When running test-case gdb.arch/i386-pkru.exp on a machine with "Memory
Protection Keys for Userspace" support, we run into:
...
(gdb) PASS: gdb.arch/i386-pkru.exp: probe PKRU support
print $pkru^M
$2 =
1431655764^M
(gdb) FAIL: gdb.arch/i386-pkru.exp: pkru register
...
The test-case expects the $pkru register to have the default value 0, matching
the "init state" of 0 defined by the XSAVE hardware.
Since linux kernel version v4.9 containing commit
acd547b29880 ("x86/pkeys:
Default to a restrictive init PKRU"), the register is set to 0x55555554 by
default (which matches the printed decimal value above).
Fix the FAIL by accepting this value for linux.
Tested on x86_64-linux.
return
}
+set default_pkru_re 0x0
+if { [istarget *-*-linux*] } {
+ # Starting with v4.9, the linux kernel contains commit acd547b29880
+ # ("x86/pkeys: Default to a restrictive init PKRU"), which sets the
+ # pkru register to 0x55555554 by default.
+ set default_pkru_re (0x0|0x55555554)
+}
+
+
set comp_flags "-I${srcdir}/../nat/"
if { [prepare_for_testing "failed to prepare" ${testfile} ${srcfile} \
}
# Test pkru register at startup
-# set test_string "0"
-
-gdb_test "print \$pkru" "= 0" "pkru register"
+gdb_test "print /x \$pkru" "= $default_pkru_re" "pkru register"
# Read values from pseudo registers.
gdb_breakpoint [ gdb_get_line_number "break here 1" ]