gdb.python/py-unwind: Disable stack protection

[I made some typo fixes but forgot to amend my commit before sending the patch,
 hence this v2.]

I see the following failure on Ubuntu 16.04's gcc 5.4.0:

Running /home/emaisin/src/binutils-gdb/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-unwind.exp ...
FAIL: gdb.python/py-unwind.exp: continue to breakpoint: break backtrace-broken
FAIL: gdb.python/py-unwind.exp: Backtrace restored by unwinder (pattern 1)

The problem is that the test expects a very particular stack layout.
When stack protection is enabled, it adds a canary value which looks
like an additional local variable.  This makes the test complain about
a bad stack layout and fail.

The simple solution is to disable stack protection for that test using
-fno-stack-protector.  I checked older compilers (gcc 4.4, clang 3.5)
and they support that flag, so I don't think it's necessary to probe for
whether the compiler supports it.

Maybe a better solution would be to change the test to make it cope with
different stack layouts (perhaps it could save addresses of stuff in
some global variables which GDB/the unwinder would read).  I'll go with
the simple solution for now though.

gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:

	* gdb.python/py-unwind.exp: Disable stack protection when
	building test file.

diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
index eef141d14e2e9b1a0c01c0e1234003cf4de6db1d..273d1f78865fd86cce37b42aaf6ad38b5d6aa800 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2017-07-22  Simon Marchi  <simon.marchi@ericsson.com>
+
+       * gdb.python/py-unwind.exp: Disable stack protection when
+       building test file.
+
 2017-07-20  Pedro Alves  <palves@redhat.com>
 
        * gdb.base/default.exp (set language): Adjust expected output.

diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-unwind.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-unwind.exp
index 625b04c40e3afac3ab91f6e80641dc670d71d3c9..86e695cb9244e7951b525f1c426421482ca04651 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-unwind.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-unwind.exp
@@ -20,7 +20,12 @@ load_lib gdb-python.exp
 
 standard_testfile
 
-if { [prepare_for_testing "failed to prepare" ${testfile} ${srcfile}] } {
+# Stack protection can make the stack look a bit different, breaking the
+# assumptions this test has about its layout.
+
+set flags "additional_flags=-fno-stack-protector"
+
+if { [prepare_for_testing "failed to prepare" ${testfile} ${srcfile} "debug $flags"] } {
     return -1
 }