Handle SIGSEGV in gdb selftests

The gdb.gdb self-tests were timing out for me, which turned out to be
PR testsuite/29325.  Looking into it, the problem is that the version
of the Boehm GC that is used by Guile on my machine causes a SEGV
during stack probing.  This unexpected stop confuses the tests and
causes repeated timeouts.

This patch adapts the two failing tests.  This makes them work for me,
and reduces the running time of gdb.gdb from 20 minutes to about 11
seconds.

Bug: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29325

diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.gdb/python-helper.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.gdb/python-helper.exp
index 3585ac9..fc52929 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.gdb/python-helper.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.gdb/python-helper.exp
@@ -93,6 +93,12 @@ proc test_python_helper {} {
     # here.
     gdb_test_multiple "continue" "start inner gdb" {
        -i "$inferior_spawn_id"
+       -re "received signal SIGSEGV.* in GC_.*$outer_prompt_re" {
+           # Some versions of the GC used by Guile cause a SEGV
+           # during stack probing.  Ignore this and carry on.
+           send_gdb "continue\n"
+           exp_continue
+       }
        -re "\r\n$gdb_prompt $" {
            pass $gdb_test_name
        }

diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.gdb/selftest.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.gdb/selftest.exp
index ca1e7cf..e2b9247 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.gdb/selftest.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.gdb/selftest.exp
@@ -75,6 +75,12 @@ proc test_with_self { } {
        set test "xgdb is at prompt"
        gdb_test_multiple "continue" $test {
            -i "$inferior_spawn_id"
+           -re "received signal SIGSEGV.* in GC_.*$gdb_prompt" {
+               # Some versions of the GC used by Guile cause a SEGV
+               # during stack probing.  Ignore this and carry on.
+               send_gdb "continue\n"
+               exp_continue
+           }
            -re "$banner" {
                pass $test
            }