gdb/riscv: Create each unique target description only once

GDB relies on the fact that if two target descriptions have the same
contents, then they will be the same object instance (having the same
address).  One place where this is a requirement is in
GDBARCH_LIST_LOOKUP_BY_INFO which is used to find previously created
gdbarch objects.

In GDBARCH_LIST_LOOKUP_BY_INFO a pointer comparison is made on the
gdbarch's target description, if the pointers are different then it is
assumed the gdbarches have different, non-compatible target
descriptions.

Previously we would create duplicate target descriptions in the belief
that RISCV_GDBARCH_INIT would spot this duplication and discard the
second instance.  However, this was incorrect, and instead we ended up
creating duplicate gdbarch objects.

With this commit every unique feature set will create one and only one
target description, the feature set and resulting target description
is then cached so that the same target description object can be
returned later.

Many other target avoid this problem by creating a small number of
named target descriptions, and returning one of these.  However, we
currently have 8 possible target descriptions (32 vs 64 bit for x-reg
and f-reg, and h/w or s/w float abi) and creating each of these just
to avoid a dynamic cache seems pointless.

gdb/ChangeLog:

	* arch/riscv.h (riscv_gdbarch_features::hash): New method.
	* arch/riscv.c (struct riscv_gdbarch_features_hasher): New.
	(riscv_tdesc_cache): New global.
	(riscv_create_target_description): Look in the cache before
	creating a new target description.

diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 306e1a1132cb3e72635c5479a06c524893e63947..666f0783e29d55f169f200fc266f40b65521b572 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2018-11-30  Andrew Burgess  <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com>
+
+       * arch/riscv.h (riscv_gdbarch_features::hash): New method.
+       * arch/riscv.c (struct riscv_gdbarch_features_hasher): New.
+       (riscv_tdesc_cache): New global.
+       (riscv_create_target_description): Look in the cache before
+       creating a new target description.
+
 2018-11-30  Andrew Burgess  <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com>
 
        * arch/riscv.h (riscv_gdb_features::operator==): New.

diff --git a/gdb/arch/riscv.c b/gdb/arch/riscv.c
index cb715fabb1f48b459a90728ecb36e2d37fc43304..81fd2f2f60f13ddf37e81bb226a5b3869f1531bf 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/arch/riscv.c
+++ b/gdb/arch/riscv.c
@@ -18,17 +18,45 @@
 #include "common-defs.h"
 #include "riscv.h"
 #include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unordered_map>
 
 #include "../features/riscv/32bit-cpu.c"
 #include "../features/riscv/64bit-cpu.c"
 #include "../features/riscv/32bit-fpu.c"
 #include "../features/riscv/64bit-fpu.c"
 
+/* Wrapper used by std::unordered_map to generate hash for feature set.  */
+struct riscv_gdbarch_features_hasher
+{
+  std::size_t
+  operator() (const riscv_gdbarch_features &features) const noexcept
+  {
+    return features.hash ();
+  }
+};
+
+/* Cache of previously seen target descriptions, indexed by the feature set
+   that created them.  */
+static std::unordered_map<riscv_gdbarch_features,
+                          target_desc *,
+                          riscv_gdbarch_features_hasher> riscv_tdesc_cache;
+
 /* See arch/riscv.h.  */
 
 const target_desc *
 riscv_create_target_description (struct riscv_gdbarch_features features)
 {
+  /* Have we seen this feature set before?  If we have return the same
+     target description.  GDB expects that if two target descriptions are
+     the same (in content terms) then they will actually be the same
+     instance.  This is important when trying to lookup gdbarch objects as
+     GDBARCH_LIST_LOOKUP_BY_INFO performs a pointer comparison on target
+     descriptions to find candidate gdbarch objects.  */
+  const auto it = riscv_tdesc_cache.find (features);
+  if (it != riscv_tdesc_cache.end ())
+    return it->second;
+
+  /* Now we should create a new target description.  */
   target_desc *tdesc = allocate_target_description ();
 
 #ifndef IN_PROCESS_AGENT
@@ -65,5 +93,8 @@ riscv_create_target_description (struct riscv_gdbarch_features features)
   else if (features.flen == 8)
     regnum = create_feature_riscv_64bit_fpu (tdesc, regnum);
 
+  /* Add to the cache.  */
+  riscv_tdesc_cache.emplace (features, tdesc);
+
   return tdesc;
 }

diff --git a/gdb/arch/riscv.h b/gdb/arch/riscv.h
index be41828eff67a1f5af59ad08e970b9706e76f0cf..79f5ec622d4fc80972bb58e8ee0941c722e1c53f 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/arch/riscv.h
+++ b/gdb/arch/riscv.h
@@ -66,6 +66,15 @@ struct riscv_gdbarch_features
   {
     return !((*this) == rhs);
   }
+
+  /* Used by std::unordered_map to hash feature sets.  */
+  std::size_t hash () const noexcept
+  {
+    std::size_t val = ((xlen & 0x1f) << 6
+                       | (flen & 0x1f) << 1
+                       | (hw_float_abi ? 1 : 0));
+    return val;
+  }
 };
 
 /* Create and return a target description that is compatible with