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)
next prev parent 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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