[testsuite] Clean up gdb.trace results

Message ID 8abc8c2c-150c-99d9-e0d5-992225a8cac5@codesourcery.com
State New, archived
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Sandra Loosemore Oct. 11, 2018, 2:01 a.m. UTC
  On 10/07/2018 08:24 PM, Simon Marchi wrote:

> Thanks for this, fixes to make the testsuite run more cleanly is always 
> appreciated.
> 
> I just did a quick smoke check, and noticed some errors when running on 
> x86:
> 
>    Running 
> /home/emaisin/src/binutils-gdb/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/signal.exp ...
>    ERROR: no fileid for elxacz23q12
> 
> (elxacz23q12 is my hostname)
> 
> This looks like a check done a bit too early.  Can you make sure that 
> these tests:
> 
> $ make check TESTS="gdb.trace/*.exp"
> $ make check TESTS="gdb.trace/*.exp" 
> RUNTESTFLAGS="--target_board=native-gdbserver"
> $ make check TESTS="gdb.trace/*.exp" 
> RUNTESTFLAGS="--target_board=native-extended-gdbserver"
> 
> Don't have significant differences before/after your patch (on 
> x86/Linux)?  If you don't see any difference, maybe the problem is on my 
> side, then I'll look into it.

Thanks, I tried that and made a couple tweaks to the patch to fix those 
errors.  Is this version OK?

-Sandra
  

Comments

Simon Marchi Oct. 11, 2018, 4:08 a.m. UTC | #1
On 2018-10-10 22:01, Sandra Loosemore wrote:
> Thanks, I tried that and made a couple tweaks to the patch to fix
> those errors.  Is this version OK?
> 
> -Sandra

Hi Sandra,

I'd just like to understand the situation a bit more.  From what I 
understand, trace-common.h is only useful for fast tracepoint tests.  
Let's take the actions.exp test, for example.  It uses actions.c, which 
includes trace-common.h, therefore you added a 
gdb_trace_common_supports_arch check.  However, actions.exp does not 
rely on fast tracepoint support at all.  actions.c happens to be used by 
another test that tests fast tracepoints.  The result is that if an 
architecture supports tracepoints, but not fast tracepoints, the 
actions.exp test will be skipped even though it would be relevant.

Trying to read between the lines: if your target did not support 
tracepoints at all, then the gdb_target_supports_trace calls would be 
enough.  If your target did support regular and fast tracepoints, then 
you would just add support for it in trace-common.h, because you would 
want to run the fast tracepoint tests.  So the remaining combination is 
that your target supports regular tracepoints, but not fast tracepoints. 
  Is it the case?

If so, I think the right fix would be to untangle fast tracepoints tests 
from regular tracepoints tests.  The goal being to make it possible to 
run as many tests as possible against targets that only support regular 
tracepoints.

Or maybe I'm completely lost, in which case can you clarify what your 
use case is?

Thanks,

Simon
  
Sandra Loosemore Oct. 11, 2018, 5:19 a.m. UTC | #2
On 10/10/2018 10:08 PM, Simon Marchi wrote:
> On 2018-10-10 22:01, Sandra Loosemore wrote:
>> Thanks, I tried that and made a couple tweaks to the patch to fix
>> those errors.  Is this version OK?
>>
>> -Sandra
> 
> Hi Sandra,
> 
> I'd just like to understand the situation a bit more.  From what I 
> understand, trace-common.h is only useful for fast tracepoint tests. 
> Let's take the actions.exp test, for example.  It uses actions.c, which 
> includes trace-common.h, therefore you added a 
> gdb_trace_common_supports_arch check.  However, actions.exp does not 
> rely on fast tracepoint support at all.  actions.c happens to be used by 
> another test that tests fast tracepoints.  The result is that if an 
> architecture supports tracepoints, but not fast tracepoints, the 
> actions.exp test will be skipped even though it would be relevant.

