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authorAndrew Burgess <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com>2019-05-08 19:01:36 +0100
committerAndrew Burgess <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com>2019-06-15 23:22:22 +0100
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gdb/mi: New commands to catch C++ exceptions
Adds some MI commands to catch C++ exceptions. The new commands are -catch-throw, -catch-rethrow, and -catch-catch, these all correspond to the CLI commands 'catch throw', 'catch rethrow', and 'catch catch'. Each MI command takes two optional arguments, '-t' has the effect of calling 'tcatch' instead of 'catch', for example: (gdb) -catch-throw -t Is the same as: (gdb) tcatch throw There is also a '-r REGEXP' argument that can supply a regexp to match against the exception type, so: (gdb) -catch-catch -r PATTERN Is the same as: (gdb) catch catch PATTERN The change in print_mention_exception_catchpoint might seem a little strange; changing the output from using ui_out::field_int and ui_out::text to using ui_out::message. The print_mention_exception_catchpoint is used as the 'print_mention' method for the exception catchpoint breakpoint object. Most of the other 'print_mention' methods (see breakpoint.c) use either printf_filtered, of ui_out::message. Using field_int was causing an unexpected field to be added to the MI output. Here's the output without the change in print_mention_exception_catchpoint: (gdb) -catch-throw ^done,bkptno="1",bkpt={number="1",type="breakpoint",disp="keep", enabled="y",addr="0x00000000004006c0", what="exception throw",catch-type="throw", thread-groups=["i1"],times="0"} Notice the breakpoint number appears in both the 'bkptno' field, and the 'number' field within the 'bkpt' tuple. Here's the output with the change in print_mention_exception_catchpoint: (gdb) -catch-throw ^done,bkpt={number="1",type="breakpoint",disp="keep", enabled="y",addr="0x00000000004006c0", what="exception throw",catch-type="throw", thread-groups=["i1"],times="0"} gdb/ChangeLog: * NEWS: Mention new MI commands. * break-catch-throw.c (enum exception_event_kind): Move to breakpoint.h. (print_mention_exception_catchpoint): Output text as a single message. (catch_exception_command_1): Rename to... (catch_exception_event): ...this, make non-static, update header command, and change some parameter types. (catch_catch_command): Update for changes to catch_exception_command_1. (catch_throw_command): Likewise. (catch_rethrow_command): Likewise. * breakpoint.c (enum exception_event_kind): Delete. * breakpoint.h (enum exception_event_kind): Moved here from break-catch-throw.c. (catch_exception_event): Declare. * mi/mi-cmd-catch.c (mi_cmd_catch_exception_event): New function. (mi_cmd_catch_throw): New function. (mi_cmd_catch_rethrow): New function. (mi_cmd_catch_catch): New function. * mi/mi-cmds.c (mi_cmds): Add 'catch-throw', 'catch-rethrow', and 'catch-catch' entries. * mi/mi-cmds.h (mi_cmd_catch_throw): Declare. (mi_cmd_catch_rethrow): Declare. (mi_cmd_catch_catch): Declare. gdb/doc/ChangeLog: * gdb.texinfo (GDB/MI Catchpoint Commands): Add menu entry to new node. (C++ Exception GDB/MI Catchpoint Commands): New node to describe new MI commands. gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog: * gdb.mi/mi-catch-cpp-exceptions.cc: New file. * gdb.mi/mi-catch-cpp-exceptions.exp: New file. * lib/mi-support.exp (mi_expect_stop): Handle 'exception-caught' as a stop reason.
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@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2019-06-15 Andrew Burgess <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com>
+
+ * gdb.texinfo (GDB/MI Catchpoint Commands): Add menu entry to new
+ node.
+ (C++ Exception GDB/MI Catchpoint Commands): New node to describe
+ new MI commands.
+
2019-06-13 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Command Completion): Mention command options too.
diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index a5026dfc034..9a0320e5d8f 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -29793,6 +29793,7 @@ catchpoints.
@menu
* Shared Library GDB/MI Catchpoint Commands::
* Ada Exception GDB/MI Catchpoint Commands::
+* C++ Exception GDB/MI Catchpoint Commands::
@end menu
@node Shared Library GDB/MI Catchpoint Commands
@@ -29992,6 +29993,145 @@ times="0",original-location="__gnat_begin_handler"@}
(gdb)
@end smallexample
+@node C++ Exception GDB/MI Catchpoint Commands
+@subsection C@t{++} Exception @sc{gdb/mi} Catchpoints
+
+The following @sc{gdb/mi} commands can be used to create catchpoints
+that stop the execution when C@t{++} exceptions are being throw, rethrown,
+or caught.
+
+@subheading The @code{-catch-throw} Command
+@findex -catch-throw
+
+@subsubheading Synopsis
+
+@smallexample
+ -catch-throw [ -t ] [ -r @var{regexp}]
+@end smallexample
+
+Stop when the debuggee throws a C@t{++} exception. If @var{regexp} is
+given, then only exceptions whose type matches the regular expression
+will be caught.
