gdb: Make ldirname return a std::string

Message ID 1490198646-10469-1-git-send-email-palves@redhat.com
State New, archived
Headers

Commit Message

Pedro Alves March 22, 2017, 4:04 p.m. UTC
  Eliminates several uses of cleanups.

(And if applied before
<https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2017-03/msg00394.html>, fixes
the leak in python.c:do_start_initialization too.)

Tested on x86_64 Fedora 23 with Python 2 and 3.

gdb/ChangeLog
2017-03-22  Pedro Alves  <palves@redhat.com>

	* dwarf2read.c (struct file_and_directory): New.
	(dwarf2_get_dwz_file): Adjust to use std::string.
	(dw2_get_file_names_reader): Adjust to use file_and_directory.
	(find_file_and_directory): Adjust to return a file_and_directory
	object.
	(read_file_scope): Adjust to use file_and_directory.  Remove
	make_cleanup/do_cleanups calls.
	(open_and_init_dwp_file): Adjust to use std::string.  Remove
	make_cleanup/do_cleanups calls.
	* python/python.c (do_start_initialization): Adjust to ldirname
	returning a std::string.
	* utils.c (ldirname): Now returns a std::string.
	* utils.h (ldirname): Change return type to std::string.
	* xml-syscall.c (xml_init_syscalls_info): Adjust to ldirname
	returning a std::string.
	* xml-tdesc.c (file_read_description_xml): Likewise.
---
 gdb/dwarf2read.c    | 108 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------------
 gdb/python/python.c |   2 +-
 gdb/utils.c         |  10 ++---
 gdb/utils.h         |   2 +-
 gdb/xml-syscall.c   |   8 +---
 gdb/xml-tdesc.c     |   8 +---
 6 files changed, 63 insertions(+), 75 deletions(-)
  

Comments

Philipp Rudo March 22, 2017, 6:01 p.m. UTC | #1
Hi

On Wed, 22 Mar 2017 16:04:06 +0000
Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> wrote:

[...]

> diff --git a/gdb/dwarf2read.c b/gdb/dwarf2read.c
> index b3ea52b..4233006 100644
> --- a/gdb/dwarf2read.c
> +++ b/gdb/dwarf2read.c
[...]
> @@ -9122,37 +9130,37 @@ producer_is_gcc_lt_4_3 (struct dwarf2_cu *cu)
>    return cu->producer_is_gcc_lt_4_3;
>  }
> 
> -static void
> -find_file_and_directory (struct die_info *die, struct dwarf2_cu *cu,
> -			 const char **name, const char **comp_dir)
> +static file_and_directory
> +find_file_and_directory (struct die_info *die, struct dwarf2_cu *cu)
>  {
> +  file_and_directory res;
> +
>    /* Find the filename.  Do not use dwarf2_name here, since the
> filename is not a source language identifier.  */
> -  *name = dwarf2_string_attr (die, DW_AT_name, cu);
> -  *comp_dir = dwarf2_string_attr (die, DW_AT_comp_dir, cu);
> +  res.name = dwarf2_string_attr (die, DW_AT_name, cu);
> +  res.comp_dir = dwarf2_string_attr (die, DW_AT_comp_dir, cu);
> 
> -  if (*comp_dir == NULL
> -      && producer_is_gcc_lt_4_3 (cu) && *name != NULL
> -      && IS_ABSOLUTE_PATH (*name))
> +  if (res.comp_dir == NULL
> +      && producer_is_gcc_lt_4_3 (cu) && res.name != NULL
> +      && IS_ABSOLUTE_PATH (res.name))
>      {
> -      char *d = ldirname (*name);
> -
> -      *comp_dir = d;
> -      if (d != NULL)
> -	make_cleanup (xfree, d);
> +      res.comp_dir_storage = ldirname (res.name);
> +      res.comp_dir = res.comp_dir_storage.c_str ();
>      }
> -  if (*comp_dir != NULL)
> +  if (res.comp_dir != NULL)

Is this check valid?  Doesn't std::string.c_str () always return a
pointer != NULL?

I would check for res.comp_dir_storage.empty ().

Otherwise the patch is ok.

