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authorPedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>2013-10-02 16:15:43 +0000
committerPedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>2013-10-02 16:15:43 +0000
commit936847f48dedfb3437f8271597b0177bc625515c (patch)
tree7760a7f05977f73fc575bcd61057ae935979aaa9 /gdb/frame.c
parent5f60e60da1519ec1ba4d8bd3bc78a3928fcc7cec (diff)
downloadgdb-936847f48dedfb3437f8271597b0177bc625515c.tar.gz
Print registers not saved in the frame as "<not saved>" instead of "<optimized out>".
Currently, in some scenarios, GDB prints <optimized out> when printing outer frame registers. An <optimized out> register is a confusing concept. What this really means is that the register is call-clobbered, or IOW, not saved by the callee. This patch makes GDB say that instead. Before patch: (gdb) p/x $rax $1 = <optimized out> (gdb) info registers rax rax <optimized out> After patch: (gdb) p/x $rax $1 = <not saved> (gdb) info registers rax rax <not saved> However, if for some reason the debug info describes a variable as being in such a register (**), we still want to print <optimized out> when printing the variable. IOW, <not saved> is reserved for inspecting registers at the machine level. The patch uses lval_register+optimized_out to encode the not saved registers, and makes it so that optimized out variables always end up in !lval_register values. ** See <https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2012-08/msg00787.html>. Current/recent enough GCC doesn't mark variables/arguments as being in call-clobbered registers in the ranges corresponding to function calls, while older GCCs did. Newer GCCs will just not say where the variable is, so GDB will end up realizing the variable is optimized out. frame_unwind_got_optimized creates not_lval optimized out registers, so by default, in most cases, we'll see <optimized out>. value_of_register is the function eval.c uses for evaluating OP_REGISTER (again, $pc, etc.), and related bits. It isn't used for anything else. This function makes sure to return lval_register values. The patch makes "info registers" and the MI equivalent use it too. I think it just makes a lot of sense, as this makes it so that when printing machine registers ($pc, etc.), we go through a central function. We're likely to need a different encoding at some point, if/when we support partially saved registers. Even then, I think value_of_register will still be the spot to tag the intention to print machine register values differently. value_from_register however may also return optimized out lval_register values, so at a couple places where we're computing a variable's location from a dwarf expression, we convert the resulting value away from lval_register to a regular optimized out value. Tested on x86_64 Fedora 17 gdb/ 2013-10-02 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> * cp-valprint.c (cp_print_value_fields): Adjust calls to val_print_optimized_out. * jv-valprint.c (java_print_value_fields): Likewise. * p-valprint.c (pascal_object_print_value_fields): Likewise. * dwarf2loc.c (dwarf2_evaluate_loc_desc_full) <DWARF_VALUE_REGISTER>: If the register was not saved, return a new optimized out value. * findvar.c (address_from_register): Likewise. * frame.c (put_frame_register): Tweak error string to say the register was not saved, rather than optimized out. * infcmd.c (default_print_one_register_info): Adjust call to val_print_optimized_out. Use value_of_register instead of get_frame_register_value. * mi/mi-main.c (output_register): Use value_of_register instead of get_frame_register_value. * valprint.c (valprint_check_validity): Likewise. (val_print_optimized_out): New value parameter. If the value is lval_register, print <not saved> instead. (value_check_printable, val_print_scalar_formatted): Adjust calls to val_print_optimized_out. * valprint.h (val_print_optimized_out): New value parameter. * value.c (struct value) <optimized_out>: Extend comment. (error_value_optimized_out): New function. (require_not_optimized_out): Use it. Use a different string for lval_register values. * value.h (error_value_optimized_out): New declaration. * NEWS: Mention <not saved>. gdb/testsuite/ 2013-10-02 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> * gdb.dwarf2/dw2-reg-undefined.exp <pattern_rax_rbx_rcx_print, pattern_rax_rbx_rcx_info>: Set to "<not saved>". * gdb.mi/mi-reg-undefined.exp (opt_out_pattern): Delete. (not_saved_pattern): New. Replace use of the former with the latter. gdb/doc/ 2013-10-02 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> * gdb.texinfo (Registers): Expand description of saved registers in frames. Explain <not saved>.
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diff --git a/gdb/frame.c b/gdb/frame.c
index eace738903f..59e31db692c 100644
--- a/gdb/frame.c
+++ b/gdb/frame.c
@@ -1143,7 +1143,7 @@ put_frame_register (struct frame_info *frame, int regnum,
frame_register (frame, regnum, &optim, &unavail,
&lval, &addr, &realnum, NULL);
if (optim)
- error (_("Attempt to assign to a value that was optimized out."));
+ error (_("Attempt to assign to a register that was not saved."));
switch (lval)
{
case lval_memory: