[RFC PATCH] tests/guest-debug: better handle gdb crashes

Alex Bennée posted 1 patch 2 years ago
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git fetch https://github.com/patchew-project/qemu tags/patchew/20220413121115.639610-1-alex.bennee@linaro.org
tests/guest-debug/run-test.py | 11 ++++++-----
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
[RFC PATCH] tests/guest-debug: better handle gdb crashes
Posted by Alex Bennée 2 years ago
There are a number of GDB's on various distros which fail fairly hard
when attempting to talk to a cross-arch guest. The previous attempt to
catch this was incorrect as the shell will deliver signals as 128+n.
Fix the detection and while we are it improve the logging we dump into
the test output.

Signed-off-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>
Reported-by: Gautam Agrawal <gautamnagrawal@gmail.com>
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 tests/guest-debug/run-test.py | 11 ++++++-----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tests/guest-debug/run-test.py b/tests/guest-debug/run-test.py
index 2e58795a10..d865e46ecd 100755
--- a/tests/guest-debug/run-test.py
+++ b/tests/guest-debug/run-test.py
@@ -92,17 +92,18 @@ def log(output, msg):
 
     result = subprocess.call(gdb_cmd, shell=True, stdout=output)
 
-    # A negative result is the result of an internal gdb failure like
-    # a crash. We force a return of 0 so we don't fail the test on
+    # A result of greater than 128 indicates a fatal signal (likely a
+    # crash due to gdb internal failure). That's a problem for GDB and
+    # not the test so we force a return of 0 so we don't fail the test on
     # account of broken external tools.
-    if result < 0:
-        print("GDB crashed? SKIPPING")
+    if result > 128:
+        log(output, "GDB crashed? (%d, %d) SKIPPING" % (result, result - 128))
         exit(0)
 
     try:
         inferior.wait(2)
     except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
-        print("GDB never connected? Killed guest")
+        log(output, "GDB never connected? Killed guest")
         inferior.kill()
 
     exit(result)
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