If the architecture isn't one of those supported by trace-common.h, then 
actions.c (or any other program that includes trace-common.h) won't 
compile.  E.g. here is a recent gdb.sum extract for nios2-elf (using gdb 
8.2 branch):

Running 
/scratch/sandra/nios2-elf-fall-preview/src/gdb-master-8.2/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/actions.exp 
...
gdb compile failed, In file included from 
/scratch/sandra/nios2-elf-fall-preview/src/gdb-master-8.2/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/actions.c:24:
/scratch/sandra/nios2-elf-fall-preview/src/gdb-master-8.2/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/trace-common.h:61:2: 
error: #error "unsupported architecture for trace tests"
  #error "unsupported architecture for trace tests"
   ^~~~~
/scratch/sandra/nios2-elf-fall-preview/src/gdb-master-8.2/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/actions.c: 
In function 'main':
/scratch/sandra/nios2-elf-fall-preview/src/gdb-master-8.2/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/actions.c:146:26: 
error: 'fast_tracepoint_loc' undeclared (first use in this function)
    FAST_TRACEPOINT_LABEL (fast_tracepoint_loc);
                           ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/scratch/sandra/nios2-elf-fall-preview/src/gdb-master-8.2/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/actions.c:146:26: 
note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function 
it appears in
UNTESTED: gdb.trace/actions.exp: failed to compile

My patch does not change what targets the tests work on, it only makes 
it fail gracefully with UNSUPPORTED instead of spewing a bunch of 
compilation errors into the gdb.sum file and reporting UNTESTED.

> Trying to read between the lines: if your target did not support 
> tracepoints at all, then the gdb_target_supports_trace calls would be 
> enough.  If your target did support regular and fast tracepoints, then 
> you would just add support for it in trace-common.h, because you would 
> want to run the fast tracepoint tests.  So the remaining combination is 
> that your target supports regular tracepoints, but not fast tracepoints. 
>   Is it the case? 
>
> If so, I think the right fix would be to untangle fast tracepoints tests 
> from regular tracepoints tests.  The goal being to make it possible to 
> run as many tests as possible against targets that only support regular 
> tracepoints.
> 
> Or maybe I'm completely lost, in which case can you clarify what your 
> use case is?

Well, the particular use case I've been looking at are nios2-linux-gnu 
and nios2-elf, and seeing my gdb.sum files full of random compilation 
errors and TCL ERRORs where I think it should just be reporting 
UNSUPPORTED.  Most of the compilation errors are coming from 
trace-common.h, and as I said, I'm under the impression that making this 
work involves adding target hooks to gdb and/or gdbserver and not just 
adding some stub for the arch to trace-common.h to prevent it from 
hitting the preprocessor #error and undefined symbol errors.  I'm really 
not even clear on the difference between "tracepoints" and "fast 
tracepoints" is, or which things which testcases are trying to test.

IMO the problem here is that these tests were written with the 
assumption that the all support is present -- not just the tracepoint 
support, but things like shared libraries and signals that typically 
aren't supported on bare-metal targets, so they're just failing in 
really ugly ways when the necessary support isn't there.

-Sandra
  
Simon Marchi Oct. 12, 2018, 9:36 p.m. UTC | #3
On 2018-10-11 01:19, Sandra Loosemore wrote:
> If the architecture isn't one of those supported by trace-common.h,
> then actions.c (or any other program that includes trace-common.h)
> won't compile.  E.g. here is a recent gdb.sum extract for nios2-elf
> (using gdb 8.2 branch):
> 
> Running
> /scratch/sandra/nios2-elf-fall-preview/src/gdb-master-8.2/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/actions.exp
> ...
> gdb compile failed, In file included from
> /scratch/sandra/nios2-elf-fall-preview/src/gdb-master-8.2/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/actions.c:24:
> /scratch/sandra/nios2-elf-fall-preview/src/gdb-master-8.2/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/trace-common.h:61:2:
> error: #error "unsupported architecture for trace tests"
>  #error "unsupported architecture for trace tests"
>   ^~~~~
> /scratch/sandra/nios2-elf-fall-preview/src/gdb-master-8.2/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/actions.c:
> In function 'main':
> /scratch/sandra/nios2-elf-fall-preview/src/gdb-master-8.2/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/actions.c:146:26:
> error: 'fast_tracepoint_loc' undeclared (first use in this function)
>    FAST_TRACEPOINT_LABEL (fast_tracepoint_loc);
>                           ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> /scratch/sandra/nios2-elf-fall-preview/src/gdb-master-8.2/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/actions.c:146:26:
> note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each
> function it appears in
> UNTESTED: gdb.trace/actions.exp: failed to compile
> 
> My patch does not change what targets the tests work on, it only makes
> it fail gracefully with UNSUPPORTED instead of spewing a bunch of
> compilation errors into the gdb.sum file and reporting UNTESTED.

Ah I see.  So to properly reproduce it (by faking it) on x86, I need to 
both make x86_supports_tracepoints return 0 and remove the x86-specific 
code in trace-common.h.  If I do that, I see that indeed, the output is 
not pretty (lots of compilation failures + untested).

