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From: Yao Qi <yao@codesourcery.com>
To: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Collect return addresses at tracepoints
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 23:42:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4E7BC595.50708@codesourcery.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4E7A5B0C.2020802@earthlink.net>

On 09/22/2011 05:45 AM, Stan Shebs wrote:

Stan,
I don't know the code very well, just two cents on function comment.

> Index: amd64-tdep.c
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/amd64-tdep.c,v

>   \f
> + /* Generate a bytecode expression to get the value of the saved PC.
> +    Since this is supposed to run on the target independently of GDB,
> +    we don't have the full power of the unwinding machinery.  Instead,
> +    make a guess as to the most likely location of the return address,
> +    and issue byte codes for that.  */
> + 
> + void
> + amd64_gen_return_address (struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
> + 			  struct agent_expr *ax, struct axs_value *value,
> + 			  CORE_ADDR scope)

The comments on function amd64_gen_return_address and
i386_gen_return_address are identical.  I suggest that we move this
comment to gdbarch.sh ...

and write comment on function amd64_gen_return_address and
i386_gen_return_address like this,

/* This is the implementation of gdbarch method gen_return_address.  */

> Index: gdbarch.sh
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/gdbarch.sh,v
> retrieving revision 1.523
> diff -p -r1.523 gdbarch.sh
> *** gdbarch.sh	22 Jul 2011 15:31:50 -0000	1.523
> --- gdbarch.sh	21 Sep 2011 21:27:00 -0000
> *************** v:const char *:solib_symbols_extension::
> *** 820,825 ****
> --- 820,829 ----
>   # is, absolute paths include a drive name, and the backslash is
>   # considered a directory separator.
>   v:int:has_dos_based_file_system:::0:0::0
> + 
> + # Generate bytecodes to collect the return address in a frame.
> + m:void:gen_return_address:struct agent_expr *ax, struct axs_value *value, CORE_ADDR scope:ax, value, scope::default_gen_return_address::0
> + 

... here, and document the each parameter in comment.

> Index: i386-tdep.c
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/i386-tdep.c,v

>   \f
> + /* Generate a bytecode expression to get the value of the saved PC.
> +    Since this is supposed to run on the target independently of GDB,
> +    we don't have the full power of the unwinding machinery.  Instead,
> +    make a guess as to the most likely location of the return address,
> +    and issue byte codes for that.  */
> + 
> + void
> + i386_gen_return_address (struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
> + 			 struct agent_expr *ax, struct axs_value *value,
> + 			 CORE_ADDR scope)


-- 
Yao (齐尧)


  parent reply	other threads:[~2011-09-22 23:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-09-21 22:48 Stan Shebs
2011-09-22 18:22 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-09-23  7:34   ` Stan Shebs
2011-09-23  8:45     ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-09-22 23:42 ` Yao Qi [this message]
2011-09-24  9:19 ` Doug Evans

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