[Bug gdb/16101] New: gdb.base/dprintf.exp agent-printf failures with non-Z0-supporting gdbservers

["macro at linux-mips dot org" <sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org>]

http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16101

            Bug ID: 16101
           Summary: gdb.base/dprintf.exp agent-printf failures with
                    non-Z0-supporting gdbservers
           Product: gdb
           Version: HEAD
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: gdb
          Assignee: unassigned at sourceware dot org
          Reporter: macro@linux-mips.org
            Target: arm-linux-gnueabi, mips-linux-gnu, powerpc-linux-gnu

There is an issue with agent dprintf on targets where `gdbserver' does
not support the `Z0' packet.  There GDB inserts software breakpoints
itself, by poking at memory explicitly to modify the instruction stream.
This includes dprintf breakpoints.  Once such a breakpoint has hit
`gdbserver' reports the hit to GDB (without executing the dprintf
request).  GDB in turn sees `agent-printf' in the list of breakpoint
commands and complains:

May only run agent-printf on the target

This is observed in GDB testing:

FAIL: gdb.base/dprintf.exp: 1st dprintf, agent
FAIL: gdb.base/dprintf.exp: 2nd dprintf, agent

on at least the arm-linux-gnueabi, mips-linux-gnu and powerpc-linux-gnu
targets.

I think it would be consistent if agent dprintf was not allowed for GDB
breakpoints.  However disabling the breakpoint commands feature on such
targets altogether would regress hardware (`Z1') breakpoints where
supported, so it looks to me that agent dprintf should be a
per-breakpoint feature, resorting to one of the other styles (probably
gdb) for GDB breakpoints.

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