Re: PATH: reset innermost_block on 'run'

[Michael Snyder <msnyder@redhat.com>]

Michael Snyder wrote:
> 
> Per Bothner wrote:
> >
> > It's been a while since I made this change, but as I recall
> > without it gdb will tend to crash when you re-start the
> > inferior using a 'run' command.
> >
> > Now I don't know exactly the best place to reset the
> > innermost_block variable, but it *is* a cache variable
> > that must be reset whenever execution continues, including
> > on each 'run'.
> 
> Eeeewww!  I believe you're right!   ;-(
> Thanks for the catch, but I don't believe run_command is the right spot.
> If we want to do it whenever execution resumes, then how about putting
> it in resume()?

Moreover, there are two global extern declarations for this variable:
one in parser-defs.h, and one in expression.h.  Which one should we
eliminate?  I think that everything that includes parser-defs.h
also includes expression.h (or should), but not vice versa, so
maybe keep it in expression.h?


> 
> >
> >         * infcmd.c (run_command):  Reset innermost_block.
> > --
> >         --Per Bothner
> > per@bothner.com   http://www.bothner.com/per/
> >
> >   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Index: infcmd.c
> > ===================================================================
> > RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/infcmd.c,v
> > retrieving revision 1.43
> > diff -u -p -r1.43 infcmd.c
> > --- infcmd.c    28 Mar 2002 01:35:55 -0000      1.43
> > +++ infcmd.c    11 Apr 2002 23:57:47 -0000
> > @@ -387,6 +387,8 @@ Start it from the beginning? "))
> >        init_wait_for_inferior ();
> >      }
> >
> > +  innermost_block = NULL;
> > +
> >    clear_breakpoint_hit_counts ();
> >
> >    /* Purge old solib objfiles. */