Add a selftest that detects a 'corrupted' command tree structure in GDB.
The GDB data structure that records the GDB commands is made of
'struct cmd_list_element' defined in cli-decode.h.
A cmd_list_element has various pointers to other cmd_list_element structures,
All these pointers are together building a graph of commands.
However, when following the 'next' and '*prefixlist' pointers of
cmd_list_element, the structure must better be a tree.
If such pointers do not form a tree, then some other elements of
cmd_list_element cannot get a correct semantic. In particular, the prefixname
has no correct meaning if the same prefix command can be reached via 2 different
paths.
This commit introduces a selftest that detects (at least some cases of) errors
leading to 'next' and '*prefixlist' not giving a tree structure.
The new 'command_structure_invariants' selftest detects one single case where
the command structure is not a tree:
(gdb) maintenance selftest command_structure_invariants
Running selftest command_structure_invariants.
list 0x56362e204b98 duplicated, reachable via prefix 'show ' and 'info set '. Duplicated list first command is 'ada'
Self test failed: self-test failed at ../../classfix/gdb/unittests/command-def-selftests.c:160
Ran 1 unit tests, 1 failed
(gdb)
This was fixed by the previous commit.
2020-05-15 Philippe Waroquiers <philippe.waroquiers@skynet.be>
* unittests/help-doc-selftests.c: Rename to
unittests/command-def-selftests.c
* unittests/command-def-selftests.c (help_doc_tests): Update some
comments.
(command_structure_tests, traverse_command_structure): New namespace
and function.
(command_structure_invariants_tests): New function.
(_initialize_command_def_selftests) Renamed from
_initialize_help_doc_selftests, register command_structure_invariants
selftest.