> Well, the particular use case I've been looking at are nios2-linux-gnu
> and nios2-elf, and seeing my gdb.sum files full of random compilation
> errors and TCL ERRORs where I think it should just be reporting
> UNSUPPORTED.  Most of the compilation errors are coming from
> trace-common.h, and as I said, I'm under the impression that making
> this work involves adding target hooks to gdb and/or gdbserver and not
> just adding some stub for the arch to trace-common.h to prevent it
> from hitting the preprocessor #error and undefined symbol errors.  I'm
> really not even clear on the difference between "tracepoints" and
> "fast tracepoints" is, or which things which testcases are trying to
> test.
> 
> 
> IMO the problem here is that these tests were written with the
> assumption that the all support is present -- not just the tracepoint
> support, but things like shared libraries and signals that typically
> aren't supported on bare-metal targets, so they're just failing in
> really ugly ways when the necessary support isn't there.

That's true, and I'd say many tests are gdbserver-specific, since they 
load the in-process agent library.  If somebody has a different gdb stub 
implementation that supports tracepoints, that would be a good candidate 
to clean up the testsuite further, making sure we only run 
gdbserver-specific tests when testing against the actual gdbserver.

I have compared runs with/without your patch on x86 with the unix 
(default) and native-gdbserver boards, the results did not change. I 
then compared before/after runs using these boards but also mocking that 
tracepoints are not supported on x86, and the output is now much better. 
  So the patch LGTM, thanks!

Simon
  

Patch

commit 438b4d02aaef566f7a48e32091a65950f25aee31
Author: Sandra Loosemore <sandra@codesourcery.com>
Date:   Wed Oct 10 15:33:49 2018 -0700

    Clean up gdb.trace test results.
    
    2018-10-10  Sandra Loosemore  <sandra@codesourcery.com>
    
    	* gdb.trace/actions-changed.exp: Check for arch support.
    	* gdb.trace/actions.exp: Likewise.
    	* gdb.trace/ax.exp: Likewise.
    	* gdb.trace/backtrace.exp: Likewise.
    	* gdb.trace/change-loc.exp: Likewise.
    	* gdb.trace/deltrace.exp: Likewise.
    	* gdb.trace/ftrace-lock.exp: Check for shlib and arch support.
    	* gdb.trace/ftrace.exp: Likewise.
    	* gdb.trace/infotrace.exp: Check for arch support.
    	* gdb.trace/mi-trace-frame-collected.exp: Likewise.
    	* gdb.trace/mi-tracepoint-changed.exp: Likewise.
    	* gdb.trace/mi-tsv-changed.exp: Likewise.
    	* gdb.trace/packetlen.exp: Likewise.
    	* gdb.trace/passc-dyn.exp: Likewise.
    	* gdb.trace/passcount.exp: Likewise.
    	* gdb.trace/pending.exp: Likewise.
    	* gdb.trace/range-stepping.exp: Check for shlib support.
    	* gdb.trace/report.exp: Check for arch support.
    	* gdb.trace/save-trace.exp: Likewise.
    	* gdb.trace/signal.exp: Check for signal support.
    	* gdb.trace/tfind.exp: Check for arch support.
    	* gdb.trace/trace-break.exp: Check for arch and shlib support.
    	* gdb.trace/trace-common.h: Add comment.
    	* gdb.trace/trace-condition.exp: Check for shlib and arch support.
    	* gdb.trace/trace-enable-disable.exp: Likewise.
    	* gdb.trace/trace-mt.exp: Likewise.  Remove redundant untested call.
    	* gdb.trace/tracecmd.exp: Check for arch support.
    	* gdb.trace/tspeed.c: Add missing header for sleep.
    	* gdb.trace/tspeed.exp: Check for shlib and target support.
    	(prepare_for_trace_test): Declare ipalib variable.
    	* gdb.trace/tstatus.exp: Check for arch support.
    	* gdb.trace/tsv.exp: Likewise.
    	* gdb.trace/while-dyn.exp: Likewise.
    	* gdb.trace/while-stepping.exp: Likewise.
    	* lib/trace-support.exp (gdb_trace_common_supports_arch): New.

diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
index f907323..36abace 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,41 @@ 
+2018-10-10  Sandra Loosemore  <sandra@codesourcery.com>
+
+	* gdb.trace/actions-changed.exp: Check for arch support.
+	* gdb.trace/actions.exp: Likewise.
+	* gdb.trace/ax.exp: Likewise.
+	* gdb.trace/backtrace.exp: Likewise.
+	* gdb.trace/change-loc.exp: Likewise.
+	* gdb.trace/deltrace.exp: Likewise.
+	* gdb.trace/ftrace-lock.exp: Check for shlib and arch support.
+	* gdb.trace/ftrace.exp: Likewise.
+	* gdb.trace/infotrace.exp: Check for arch support.
+	* gdb.trace/mi-trace-frame-collected.exp: Likewise.
+	* gdb.trace/mi-tracepoint-changed.exp: Likewise.
+	* gdb.trace/mi-tsv-changed.exp: Likewise.
+	* gdb.trace/packetlen.exp: Likewise.
+	* gdb.trace/passc-dyn.exp: Likewise.
+	* gdb.trace/passcount.exp: Likewise.
+	* gdb.trace/pending.exp: Likewise.
+	* gdb.trace/range-stepping.exp: Check for shlib support.
+	* gdb.trace/report.exp: Check for arch support.
+	* gdb.trace/save-trace.exp: Likewise.
+	* gdb.trace/signal.exp: Check for signal support.
+	* gdb.trace/tfind.exp: Check for arch support.
+	* gdb.trace/trace-break.exp: Check for arch and shlib support.
+	* gdb.trace/trace-common.h: Add comment.
+	* gdb.trace/trace-condition.exp: Check for shlib and arch support.
+	* gdb.trace/trace-enable-disable.exp: Likewise.
+	* gdb.trace/trace-mt.exp: Likewise.  Remove redundant untested call.
+	* gdb.trace/tracecmd.exp: Check for arch support.
+	* gdb.trace/tspeed.c: Add missing header for sleep.
+	* gdb.trace/tspeed.exp: Check for shlib and target support.
+	(prepare_for_trace_test): Declare ipalib variable.
+	* gdb.trace/tstatus.exp: Check for arch support.
+	* gdb.trace/tsv.exp: Likewise.
+	* gdb.trace/while-dyn.exp: Likewise.
+	* gdb.trace/while-stepping.exp: Likewise.
+	* lib/trace-support.exp (gdb_trace_common_supports_arch): New.
+
 2018-10-10  Sergio Durigan Junior  <sergiodj@redhat.com>
 
 	* gdb.gdb/unittest.exp: Update expected message informing that
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/actions-changed.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/actions-changed.exp
index 102f04f..34b0ce9 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/actions-changed.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/actions-changed.exp
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@  load_lib trace-support.exp
 
 standard_testfile
 
+if ![gdb_trace_common_supports_arch] {
+    unsupported "no trace-common.h support for arch"
+    return -1
+}
+
 if {[prepare_for_testing "failed to prepare" $testfile $srcfile debug]} {
     return -1
 }
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/actions.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/actions.exp
index ea02031..4f4e254 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/actions.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/actions.exp
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@  gdb_exit
 gdb_start
 
 standard_testfile
+if ![gdb_trace_common_supports_arch] {
+    unsupported "no trace-common.h support for arch"
+    return -1
+}
 if { [gdb_compile "$srcdir/$subdir/$srcfile" $binfile \
 	  executable {debug nowarnings}] != "" } {
     untested "failed to compile"
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/ax.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/ax.exp
index 8156a0c..3d1a11a 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/ax.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/ax.exp
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@  load_lib "trace-support.exp"
 gdb_exit
 gdb_start
 standard_testfile actions.c
+
+if ![gdb_trace_common_supports_arch] {
+    unsupported "no trace-common.h support for arch"
+    return -1
+}
+
 if { [gdb_compile "$srcdir/$subdir/$srcfile" $binfile \
 	  executable {debug nowarnings}] != "" } {
     untested "failed to compile"
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/backtrace.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/backtrace.exp
index 6b41f89..de4c8fe 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/backtrace.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/backtrace.exp
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@  standard_testfile actions.c
 set executable $testfile
 set expfile $testfile.exp
 
+if ![gdb_trace_common_supports_arch] {
+    unsupported "no trace-common.h support for arch"
+    return -1
+}
+
 if [prepare_for_testing "failed to prepare" $executable $srcfile \
 	[list debug nowarnings]] {
     return -1
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/change-loc.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/change-loc.exp
index 052f421..603dd14 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/change-loc.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/change-loc.exp
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@  if {[skip_shlib_tests]} {
     return 0
 }
 
