8sa1-binutils-gdb/gdb/testsuite/gdb.mi/user-selected-context-sync.c
Tankut Baris Aktemur aa33ea6833 testsuite, mi: avoid a clang bug in 'user-selected-context-sync.exp'
This test causes several timeouts for Clang, taking too long time to
finish.  The reason is, for an infinite loop of the form

   while(1); /* suppose this is line 30.  */

Clang generates code that looks like

   0x00000000004004d4 <+4>:     jmp    0x4004d9 <loop+9>
   0x00000000004004d9 <+9>:     jmp    0x4004d9 <loop+9>

So, the real loop is the instruction at address 0x4004d9.  But a
breakpoint that's defined at the loop line (assume line 30 in this
case) is inserted at address 0x4004d4.

  (gdb) break 30
  Breakpoint 1 at 0x4004d4: file test.c, line 30.

Therefore, continuing a thread that was spinning on the loop does not hit
the breakpoint.  The bug is reported at

  https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=49614

Tweak the infinite loop to spin on a variable to avoid this bug.  The
test is unrelated to the bug.

gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
2021-03-29  Tankut Baris Aktemur  <tankut.baris.aktemur@intel.com>

	* gdb.mi/user-selected-context-sync.exp: Spin on a variable in
	the infinite loop to avoid a Clang bug.
2021-03-29 16:52:03 +02:00

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/* This testcase is part of GDB, the GNU debugger.
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*/
#include <pthread.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#define NUM_THREADS 2
static pthread_barrier_t barrier;
static void
child_sub_function (void)
{
/* Deliberately spin on a variable instead of plain 'while (1)' to
avoid the Clang bug https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=49614. */
int spin = 1;
while (spin); /* thread loop line */
}
static void *
child_function (void *args)
{
pthread_barrier_wait (&barrier);
child_sub_function (); /* thread caller line */
return NULL;
}
int
main (void)
{
int i = 0;
pthread_t threads[NUM_THREADS];
/* Make the test exit eventually. */
alarm (20);
/* Initialize the barrier, NUM_THREADS plus the main thread. */
pthread_barrier_init (&barrier, NULL, NUM_THREADS + 1);
for (i = 0; i < NUM_THREADS; i++)
pthread_create (&threads[i], NULL, child_function, NULL);
pthread_barrier_wait (&barrier);
/* Deliberately spin on a variable instead of plain 'while (1)' to
avoid the Clang bug https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=49614. */
int spin = 1;
while (spin); /* main break line */
return 0;
}