From: Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@codesourcery.com>
To: Mark Kettenis <mark.kettenis@xs4all.nl>
Cc: gdb@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: CORE_ADDR representation
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:43:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100218134345.GB17163@caradoc.them.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201002181017.o1IAHDdS030942@glazunov.sibelius.xs4all.nl>
On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 11:17:14AM +0100, Mark Kettenis wrote:
> Perhaps we should introduce a function to "normalize" addresses (mask
> off high-bits or sign extend) that we call in places that need it?
> It'd be a no-op for a N-bit debugger debugging an N-bit target, so
> you'd be able to call it unconditionally. That should clear away
> quite a bit of clutter.
That does sound better than the status quo. I worry that we'll have
otherwise the same trouble with figuring out places that 'need' it...
Hmm. I wonder if we could use a static analysis tool for this. It
sounds like a classic example of a static problem.
--
Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-02-18 13:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-02-18 4:44 Daniel Jacobowitz
2010-02-18 5:42 ` Stan Shebs
2010-02-18 14:11 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2010-02-18 23:04 ` Tom Tromey
2010-02-18 10:18 ` Mark Kettenis
2010-02-18 13:43 ` Daniel Jacobowitz [this message]
2010-02-19 19:27 ` Tom Tromey
2010-02-18 10:34 ` Jan Kratochvil
2010-02-18 13:41 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2010-02-18 13:53 ` Jan Kratochvil
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