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[RFA,1/2] Use previous count when 'x' command is repeated

Message ID 20180430202626.27017-2-tom@tromey.com
State New, archived
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Tom Tromey April 30, 2018, 8:26 p.m. UTC 
  About the 'x' command, the manual says:

    If you use <RET> to repeat the 'x' command, the repeat count N is
    used again; the other arguments default as for successive uses of
    'x'.

However, PR gdb/22619 points out that this does not work.

This patch fixes the problem.

ChangeLog
2018-04-30  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>

	PR gdb/22619:
	* printcmd.c (last_count): New global.
	(x_command): Use saved count when repeating.

testsuite/ChangeLog
2018-04-30  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>

	* gdb.base/long_long.exp (gdb_test_long_long): Add test for repeat
	behavior.
---
 gdb/ChangeLog                        |  6 ++++++
 gdb/printcmd.c                       | 11 +++++++++++
 gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog              |  5 +++++
 gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/long_long.exp |  5 +++++
 4 files changed, 27 insertions(+)
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Patch

diff --git a/gdb/printcmd.c b/gdb/printcmd.c
index a6d6d7e12d..18c41103bd 100644
--- a/gdb/printcmd.c
+++ b/gdb/printcmd.c
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@  static char last_format = 0;
 
 static char last_size = 'w';
 
+/* Last specified count for the 'x' command.  */
+
+static int last_count;
+
 /* Default address to examine next, and associated architecture.  */
 
 static struct gdbarch *next_gdbarch;
@@ -1616,6 +1620,11 @@  x_command (const char *exp, int from_tty)
   fmt.count = 1;
   fmt.raw = 0;
 
+  /* If there is no expression and no format, use the most recent
+     count.  */
+  if (exp == nullptr && last_count > 0)
+    fmt.count = last_count;
+
   if (exp && *exp == '/')
     {
       const char *tmp = exp + 1;
@@ -1624,6 +1633,8 @@  x_command (const char *exp, int from_tty)
       exp = (char *) tmp;
     }
 
+  last_count = fmt.count;
+
   /* If we have an expression, evaluate it and use it as the address.  */
 
   if (exp != 0 && *exp != 0)
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/long_long.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/long_long.exp
index 85e08f085d..b319c61c5e 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/long_long.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/long_long.exp
@@ -280,5 +280,10 @@  gdb_test_ptr "x/2ga g" "" "" "0x89abcdef.*0x77053977" "0x123456789abcdef.*0xa72e
 gdb_test "x/2gc g" "-17 '.\[0-9\]*'.*119 'w'"
 gdb_test "x/2gf g" "3.5127005640885037e-303.*-5.9822653797615723e-120"
 
+# Repeat behavior.
+gdb_test "x/2bx b" "0x01.*0xa7" "set up for repeat"
+send_gdb "\n"
+gdb_test "" "0x00.*0x00" "repeat x command"
+
 gdb_exit
 return 0