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From: Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
To: Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>
Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gdb/tracepoint.c: Don't use printf_vma
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2016 00:12:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1a578b5a-608e-b75e-7a68-687bae3c1aa8@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20161116235831.GA4132@adacore.com>

On 11/16/2016 11:58 PM, Joel Brobecker wrote:
>> I noticed that bfd's printf_vma prints to stdout directly:
>>
>>   bfd-in2.h:202:#define printf_vma(x) fprintf_vma(stdout,x)
>>
>> This is a bad idea in gdb, where we should use
>> gdb_stdout/gdb_stderr/gdb_stdlog, etc., to support redirection.
>>
>> Eliminate uses of sprintf_vma too while at it.
>>
>> Tested on Fedora 23, w/ gdbserver.
>>
>> gdb/ChangeLog:
>> yyyy-mm-dd  Pedro Alves  <palves@redhat.com>
>>
>> 	* tracepoint.c (collection_list::add_memrange): Add gdbarch
>> 	parameter.  Use paddress instead of printf_vma.  Adjust recursive
>> 	calls.
>> 	(collection_list::stringify): Use paddress and phex_nz instead of
>> 	sprintf_vma.  Adjust add_memrange call.
>> 	* tracepoint.h (collection_list::add_memrange): Declare new method.
> 
> How about adding an ARI rule for those? I think it would help
> avoid this function creeping back in.

Indeed, sounds like a good idea.

> It's not very difficult, and I might be able to find some time
> this weekend to take care of it.

Thanks!

-- 
Pedro Alves


  reply	other threads:[~2016-11-17  0:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-11-15 23:10 Pedro Alves
2016-11-16 14:34 ` Luis Machado
2016-11-16 23:58 ` Joel Brobecker
2016-11-17  0:12   ` Pedro Alves [this message]
2016-11-19 18:43     ` [FYI/pushed] ARI: Add detection of printf_vma and sprintf_vma (was: "Re: [PATCH] gdb/tracepoint.c: Don't use printf_vma") Joel Brobecker
2016-11-17  0:46 ` [PATCH] gdb/tracepoint.c: Don't use printf_vma Pedro Alves

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