+if ![gdb_trace_common_supports_arch] {
+    unsupported "no trace-common.h support for arch"
+    return -1
+}
+
 standard_testfile
 set libfile1 "change-loc-1"
 set libfile2 "change-loc-2"
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/deltrace.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/deltrace.exp
index f4ff474..c18df57 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/deltrace.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/deltrace.exp
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@  gdb_exit
 gdb_start
 
 standard_testfile actions.c
+
+if ![gdb_trace_common_supports_arch] {
+    unsupported "no trace-common.h support for arch"
+    return -1
+}
+
 if { [gdb_compile "$srcdir/$subdir/$srcfile" $binfile \
 	  executable {debug nowarnings}] != "" } {
     untested "failed to compile"
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/ftrace-lock.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/ftrace-lock.exp
index 3e5f0b8..619bd23 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/ftrace-lock.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/ftrace-lock.exp
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ 
 
 load_lib "trace-support.exp"
 
+if {[skip_shlib_tests]} {
+    return 0
+}
+
 standard_testfile
 set executable $testfile
 set expfile $testfile.exp
@@ -29,6 +33,10 @@  set options [list debug [gdb_target_symbol_prefix_flags] \
 	     additional_flags=-DNUM_THREADS=$NUM_THREADS]
 
 # Check that the target supports trace.
+if ![gdb_trace_common_supports_arch] {
+    unsupported "no trace-common.h support for arch"
+    return -1
+}
 if { [gdb_compile_pthreads "$srcdir/$subdir/$srcfile" $binfile executable $options] != "" } {
     untested "failed to compile"
     return -1
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/ftrace.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/ftrace.exp
index 5c494c6..959e2af 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/ftrace.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/ftrace.exp
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ 
 
 load_lib "trace-support.exp"
 
+if {[skip_shlib_tests]} {
+    return 0
+}
+
 standard_testfile
 set executable $testfile
 set expfile $testfile.exp
@@ -21,6 +25,11 @@  set expfile $testfile.exp
 # Some targets have leading underscores on assembly symbols.
 set additional_flags [gdb_target_symbol_prefix_flags]
 
+if ![gdb_trace_common_supports_arch] {
+    unsupported "no trace-common.h support for arch"
+    return -1
+}
+
 if [prepare_for_testing "failed to prepare" $executable $srcfile \
 	[list debug $additional_flags]] {
     return -1
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/infotrace.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/infotrace.exp
index b013658..1e33db3 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/infotrace.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/infotrace.exp
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@  gdb_exit
 gdb_start
 
 standard_testfile actions.c
+
+if ![gdb_trace_common_supports_arch] {
+    unsupported "no trace-common.h support for arch"
+    return -1
+}
+
 if { [gdb_compile "$srcdir/$subdir/$srcfile" $binfile \
 	  executable {debug nowarnings}] != "" } {
     untested "failed to compile"
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/mi-trace-frame-collected.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/mi-trace-frame-collected.exp
index 09e9a47..56936cc 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/mi-trace-frame-collected.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/mi-trace-frame-collected.exp
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@  load_lib trace-support.exp
 
 standard_testfile actions.c
 
+if ![gdb_trace_common_supports_arch] {
+    unsupported "no trace-common.h support for arch"
+    return -1
+}
+
 if { [prepare_for_testing "failed to prepare" ${testfile} ${srcfile} {debug}] } {
     return -1
 }
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/mi-tracepoint-changed.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/mi-tracepoint-changed.exp
index de7ae40..9808b40 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/mi-tracepoint-changed.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/mi-tracepoint-changed.exp
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@  load_lib trace-support.exp
 if {[skip_shlib_tests]} {
     return 0
 }
+if ![gdb_trace_common_supports_arch] {
+    unsupported "no trace-common.h support for arch"
+    return -1
+}
 
 standard_testfile pending.c
 set libfile1 "pendshr1"
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/mi-tsv-changed.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/mi-tsv-changed.exp
index 56dcd34..382a052 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/mi-tsv-changed.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/mi-tsv-changed.exp
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@  load_lib trace-support.exp
 load_lib mi-support.exp
 
 standard_testfile actions.c
+
+if ![gdb_trace_common_supports_arch] {
+    unsupported "no trace-common.h support for arch"
+    return -1
+}
+
 if { [gdb_compile "$srcdir/$subdir/$srcfile" $binfile \
 	  executable {debug nowarnings}] != "" } {
     untested "failed to compile"
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/packetlen.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/packetlen.exp
index ca54cfe..2322900 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/packetlen.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/packetlen.exp
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@  gdb_exit
 gdb_start
 
