[gdb/testsuite] Fix gdb.arch/altivec-regs.exp with gcc 4.8.5

On powerpc64le-linux, using gcc 4.8.5, I run into:
...
(gdb) PASS: gdb.arch/altivec-regs.exp: next (1)
next^M
11        c = vec_add (a, b);^M
(gdb) PASS: gdb.arch/altivec-regs.exp: next (2)
print/x a^M
$67 = {0xfefefefe, 0xfefefefe, 0xfefefefe, 0xfefefefe}^M
(gdb) FAIL: gdb.arch/altivec-regs.exp: print vector parameter a
...

Looking at the disassembly and the debug info, it's clear why there's
a FAIL.

The debug info says that the variable can be found at some stack location, but
the instructions don't seem to be writing there.

We can work around this by marking variable a volatile.  Likewise for b.

Note that marking the variables as volatile doesn't change the location
information.

Tested on power64le-linux.

diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.arch/altivec-regs.c b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.arch/altivec-regs.c
index 4d4fe3f5dbb783ead5665c613757ba1ca3a824be..8f3b729fe3f54de121ea92ebf025b5fa13470dd8 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.arch/altivec-regs.c
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.arch/altivec-regs.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 
 vector unsigned int
-vector_fun (vector unsigned int a, vector unsigned int b)
+vector_fun (volatile vector unsigned int a, volatile vector unsigned int b)
 {
   vector unsigned int c;
   a = ((vector unsigned int) vec_splat_u8(2));