[v2] Add support for the __flash qualifier on AVR
Commit Message
The __flash qualifier is part of the named address spaces for AVR [1]. It allows
putting read-only data in the flash memory, normally reserved for code.
When used together with a pointer, the DW_AT_address_class attribute is set to 1
and allows GDB to detect that when it will be dereferenced, the data will be
loaded from the flash memory (with the LPM instruction).
We can now properly debug the following code:
~~~
const __flash char data_in_flash = 0xab;
int
main (void)
{
const __flash char *pointer_to_flash = &data_in_flash;
}
~~~
~~~
(gdb) print pointer_to_flash
$1 = 0x1e8 <data_in_flash> "\253"
(gdb) print/x *pointer_to_flash
$2 = 0xab
(gdb) x/x pointer_to_flash
0x1e8 <data_in_flash>: 0xXXXXXXab
~~~
Whereas previously, GDB would revert to the default address space which is RAM
and mapped in higher memory:
~~~
(gdb) print pointer_to_flash
$1 = 0x8001e8 ""
~~~
[1] https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Named-Address-Spaces.html
2014-07-08 Pierre Langlois <pierre.langlois@embecosm.com>
gdb/
* avr-tdep.c (AVR_TYPE_ADDRESS_CLASS_FLASH): New macro.
(AVR_TYPE_INSTANCE_FLAG_ADDRESS_CLASS_FLASH): Likewise.
(avr_address_to_pointer): Check for AVR_TYPE_ADDRESS_CLASS_FLASH.
(avr_pointer_to_address): Likewise.
(avr_address_class_type_flags): New function.
(avr_address_class_type_flags_to_name): Likewise.
(avr_address_class_name_to_type_flags): Likewise.
(avr_gdbarch_init): Set address_class_type_flags,
address_class_type_flags_to_name and
address_class_name_to_type_flags.
gdb/testsuite/
* gdb.arch/avr-flash-qualifer.c: New.
* gdb.arch/avr-flash-qualifer.exp: New.
---
gdb/avr-tdep.c | 85 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--
gdb/testsuite/gdb.arch/avr-flash-qualifier.c | 32 ++++++++++
gdb/testsuite/gdb.arch/avr-flash-qualifier.exp | 52 ++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 164 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 gdb/testsuite/gdb.arch/avr-flash-qualifier.c
create mode 100644 gdb/testsuite/gdb.arch/avr-flash-qualifier.exp
Comments
On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 03:48:03PM +0100, Pierre Langlois wrote:
> The __flash qualifier is part of the named address spaces for AVR [1]. It allows
> putting read-only data in the flash memory, normally reserved for code.
>
> When used together with a pointer, the DW_AT_address_class attribute is set to 1
> and allows GDB to detect that when it will be dereferenced, the data will be
> loaded from the flash memory (with the LPM instruction).
>
> We can now properly debug the following code:
[...]
> 2014-07-08 Pierre Langlois <pierre.langlois@embecosm.com>
>
> gdb/
> * avr-tdep.c (AVR_TYPE_ADDRESS_CLASS_FLASH): New macro.
> (AVR_TYPE_INSTANCE_FLAG_ADDRESS_CLASS_FLASH): Likewise.
> (avr_address_to_pointer): Check for AVR_TYPE_ADDRESS_CLASS_FLASH.
> (avr_pointer_to_address): Likewise.
> (avr_address_class_type_flags): New function.
> (avr_address_class_type_flags_to_name): Likewise.
> (avr_address_class_name_to_type_flags): Likewise.
> (avr_gdbarch_init): Set address_class_type_flags,
> address_class_type_flags_to_name and
> address_class_name_to_type_flags.
>
> gdb/testsuite/
> * gdb.arch/avr-flash-qualifer.c: New.
> * gdb.arch/avr-flash-qualifer.exp: New.
Thank you. This is now OK to commit with a couple of minor modifications.
First, would you mind reformatting the revision log so as to stay withing
76 characters instead of 80? This is because "git show" will indent that
revision log by 4 characters, thus causing formatting issues for those
of us who still use an 80 columns terminal.