 standard_testfile actions.c
+if ![gdb_trace_common_supports_arch] {
+    unsupported "no trace-common.h support for arch"
+    return -1
+}
 if { [gdb_compile "$srcdir/$subdir/$srcfile" $binfile \
 	  executable {debug nowarnings}] != "" } {
     untested "failed to compile"
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/passc-dyn.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/passc-dyn.exp
index 1738b46..9457826 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/passc-dyn.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/passc-dyn.exp
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@  load_lib "trace-support.exp"
 gdb_exit
 gdb_start
 standard_testfile actions.c
+if ![gdb_trace_common_supports_arch] {
+    unsupported "no trace-common.h support for arch"
+    return -1
+}
 if { [gdb_compile "$srcdir/$subdir/$srcfile" $binfile \
 	  executable {debug nowarnings}] != "" } {
     untested "failed to compile"
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/passcount.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/passcount.exp
index 055020f..733c2de 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/passcount.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/passcount.exp
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@  load_lib "trace-support.exp"
 gdb_exit
 gdb_start
 standard_testfile actions.c
+if ![gdb_trace_common_supports_arch] {
+    unsupported "no trace-common.h support for arch"
+    return -1
+}
 if { [gdb_compile "$srcdir/$subdir/$srcfile" $binfile \
 	  executable {debug nowarnings}] != "" } {
     untested "failed to compile"
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/pending.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/pending.exp
index bb039df..fbb1c4d 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/pending.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/pending.exp
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@  if {[skip_shlib_tests]} {
     return 0
 }
 
+if ![gdb_trace_common_supports_arch] {
+    unsupported "no trace-common.h support for arch"
+    return -1
+}
+
 standard_testfile
 set libfile1 "pendshr1"
 set libfile2 "pendshr2"
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/range-stepping.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/range-stepping.exp
index 0277032..1bc0cc7 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/range-stepping.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/range-stepping.exp
@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@  proc range_stepping_with_tracepoint { type } {
 
 range_stepping_with_tracepoint "trace"
 
+if {[skip_shlib_tests]} {
+    return 0
+}
+
 set libipa [get_in_proc_agent]
 set remote_libipa [gdb_load_shlib $libipa]
 
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/report.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/report.exp
index 5155165..4b50e12 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/report.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/report.exp
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@  gdb_exit
 gdb_start
 
 standard_testfile actions.c
+if ![gdb_trace_common_supports_arch] {
+    unsupported "no trace-common.h support for arch"
+    return -1
+}
 if { [gdb_compile "$srcdir/$subdir/$srcfile" $binfile \
 	  executable {debug nowarnings}] != "" } {
     untested "failed to compile"
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/save-trace.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/save-trace.exp
index fe34d3f..3665778 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/save-trace.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/save-trace.exp
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@  gdb_exit
 gdb_start
 
 standard_testfile actions.c
+if ![gdb_trace_common_supports_arch] {
+    unsupported "no trace-common.h support for arch"
+    return -1
+}
 if { [gdb_compile "$srcdir/$subdir/$srcfile" $binfile \
 	  executable {debug nowarnings}] != "" } {
     untested "failed to compile"
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/signal.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/signal.exp
index b860b12..a01ca97 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/signal.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/signal.exp
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ 
 
 load_lib "trace-support.exp"
 
+if [target_info exists gdb,nosignals] {
+    verbose "Skipping signal.exp because of nosignals."
+    return -1
+}
+
 standard_testfile
 
 if {[prepare_for_testing "failed to prepare" $testfile $srcfile debug]} {
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/tfind.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/tfind.exp
index bbb7ec8..ec6a70c 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/tfind.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/tfind.exp
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@  gdb_start
 
 standard_testfile actions.c
 
+if ![gdb_trace_common_supports_arch] {
+    unsupported "no trace-common.h support for arch"
+    return -1
+}
+
 if { [gdb_compile "$srcdir/$subdir/$srcfile" "$binfile" \
 	  executable {debug nowarnings}] != "" } {
     untested "failed to compile"
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/trace-break.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/trace-break.exp
index 84c4780..c4895f9 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/trace-break.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/trace-break.exp
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@  set expfile $testfile.exp
 # Some targets have leading underscores on assembly symbols.
 set additional_flags [gdb_target_symbol_prefix_flags]
 
