Make gdb.arch/i386-biarch-core.exp more robust

This test attempts to load a x86 core file no matter what target
architectures the tested GDB supports. If GDB doesn't know how to handle
a i386 target, it is very likely the core file will not be recognized.

In this case we should still attempt to load a core file to make sure GDB
doesn't crash or throws an internal error.  But we should not proceed to
try to read memory unconditionally.

This patch makes the test check for proper i386 arch support in GDB and bails
out if i386 is not supported and the core file format is not recognized.

This addresses the spurious aarch64-elf failures i'm seeing for this test.

gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:

2017-02-13  Luis Machado  <lgustavo@codesourcery.com>

	* gdb.arch/i386-biarch-core.exp: Check for i386 arch support and
	return if core file is not recognized.

diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
index c1e53b77a0fa792e099d6f9f2471bd730a0aaf78..db1a4a5a672fcb96d42da3d1e857ddab0324454b 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2017-02-13  Luis Machado  <lgustavo@codesourcery.com>
+
+       * gdb.arch/i386-biarch-core.exp: Check for i386 arch support and
+       return if core file is not recognized.
+
 2017-02-10  Simon Marchi  <simon.marchi@ericsson.com>
 
        * gdb.base/new-ui.exp (do_test): Test queries behavior on main

diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.arch/i386-biarch-core.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.arch/i386-biarch-core.exp
index 4c5f4506209814a3f6e6581470f02e765cdc9188..fd7636979fb2dd3fcee0eda6f39eb121268e111b 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.arch/i386-biarch-core.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.arch/i386-biarch-core.exp
@@ -54,6 +54,18 @@ if {$corestat(size) != 102400} {
     return -1
 }
 
+# First check if this particular GDB supports i386, otherwise we should not
+# expect the i386 core file to be loaded successfully.
+set supports_arch_i386 1
+set test "complete set architecture i386"
+gdb_test_multiple $test $test {
+    -re "\r\nset architecture i386\r\n(.*\r\n)?$gdb_prompt $" {
+    }
+    -re "\r\n$gdb_prompt $" {
+        set supports_arch_i386 0
+    }
+}
+
 # Wrongly built GDB complains by:
 # "..." is not a core dump: File format not recognized
 # As the provided test core has 64bit PRSTATUS i386 built GDB cannot parse it.
@@ -62,7 +74,24 @@ if {$corestat(size) != 102400} {
 # objcopy as it corrupts the core file beyond all recognition.
 # The output therefore does not matter much, just we should not get GDB
 # internal error.
-gdb_test "core-file ${corefile}" ".*" "core-file"
+#
+# If this particular GDB does not support i386, it is expected GDB will not
+# recognize the core file.  If it does anyway, it should not crash.
+set test "load core file"
+gdb_test_multiple "core-file ${corefile}" $test {
+    -re "no core file handler recognizes format.*\r\n$gdb_prompt $" {
+       if { $supports_arch_i386 } {
+           fail $test
+       } else {
+           pass $test
+           untested ".text is readable (core file unrecognized)"
+           return
+       }
+    }
+    -re "\r\n$gdb_prompt $" {
+       pass $test
+    }
+}
 
 # Test if at least the core file segments memory has been loaded.
 # https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=457187