[RFA] initialize err variable in load_section_callback()

["Theodore A. Roth" <troth@openavr.org>]

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Hi,

I just encountered a problem with using the "load" command with a remote
avr target. The first packet would be sent to the remote target and then
gdb would just give up with this error message:

  (gdb) load
  Loading section .text, size 0x1f8 lma 0x0
  Sending packet: $M0,a:0c9446000c9463000c94#d7...Ack
  Packet received: OK
  Memory access error while loading section .text.

It looks like load_section_callback() in symfile.c is assuming that a
call to target_write_memory_partial() will set the err variable.
Unfortunately, that is not a valid assumption.

The attached patch got things working again, but this feels like a hack
to me since target_write_memory_partial() should really be setting err
to a sane value before returning.

Patch is against today's cvs mainline.

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Ted Roth
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2004-10-19  Theodore A. Roth  <troth@openavr.org>

	* symfile.c (load_section_callback): Initialize err to zero since
	target_write_memory_partial() may not set it in all situations.

Index: symfile.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/symfile.c,v
retrieving revision 1.143
diff -u -p -p -r1.143 symfile.c
--- symfile.c	1 Oct 2004 10:23:09 -0000	1.143
+++ symfile.c	19 Oct 2004 20:07:58 -0000
@@ -1405,7 +1405,7 @@ load_section_callback (bfd *abfd, asecti
 	  struct cleanup *old_chain;
 	  CORE_ADDR lma = bfd_section_lma (abfd, asec) + args->load_offset;
 	  bfd_size_type block_size;
-	  int err;
+	  int err = 0;
 	  const char *sect_name = bfd_get_section_name (abfd, asec);
 	  bfd_size_type sent;