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From: Thiago Jung Bauermann <thiago.bauermann@linaro.org>
To: Matthieu Longo <matthieu.longo@arm.com>
Cc: <gdb-patches@sourceware.org>,
	 Luis Machado <luis.machado@amd.com>,
	Luis Machado <luis.machado.foss@gmail.com>,
	 Andrew Burgess <aburgess@redhat.com>,
	 "Yury Khrustalev" <yury.khrustalev@arm.com>,
	Pedro Alves <pedro@palves.net>,  "Tom Tromey" <tom@tromey.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 06/10] gdb/linux-tdep: migrate linux_info_proc to file_reader_t
Date: Thu, 09 Jul 2026 06:35:57 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <874ii81xgy.fsf@linaro.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260707154900.94542-7-matthieu.longo@arm.com> (Matthieu Longo's message of "Tue, 7 Jul 2026 16:48:56 +0100")

Matthieu Longo <matthieu.longo@arm.com> writes:

> The patch migratse the code of linux_info_proc to use file_reader_t to

Typo: migrates

> read the procfs files.
> The availability of array_views allows to also simplify the logic in
> several places, where null-terminating characters are replaced by spaces,
> or where the file content is iterated line by line.
> In the last case, a new helper function, extract_string_view_from_buffer,
> encapsulates the logic for such iterations where string are separated by
> tokens.
> ---
>  gdb/linux-tdep.c | 120 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
>  1 file changed, 69 insertions(+), 51 deletions(-)

Nice improvement, thanks!

Just a couple of nits, but:

Reviewed-by: Thiago Jung Bauermann <thiago.bauermann@linaro.org>

> diff --git a/gdb/linux-tdep.c b/gdb/linux-tdep.c
> index a12a69f03a2..a2af1586d35 100644
> --- a/gdb/linux-tdep.c
> +++ b/gdb/linux-tdep.c
> @@ -836,6 +836,27 @@ dump_note_entry_p (filter_flags filterflags, const smaps_data &map)
>    return true;
>  }
>  
> +/* In a character buffer where entries are separated by a SEPARATOR character,
> +   extract the string view starting at START.
> +   Return the extracted view and the iterator to the next entry.  */
> +
> +static std::pair<gdb::array_view<char>, gdb::array_view<char>::iterator>
> +extract_string_view_from_buffer (gdb::array_view<char> &buffer,
> +				 gdb::array_view<char>::iterator start,
> +				 char separator = '\0')
> +{
> +  if (start < buffer.begin () || start >= buffer.end ())
> +    return std::make_pair (gdb::array_view<char> (), buffer.end ());
> +
> +  auto it = std::find (start, buffer.end (), separator);
> +  if (it == buffer.end ())
> +    return std::make_pair (gdb::array_view<char> (), buffer.end ());
> +
> +  auto next_start = std::next (it);
> +  return std::make_pair
> +    (gdb::array_view<char> (start, next_start), next_start);

This line fits 80 columns and doesn't need to be broken.

> +}
> +
>  /* Implement the "info proc" command.  */
>  
>  static void
> @@ -878,25 +899,20 @@ linux_info_proc (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, const char *args,
>    gdb_printf (_("process %d\n"), ptid.pid ());
>    if (cmdline_f)
>      {
> -      xsnprintf (filename, sizeof filename, "/proc/%ld/cmdline", ptid.lwp ());
> -      gdb_byte *buffer;
> -      LONGEST len = target_fileio_read_alloc (nullptr, filename, &buffer);
> -
> -      if (len > 0)
> +      file_reader_t<gdb_byte> cmdline_freader
> +	(string_printf ("/proc/%ld/cmdline", ptid.lwp ()));
> +      if (cmdline_freader)
>  	{
> -	  gdb::unique_xmalloc_ptr<char> cmdline ((char *) buffer);
> -	  ssize_t pos;
> -
> -	  for (pos = 0; pos < len - 1; pos++)
> -	    {
> -	      if (buffer[pos] == '\0')
> -		buffer[pos] = ' ';
> -	    }
> -	  buffer[len - 1] = '\0';
> -	  gdb_printf ("cmdline = '%s'\n", buffer);
> +	  gdb::array_view<char> cmdline = cmdline_freader.cast_view<char> ();
> +	  gdb_assert (cmdline[ cmdline.size () - 1] == '\0');

Extraneous space after '['.