Philipp

>      {
>        /* Irix 6.2 native cc prepends <machine>.: to the compilation
>  	 directory, get rid of it.  */
> -      const char *cp = strchr (*comp_dir, ':');
> +      const char *cp = strchr (res.comp_dir, ':');
> 
> -      if (cp && cp != *comp_dir && cp[-1] == '.' && cp[1] == '/')
> -	*comp_dir = cp + 1;
> +      if (cp && cp != res.comp_dir && cp[-1] == '.' && cp[1] == '/')
> +	res.comp_dir = cp + 1;
>      }
> 
> -  if (*name == NULL)
> -    *name = "<unknown>";
> +  if (res.name == NULL)
> +    res.name = "<unknown>";
> +
> +  return res;
>  }
> 
>  /* Handle DW_AT_stmt_list for a compilation unit.
> @@ -9262,12 +9270,9 @@ read_file_scope (struct die_info *die, struct
> dwarf2_cu *cu) {
>    struct objfile *objfile = dwarf2_per_objfile->objfile;
>    struct gdbarch *gdbarch = get_objfile_arch (objfile);
> -  struct cleanup *back_to = make_cleanup (null_cleanup, 0);
>    CORE_ADDR lowpc = ((CORE_ADDR) -1);
>    CORE_ADDR highpc = ((CORE_ADDR) 0);
>    struct attribute *attr;
> -  const char *name = NULL;
> -  const char *comp_dir = NULL;
>    struct die_info *child_die;
>    CORE_ADDR baseaddr;
> 
> @@ -9281,7 +9286,7 @@ read_file_scope (struct die_info *die, struct
> dwarf2_cu *cu) lowpc = highpc;
>    lowpc = gdbarch_adjust_dwarf2_addr (gdbarch, lowpc + baseaddr);
> 
> -  find_file_and_directory (die, cu, &name, &comp_dir);
> +  file_and_directory fnd = find_file_and_directory (die, cu);
> 
>    prepare_one_comp_unit (cu, die, cu->language);
> 
> @@ -9295,12 +9300,12 @@ read_file_scope (struct die_info *die, struct
> dwarf2_cu *cu) if (cu->producer && strstr (cu->producer, "GNU Go
> ") != NULL) set_cu_language (DW_LANG_Go, cu);
> 
> -  dwarf2_start_symtab (cu, name, comp_dir, lowpc);
> +  dwarf2_start_symtab (cu, fnd.name, fnd.comp_dir, lowpc);
> 
>    /* Decode line number information if present.  We do this before
>       processing child DIEs, so that the line header table is
> available for DW_AT_decl_file.  */
> -  handle_DW_AT_stmt_list (die, cu, comp_dir, lowpc);
> +  handle_DW_AT_stmt_list (die, cu, fnd.comp_dir, lowpc);
> 
>    /* Process all dies in compilation unit.  */
>    if (die->child != NULL)
> @@ -9338,8 +9343,6 @@ read_file_scope (struct die_info *die, struct
> dwarf2_cu *cu) dwarf_decode_macros (cu, macro_offset, 0);
>  	}
>      }
> -
> -  do_cleanups (back_to);
>  }
> 
>  /* TU version of handle_DW_AT_stmt_list for read_type_unit_scope.
> @@ -10892,49 +10895,44 @@ open_and_init_dwp_file (void)
>  {
>    struct objfile *objfile = dwarf2_per_objfile->objfile;
>    struct dwp_file *dwp_file;
> -  char *dwp_name;
> -  struct cleanup *cleanups = make_cleanup (null_cleanup, 0);
> 
>    /* Try to find first .dwp for the binary file before any symbolic
> links resolving.  */
> 
>    /* If the objfile is a debug file, find the name of the real binary
>       file and get the name of dwp file from there.  */
> +  std::string dwp_name;
>    if (objfile->separate_debug_objfile_backlink != NULL)
>      {
>        struct objfile *backlink =
> objfile->separate_debug_objfile_backlink; const char
> *backlink_basename = lbasename (backlink->original_name);
> -      char *debug_dirname = ldirname (objfile->original_name);
> 
> -      make_cleanup (xfree, debug_dirname);
> -      dwp_name = xstrprintf ("%s%s%s.dwp", debug_dirname,
> -			     SLASH_STRING, backlink_basename);
> +      dwp_name = ldirname (objfile->original_name) + SLASH_STRING +
> backlink_basename; }
>    else
> -    dwp_name = xstrprintf ("%s.dwp", objfile->original_name);
> -  make_cleanup (xfree, dwp_name);
> +    dwp_name = objfile->original_name;
> +
> +  dwp_name += ".dwp";
> 
> -  gdb_bfd_ref_ptr dbfd (open_dwp_file (dwp_name));
> +  gdb_bfd_ref_ptr dbfd (open_dwp_file (dwp_name.c_str ()));
>    if (dbfd == NULL
>        && strcmp (objfile->original_name, objfile_name (objfile)) !=
> 0) {
>        /* Try to find .dwp for the binary file after gdb_realpath
> resolving.  */
> -      dwp_name = xstrprintf ("%s.dwp", objfile_name (objfile));
> -      make_cleanup (xfree, dwp_name);
> -      dbfd = open_dwp_file (dwp_name);
> +      dwp_name = objfile_name (objfile);
> +      dwp_name += ".dwp";
> +      dbfd = open_dwp_file (dwp_name.c_str ());
>      }
> 
>    if (dbfd == NULL)
>      {
>        if (dwarf_read_debug)
> -	fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stdlog, "DWP file not found: %s\n",
> dwp_name);
> -      do_cleanups (cleanups);
> +	fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stdlog, "DWP file not found: %s\n",
> dwp_name.c_str ()); return NULL;
>      }