Also:
> +static int
> +avr_address_class_type_flags (int byte_size, int dwarf2_addr_class)
> +{
> + /* The value 1 of the DW_AT_address_class attribute corresponds to the __flash
This line is too long (81 chars?)
> +int
> +main (void)
> +{
> + const __flash char *pointer_to_flash = &data_in_flash;
> + /* break here. */
Something I missed here. The project decided to try to follow the same
coding standards for our test programs as in the GDB code. So can you
skip a line after the variable declaration, and before the comment?
>> +static int
>> +avr_address_class_type_flags (int byte_size, int dwarf2_addr_class)
>> +{
>> + /* The value 1 of the DW_AT_address_class attribute corresponds to the __flash
>
> This line is too long (81 chars?)
>
This line is exactly 80 chars. I will reformat this comment with a limit of 74
chars, 80 chars do not really help readability in this case.
Thank you for your patience with my formatting issues! I will post the final
correct patch on this thread when I have pushed it.
Pierre
@@ -71,6 +71,16 @@
/* Constants: prefixed with AVR_ to avoid name space clashes */
+/* Address space flags */
+
+/* We are assigning the TYPE_INSTANCE_FLAG_ADDRESS_CLASS_1 to the flash address
+ space. */
+
+#define AVR_TYPE_ADDRESS_CLASS_FLASH TYPE_ADDRESS_CLASS_1
+#define AVR_TYPE_INSTANCE_FLAG_ADDRESS_CLASS_FLASH \
+ TYPE_INSTANCE_FLAG_ADDRESS_CLASS_1
+
+
enum
{
AVR_REG_W = 24,
@@ -295,10 +305,19 @@ avr_address_to_pointer (struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
{
enum bfd_endian byte_order = gdbarch_byte_order (gdbarch);
+ /* Is it a data address in flash? */
+ if (AVR_TYPE_ADDRESS_CLASS_FLASH (type))
+ {
+ /* A data address in flash is always byte addressed. */
+ store_unsigned_integer (buf, TYPE_LENGTH (type), byte_order,
+ avr_convert_iaddr_to_raw (addr));
+ }
/* Is it a code address? */
- if (TYPE_CODE (TYPE_TARGET_TYPE (type)) == TYPE_CODE_FUNC
- || TYPE_CODE (TYPE_TARGET_TYPE (type)) == TYPE_CODE_METHOD)
+ else if (TYPE_CODE (TYPE_TARGET_TYPE (type)) == TYPE_CODE_FUNC
+ || TYPE_CODE (TYPE_TARGET_TYPE (type)) == TYPE_CODE_METHOD)
{
+ /* A code address, either a function pointer or the program counter, is
+ word (16 bits) addressed. */
store_unsigned_integer (buf, TYPE_LENGTH (type), byte_order,
avr_convert_iaddr_to_raw (addr >> 1));
}
@@ -318,10 +337,13 @@ avr_pointer_to_address (struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
CORE_ADDR addr
= extract_unsigned_integer (buf, TYPE_LENGTH (type), byte_order);
+ /* Is it a data address in flash? */
+ if (AVR_TYPE_ADDRESS_CLASS_FLASH (type))
+ return avr_make_iaddr (addr);
/* Is it a code address? */
- if (TYPE_CODE (TYPE_TARGET_TYPE (type)) == TYPE_CODE_FUNC
- || TYPE_CODE (TYPE_TARGET_TYPE (type)) == TYPE_CODE_METHOD
- || TYPE_CODE_SPACE (TYPE_TARGET_TYPE (type)))
+ else if (TYPE_CODE (TYPE_TARGET_TYPE (type)) == TYPE_CODE_FUNC
+ || TYPE_CODE (TYPE_TARGET_TYPE (type)) == TYPE_CODE_METHOD
+ || TYPE_CODE_SPACE (TYPE_TARGET_TYPE (type)))
return avr_make_iaddr (addr << 1);
else
return avr_make_saddr (addr);
@@ -1342,6 +1364,53 @@ avr_dwarf_reg_to_regnum (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, int reg)
return -1;
}
+/* Implementation of `address_class_type_flags' gdbarch method.
