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Remove an instance of MAX_REGISTER_SIZE from record-full.c

Message ID C7AECD2C-570A-4934-A153-FFA8B66E8185@arm.com
State New, archived
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Alan Hayward June 12, 2017, 1:59 p.m. UTC 
  > On 12 Jun 2017, at 12:05, Yao Qi <qiyaoltc@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Alan Hayward <Alan.Hayward@arm.com> writes:
> 
>> -        regcache_cooked_read (regcache, entry->u.reg.num, reg);
>> -        regcache_cooked_write (regcache, entry->u.reg.num,
>> -			       record_full_get_loc (entry));
>> -        memcpy (record_full_get_loc (entry), reg, entry->u.reg.len);
> 
> The original code is about swapping contents of register REG in regcache
> and record_full_get_loc (entry), and the length is known entry->u.reg.len.
> 

Yes.

>> +	value = regcache->cooked_read_value (entry->u.reg.num);
>> +	gdb_assert (value != NULL);
>> +	regcache->cooked_write (entry->u.reg.num, record_full_get_loc (entry));
>> +	memcpy (record_full_get_loc (entry), value_contents_all (value),
>> +		entry->u.reg.len);
>> +	release_value (value);
>> +	value_free (value);
> 
> It is a overkill to use value to swap these two buffers, IMO.  How about
> xmalloc "reg" instead?
> 

Given that the code doesn’t use any of the error checking, then agreed.


Tested on a --enable-targets=all build with board files unix and
native-gdbserver.


Ok to commit?
Alan.

2017-06-12  Alan Hayward  <alan.hayward@arm.com>

	* gdb/record-full.c (record_full_exec_insn): Allocate buffer.

Comments

Alan Hayward June 21, 2017, 9:31 a.m. UTC | #1 
PING

> On 12 Jun 2017, at 14:59, Alan Hayward <Alan.Hayward@arm.com> wrote:

> 

> 

>> On 12 Jun 2017, at 12:05, Yao Qi <qiyaoltc@gmail.com> wrote:

>> 

>> Alan Hayward <Alan.Hayward@arm.com> writes:

>> 

>>> -        regcache_cooked_read (regcache, entry->u.reg.num, reg);

>>> -        regcache_cooked_write (regcache, entry->u.reg.num,

>>> -			       record_full_get_loc (entry));

>>> -        memcpy (record_full_get_loc (entry), reg, entry->u.reg.len);

>> 

>> The original code is about swapping contents of register REG in regcache

>> and record_full_get_loc (entry), and the length is known entry->u.reg.len.

>> 

> 

> Yes.

> 

>>> +	value = regcache->cooked_read_value (entry->u.reg.num);

>>> +	gdb_assert (value != NULL);

>>> +	regcache->cooked_write (entry->u.reg.num, record_full_get_loc (entry));

>>> +	memcpy (record_full_get_loc (entry), value_contents_all (value),

>>> +		entry->u.reg.len);

>>> +	release_value (value);

>>> +	value_free (value);

>> 

>> It is a overkill to use value to swap these two buffers, IMO.  How about

>> xmalloc "reg" instead?

>> 

> 

> Given that the code doesn’t use any of the error checking, then agreed.

> 

> 

> Tested on a --enable-targets=all build with board files unix and

> native-gdbserver.

> 

> 

> Ok to commit?

> Alan.

> 

> 2017-06-12  Alan Hayward  <alan.hayward@arm.com>

> 

> 	* gdb/record-full.c (record_full_exec_insn): Allocate buffer.

> 

> 

> diff --git a/gdb/record-full.c b/gdb/record-full.c

> index 31ff558d2a633cff71d3e6082e42f5d6fb88bcf1..4f73e2a5ad0d4a2407b31a1d391e813147e15798 100644

> --- a/gdb/record-full.c

> +++ b/gdb/record-full.c

> @@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ record_full_exec_insn (struct regcache *regcache,

>     {

>     case record_full_reg: /* reg */

>       {

> -        gdb_byte reg[MAX_REGISTER_SIZE];

> +        gdb_byte *reg = (gdb_byte *) xmalloc (entry->u.reg.len);

> 

>         if (record_debug > 1)

>           fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stdlog,

> @@ -711,6 +711,7 @@ record_full_exec_insn (struct regcache *regcache,

>         regcache_cooked_write (regcache, entry->u.reg.num,

> 			       record_full_get_loc (entry));

>         memcpy (record_full_get_loc (entry), reg, entry->u.reg.len);

> +        xfree (reg);

>       }

>       break;

> 

> 

>
Yao Qi June 21, 2017, 10:33 a.m. UTC | #2 
Alan Hayward <Alan.Hayward@arm.com> writes:

> 2017-06-12  Alan Hayward  <alan.hayward@arm.com>
>
> 	* gdb/record-full.c (record_full_exec_insn): Allocate buffer.

Patch is good to me.
Pedro Alves June 21, 2017, 10:52 a.m. UTC | #3 
On 06/12/2017 02:59 PM, Alan Hayward wrote:

> diff --git a/gdb/record-full.c b/gdb/record-full.c
> index 31ff558d2a633cff71d3e6082e42f5d6fb88bcf1..4f73e2a5ad0d4a2407b31a1d391e813147e15798 100644
> --- a/gdb/record-full.c
> +++ b/gdb/record-full.c
> @@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ record_full_exec_insn (struct regcache *regcache,
>      {
>      case record_full_reg: /* reg */
>        {
> -        gdb_byte reg[MAX_REGISTER_SIZE];
> +        gdb_byte *reg = (gdb_byte *) xmalloc (entry->u.reg.len);
> 
>          if (record_debug > 1)
>            fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stdlog,
> @@ -711,6 +711,7 @@ record_full_exec_insn (struct regcache *regcache,
>          regcache_cooked_write (regcache, entry->u.reg.num,
>  			       record_full_get_loc (entry));
>          memcpy (record_full_get_loc (entry), reg, entry->u.reg.len);
> +        xfree (reg);

You can use
  gdb::byte_vector reg (entry->u.reg.len);
to avoid the explicit xfree here.

(and a potential leak if regcache_* throws).

Thanks,
Pedro Alves
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diff --git a/gdb/record-full.c b/gdb/record-full.c
index 31ff558d2a633cff71d3e6082e42f5d6fb88bcf1..4f73e2a5ad0d4a2407b31a1d391e813147e15798 100644
--- a/gdb/record-full.c
+++ b/gdb/record-full.c
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@  record_full_exec_insn (struct regcache *regcache,
     {
     case record_full_reg: /* reg */
       {
-        gdb_byte reg[MAX_REGISTER_SIZE];
+        gdb_byte *reg = (gdb_byte *) xmalloc (entry->u.reg.len);

         if (record_debug > 1)
           fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stdlog,
@@ -711,6 +711,7 @@  record_full_exec_insn (struct regcache *regcache,
         regcache_cooked_write (regcache, entry->u.reg.num,
 			       record_full_get_loc (entry));
         memcpy (record_full_get_loc (entry), reg, entry->u.reg.len);
+        xfree (reg);
       }
       break;