>    dwp_file = OBSTACK_ZALLOC (&objfile->objfile_obstack, struct
> dwp_file); dwp_file->name = bfd_get_filename (dbfd.get ());
>    dwp_file->dbfd = dbfd.release ();
> -  do_cleanups (cleanups);
> 
>    /* +1: section 0 is unused */
>    dwp_file->num_sections = bfd_count_sections (dwp_file->dbfd) + 1;
> @@ -10958,7 +10956,7 @@ open_and_init_dwp_file (void)
>        error (_("Dwarf Error: DWP file CU version %s doesn't match"
>  	       " TU version %s [in DWP file %s]"),
>  	     pulongest (dwp_file->cus->version),
> -	     pulongest (dwp_file->tus->version), dwp_name);
> +	     pulongest (dwp_file->tus->version), dwp_name.c_str ());
>      }
>    dwp_file->version = dwp_file->cus->version;
> 
> diff --git a/gdb/python/python.c b/gdb/python/python.c
> index 73fb3d0..a7aff53 100644
> --- a/gdb/python/python.c
> +++ b/gdb/python/python.c
> @@ -1550,7 +1550,7 @@ do_start_initialization ()
>       /foo/bin/python
>       /foo/lib/pythonX.Y/...
>       This must be done before calling Py_Initialize.  */
> -  progname = concat (ldirname (python_libdir), SLASH_STRING, "bin",
> +  progname = concat (ldirname (python_libdir).c_str (),
> SLASH_STRING, "bin", SLASH_STRING, "python", (char *) NULL);
>  #ifdef IS_PY3K
>    oldloc = xstrdup (setlocale (LC_ALL, NULL));
> diff --git a/gdb/utils.c b/gdb/utils.c
> index 27021a1..39798cc 100644
> --- a/gdb/utils.c
> +++ b/gdb/utils.c
> @@ -2943,20 +2943,19 @@ dummy_obstack_deallocate (void *object, void
> *data) /* Simple, portable version of dirname that does not modify its
>     argument.  */
> 
> -char *
> +std::string
>  ldirname (const char *filename)
>  {
> +  std::string dirname;
>    const char *base = lbasename (filename);
> -  char *dirname;
> 
>    while (base > filename && IS_DIR_SEPARATOR (base[-1]))
>      --base;
> 
>    if (base == filename)
> -    return NULL;
> +    return dirname;
> 
> -  dirname = (char *) xmalloc (base - filename + 2);
> -  memcpy (dirname, filename, base - filename);
> +  dirname = std::string (filename, base - filename);
> 
>    /* On DOS based file systems, convert "d:foo" to "d:.", so that we
>       create "d:./bar" later instead of the (different) "d:/bar".  */
> @@ -2964,7 +2963,6 @@ ldirname (const char *filename)
>        && !IS_DIR_SEPARATOR (filename[0]))
>      dirname[base++ - filename] = '.';
> 
> -  dirname[base - filename] = '\0';
>    return dirname;
>  }
> 
> diff --git a/gdb/utils.h b/gdb/utils.h
> index f138702..fb75f2e 100644
> --- a/gdb/utils.h
> +++ b/gdb/utils.h
> @@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ extern int gdb_filename_fnmatch (const char
> *pattern, const char *string, extern void substitute_path_component
> (char **stringp, const char *from, const char *to);
> 
> -char *ldirname (const char *filename);
> +std::string ldirname (const char *filename);
> 
>  extern int count_path_elements (const char *path);
> 
> diff --git a/gdb/xml-syscall.c b/gdb/xml-syscall.c
> index 1e42b8d..a436418 100644
> --- a/gdb/xml-syscall.c
> +++ b/gdb/xml-syscall.c
> @@ -363,7 +363,6 @@ static struct syscalls_info *
>  xml_init_syscalls_info (const char *filename)
>  {
>    char *full_file;
> -  char *dirname;
>    struct syscalls_info *syscalls_info;
>    struct cleanup *back_to;
> 
> @@ -373,12 +372,9 @@ xml_init_syscalls_info (const char *filename)
> 
>    back_to = make_cleanup (xfree, full_file);
> 
> -  dirname = ldirname (filename);
> -  if (dirname != NULL)
> -    make_cleanup (xfree, dirname);
> -
>    syscalls_info = syscall_parse_xml (full_file,
> -				     xml_fetch_content_from_file,
> dirname);
> +				     xml_fetch_content_from_file,
> +				     (void *) ldirname
> (filename).c_str ()); do_cleanups (back_to);
> 
>    return syscalls_info;
> diff --git a/gdb/xml-tdesc.c b/gdb/xml-tdesc.c
> index 1677659..effe652 100644
> --- a/gdb/xml-tdesc.c
> +++ b/gdb/xml-tdesc.c
> @@ -694,7 +694,6 @@ file_read_description_xml (const char *filename)
>    struct target_desc *tdesc;
>    char *tdesc_str;
>    struct cleanup *back_to;
> -  char *dirname;
> 
>    tdesc_str = xml_fetch_content_from_file (filename, NULL);
>    if (tdesc_str == NULL)
> @@ -705,11 +704,8 @@ file_read_description_xml (const char *filename)
> 
>    back_to = make_cleanup (xfree, tdesc_str);
> 
> -  dirname = ldirname (filename);
> -  if (dirname != NULL)
> -    make_cleanup (xfree, dirname);
> -
> -  tdesc = tdesc_parse_xml (tdesc_str, xml_fetch_content_from_file,
> dirname);
> +  tdesc = tdesc_parse_xml (tdesc_str, xml_fetch_content_from_file,
> +			   (void *) ldirname (filename).c_str ());
>    do_cleanups (back_to);
> 
>    return tdesc;
  

Patch

diff --git a/gdb/dwarf2read.c b/gdb/dwarf2read.c
index b3ea52b..4233006 100644
--- a/gdb/dwarf2read.c
+++ b/gdb/dwarf2read.c
@@ -1885,9 +1885,20 @@  static void queue_comp_unit (struct dwarf2_per_cu_data *per_cu,
 
 static void process_queue (void);
 
-static void find_file_and_directory (struct die_info *die,
-				     struct dwarf2_cu *cu,
-				     const char **name, const char **comp_dir);
+/* The return type of find_file_and_directory.  */
+
+struct file_and_directory
+{
+  const char *name;
+  const char *comp_dir;
+
+  /* If we needed to build a new string for comp_dir, this is what
+     owns the storage.  */
+  std::string comp_dir_storage;
+};
+
+static file_and_directory find_file_and_directory (struct die_info *die,
+						   struct dwarf2_cu *cu);
 
 static char *file_full_name (int file, struct line_header *lh,
 			     const char *comp_dir);
@@ -2552,18 +2563,15 @@  dwarf2_get_dwz_file (void)
   buildid_len = (size_t) buildid_len_arg;
 
   filename = (const char *) data;
+
+  std::string abs_storage;
   if (!IS_ABSOLUTE_PATH (filename))
     {
       char *abs = gdb_realpath (objfile_name (dwarf2_per_objfile->objfile));
-      char *rel;
 
       make_cleanup (xfree, abs);
-      abs = ldirname (abs);
-      make_cleanup (xfree, abs);
-
-      rel = concat (abs, SLASH_STRING, filename, (char *) NULL);
-      make_cleanup (xfree, rel);
-      filename = rel;
+      abs_storage = ldirname (abs) + SLASH_STRING + filename;
+      filename = abs_storage.c_str ();
     }
 
   /* First try the file name given in the section.  If that doesn't
@@ -3385,13 +3393,13 @@  dw2_get_file_names_reader (const struct die_reader_specs *reader,
   gdb_assert (slot != NULL);
   *slot = qfn;
 
