[PATCH 15/27] gdb.base/shreloc.exp: Use gdb_compile text_segment to set image base
Pedro Alves <[email protected]> Thu, 23 Jul 2026 14:01:06 +0100
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.gdb.patches |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
The gdb.base/shreloc.exp testcase wants its two shared libraries to
have the same preferred image base, so that when GDB mishandles a
relocated library its symbols collapse onto the other's and the
check_different tests catch it. On cygwin/mingw, to guarantee this,
it passes -Wl,--image-base directly.
Express the intent through gdb_compile's text_segment option instead
of open-coding the linker flag, and gate it on is_pecoff_target so it
is done on all PE targets, including windows-msvc.
This is mainly to avoid istarget special-casing, as in practice
lld-link already gives every DLL the same fixed default base, there is
no equivalent of --enable-auto-image-base there.
The second, cygwin/mingw-only block that checks the
"_minor_os_version__" absolute symbol is left as is. That symbol is
specific to GNU ld's PE output, so the check does not apply to
windows-msvc. That will change in a follow patch, though.
Change-Id: I002ed69603804c1ef6f18c0aa7b563e6bd80941b
---
gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/shreloc.exp | 11 +++++++++--
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/shreloc.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/shreloc.exp
index e0efd61bcdf..718b1ca81ad 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/shreloc.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/shreloc.exp
@@ -38,8 +38,15 @@ set lib2_sl [standard_output_file shreloc2.sl]
set lib_opts {debug shlib}
set exec_opts [list debug shlib=$lib1_sl shlib=$lib2_sl]
-if {([istarget "*pc-cygwin"] || [istarget "*pc-mingw32"]) } {
- lappend lib_opts "ldflags=-Wl,--image-base,0x04000000"
+if { [is_pecoff_target] } {
+ # Force both shared libraries to the same image base so that they
+ # overlap and one of them gets relocated at load time, which is
+ # what this test exercises. Without this, they would not
+ # necessarily overlap: some MinGW ld distributions default to
+ # --enable-auto-image-base, which derives each DLL's base from a
+ # hash of its file name, giving the two libraries different bases.
+ # Pinning the base defeats that.
+ lappend lib_opts "text_segment=0x04000000"
}
if {[test_compiler_info "xlc-*"]} {
--
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