> +	  /* Replace null characters splitting the arguments in the command
> +	     line by spaces, except for the last one.  */
> +	  gdb::replace (cmdline.slice (0, cmdline.size () - 1), '\0', ' ');
> +	  gdb_printf ("cmdline = '%s'\n", cmdline.data ());
>  	}
>        else
> -	warning (_("unable to open /proc file '%s'"), filename);
> +	warning (_("unable to open /proc file '%s'"),
> +		 cmdline_freader.c_filepath());
>      }
>    if (cwd_f)
>      {

-- 
Thiago
(he/him)

  reply	other threads:[~2026-07-09  6:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 66+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-07 15:48 [PATCH v1 00/10] gdb: bugfix 31207 and various refactoring in linux-tdep Matthieu Longo
2026-07-07 15:48 ` [PATCH v1 01/10] gdb/linux-tdep: change linux_fill_prpsinfo to return bool Matthieu Longo
2026-07-09  6:26   ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2026-07-09 12:23     ` Simon Marchi
2026-07-27 14:38       ` Matthieu Longo
2026-07-07 15:48 ` [PATCH v1 02/10] gdb: rely on the first alive thread TPID when reading Linux procfs files Matthieu Longo
2026-07-09  6:29   ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2026-07-13  9:11     ` Matthieu Longo
2026-07-09 14:24   ` Simon Marchi
2026-07-14 15:47     ` Matthieu Longo
2026-07-07 15:48 ` [PATCH v1 03/10] target_fileio_read_stralloc: add an optional length parameter Matthieu Longo
2026-07-09  6:30   ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2026-07-13 15:26     ` Matthieu Longo
2026-07-24  2:50       ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2026-07-27 14:52         ` Matthieu Longo
2026-07-29  1:57           ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2026-07-21 21:28   ` Luis
2026-07-27 14:48     ` Matthieu Longo
2026-07-27 14:53     ` Matthieu Longo
2026-07-07 15:48 ` [PATCH v1 04/10] gdb support: add gdb::replace algorithm for iterators and ranges Matthieu Longo
2026-07-09  6:30   ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2026-07-10 21:21   ` Kevin Buettner
2026-07-13 15:51     ` Matthieu Longo
2026-07-21 21:33   ` Luis
2026-07-27 14:58     ` Matthieu Longo
2026-07-07 15:48 ` [PATCH v1 05/10] gdb: introduce helper class file_reader_t Matthieu Longo
2026-07-09  6:33   ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2026-07-13 17:17     ` Matthieu Longo
2026-07-10 21:43   ` Kevin Buettner
2026-07-13 16:31     ` Matthieu Longo
2026-07-13 15:50   ` Schimpe, Christina
2026-07-13 17:12     ` Matthieu Longo
2026-07-22 16:36       ` Joos, Christina
2026-07-27 15:13         ` Matthieu Longo
2026-07-07 15:48 ` [PATCH v1 06/10] gdb/linux-tdep: migrate linux_info_proc to file_reader_t Matthieu Longo
2026-07-09  6:35   ` Thiago Jung Bauermann [this message]
2026-07-13 17:20     ` Matthieu Longo
2026-07-21 21:43   ` Luis
2026-07-27 17:11     ` Matthieu Longo
2026-07-07 15:48 ` [PATCH v1 07/10] gdb/linux-tdep: migrate linux_find_memory_regions_full " Matthieu Longo
2026-07-09  6:36   ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2026-07-14  8:40     ` Matthieu Longo
2026-07-24  2:51       ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2026-07-21 21:47   ` Luis
2026-07-27 17:14     ` Matthieu Longo
2026-07-07 15:48 ` [PATCH v1 08/10] gdb/linux-tdep: migrate parse_smaps_data " Matthieu Longo
2026-07-09  6:41   ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2026-07-14  8:49     ` Matthieu Longo
2026-07-24  2:52       ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2026-07-21 21:49   ` Luis
2026-07-27 17:17     ` Matthieu Longo
2026-07-07 15:48 ` [PATCH v1 09/10] gdb/linux-tdep: parse ProtectionKey in /proc/PID/smaps Matthieu Longo
2026-07-09  6:42   ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2026-07-14  9:12     ` Matthieu Longo
2026-07-14  9:29       ` Matthieu Longo
2026-07-24  2:58         ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2026-07-24 10:27           ` Yury Khrustalev
2026-07-25  6:40             ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2026-07-27  8:22               ` Yury Khrustalev
2026-07-29  1:10                 ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2026-07-21 21:57   ` Luis
2026-07-27 17:54     ` Matthieu Longo
2026-07-07 15:49 ` [PATCH v1 10/10] gdb/linux: add helpers to read AT_HWCAP3 and AT_HWCAP4 Matthieu Longo
2026-07-09  6:44   ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2026-07-21 21:58     ` Luis
2026-07-27 17:32       ` Matthieu Longo

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