-  find_file_and_directory (comp_unit_die, cu, &name, &comp_dir);
+  file_and_directory fnd = find_file_and_directory (comp_unit_die, cu);
 
   qfn->num_file_names = lh->num_file_names;
   qfn->file_names =
     XOBNEWVEC (&objfile->objfile_obstack, const char *, lh->num_file_names);
   for (i = 0; i < lh->num_file_names; ++i)
-    qfn->file_names[i] = file_full_name (i + 1, lh, comp_dir);
+    qfn->file_names[i] = file_full_name (i + 1, lh, fnd.comp_dir);
   qfn->real_names = NULL;
 
   free_line_header (lh);
@@ -9122,37 +9130,37 @@  producer_is_gcc_lt_4_3 (struct dwarf2_cu *cu)
   return cu->producer_is_gcc_lt_4_3;
 }
 
-static void
-find_file_and_directory (struct die_info *die, struct dwarf2_cu *cu,
-			 const char **name, const char **comp_dir)
+static file_and_directory
+find_file_and_directory (struct die_info *die, struct dwarf2_cu *cu)
 {
+  file_and_directory res;
+
   /* Find the filename.  Do not use dwarf2_name here, since the filename
      is not a source language identifier.  */
-  *name = dwarf2_string_attr (die, DW_AT_name, cu);
-  *comp_dir = dwarf2_string_attr (die, DW_AT_comp_dir, cu);
+  res.name = dwarf2_string_attr (die, DW_AT_name, cu);
+  res.comp_dir = dwarf2_string_attr (die, DW_AT_comp_dir, cu);
 
-  if (*comp_dir == NULL
-      && producer_is_gcc_lt_4_3 (cu) && *name != NULL
-      && IS_ABSOLUTE_PATH (*name))
+  if (res.comp_dir == NULL
+      && producer_is_gcc_lt_4_3 (cu) && res.name != NULL
+      && IS_ABSOLUTE_PATH (res.name))
     {
-      char *d = ldirname (*name);
-
-      *comp_dir = d;
-      if (d != NULL)
-	make_cleanup (xfree, d);
+      res.comp_dir_storage = ldirname (res.name);
+      res.comp_dir = res.comp_dir_storage.c_str ();
     }
-  if (*comp_dir != NULL)
+  if (res.comp_dir != NULL)
     {
       /* Irix 6.2 native cc prepends <machine>.: to the compilation
 	 directory, get rid of it.  */
-      const char *cp = strchr (*comp_dir, ':');
+      const char *cp = strchr (res.comp_dir, ':');
 
-      if (cp && cp != *comp_dir && cp[-1] == '.' && cp[1] == '/')
-	*comp_dir = cp + 1;
+      if (cp && cp != res.comp_dir && cp[-1] == '.' && cp[1] == '/')
+	res.comp_dir = cp + 1;
     }
 
-  if (*name == NULL)
-    *name = "<unknown>";
+  if (res.name == NULL)
+    res.name = "<unknown>";
+
+  return res;
 }
 
 /* Handle DW_AT_stmt_list for a compilation unit.
@@ -9262,12 +9270,9 @@  read_file_scope (struct die_info *die, struct dwarf2_cu *cu)
 {
   struct objfile *objfile = dwarf2_per_objfile->objfile;
   struct gdbarch *gdbarch = get_objfile_arch (objfile);
-  struct cleanup *back_to = make_cleanup (null_cleanup, 0);
   CORE_ADDR lowpc = ((CORE_ADDR) -1);
   CORE_ADDR highpc = ((CORE_ADDR) 0);
   struct attribute *attr;
-  const char *name = NULL;
-  const char *comp_dir = NULL;
   struct die_info *child_die;
   CORE_ADDR baseaddr;
 
@@ -9281,7 +9286,7 @@  read_file_scope (struct die_info *die, struct dwarf2_cu *cu)
     lowpc = highpc;
   lowpc = gdbarch_adjust_dwarf2_addr (gdbarch, lowpc + baseaddr);
 
-  find_file_and_directory (die, cu, &name, &comp_dir);
+  file_and_directory fnd = find_file_and_directory (die, cu);
 
   prepare_one_comp_unit (cu, die, cu->language);
 
@@ -9295,12 +9300,12 @@  read_file_scope (struct die_info *die, struct dwarf2_cu *cu)
   if (cu->producer && strstr (cu->producer, "GNU Go ") != NULL)
     set_cu_language (DW_LANG_Go, cu);
 
