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authorMarkus Metzger <markus.t.metzger@intel.com>2018-02-14 14:30:57 +0100
committerMarkus Metzger <markus.t.metzger@intel.com>2018-04-13 10:44:47 +0200
commit1d509aa625f891e20b37b8cee4659771e87b1ba4 (patch)
treefe552af320ac898cabcfaa37c709e324b3c96b25 /gdb/arch-utils.h
parent7a2711e437c50041c0a83761a90ea5e6c9ad8b98 (diff)
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infrun: step through indirect branch thunks
With version 7.3 GCC supports new options -mindirect-branch=<choice> -mfunction-return=<choice> The choices are: keep behaves as before thunk jumps through a thunk thunk-external jumps through an external thunk thunk-inline jumps through an inlined thunk For thunk and thunk-external, GDB would, on a call to the thunk, step into the thunk and then resume to its caller assuming that this is an undebuggable function. On a return thunk, GDB would stop inside the thunk. Make GDB step through such thunks instead. Before: Temporary breakpoint 1, main () at gdb.base/step-indirect-call-thunk.c:37 37 x = apply (inc, 41); (gdb) s apply (op=0x80483e6 <inc>, x=41) at gdb.base/step-indirect-call-thunk.c:29 29 return op (x); (gdb) 30 } After: Temporary breakpoint 1, main () at gdb.base/step-indirect-call-thunk.c:37 37 x = apply (inc, 41); (gdb) s apply (op=0x80483e6 <inc>, x=41) at gdb.base/step-indirect-call-thunk.c:29 29 return op (x); (gdb) inc (x=41) at gdb.base/step-indirect-call-thunk.c:23 23 return x + 1; This is independent of the step-mode. In order to step into the thunk, you would need to use stepi. When stepping over an indirect call thunk, GDB would first step through the thunk, then recognize that it stepped into a sub-routine and resume to the caller (of the thunk). Not sure whether this is worth optimizing. Thunk detection is implemented via gdbarch. I implemented the methods for IA. Other architectures may run into unexpected fails. The tests assume a fixed number of instruction steps to reach a thunk. This depends on the compiler as well as the architecture. They may need adjustments when we add support for more architectures. Or we can simply drop those tests that cover being able to step into thunks using instruction stepping. When using an older GCC, the tests will fail to build and will be reported as untested: Running .../gdb.base/step-indirect-call-thunk.exp ... gdb compile failed, \ gcc: error: unrecognized command line option '-mindirect-branch=thunk' gcc: error: unrecognized command line option '-mfunction-return=thunk' === gdb Summary === # of untested testcases 1 gdb/ * infrun.c (process_event_stop_test): Call gdbarch_in_indirect_branch_thunk. * gdbarch.sh (in_indirect_branch_thunk): New. * gdbarch.c: Regenerated. * gdbarch.h: Regenerated. * x86-tdep.h: New. * x86-tdep.c: New. * Makefile.in (ALL_TARGET_OBS): Add x86-tdep.o. (HFILES_NO_SRCDIR): Add x86-tdep.h. (ALLDEPFILES): Add x86-tdep.c. * arch-utils.h (default_in_indirect_branch_thunk): New. * arch-utils.c (default_in_indirect_branch_thunk): New. * i386-tdep: Include x86-tdep.h. (i386_in_indirect_branch_thunk): New. (i386_elf_init_abi): Set in_indirect_branch_thunk gdbarch function. * amd64-tdep: Include x86-tdep.h. (amd64_in_indirect_branch_thunk): New. (amd64_init_abi): Set in_indirect_branch_thunk gdbarch function. testsuite/ * gdb.base/step-indirect-call-thunk.exp: New. * gdb.base/step-indirect-call-thunk.c: New. * gdb.reverse/step-indirect-call-thunk.exp: New. * gdb.reverse/step-indirect-call-thunk.c: New.
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diff --git a/gdb/arch-utils.h b/gdb/arch-utils.h
index 3407a165e0d..b785b24643d 100644
--- a/gdb/arch-utils.h
+++ b/gdb/arch-utils.h
@@ -262,4 +262,9 @@ extern int default_print_insn (bfd_vma memaddr, disassemble_info *info);
extern CORE_ADDR gdbarch_skip_prologue_noexcept (gdbarch *gdbarch,
CORE_ADDR pc) noexcept;
+/* Default implementation of gdbarch_in_indirect_branch_thunk that returns
+ false. */
+extern bool default_in_indirect_branch_thunk (gdbarch *gdbarch,
+ CORE_ADDR pc);
+
#endif