PR18617 - Incorrect expression bytecode generated for narrowing conversions
The existing code preserves 'from' bits, which is incorrect. E.g.
(gdb) maint agent-eval (char)255L
Scope: 0x4008d6
Reg mask: 00
0 const16 255
3 ext 64
5 end
'ext 64' should be 'ext 8'; this bytecode evaluates to 255 instead of
the correct result of -1. The fix is simple. I ran the entire test
suite on x86-64 and there were no new test failures.
gdb/ChangeLog:
2015-07-08 Robert O'Callahan <robert@ocallahan.org>
PR exp/18617
* ax-gdb.c (gen_conversion): Extend to 'to' bits, not 'from'.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
2015-07-08 Robert O'Callahan <robert@ocallahan.org>
PR exp/18617
* gdb.trace/ax.exp: Add test.