-  dwarf2_start_symtab (cu, name, comp_dir, lowpc);
+  dwarf2_start_symtab (cu, fnd.name, fnd.comp_dir, lowpc);
 
   /* Decode line number information if present.  We do this before
      processing child DIEs, so that the line header table is available
      for DW_AT_decl_file.  */
-  handle_DW_AT_stmt_list (die, cu, comp_dir, lowpc);
+  handle_DW_AT_stmt_list (die, cu, fnd.comp_dir, lowpc);
 
   /* Process all dies in compilation unit.  */
   if (die->child != NULL)
@@ -9338,8 +9343,6 @@  read_file_scope (struct die_info *die, struct dwarf2_cu *cu)
 	  dwarf_decode_macros (cu, macro_offset, 0);
 	}
     }
-
-  do_cleanups (back_to);
 }
 
 /* TU version of handle_DW_AT_stmt_list for read_type_unit_scope.
@@ -10892,49 +10895,44 @@  open_and_init_dwp_file (void)
 {
   struct objfile *objfile = dwarf2_per_objfile->objfile;
   struct dwp_file *dwp_file;
-  char *dwp_name;
-  struct cleanup *cleanups = make_cleanup (null_cleanup, 0);
 
   /* Try to find first .dwp for the binary file before any symbolic links
      resolving.  */
 
   /* If the objfile is a debug file, find the name of the real binary
      file and get the name of dwp file from there.  */
+  std::string dwp_name;
   if (objfile->separate_debug_objfile_backlink != NULL)
     {
       struct objfile *backlink = objfile->separate_debug_objfile_backlink;
       const char *backlink_basename = lbasename (backlink->original_name);
-      char *debug_dirname = ldirname (objfile->original_name);
 
-      make_cleanup (xfree, debug_dirname);
-      dwp_name = xstrprintf ("%s%s%s.dwp", debug_dirname,
-			     SLASH_STRING, backlink_basename);
+      dwp_name = ldirname (objfile->original_name) + SLASH_STRING + backlink_basename;
     }
   else
-    dwp_name = xstrprintf ("%s.dwp", objfile->original_name);
-  make_cleanup (xfree, dwp_name);
+    dwp_name = objfile->original_name;
+
+  dwp_name += ".dwp";
 
-  gdb_bfd_ref_ptr dbfd (open_dwp_file (dwp_name));
+  gdb_bfd_ref_ptr dbfd (open_dwp_file (dwp_name.c_str ()));
   if (dbfd == NULL
       && strcmp (objfile->original_name, objfile_name (objfile)) != 0)
     {
       /* Try to find .dwp for the binary file after gdb_realpath resolving.  */
-      dwp_name = xstrprintf ("%s.dwp", objfile_name (objfile));
-      make_cleanup (xfree, dwp_name);
-      dbfd = open_dwp_file (dwp_name);
+      dwp_name = objfile_name (objfile);
+      dwp_name += ".dwp";
+      dbfd = open_dwp_file (dwp_name.c_str ());
     }
 
   if (dbfd == NULL)
     {
       if (dwarf_read_debug)
-	fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stdlog, "DWP file not found: %s\n", dwp_name);
-      do_cleanups (cleanups);
+	fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stdlog, "DWP file not found: %s\n", dwp_name.c_str ());
       return NULL;
     }
   dwp_file = OBSTACK_ZALLOC (&objfile->objfile_obstack, struct dwp_file);
   dwp_file->name = bfd_get_filename (dbfd.get ());
   dwp_file->dbfd = dbfd.release ();
-  do_cleanups (cleanups);
 
   /* +1: section 0 is unused */
   dwp_file->num_sections = bfd_count_sections (dwp_file->dbfd) + 1;
@@ -10958,7 +10956,7 @@  open_and_init_dwp_file (void)
       error (_("Dwarf Error: DWP file CU version %s doesn't match"
 	       " TU version %s [in DWP file %s]"),
 	     pulongest (dwp_file->cus->version),
-	     pulongest (dwp_file->tus->version), dwp_name);
+	     pulongest (dwp_file->tus->version), dwp_name.c_str ());
     }
   dwp_file->version = dwp_file->cus->version;
 
