -location watch against bitfields: q.a: 0->1: continue
This leads to a number of FAILs:
FAIL: gdb.base/watch-bitfields.exp: -location watch against bitfields: q.a: 0->1: continue
FAIL: gdb.base/watch-bitfields.exp: -location watch against bitfields: q.a: 0->1: print expression after
FAIL: gdb.base/watch-bitfields.exp: -location watch against bitfields: q.e: 0->5: continue
FAIL: gdb.base/watch-bitfields.exp: -location watch against bitfields: q.e: 0->5: print expression after
FAIL: gdb.base/watch-bitfields.exp: -location watch against bitfields: q.a: 1->0: print expression before
FAIL: gdb.base/watch-bitfields.exp: -location watch against bitfields: q.a: 1->0: continue
FAIL: gdb.base/watch-bitfields.exp: -location watch against bitfields: q.e: 5->4: print expression before
FAIL: gdb.base/watch-bitfields.exp: -location watch against bitfields: q.e: 5->4: continue
FAIL: gdb.base/watch-bitfields.exp: -location watch against bitfields: q.e: 5->4: print expression after
FAIL: gdb.base/watch-bitfields.exp: -location watch against bitfields: continue until exit
FAIL: gdb.base/watch-bitfields.exp: regular watch against bitfields: q.d + q.f + q.g: 0->4: continue
FAIL: gdb.base/watch-bitfields.exp: regular watch against bitfields: q.d + q.f + q.g: 0->4: print expression after
FAIL: gdb.base/watch-bitfields.exp: regular watch against bitfields: q.d + q.f + q.g: 4->10: print expression before
FAIL: gdb.base/watch-bitfields.exp: regular watch against bitfields: q.d + q.f + q.g: 4->10: continue
FAIL: gdb.base/watch-bitfields.exp: regular watch against bitfields: q.d + q.f + q.g: 4->10: print expression after
FAIL: gdb.base/watch-bitfields.exp: regular watch against bitfields: q.d + q.f + q.g: 10->3: print expression before
FAIL: gdb.base/watch-bitfields.exp: regular watch against bitfields: q.d + q.f + q.g: 10->3: continue
FAIL: gdb.base/watch-bitfields.exp: regular watch against bitfields: q.d + q.f + q.g: 10->3: print expression after
FAIL: gdb.base/watch-bitfields.exp: regular watch against bitfields: q.d + q.f + q.g: 3->2: print expression before
FAIL: gdb.base/watch-bitfields.exp: regular watch against bitfields: q.d + q.f + q.g: 3->2: continue
FAIL: gdb.base/watch-bitfields.exp: regular watch against bitfields: q.d + q.f + q.g: 3->2: print expression after
FAIL: gdb.base/watch-bitfields.exp: regular watch against bitfields: q.d + q.f + q.g: 2->1: print expression before
FAIL: gdb.base/watch-bitfields.exp: regular watch against bitfields: q.d + q.f + q.g: 2->1: continue
FAIL: gdb.base/watch-bitfields.exp: regular watch against bitfields: q.d + q.f + q.g: 2->1: print expression after
FAIL: gdb.base/watch-bitfields.exp: regular watch against bitfields: q.d + q.f + q.g: 1->0: print expression before
FAIL: gdb.base/watch-bitfields.exp: regular watch against bitfields: q.d + q.f + q.g: 1->0: continue
FAIL: gdb.base/watch-bitfields.exp: regular watch against bitfields: continue until exit
We can avoid these errors/FAILs by checking the board data and switching to
software watchpoints if the board does not support hardware watchpoints.
Regression tested on x86-64-linux and aarch64-linux (QEMU).
Ok?
2015-04-13 Luis Machado <lgustavo@codesourcery.com>
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog/
* gdb.base/watch-bitfields.exp: Switch to software watchpoints if
the target does not support hardware watchpoints.
---
gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/watch-bitfields.exp | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/watch-bitfields.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/watch-bitfields.exp
index 9d5293b..9f0192d 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/watch-bitfields.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/watch-bitfields.exp
@@ -77,5 +77,10 @@ proc test_regular_watch {} {
}
}
+# Disable hardware watchpoints if the target does not support it.
+if [target_info exists gdb,no_hardware_watchpoints] {
+ gdb_test_no_output "set can-use-hw-watchpoints 0"
+}
+
test_watch_location
test_regular_watch