[PATCH] gcc-gdb-test.exp: Handle old GDB "short int" and "long int" types.
Jakub Jelinek
jakub@redhat.com
Mon Sep 22 10:05:00 GMT 2014
On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 11:21:25PM +0200, Mark Wielaard wrote:
> Old GDB might show short and long as short int and long int. This made
> gcc.dg/guality/const-volatile.c ans restrict.c fail on older GDBs.
> According to the patch that changed this in newer versions of GDB
> this was a bug: https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2012-09/msg00455.html
>
> The patch transforms the types "short int" and "long int" coming from
> GDB to plain "short" and "long". And a variant has been added to the
> const-volatile.c testcase to make sure short and long long are handled
> correctly now with older GDB.
>
> Tested against GDB 7.7.1 and 7.4.50.
>
> gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
>
> * lib/gcc-gdb-test.exp (gdb-test): Transform gdb types "short int"
> and "long int" to plain "short" and "long".
> * gcc.dg/guality/const-volatile.c (struct bar): New struct
> containing short and long long fields.
> (bar): New variable to test the type.
Ok, with a minor nit:
> --- a/gcc/testsuite/lib/gcc-gdb-test.exp
> +++ b/gcc/testsuite/lib/gcc-gdb-test.exp
> @@ -111,6 +111,10 @@ proc gdb-test { args } {
> # Squash all extra whitespace/newlines that gdb might use for
> # "pretty printing" into one so result is just one line.
> regsub -all {[\n\r\t ]+} $type " " type
> + # Old gdb might output "long int" instead of just "long"
> + # and "short int" instead of just "short". Canonicalize.
> + regsub -all {\mlong int\M} $type "long" type
> + regsub -all {\mshort int\M} $type "short" type
Please fix whitespace on the above 2 lines, should be tab + 4 spaces
instead of 12 spaces.
Jakub
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