[PATCH v2] PowerPC: fix external calls from modules built by the compile command
Abhay Kandpal <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.gdb.patches |
|---|---|
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
A module built for the compile command is loaded into inferior memory without a linker, so it has no PLT. On ELFv2 the default code model still emits a direct bl for a call to another module, leaving r12 unset and the caller's TOC pointer unrestored, and the callee then derives a wrong r2 from a stale r12. gdb.compile/compile-setjmp.exp shows this: the injected code calls setjmp, whose global entry point computes r2 from a stale r12, and the first TOC-relative load segfaults. -mlongcall makes the call indirect, but on its own it reaches the target through a PLT entry, giving R_PPC64_PLT16_HA/LO_DS relocations that BFD's generic linker rejects. Adding -mno-pltseq resolves the call against the module's own TOC instead, via R_PPC64_TOC16_HA/LO_DS, which GDB already handles. GCC then emits the r2 save and restore around the call itself. Tested on powerpc64le-linux; the two compile-setjmp.exp failures now pass with no unexpected failures in the full testsuite. Suggested-by: Ulrich Weigand <[email protected]> --- This patch is reg tested. gdb/ppc-linux-tdep.c | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/gdb/ppc-linux-tdep.c b/gdb/ppc-linux-tdep.c index 8a55ff5d4af..b468dbcb62c 100644 --- a/gdb/ppc-linux-tdep.c +++ b/gdb/ppc-linux-tdep.c @@ -2196,6 +2196,18 @@ rs6000_linux_adjust_frame_regnum (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, int num, return num; } +/* Implement gdbarch_gcc_target_options. A module built for the "compile" + command is loaded into inferior memory without a linker, so it has no + PLT. -mlongcall makes calls to other modules indirect, and -mno-pltseq + stops GCC reaching the target through a PLT entry; together they let the + call be resolved against the module's own TOC. */ + +static std::string +ppc64_gcc_target_options (struct gdbarch *gdbarch) +{ + return default_gcc_target_options (gdbarch) + " -mlongcall -mno-pltseq"; +} + static void ppc_linux_init_abi (struct gdbarch_info info, struct gdbarch *gdbarch) @@ -2304,6 +2316,7 @@ ppc_linux_init_abi (struct gdbarch_info info, (gdbarch, ppc_elfv2_elf_make_msymbol_special); set_gdbarch_skip_entrypoint (gdbarch, ppc_elfv2_skip_entrypoint); + set_gdbarch_gcc_target_options (gdbarch, ppc64_gcc_target_options); } /* Shared library handling. */ -- 2.52.0