Re: [PATCH 06/10] remote: Small cleanup in compare_section_command

Simon Marchi
2018-05-18T21:17:27Z

On 2018-05-16 10:18 AM, Pedro Alves wrote:
> The set_general_process call in compare_sections_command isn't
> actually needed. remote_target::verify_memory and
> remote_target::xfer_partial already handle making sure the remote is
> pointing at the right process or thread.
>
> Getting this out of the way helps a bit with further elimination of
> the remote_state global, because we have to handle the case of a user
> invoking the command even if not connect to a remote target.
>
> gdb/ChangeLog:
> yyyy-mm-dd Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
>
> * remote.c (compare_section_command): Remove set_general_process
> call.
> ---
> gdb/remote.c | 3 ---
> 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/gdb/remote.c b/gdb/remote.c
> index 8e1baf0856..ef15eafe2a 100644
> --- a/gdb/remote.c
> +++ b/gdb/remote.c
> @@ -10511,9 +10511,6 @@ compare_sections_command (const char *args, int from_tty)
> if (!exec_bfd)
> error (_("command cannot be used without an exec file"));
>
> - /* Make sure the remote is pointing at the right process. */
> - set_general_process ();
> -
> if (args != NULL && strcmp (args, "-r") == 0)
> {
> read_only = 1;
>

LGTM.

Simon