py-inferior.exp: Make sure local var is allocated on the stack.

The testcase, at some point, is trying to change the contents
of a string that was defined as follow:

    char *str = "hello, testsuite";

The problem is that the string is constant, and str is never used
to change the contents of the string in the program, so the compiler
is free to allocate it in a read-only section.  This is what happens
on x86-windows, for instance.

As a result, trying to change the contents of the string during
the `python gdb.inferiors()[0].write_memory (addr, str)' results
in the following error:

    (gdb) python gdb.inferiors()[0].write_memory (addr, str)
    gdb: write target memory, 5 bytes at 0x00403064
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
    gdb.MemoryError: Cannot access memory at address 0x403064
    Error while executing Python code.

This patch prevents this from happening by declaring str as an
array rather than a pointer.

gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:

        * gdb.python/py-inferior.c (f2): Make str an array rather
        than a pointer.
        * gdb.python/py-inferior.exp: Adjust testcase accordingly.

diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
index 515f0eb..b192a47 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2011-06-08  Joel Brobecker  <brobecker@adacore.com>
+
+       * gdb.python/py-inferior.c (f2): Make str an array rather
+       than a pointer.
+       * gdb.python/py-inferior.exp: Adjust testcase accordingly.
+
 2011-06-07  Jan Kratochvil  <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
 
        * gdb.base/async-shell.c: New file.

diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-inferior.c b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-inferior.c
index dd83ffc..04ec476 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-inferior.c
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-inferior.c
@@ -17,7 +17,11 @@ static int search_buf_size;
 
 int f2 (int a)
 {
-  char *str = "hello, testsuite";
+  /* We use a `char[]' type below rather than the typical `char *'
+     to make sure that `str' gets allocated on the stack.  Otherwise,
+     the compiler may place the "hello, testsuite" string inside
+     a read-only section, preventing us from over-writing it from GDB.  */
+  char str[] = "hello, testsuite";
 
   puts (str);  /* Break here.  */
 

diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-inferior.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-inferior.exp
index 42ca920..b853c79 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-inferior.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-inferior.exp
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ gdb_py_test_silent_cmd "python str = gdb.inferiors()\[0\].read_memory (addr, 5)"
 gdb_py_test_silent_cmd "python str\[1\] = 'a'" "change str" 0
 gdb_py_test_silent_cmd "python gdb.inferiors()\[0\].write_memory (addr, str)" \
   "write str" 1
-gdb_test "print str" " = 0x\[\[:xdigit:\]\]+ \"hallo, testsuite\"" \
+gdb_test "print str" " = \"hallo, testsuite\"" \
   "ensure str was changed in the inferior"
 
 # Test memory search.