Wrong debug info for argc at -O2
杨已彪 <[email protected]>
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Consider test-case:
...
$ cat small.c
#include <stdio.h>
int main(int argc, char **argv) {
char buf[6];
char c[] = "abc";
sprintf(buf, (char *)c, 1);
return 0;
}
...
Stepping with step and print the values of arguments:
...
$ gcc -O2 -g small.c; gdb -q a.out
Reading symbols from a.out...
(gdb) b main
Breakpoint 1 at 0x401040: file small.c, line 5.
(gdb) r
Starting program: /home/yibiao/Debugger/a.out
Breakpoint 1, main (argc=1, argv=0x7fffffffdff8) at small.c:5
5 char c[] = "abc";
(gdb) info args argc
argc = 1
(gdb) step
6 sprintf(buf, (char *)c, 1);
(gdb) info args argc
argc = -8454
(gdb)
...
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We can find that at line 5, the value of argc is 1.
When stepping to line 6 with step, the value of argc is changed to -8454.
However, When stepping with stepi, the value of argc is still 1 at line 6.
I am posting it here as I am not sure whether this is a gcc bug or a gdb bug.
By the way, I found it very difficult to determine whether a problem is caused by gdb or gcc?
Is there any suggestions?
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$ gcc --version
gcc (GCC) 10.0.1 20200419 (experimental)
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$ gdb --version
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