[gdbserver] Fix trace-buffer-size.exp FAILs.
authorPedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
Mon, 2 Sep 2013 15:15:57 +0000 (15:15 +0000)
committerPedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
Mon, 2 Sep 2013 15:15:57 +0000 (15:15 +0000)
commit3aafd2ffb61b3afaba478449ec0dbe45f38dac40
tree44e4b383664229095564eb4a013464dde51db337
parent1e038f67a9e8644c3d18033fac4ebb69f70f1606
[gdbserver] Fix trace-buffer-size.exp FAILs.

I'm seeing trace-buffer-size.exp failing (with gdbserver):

  (gdb) PASS: gdb.trace/trace-buffer-size.exp: tstatus check 2
  show trace-buffer-size 4
  Requested size of trace buffer is 4.
  (gdb) PASS: gdb.trace/trace-buffer-size.exp: show trace buffer size
  set trace-buffer-size -1
  memory clobbered past end of allocated block
  Remote connection closed
  (gdb) FAIL: gdb.trace/trace-buffer-size.exp: set trace buffer size 2
  set trace-buffer-size unlimited
  (gdb) PASS: gdb.trace/trace-buffer-size.exp: set trace-buffer-size unlimited

That "memory clobbered past end of allocated block" is mcheck triggering.

Valgrind shows:

  ==23624== Invalid write of size 1
  ==23624==    at 0x418DD8: clear_trace_buffer (tracepoint.c:1443)
  ==23624==    by 0x418F3A: init_trace_buffer (tracepoint.c:1497)
  ==23624==    by 0x41D95B: cmd_bigqtbuffer_size (tracepoint.c:4061)
  ==23624==    by 0x41DEEC: handle_tracepoint_general_set (tracepoint.c:4193)

clear_trace_buffer does:

  static void
  clear_trace_buffer (void)
  {
    trace_buffer_start = trace_buffer_lo;
    trace_buffer_free = trace_buffer_lo;
    trace_buffer_end_free = trace_buffer_hi;
    trace_buffer_wrap = trace_buffer_hi;
    /* A traceframe with zeroed fields marks the end of trace data.  */
    ((struct traceframe *) trace_buffer_free)->tpnum = 0;
    ((struct traceframe *) trace_buffer_free)->data_size = 0;
    traceframe_read_count = traceframe_write_count = 0;
    traceframes_created = 0;
  }

And the tpnum+data_size fields are over 4 bytes...  This fixes it by
ensuring we allocate space at least for an EOB.  We have code
elsewhere that relies on the EOB being present (like e.g.,
find_traceframe), so this seems simplest.

gdb/gdbserver/
2013-09-02  Pedro Alves  <palves@redhat.com>

* tracepoint.c (TRACEFRAME_EOB_MARKER_SIZE): New macro.
(init_trace_buffer): Ensure at least TRACEFRAME_EOB_MARKER_SIZE is
allocated.
(trace_buffer_alloc): Use TRACEFRAME_EOB_MARKER_SIZE.
gdb/gdbserver/ChangeLog
gdb/gdbserver/tracepoint.c
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