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Date:      Tue, 16 Feb 2021 10:34:25 -0300
From:      "Dr. Rolf Jansen" <freebsd-rj@obsigna.com>
To:        freebsd-arm <freebsd-arm@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: LLDB on FreeBSD/arm64 and arm
Message-ID:  <9EDAF212-EA86-4AAC-97C6-BB801161DC4D@obsigna.com>
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> Am 05.02.2021 um 13:40 schrieb Micha=C5=82 G=C3=B3rny =
<mgorny@gentoo.org>:
>> On Fri, 2021-02-05 at 12:30 -0300, Dr. Rolf Jansen wrote:
>>> Am 03.02.2021 um 14:53 schrieb Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org>:
>>>=20
>>> As you may know, the FreeBSD Foundation sponsored Moritz Systems to
>>> improve LLDB's support of non-x86 FreeBSD targets (and some other
>>> improvements applicable to all targets). This builds on their
>>> earlier
>>> work to update x86 support.
>>>=20
>>> Initial changes for arm64 and arm support were recently committed
>>> upstream. Details are in these code reviews, if you're interested:
>>>=20
>>> https://reviews.llvm.org/D95297 (arm64)
>>> https://reviews.llvm.org/D95696 (arm)
>>>=20
>>> arm and arm64 users with an interest in LLDB are encouraged to build
>>> LLDB from the upstream git repository, try out the support, and
>>> report
>>> issues or positive results.
>>>=20
>>> It should build using the regular build process as described at
>>> https://lldb.llvm.org/resources/build.html
>>>=20
>>> At present all four of 32- and 64-bit arm and x86 use LLDB's
>>> non-legacy debug support by default. Legacy support will be removed
>>> from LLDB upon completion of Moritz' work (once all architectures
>>> are
>>> patched) and there is no need to try out legacy support.
>>=20
>> I am interested to build LLDB from the upstream repository. As a
>> matter of fact a few years ago I did this already directly on a
>> BeagleBone Black, however in the meantime the LLVM sources had grown
>> beyond the capacity a BBB could compile. Already at that time a =
rather
>> limited build took more than 48 hs.
>>=20
>> I set up an ARMv7 cross building environment for kernel and world on =
a
>> reasonably equipped i7 machine. Can I somehow use this for building
>> LLDB as well?
>=20
> Yes.  See our summary for some tips:
>=20
> =
https://www.moritz.systems/blog/freebsd-remote-process-plugin-on-non-x86-a=
rchitectures/
>=20
> Go for 'Cross-compiling LLVM'.  On ARMv7, you'll have to change
> the target and host triplets to armv7-unknown-freebsd13.0-gnueabihf
> and LLVM target to ARM.
>=20
>> I provided ssh root access to one of my BBBs to Micha=C5=82 G=C3=B3rny =
for
>> testing his work, and he left a LLDB on the system, I don't know at
>> which stage, though. When debugging an advanced project of mine with
>> this one I see some show stoppers (as with the original LLDB).
>> Perhaps, I could be of help to improve LLDB.
>=20
> If it's about watchpoints, then we need to support them on kernel =
level
> first.  For anything else, we need to figure out what's wrong/missing.

It took a while until I got it working - =E2=80=9Etoo many variables, so =
few time=E2=80=9C

In the toolchains file, I needed to add a definition for sysroot. When =
passing it with the C_FLAGS and CXX_FLAGS, I got typical 32 vs. 64 bit =
errors very early in the build process. Something like size_t is not =
long. The working toolchain file for ARMv7 is the following =E2=80=94 =
<SYSROOT> is the placeholder for the actual path, here it is =
/root/install/BBB/sysroot:

   set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "-target armv7-unknown-freebsd13.0-gnueabihf")
   set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "-target armv7-unknown-freebsd13.0-gnueabihf")
   set(CMAKE_SYSROOT <SYSROOT>)
   set(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME "FreeBSD")
   set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH <SYSROOT>)
   set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_PROGRAM NEVER)
   set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_LIBRARY ONLY)
   set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_INCLUDE ONLY)

Before, I found this out, I meandered between versions of LLVM (I =
compiled 10.x, 11.x, 12.x and HEAD), and I switched to another build =
machine, before it was FreeBSD 12.2-RELEASE on a real i7 and now I build =
in a VM running FreeBSD 13.0-BETA2. However, without the definition of =
CMAKE_SYSROOT all this did not work out.

Now I deployed a lldb to my BeagleBone running 13-BETA2 as well:

lldb version 13.0.0 (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project.git revision =
b40fde062c306584d88243de11175187e754ce3b)
  clang revision b40fde062c306584d88243de11175187e754ce3b
  llvm revision b40fde062c306584d88243de11175187e754ce3b

I am able to debug simple programs, but the happiness ends already when =
trying to enter a subroutine. At least this worked well with lldb =
11.0.1, which has been build by using in the course of world by =
WORLD_FLAGS=3D"MK_LLDB=3Dyes=E2=80=9C. However both bail out, when I try =
to debug a bigger project of mine.

(lldb) target create "./CyDaemon"
Current executable set to '/root/install/CyDaemon/CyDaemon' (arm).
(lldb) settings set -- target.run-args  "-f" "-l" "80" "-s" "443"
(lldb) r
Process 767 launched: '/root/install/CyDaemon/CyDaemon' (arm)
Process 767 stopped
* thread #1, name =3D 'CyDaemon', stop reason =3D signal SIGILL: illegal =
instruction
    frame #0: 0x20290048
->  0x20290048: vmull.p64 q0, d0, d0
    0x2029004c: bx     lr
    0x20290050: ldr    r0, [pc, #0x68]
    0x20290054: add    r1, pc, #100
(lldb)


The question now is, how to continue from here? Do we continue? If yes, =
do we build on FreeBSD 13.0-RELEASE (BETAx for some more days) or do we =
build on 14-CURRENT? Which version of lldb do we debug? A release =
version or HEAD?

The last lldb which worked absolutely well on the BBB was 3.9 or was it =
4.x. I know, that I never got 5.x to compile on the BBB. However now, =
that my cross-building environment has been set up, I probably will =
check that as well.

Best regards

Rolf=



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