diff --git a/gdb/python/python.c b/gdb/python/python.c
index 73fb3d0..a7aff53 100644
--- a/gdb/python/python.c
+++ b/gdb/python/python.c
@@ -1550,7 +1550,7 @@  do_start_initialization ()
      /foo/bin/python
      /foo/lib/pythonX.Y/...
      This must be done before calling Py_Initialize.  */
-  progname = concat (ldirname (python_libdir), SLASH_STRING, "bin",
+  progname = concat (ldirname (python_libdir).c_str (), SLASH_STRING, "bin",
 		     SLASH_STRING, "python", (char *) NULL);
 #ifdef IS_PY3K
   oldloc = xstrdup (setlocale (LC_ALL, NULL));
diff --git a/gdb/utils.c b/gdb/utils.c
index 27021a1..39798cc 100644
--- a/gdb/utils.c
+++ b/gdb/utils.c
@@ -2943,20 +2943,19 @@  dummy_obstack_deallocate (void *object, void *data)
 /* Simple, portable version of dirname that does not modify its
    argument.  */
 
-char *
+std::string
 ldirname (const char *filename)
 {
+  std::string dirname;
   const char *base = lbasename (filename);
-  char *dirname;
 
   while (base > filename && IS_DIR_SEPARATOR (base[-1]))
     --base;
 
   if (base == filename)
-    return NULL;
+    return dirname;
 
-  dirname = (char *) xmalloc (base - filename + 2);
-  memcpy (dirname, filename, base - filename);
+  dirname = std::string (filename, base - filename);
 
   /* On DOS based file systems, convert "d:foo" to "d:.", so that we
      create "d:./bar" later instead of the (different) "d:/bar".  */
@@ -2964,7 +2963,6 @@  ldirname (const char *filename)
       && !IS_DIR_SEPARATOR (filename[0]))
     dirname[base++ - filename] = '.';
 
-  dirname[base - filename] = '\0';
   return dirname;
 }
 
diff --git a/gdb/utils.h b/gdb/utils.h
index f138702..fb75f2e 100644
--- a/gdb/utils.h
+++ b/gdb/utils.h
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@  extern int gdb_filename_fnmatch (const char *pattern, const char *string,
 extern void substitute_path_component (char **stringp, const char *from,
 				       const char *to);
 
-char *ldirname (const char *filename);
+std::string ldirname (const char *filename);
 
 extern int count_path_elements (const char *path);
 
diff --git a/gdb/xml-syscall.c b/gdb/xml-syscall.c
index 1e42b8d..a436418 100644
--- a/gdb/xml-syscall.c
+++ b/gdb/xml-syscall.c
@@ -363,7 +363,6 @@  static struct syscalls_info *
 xml_init_syscalls_info (const char *filename)
 {
   char *full_file;
-  char *dirname;
   struct syscalls_info *syscalls_info;
   struct cleanup *back_to;
 
@@ -373,12 +372,9 @@  xml_init_syscalls_info (const char *filename)
 
   back_to = make_cleanup (xfree, full_file);
 
-  dirname = ldirname (filename);
-  if (dirname != NULL)
-    make_cleanup (xfree, dirname);
-
   syscalls_info = syscall_parse_xml (full_file,
-				     xml_fetch_content_from_file, dirname);
+				     xml_fetch_content_from_file,
+				     (void *) ldirname (filename).c_str ());
   do_cleanups (back_to);
 
   return syscalls_info;
diff --git a/gdb/xml-tdesc.c b/gdb/xml-tdesc.c
index 1677659..effe652 100644
--- a/gdb/xml-tdesc.c
+++ b/gdb/xml-tdesc.c
@@ -694,7 +694,6 @@  file_read_description_xml (const char *filename)
   struct target_desc *tdesc;
   char *tdesc_str;
   struct cleanup *back_to;
-  char *dirname;
 
   tdesc_str = xml_fetch_content_from_file (filename, NULL);
   if (tdesc_str == NULL)
@@ -705,11 +704,8 @@  file_read_description_xml (const char *filename)
 
   back_to = make_cleanup (xfree, tdesc_str);
 
-  dirname = ldirname (filename);
-  if (dirname != NULL)
-    make_cleanup (xfree, dirname);
-
-  tdesc = tdesc_parse_xml (tdesc_str, xml_fetch_content_from_file, dirname);
+  tdesc = tdesc_parse_xml (tdesc_str, xml_fetch_content_from_file,
+			   (void *) ldirname (filename).c_str ());
   do_cleanups (back_to);
 
   return tdesc;