From: Tom Tromey <tromey@adacore.com>
To: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
Cc: Tom Tromey <tromey@adacore.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Don't make copies when calling find_cmd
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2026 13:49:12 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260122-command-no-alloca-v1-2-402aa429bbbf@adacore.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260122-command-no-alloca-v1-0-402aa429bbbf@adacore.com>
Currently both callers of find_cmd make a temporary string -- one with
std::string and one with the dreaded alloca.
However, as the previous change to find_cmd points out, these copies
are not needed. Remove them and use a string_view instead.
---
gdb/cli/cli-decode.c | 18 +++++-------------
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/gdb/cli/cli-decode.c b/gdb/cli/cli-decode.c
index c9bd610a3ac..f581f128a34 100644
--- a/gdb/cli/cli-decode.c
+++ b/gdb/cli/cli-decode.c
@@ -2258,7 +2258,6 @@ lookup_cmd_1 (const char **text, struct cmd_list_element *clist,
struct cmd_list_element **result_list, std::string *default_args,
int ignore_help_classes, bool lookup_for_completion_p)
{
- char *command;
int len, nfound;
struct cmd_list_element *found, *c;
bool found_alias = false;
@@ -2273,18 +2272,11 @@ lookup_cmd_1 (const char **text, struct cmd_list_element *clist,
if (len == 0)
return 0;
- /* *text and p now bracket the first command word to lookup (and
- it's length is len). We copy this into a local temporary. */
-
-
- command = (char *) alloca (len + 1);
- memcpy (command, *text, len);
- command[len] = '\0';
-
- /* Look it up. */
+ /* *TEXT is the first command word to lookup (and its length is
+ LEN). Look it up. */
found = 0;
nfound = 0;
- found = find_cmd (std::string_view (command, len),
+ found = find_cmd (std::string_view (*text, len),
clist, ignore_help_classes, &nfound);
/* If nothing matches, we have a simple failure. */
@@ -2666,8 +2658,8 @@ lookup_cmd_composition_1 (const char *text,
return 0;
/* TEXT is the start of the first command word to lookup (and
- it's length is LEN). We copy this into a local temporary. */
- std::string command (text, len);
+ its length is LEN). */
+ std::string_view command (text, len);
/* Look it up. */
int nfound = 0;
--
2.52.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-22 20:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-22 20:49 [PATCH 0/3] Remove some uses of alloca from cli/ Tom Tromey
2026-01-22 20:49 ` [PATCH 1/3] Use string_view in cli-decode.c:find_cmd Tom Tromey
2026-01-22 20:49 ` Tom Tromey [this message]
2026-01-22 20:49 ` [PATCH 3/3] Remove alloca from lookup_cmd Tom Tromey
2026-01-29 19:07 ` [PATCH 0/3] Remove some uses of alloca from cli/ Kevin Buettner
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