Discussion:
[pushed] (Ada) fix "error in expression" when using watch -location command
Joel Brobecker
2018-11-01 22:21:57 UTC
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Hello,

The "watch -l EXPR" command with the language set to Ada currently
fails with the following error:

(gdb) watch -l global_var
Error in expression, near ` 0x000000000062d2d8'.

The error occurs because GDB internally translate the request into
a watchpoint on a different expression: "* (TYPE *) ADDR" where
TYPE and ADDR are the type and the address of the object returned
by the expression's evaluation (resp.). So, in the example above,
global_var being an integer stored at 0x000000000062d2d8, GDB tries
to set a watchpoint on "* (integer *) 0x000000000062d2d8", which
fails, because we try to parse this expression with Ada, when
in fact it is not valid.

This patch fixes the issue by implementing the la_watch_location_expression
language method, using a syntax that the Ada parser recognizes
("{TYPE} ADDR").

gdb/ChangeLog:

* ada-lang.c (ada_watch_location_expression): New function.
(ada_language_defn): Set la_watch_location_expression to
ada_watch_location_expression.

gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:

* gdb.ada/watch_minus_l: New testcase.

Tested on x86_64-linux, pushed to master.

Thank you,
--
Joel

---
gdb/ChangeLog | 6 +++
gdb/ada-lang.c | 13 +++++-
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog | 4 ++
gdb/testsuite/gdb.ada/watch_minus_l.exp | 42 +++++++++++++++++++
.../gdb.ada/watch_minus_l/foo_ra10_006.adb | 22 ++++++++++
gdb/testsuite/gdb.ada/watch_minus_l/pck.adb | 21 ++++++++++
gdb/testsuite/gdb.ada/watch_minus_l/pck.ads | 22 ++++++++++
7 files changed, 129 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
create mode 100644 gdb/testsuite/gdb.ada/watch_minus_l.exp
create mode 100644 gdb/testsuite/gdb.ada/watch_minus_l/foo_ra10_006.adb
create mode 100644 gdb/testsuite/gdb.ada/watch_minus_l/pck.adb
create mode 100644 gdb/testsuite/gdb.ada/watch_minus_l/pck.ads

diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index d7cd56e88d4..a3271cccc05 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2018-11-01 Joel Brobecker <***@adacore.com>
+
+ * ada-lang.c (ada_watch_location_expression): New function.
+ (ada_language_defn): Set la_watch_location_expression to
+ ada_watch_location_expression.
+
2018-11-01 Joel Brobecker <***@adacore.com>

* print-utils.c (int_string): Remove unnecessary trailing spaces.
diff --git a/gdb/ada-lang.c b/gdb/ada-lang.c
index 1462271a710..7ff00a01475 100644
--- a/gdb/ada-lang.c
+++ b/gdb/ada-lang.c
@@ -565,6 +565,17 @@ ada_print_array_index (struct value *index_value, struct ui_file *stream,
fprintf_filtered (stream, " => ");
}

+/* la_watch_location_expression for Ada. */
+
+gdb::unique_xmalloc_ptr<char>
+ada_watch_location_expression (struct type *type, CORE_ADDR addr)
+{
+ type = check_typedef (TYPE_TARGET_TYPE (check_typedef (type)));
+ std::string name = type_to_string (type);
+ return gdb::unique_xmalloc_ptr<char>
+ (xstrprintf ("{%s} %s", name.c_str (), core_addr_to_string (addr)));
+}
+
/* Assuming VECT points to an array of *SIZE objects of size
ELEMENT_SIZE, grow it to contain at least MIN_SIZE objects,
updating *SIZE as necessary and returning the (new) array. */
@@ -14425,7 +14436,7 @@ extern const struct language_defn ada_language_defn = {
ada_print_array_index,
default_pass_by_reference,
c_get_string,
- c_watch_location_expression,
+ ada_watch_location_expression,
ada_get_symbol_name_matcher, /* la_get_symbol_name_matcher */
ada_iterate_over_symbols,
default_search_name_hash,
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
index 241bf80b9d6..0df75aa54f2 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2018-11-01 Joel Brobecker <***@adacore.com>
+
+ * gdb.ada/watch_minus_l: New testcase.
+
2018-11-01 Sangamesh Mallayya <***@in.ibm.com>

* gdb.arch/aix-sighandle.c: New file.
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.ada/watch_minus_l.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.ada/watch_minus_l.exp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b11d519ce0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.ada/watch_minus_l.exp
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# Copyright 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+load_lib "ada.exp"
+
+if { [skip_ada_tests] } { return -1 }
+
+standard_ada_testfile foo_ra10_006
+
+if {[gdb_compile_ada "${srcfile}" "${binfile}" executable {debug}] != ""} {
+ return -1
+}
+
+clean_restart ${testfile}
+
+set bp_location [gdb_get_line_number "START" ${testdir}/foo_ra10_006.adb]
+runto "foo_ra10_006.adb:$bp_location"
+
+# Insert a watchpoint on argument X
+
+gdb_test "watch -location pck.global_var" \
+ ".*atchpoint \[0-9\]+: -location pck.global_var"
+
+# Continue again. We should be stopped at the (internal) breakpoint
+# that we setup to delete the watchpoint as soon as the program leaves
+# the watchpoint scope.
+
+gdb_test "continue" \
+ "Continuing.*\[Ww\]atchpoint .*: .*New value = 1.*" \
+ "continue with watch -location"
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.ada/watch_minus_l/foo_ra10_006.adb b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.ada/watch_minus_l/foo_ra10_006.adb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7914c7503da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.ada/watch_minus_l/foo_ra10_006.adb
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+-- Copyright 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+--
+-- This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+-- it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+-- the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+-- (at your option) any later version.
+--
+-- This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+-- but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+-- MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+-- GNU General Public License for more details.
+--
+-- You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+-- along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+with Pck; use Pck;
+
+procedure Foo_RA10_006 is
+begin
+ Global_Var := Global_Var + 1; -- START
+ Do_Nothing (Global_Var'Address);
+end Foo_RA10_006;
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.ada/watch_minus_l/pck.adb b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.ada/watch_minus_l/pck.adb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dcfb3068d3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.ada/watch_minus_l/pck.adb
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+-- Copyright 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+--
+-- This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+-- it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+-- the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+-- (at your option) any later version.
+--
+-- This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+-- but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+-- MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+-- GNU General Public License for more details.
+--
+-- You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+-- along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package body Pck is
+ procedure Do_Nothing (A : System.Address) is
+ begin
+ null;
+ end Do_Nothing;
+end Pck;
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.ada/watch_minus_l/pck.ads b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.ada/watch_minus_l/pck.ads
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bf19b165c5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.ada/watch_minus_l/pck.ads
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+-- Copyright 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+--
+-- This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+-- it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+-- the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+-- (at your option) any later version.
+--
+-- This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+-- but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+-- MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+-- GNU General Public License for more details.
+--
+-- You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+-- along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+with System;
+
+package Pck is
+ Global_Var : Integer := 0;
+
+ procedure Do_Nothing (A : System.Address);
+end Pck;
--
2.17.1
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