+
+If @samp{-t} is given, then the catchpoint is enabled only for one
+stop, the catchpoint is automatically deleted after stopping once for
+the event.
+
+@subsubheading @value{GDBN} Command
+
+The corresponding @value{GDBN} commands are @samp{catch throw}
+and @samp{tcatch throw} (@pxref{Set Catchpoints}).
+
+@subsubheading Example
+
+@smallexample
+-catch-throw -r exception_type
+^done,bkpt=@{number="1",type="breakpoint",disp="keep",enabled="y",
+ addr="0x00000000004006c0",what="exception throw",
+ catch-type="throw",thread-groups=["i1"],
+ regexp="exception_type",times="0"@}
+(gdb)
+-exec-run
+^running
+(gdb)
+~"\n"
+~"Catchpoint 1 (exception thrown), 0x00007ffff7ae00ed
+ in __cxa_throw () from /lib64/libstdc++.so.6\n"
+*stopped,bkptno="1",reason="breakpoint-hit",disp="keep",
+ frame=@{addr="0x00007ffff7ae00ed",func="__cxa_throw",
+ args=[],from="/lib64/libstdc++.so.6",arch="i386:x86-64"@},
+ thread-id="1",stopped-threads="all",core="6"
+(gdb)
+@end smallexample
+
+@subheading The @code{-catch-rethrow} Command
+@findex -catch-rethrow
+
+@subsubheading Synopsis
+
+@smallexample
+ -catch-rethrow [ -t ] [ -r @var{regexp}]
+@end smallexample
+
+Stop when a C@t{++} exception is re-thrown. If @var{regexp} is given,
+then only exceptions whose type matches the regular expression will be
+caught.
+
+If @samp{-t} is given, then the catchpoint is enabled only for one
+stop, the catchpoint is automatically deleted after the first event is
+caught.
+
+@subsubheading @value{GDBN} Command
+
+The corresponding @value{GDBN} commands are @samp{catch rethrow}
+and @samp{tcatch rethrow} (@pxref{Set Catchpoints}).
+
+@subsubheading Example
+
+@smallexample
+-catch-rethrow -r exception_type
+^done,bkpt=@{number="1",type="breakpoint",disp="keep",enabled="y",
+ addr="0x00000000004006c0",what="exception rethrow",
+ catch-type="rethrow",thread-groups=["i1"],
+ regexp="exception_type",times="0"@}
+(gdb)
+-exec-run
+^running
+(gdb)
+~"\n"
+~"Catchpoint 1 (exception rethrown), 0x00007ffff7ae00ed
+ in __cxa_rethrow () from /lib64/libstdc++.so.6\n"
+*stopped,bkptno="1",reason="breakpoint-hit",disp="keep",
+ frame=@{addr="0x00007ffff7ae00ed",func="__cxa_rethrow",
+ args=[],from="/lib64/libstdc++.so.6",arch="i386:x86-64"@},
+ thread-id="1",stopped-threads="all",core="6"
+(gdb)
+@end smallexample
+
+@subheading The @code{-catch-catch} Command
+@findex -catch-catch
+
+@subsubheading Synopsis
+
+@smallexample
+ -catch-catch [ -t ] [ -r @var{regexp}]
+@end smallexample
+
+Stop when the debuggee catches a C@t{++} exception. If @var{regexp}
+is given, then only exceptions whose type matches the regular
+expression will be caught.
+
+If @samp{-t} is given, then the catchpoint is enabled only for one
+stop, the catchpoint is automatically deleted after the first event is
+caught.
+
+@subsubheading @value{GDBN} Command
+
+The corresponding @value{GDBN} commands are @samp{catch catch}
+and @samp{tcatch catch} (@pxref{Set Catchpoints}).
+
+@subsubheading Example
+
+@smallexample
+-catch-catch -r exception_type
+^done,bkpt=@{number="1",type="breakpoint",disp="keep",enabled="y",
+ addr="0x00000000004006c0",what="exception catch",
+ catch-type="catch",thread-groups=["i1"],
+ regexp="exception_type",times="0"@}
+(gdb)
+-exec-run
+^running
+(gdb)
+~"\n"
+~"Catchpoint 1 (exception caught), 0x00007ffff7ae00ed
+ in __cxa_begin_catch () from /lib64/libstdc++.so.6\n"
+*stopped,bkptno="1",reason="breakpoint-hit",disp="keep",
+ frame=@{addr="0x00007ffff7ae00ed",func="__cxa_begin_catch",
+ args=[],from="/lib64/libstdc++.so.6",arch="i386:x86-64"@},
+ thread-id="1",stopped-threads="all",core="6"
+(gdb)
+@end smallexample
+
@c %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% SECTION %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
@node GDB/MI Program Context
@section @sc{gdb/mi} Program Context