[1/2] Export "finish" return value to Python
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Commit Message
This patch changes the Python "stop" event emission code to also add
the function return value, if it is known. This happens when the stop
comes from a "finish" command and when the value can be fetched.
The test is in the next patch.
---
gdb/doc/python.texi | 6 ++++++
gdb/infcmd.c | 17 -----------------
gdb/python/py-stopevent.c | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
gdb/thread-fsm.h | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
4 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
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> From: Tom Tromey <tromey@adacore.com>
> Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2024 11:47:02 -0700
>
> This patch changes the Python "stop" event emission code to also add
> the function return value, if it is known. This happens when the stop
> comes from a "finish" command and when the value can be fetched.
>
> The test is in the next patch.
> ---
> gdb/doc/python.texi | 6 ++++++
> gdb/infcmd.c | 17 -----------------
> gdb/python/py-stopevent.c | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
> gdb/thread-fsm.h | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
> 4 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
Thanks, the documentation part is okay.
Reviewed-By: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
@@ -3813,6 +3813,12 @@ corresponding MI output (@pxref{GDB/MI Async Records}).
A dictionary was used for this (rather than adding attributes directly
to the event object) so that the MI keys could be used unchanged.
+
+When a @code{StopEvent} results from a @code{finish} command, it will
+also hold the return value from the function, if that is available.
+This will be an entry named @samp{return-value} in the @code{details}
+dictionary. The value of this entry will be a @code{gdb.Value}
+object.
@end defvar
Emits @code{gdb.SignalEvent}, which extends @code{gdb.StopEvent}.
@@ -1484,23 +1484,6 @@ get_return_value (struct symbol *func_symbol, struct value *function)
return value;
}
-/* The captured function return value/type and its position in the
- value history. */
-
-struct return_value_info
-{
- /* The captured return value. May be NULL if we weren't able to
- retrieve it. See get_return_value. */
- struct value *value;
-
- /* The return type. In some cases, we'll not be able extract the
- return value, but we always know the type. */
- struct type *type;
-
- /* If we captured a value, this is the value history index. */
- int value_history_index;
-};
-
/* Helper for print_return_value. */
static void
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
#include "defs.h"
#include "py-stopevent.h"
#include "py-uiout.h"
+#include "thread-fsm.h"
gdbpy_ref<>
create_stop_event_object (PyTypeObject *py_type, const gdbpy_ref<> &dict)
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ static gdbpy_ref<>
py_print_bpstat (bpstat *bs, enum gdb_signal stop_signal)
{
py_ui_out uiout;
+ struct value *return_value = nullptr;
try
{
@@ -55,6 +57,10 @@ py_print_bpstat (bpstat *bs, enum gdb_signal stop_signal)
{
async_reply_reason reason = tp->thread_fsm ()->async_reply_reason ();
uiout.field_string ("reason", async_reason_lookup (reason));
+
+ return_value_info *rvinfo = tp->thread_fsm ()->return_value ();
+ if (rvinfo != nullptr && rvinfo->value != nullptr)
+ return_value = rvinfo->value;
}
if (stop_signal != GDB_SIGNAL_0 && stop_signal != GDB_SIGNAL_TRAP)
@@ -73,7 +79,22 @@ py_print_bpstat (bpstat *bs, enum gdb_signal stop_signal)
return nullptr;
}
- return uiout.result ();
+ gdbpy_ref<> dict = uiout.result ();
+ if (dict == nullptr)
+ return nullptr;
+
+ /* This has to be done separately to avoid error issues, and because
+ there's no API to add generic Python objects to a py_ui_out. */
+ if (return_value != nullptr)
+ {
+ gdbpy_ref<> val (value_to_value_object (return_value));
+ if (val == nullptr)
+ return nullptr;
+ if (PyDict_SetItemString (dict.get (), "finish-value", val.get ()) < 0)
+ return nullptr;
+ }
+
+ return dict;
}
/* Callback observers when a stop event occurs. This function will create a
@@ -23,6 +23,25 @@
struct return_value_info;
struct thread_fsm_ops;
+struct type;
+struct value;
+
+/* The captured function return value/type and its position in the
+ value history. */
+
+struct return_value_info
+{
+ /* The captured return value. May be NULL if we weren't able to
+ retrieve it. See get_return_value. */
+ struct value *value;
+
+ /* The return type. In some cases, we'll not be able extract the
+ return value, but we always know the type. */
+ struct type *type;
+
+ /* If we captured a value, this is the value history index. */
+ int value_history_index;
+};
/* A thread finite-state machine structure contains the necessary info
and callbacks to manage the state machine protocol of a thread's