[PATCH] Constify gdbserver "monitor" commands

Tom Tromey
2026-01-22T03:18:06Z

I noticed that the gdbserver "monitor" commands should take a const
parameter.
---
gdbserver/linux-low.cc | 2 +-
gdbserver/linux-low.h | 4 ++--
gdbserver/server.cc | 2 +-
gdbserver/target.cc | 2 +-
gdbserver/target.h | 2 +-
gdbserver/thread-db.cc | 2 +-
6 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gdbserver/linux-low.cc b/gdbserver/linux-low.cc
index b12f7c08b31..ca20a5bca16 100644
--- a/gdbserver/linux-low.cc
+++ b/gdbserver/linux-low.cc
@@ -6003,7 +6003,7 @@ linux_process_target::handle_new_gdb_connection ()
}

int
-linux_process_target::handle_monitor_command (char *mon)
+linux_process_target::handle_monitor_command (const char *mon)
{
#ifdef USE_THREAD_DB
return thread_db_handle_monitor_command (mon);
diff --git a/gdbserver/linux-low.h b/gdbserver/linux-low.h
index ae196f5767a..03e11202955 100644
--- a/gdbserver/linux-low.h
+++ b/gdbserver/linux-low.h
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ class linux_process_target : public process_stratum_target

void handle_new_gdb_connection () override;

- int handle_monitor_command (char *mon) override;
+ int handle_monitor_command (const char *mon) override;

int core_of_thread (ptid_t ptid) override;

@@ -947,7 +947,7 @@ CORE_ADDR linux_get_pc_64bit (struct regcache *regcache);
int thread_db_init (void);
void thread_db_detach (struct process_info *);
void thread_db_mourn (struct process_info *);
-int thread_db_handle_monitor_command (char *);
+int thread_db_handle_monitor_command (const char *);
int thread_db_get_tls_address (thread_info *thread, CORE_ADDR offset,
CORE_ADDR load_module, CORE_ADDR *address);
int thread_db_look_up_one_symbol (const char *name, CORE_ADDR *addrp);
diff --git a/gdbserver/server.cc b/gdbserver/server.cc
index fcad2b973d5..674300f8ce0 100644
--- a/gdbserver/server.cc
+++ b/gdbserver/server.cc
@@ -1714,7 +1714,7 @@ handle_general_monitor_debug (const char *mon)
/* Handle monitor commands not handled by target-specific handlers. */

static void
-handle_monitor_command (char *mon, char *own_buf)
+handle_monitor_command (const char *mon, char *own_buf)
{
if (startswith (mon, "set debug "))
{
diff --git a/gdbserver/target.cc b/gdbserver/target.cc
index 5a2e96811b3..43ef421df74 100644
--- a/gdbserver/target.cc
+++ b/gdbserver/target.cc
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ process_stratum_target::handle_new_gdb_connection ()
}

int
-process_stratum_target::handle_monitor_command (char *mon)
+process_stratum_target::handle_monitor_command (const char *mon)
{
return 0;
}
diff --git a/gdbserver/target.h b/gdbserver/target.h
index d6ab83768d3..82eab9d1243 100644
--- a/gdbserver/target.h
+++ b/gdbserver/target.h
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ class process_stratum_target

/* The target-specific routine to process monitor command.
Returns 1 if handled, or 0 to perform default processing. */
- virtual int handle_monitor_command (char *mon);
+ virtual int handle_monitor_command (const char *mon);

/* Returns the core given a thread, or -1 if not known. */
virtual int core_of_thread (ptid_t ptid);
diff --git a/gdbserver/thread-db.cc b/gdbserver/thread-db.cc
index 2370c139afa..7f29788d7d7 100644
--- a/gdbserver/thread-db.cc
+++ b/gdbserver/thread-db.cc
@@ -833,7 +833,7 @@ thread_db_mourn (struct process_info *proc)
For any other command, return 0. */

int
-thread_db_handle_monitor_command (char *mon)
+thread_db_handle_monitor_command (const char *mon)
{
const char *cmd = "set libthread-db-search-path";
size_t cmd_len = strlen (cmd);
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