+
+ This method maps DW_AT_address_class attributes to a
+ type_instance_flag_value. */
+
+static int
+avr_address_class_type_flags (int byte_size, int dwarf2_addr_class)
+{
+ /* The value 1 of the DW_AT_address_class attribute corresponds to the __flash
+ qualifier. Note that this attribute is only valid with pointer types and
+ therefore the flag is set to the pointer type and not its target type. */
+ if (dwarf2_addr_class == 1 && byte_size == 2)
+ return AVR_TYPE_INSTANCE_FLAG_ADDRESS_CLASS_FLASH;
+ return 0;
+}
+
+/* Implementation of `address_class_type_flags_to_name' gdbarch method.
+
+ Convert a type_instance_flag_value to an address space qualifier. */
+
+static const char*
+avr_address_class_type_flags_to_name (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, int type_flags)
+{
+ if (type_flags & AVR_TYPE_INSTANCE_FLAG_ADDRESS_CLASS_FLASH)
+ return "flash";
+ else
+ return NULL;
+}
+
+/* Implementation of `address_class_name_to_type_flags' gdbarch method.
+
+ Convert an address space qualifier to a type_instance_flag_value. */
+
+static int
+avr_address_class_name_to_type_flags (struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
+ const char* name,
+ int *type_flags_ptr)
+{
+ if (strcmp (name, "flash") == 0)
+ {
+ *type_flags_ptr = AVR_TYPE_INSTANCE_FLAG_ADDRESS_CLASS_FLASH;
+ return 1;
+ }
+ else
+ return 0;
+}
+
/* Initialize the gdbarch structure for the AVR's. */
static struct gdbarch *
@@ -1452,6 +1521,12 @@ avr_gdbarch_init (struct gdbarch_info info, struct gdbarch_list *arches)
set_gdbarch_unwind_pc (gdbarch, avr_unwind_pc);
set_gdbarch_unwind_sp (gdbarch, avr_unwind_sp);
+ set_gdbarch_address_class_type_flags (gdbarch, avr_address_class_type_flags);
+ set_gdbarch_address_class_name_to_type_flags
+ (gdbarch, avr_address_class_name_to_type_flags);
+ set_gdbarch_address_class_type_flags_to_name
+ (gdbarch, avr_address_class_type_flags_to_name);
+
return gdbarch;
}
new file mode 100644
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/* This testcase is part of GDB, the GNU debugger.
+
+ Copyright 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+ This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+ (at your option) any later version.
+
+ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
+
+const __flash char data_in_flash = 0xab;
+
+static void
+pass_to_function (const __flash char *p)
+{
+}
+
+int
+main (void)
+{
+ const __flash char *pointer_to_flash = &data_in_flash;
+ /* break here. */
+ pass_to_function (&data_in_flash);
+ return 0;
+}
new file mode 100644
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+# Copyright 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+# This file is part of the gdb testsuite.
+#
+# Contributed by Pierre Langlois <pierre.langlois@embecosm.com>
+# Tests for the AVR __flash named address space qualifier.
+
+if {![istarget "avr*"]} {
+ verbose "Skipping ${gdb_test_file_name}."
+ return
+}
+
+# The __flash qualifier was added in GCC 4.7.
+if {[test_compiler_info {gcc-[0-4]-[0-6]}]} {
+ verbose "Skipping ${gdb_test_file_name}."
+ return
+}
+
+standard_testfile
+if {[prepare_for_testing ${testfile}.exp ${testfile} ${srcfile}]} {
+ return -1
+}
+
+if ![runto [gdb_get_line_number "break here."]] {
+ untested "could not run to \"break here.\""
+ return -1
+}
+
+gdb_test "print pointer_to_flash" \
+ " = $hex <data_in_flash> .*"
+
+gdb_breakpoint "pass_to_function"
+gdb_continue_to_breakpoint "pass_to_function"
+
+gdb_test "print p" \
+ " = $hex <data_in_flash> .*"
+
+gdb_test "backtrace 1" \
+ "\#0 pass_to_function \\(p=$hex <data_in_flash> .*\\).*"