+if ![gdb_trace_common_supports_arch] {
+    unsupported "no trace-common.h support for arch"
+    return -1
+}
+
 if [prepare_for_testing "failed to prepare" $executable $srcfile \
 	[list debug $additional_flags]] {
     return -1
@@ -347,6 +352,10 @@  foreach at_first_loc { "1" "0" } {
 break_trace_same_addr_6 "trace" "enable" "trace" "disable"
 break_trace_same_addr_6 "trace" "disable" "trace" "enable"
 
+if {[skip_shlib_tests]} {
+    return 0
+}
+
 set libipa [get_in_proc_agent]
 set remote_libipa [gdb_load_shlib $libipa]
 
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/trace-common.h b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/trace-common.h
index 9f60d7f..eb34b5c 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/trace-common.h
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/trace-common.h
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ 
    a fast tracepoint jump.  The parameter is the label where we'll set
    tracepoints and breakpoints.  */
 
+/* Please keep gdb_trace_common_supports_arch in lib/trace-support.exp
+   in sync when adding new targets to this file.  */
+
 #if (defined __x86_64__ || defined __i386__)
 
 static void
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/trace-condition.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/trace-condition.exp
index d23e6a3..c7fafd7 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/trace-condition.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/trace-condition.exp
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ 
 
 load_lib "trace-support.exp"
 
+if {[skip_shlib_tests]} {
+    return 0
+}
+
 standard_testfile
 set executable $testfile
 set expfile $testfile.exp
@@ -21,6 +25,11 @@  set expfile $testfile.exp
 # Some targets have leading underscores on assembly symbols.
 set additional_flags [gdb_target_symbol_prefix_flags]
 
+if ![gdb_trace_common_supports_arch] {
+    unsupported "no trace-common.h support for arch"
+    return -1
+}
+
 if [prepare_for_testing "failed to prepare" $executable $srcfile \
 	[list debug $additional_flags]] {
     return -1
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/trace-enable-disable.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/trace-enable-disable.exp
index 1b3ba0b..01147cc 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/trace-enable-disable.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/trace-enable-disable.exp
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ 
 
 load_lib "trace-support.exp"
 
+if {[skip_shlib_tests]} {
+    return 0
+}
+
 standard_testfile
 set executable $testfile
 set expfile $testfile.exp
@@ -22,6 +26,10 @@  set expfile $testfile.exp
 set options [list debug [gdb_target_symbol_prefix_flags]]
 
 # Check that the target supports trace.
+if ![gdb_trace_common_supports_arch] {
+    unsupported "no trace-common.h support for arch"
+    return -1
+}
 if { [gdb_compile "$srcdir/$subdir/$srcfile" $binfile executable $options] != "" } {
     untested "failed to compile"
     return -1
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/trace-mt.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/trace-mt.exp
index 6e18666..dae85a9 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/trace-mt.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/trace-mt.exp
@@ -21,9 +21,14 @@  set expfile $testfile.exp
 # Some targets have leading underscores on assembly symbols.
 set additional_flags [gdb_target_symbol_prefix_flags]
 
+if ![gdb_trace_common_supports_arch] {
+    unsupported "no trace-common.h support for arch"
+    return -1
+}
+
 if { [gdb_compile_pthreads "$srcdir/$subdir/$srcfile" $binfile \
 	  executable [list debug $additional_flags] ] != "" } {
-    untested "failed to compile"
+    # gdb_compile_pthreads provides an appropriate unsupported message.
     return -1
 }
 
@@ -106,6 +111,10 @@  foreach break_always_inserted { "on" "off" } {
 
 step_over_tracepoint "trace"
 
+if {[skip_shlib_tests]} {
+    return 0
+}
+
 set libipa [get_in_proc_agent]
 set remote_libipa [gdb_load_shlib $libipa]
 
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/tracecmd.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/tracecmd.exp
index 6a5d664..de3de8a 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/tracecmd.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/tracecmd.exp
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@  load_lib "trace-support.exp"
 gdb_exit
 gdb_start
 standard_testfile actions.c
+if ![gdb_trace_common_supports_arch] {
+    unsupported "no trace-common.h support for arch"
+    return -1
+}
 if { [gdb_compile "$srcdir/$subdir/$srcfile" $binfile \
 	  executable {debug nowarnings}] != "" } {
     untested "failed to compile"
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/tspeed.c b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/tspeed.c
index b084d6a..3c60663 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/tspeed.c
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/tspeed.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ 
 #include <time.h>
 #include <sys/time.h>
 #include <sys/resource.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 
 int trace_speed_test (void);
 
