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error/internal-error printing local variable during "bt full".
One of our users reported an internal error using the "bt full" command. In their situation, reproducing involved the following scenario: (gdb) frame 1 (gdb) bt full #0 0xf7783430 in __kernel_vsyscall () No symbol table info available. #1 0xf5550aeb in waitpid () at ../sysdeps/unix/syscall-template.S:81 No locals. [...] #6 0x0fe83139 in xxxx (arg=...) [...some locals printed, and then...] <S17b> = [...]/dwarf2loc.c:364: internal-error: dwarf_expr_frame_base: Assertion `framefunc != NULL' failed. As shown above, the error happens while GDB is trying to print the value of <S17b>, which is a local string internally generated by the compiler. For that, it finds that the array lives in memory, and therefore tries to create a struct value for it via: case DWARF_VALUE_MEMORY: { CORE_ADDR address = dwarf_expr_fetch_address (ctx, 0); [...] retval = value_at_lazy (type, address + byte_offset); Unfortunately for us, TYPE happens to be an array whose bounds are dynamic. More precisely, the bounds of our arrays are described in the debugging info as being... <4><2c1985e>: Abbrev Number: 33 (DW_TAG_subrange_type) <2c1985f> DW_AT_type : <0x2c1989c> <2c19863> DW_AT_lower_bound : <0x2c19835> <2c19867> DW_AT_upper_bound : <0x2c19841> ... which are references to a pair of local variables. For instance, the lower bound is a reference to the following DIE <3><2c19835>: Abbrev Number: 32 (DW_TAG_variable) <2c19836> DW_AT_name : [...] <2c1983a> DW_AT_type : <0x2c198b4> <2c1983e> DW_AT_artificial : 1 <2c1983e> DW_AT_location : 2 byte block: 91 58 (DW_OP_fbreg: -40) As a result of the above, value_at_lazy indirectly triggers a resolution of TYPE (via value_from_contents_and_address), which means a resolution of TYPE's bounds, and as seen in the DW_AT_location attribute above for our bounds, computing the bound's location requires the frame (its location expression uses DW_OP_fbreg). Unfortunately for us, value_at_lazy does not get passed a frame, we've lost the relevant frame when we try to resolve the array's bounds. Instead, resolve_dynamic_range gets calls dwarf2_evaluate_property with NULL as the frame: static struct type * resolve_dynamic_range (struct type *dyn_range_type, struct property_addr_info *addr_stack) { [...] if (dwarf2_evaluate_property (prop, NULL, addr_stack, &value)) ^^^^ ... which then handles this by using the selected frame instead: if (frame == NULL && has_stack_frames ()) frame = get_selected_frame (NULL); In our case, the selected frame happens to be frame #1, which is a frame where we have a minimal amount of debugging info, and in particular, no debug info for the function itself. And because of that, when we try to determine the frame's base... static void dwarf_expr_frame_base (void *baton, const gdb_byte **start, size_t * length) { struct dwarf_expr_baton *debaton = (struct dwarf_expr_baton *) baton; const struct block *bl = get_frame_block (debaton->frame, NULL); [...] framefunc = block_linkage_function (bl); ... framefunc ends up being NULL, which triggers the assert in that same function: gdb_assert (framefunc != NULL); This patches avoids the issue by temporarily setting the selected_frame before printing the locals of each frames. This patch also adds a small testcase, which reproduces the same issue, but with a slightly different outcome: (gdb) bt full #0 0x000000000040049a in opaque_routine () No symbol table info available. #1 0x0000000000400532 in main () at wrong_frame_bt_full-main.c:20 my_table_size = 3 my_table = <error reading variable my_table (frame address is not available.)> With this patch, the output becomes: (gdb) bt full [...] my_table = {0, 1, 2} gdb/ChangeLog: * stack.c (print_frame_local_vars): Temporarily set the selected frame to FRAME while printing the frame's local variables. gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog: * gdb.base/wrong_frame_bt_full-main.c: New file. * gdb.base/wrong_frame_bt_full-opaque.c: New file. * gdb.base/wrong_frame_bt_full.exp: New file.
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gdb/ChangeLog

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2015-11-23 Joel Brobecker <[email protected]>
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* stack.c (print_frame_local_vars): Temporarily set the selected
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frame to FRAME while printing the frame's local variables.
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* amd64-windows-tdep.c (amd64_windows_frame_decode_epilogue):

gdb/stack.c

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struct print_variable_and_value_data cb_data;
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const struct block *block;
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CORE_ADDR pc;
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struct gdb_exception except = exception_none;
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if (!get_frame_pc_if_available (frame, &pc))
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{
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cb_data.stream = stream;
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cb_data.values_printed = 0;
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iterate_over_block_local_vars (block,
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do_print_variable_and_value,
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&cb_data);
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/* Temporarily change the selected frame to the given FRAME.
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This allows routines that rely on the selected frame instead
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of being given a frame as parameter to use the correct frame. */
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select_frame (frame);
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TRY
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{
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iterate_over_block_local_vars (block,
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do_print_variable_and_value,
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&cb_data);
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}
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CATCH (ex, RETURN_MASK_ALL)
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{
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except = ex;
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}
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END_CATCH
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/* Restore the selected frame, and then rethrow if there was a problem. */
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select_frame (frame_find_by_id (cb_data.frame_id));
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if (except.reason < 0)
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throw_exception (except);
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/* do_print_variable_and_value invalidates FRAME. */
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frame = NULL;

gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog

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* gdb.base/wrong_frame_bt_full-main.c: New file.
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* gdb.base/wrong_frame_bt_full-opaque.c: New file.
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* gdb.base/wrong_frame_bt_full.exp: New file.
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* testsuite/gdb.ada/var_rec_arr.exp: Add "ptype a1(1)" test.
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/* Copyright (C) 2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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This file is part of GDB.
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This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
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(at your option) any later version.
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This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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GNU General Public License for more details.
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You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
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extern void opaque_routine (void);
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int dyn_arr_size = 4;
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int
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main (void)
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{
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int i;
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int my_table_size = dyn_arr_size - 1;
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int my_table [my_table_size];
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for (i = 0; i < my_table_size; i++)
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my_table[i] = i;
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opaque_routine ();
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return 0;
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}
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/* Copyright (C) 2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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This file is part of GDB.
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This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
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(at your option) any later version.
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This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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GNU General Public License for more details.
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You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
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void
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opaque_routine (void)
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{
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# Copyright (C) 2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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#
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# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
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# (at your option) any later version.
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#
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# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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# GNU General Public License for more details.
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#
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# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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# along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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# Build wrong_frame_bt_full-main using two C files:
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# - wrong_frame_bt_full-opaque.c, which needs to be built without
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# debugging info;
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# - wrong_frame_bt_full-main.c, which needs to be built with
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# This is why we use gdb_compile instead of relying on he usual call
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set opaque_testfile wrong_frame_bt_full-opaque
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if {[gdb_compile "${srcdir}/${subdir}/$opaque_testfile.c" \
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$opaque_testfile.o \
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object {}] != ""} {
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return -1
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}
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[list ${srcdir}/${subdir}/$main_testfile.c $opaque_testfile.o] \
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}
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