runtime: TestGdbAutotmpTypes failures

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#!watchflakes
default <- pkg == "runtime" && test == "TestGdbAutotmpTypes"

=== RUN   TestGdbAutotmpTypes
=== PAUSE TestGdbAutotmpTypes
=== CONT  TestGdbAutotmpTypes
    runtime-gdb_test.go:78: gdb version 15.0
    runtime-gdb_test.go:569: gdb output:
        Loading Go Runtime support.
        Target 'exec' cannot support this command.
        Breakpoint 1 at 0x6f720: file /home/swarming/.swarming/w/ir/x/t/TestGdbAutotmpTypes2165650426/001/main.go, line 9.
        [New LWP 1144577]
        [New LWP 1144578]
...
        File runtime:
        	[]main.astruct
        	bucket<string,main.astruct>
        	hash<string,main.astruct>
        	main.astruct
        	typedef hash<string,main.astruct> * map[string]main.astruct;
        	typedef noalg.[8]main.astruct noalg.[8]main.astruct;
        	noalg.map.bucket[string]main.astruct
    runtime-gdb_test.go:586: could not find []main.astruct; in 'info typrs astruct' output
--- FAIL: TestGdbAutotmpTypes (53.89s)

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Research direction

Investigate the TestGdbAutotmpTypes test to understand why GDB's 'info types astruct' output is missing the expected []main.astruct type. Trace the test's setup and check the Go runtime's GDB support for printing autotmp types.

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go

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backend

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GoGDB

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