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/tspeed.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/tspeed.exp
index 47a8250..2aba1e5 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/tspeed.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/tspeed.exp
@@ -15,9 +15,32 @@ 
 
 load_lib "trace-support.exp"
 
+if {[skip_shlib_tests]} {
+    return 0
+}
+
 standard_testfile
 set executable $testfile
 
+# Check that the target supports trace.
+if { [gdb_compile "$srcdir/$subdir/$srcfile" $binfile executable $options] != "" } {
+    untested "failed to compile"
+    return -1
+}
+
+clean_restart ${testfile}
+
+if ![runto_main] {
+    fail "can't run to main to check for trace support"
+    return -1
+}
+
+if ![gdb_target_supports_trace] {
+    unsupported "target does not support trace"
+    return -1
+}
+
+# Compile the test case with the in-process agent library.
 set ipalib [get_in_proc_agent]
 
 if { [gdb_compile "$srcdir/$subdir/$srcfile" $binfile \
@@ -38,6 +61,7 @@  set cr "\[\r\n\]+"
 
 proc prepare_for_trace_test {} {
     global executable
+    global ipalib
 
     clean_restart $executable
     gdb_load_shlib $ipalib
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/tstatus.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/tstatus.exp
index 3498b1c..44e599c 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/tstatus.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/tstatus.exp
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@  standard_testfile actions.c
 set executable $testfile
 set expfile tstatus.exp
 
+if ![gdb_trace_common_supports_arch] {
+    unsupported "no trace-common.h support for arch"
+    return -1
+}
+
 if [prepare_for_testing "failed to prepare" $executable $srcfile \
 	[list debug]] {
     return -1
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/tsv.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/tsv.exp
index a86919a..a8ec8d4 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/tsv.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/tsv.exp
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@  load_lib "trace-support.exp"
 gdb_exit
 gdb_start
 standard_testfile actions.c
+if ![gdb_trace_common_supports_arch] {
+    unsupported "no trace-common.h support for arch"
+    return -1
+}
 if { [gdb_compile "$srcdir/$subdir/$srcfile" $binfile \
 	  executable {debug nowarnings}] != "" } {
     untested "failed to compile"
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/while-dyn.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/while-dyn.exp
index 0fb6b47..9571879 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/while-dyn.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/while-dyn.exp
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@  gdb_start
 
 standard_testfile actions.c
 set executable $testfile
+if ![gdb_trace_common_supports_arch] {
+    unsupported "no trace-common.h support for arch"
+    return -1
+}
 if { [gdb_compile "$srcdir/$subdir/$srcfile" $binfile \
 	  executable {debug nowarnings}] != "" } {
     untested "failed to compile"
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/while-stepping.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/while-stepping.exp
index 29bdf2d..45d1620 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/while-stepping.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.trace/while-stepping.exp
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@  gdb_exit
 gdb_start
 
 standard_testfile actions.c
+if ![gdb_trace_common_supports_arch] {
+    unsupported "no trace-common.h support for arch"
+    return -1
+}
 if { [gdb_compile "${srcdir}/${subdir}/${srcfile}" $binfile \
 	  executable {debug nowarnings}] != "" } {
     untested "failed to compile"
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/lib/trace-support.exp b/gdb/testsuite/lib/trace-support.exp
index 547da37..e5603d4 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/lib/trace-support.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/lib/trace-support.exp
@@ -51,6 +51,25 @@  if [is_amd64_regs_target] {
 }
 
 #
+# Procedure: gdb_trace_common_supports_arch
+# Returns true if gdb.trace/trace-common.h knows about this target.
+# Allows skipping tests that depend on being able to include this file.
+# Please keep this in sync with the supported targets in the header.
+#
+
+proc gdb_trace_common_supports_arch { } {
+  if { [istarget "x86_64*-*-*"]
+	|| [istarget "i386*-*-*"]
+	|| [istarget "aarch64*-*-*"]
+	|| [istarget "powerpc*-*-*"]
+	|| [istarget "s390*-*-*"] } {
+	return 1
+    } else {
+	return 0
+    }
+}
+
+#
 # Procedure: gdb_target_supports_trace
 # Returns true if GDB is connected to a target that supports tracing.
 # Allows tests to abort early if not running on a trace-aware target.