/* Low level Unix child interface to ptrace, for GDB when running under Unix.
- Copyright 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998,
- 1999, 2000, 2001
+ Copyright 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996,
+ 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This file is part of GDB.
char mess[128]; /* For messages */
register int i;
unsigned int offset; /* Offset of registers within the u area. */
- char buf[MAX_REGISTER_RAW_SIZE];
+ char *buf = alloca (MAX_REGISTER_RAW_SIZE);
int tid;
if (CANNOT_FETCH_REGISTER (regno))
register int i;
unsigned int offset; /* Offset of registers within the u area. */
int tid;
+ char *buf = alloca (MAX_REGISTER_RAW_SIZE);
if (CANNOT_STORE_REGISTER (regno))
{
offset = U_REGS_OFFSET;
regaddr = register_addr (regno, offset);
+
+ /* Put the contents of regno into a local buffer */
+ regcache_collect (regno, buf);
+
+ /* Store the local buffer into the inferior a chunk at the time. */
for (i = 0; i < REGISTER_RAW_SIZE (regno); i += sizeof (PTRACE_XFER_TYPE))
{
errno = 0;
ptrace (PT_WRITE_U, tid, (PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE) regaddr,
- *(PTRACE_XFER_TYPE *) & registers[REGISTER_BYTE (regno) + i]);
+ *(PTRACE_XFER_TYPE *) (buf + i));
regaddr += sizeof (PTRACE_XFER_TYPE);
if (errno != 0)
{
#endif /* !defined (FETCH_INFERIOR_REGISTERS). */
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+/* Set an upper limit on alloca. */
+#ifndef GDB_MAX_ALLOCA
+#define GDB_MAX_ALLOCA 0x1000
+#endif
+
#if !defined (CHILD_XFER_MEMORY)
/* NOTE! I tried using PTRACE_READDATA, etc., to read and write memory
in the NEW_SUN_PTRACE case. It ought to be straightforward. But
int
child_xfer_memory (CORE_ADDR memaddr, char *myaddr, int len, int write,
- struct mem_attrib *attrib ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
- struct target_ops *target)
+ struct mem_attrib *attrib, struct target_ops *target)
{
int i;
/* Round starting address down to longword boundary. */
/* Round ending address up; get number of longwords that makes. */
int count = ((((memaddr + len) - addr) + sizeof (PTRACE_XFER_TYPE) - 1)
/ sizeof (PTRACE_XFER_TYPE));
+ int alloc = count * sizeof (PTRACE_XFER_TYPE);
+ PTRACE_XFER_TYPE *buffer;
+ struct cleanup *old_chain = NULL;
+
+#ifdef PT_IO
+ /* OpenBSD 3.1, NetBSD 1.6 and FreeBSD 5.0 have a new PT_IO request
+ that promises to be much more efficient in reading and writing
+ data in the traced process's address space. */
+
+ {
+ struct ptrace_io_desc piod;
+
+ /* NOTE: We assume that there are no distinct address spaces for
+ instruction and data. */
+ piod.piod_op = write ? PIOD_WRITE_D : PIOD_READ_D;
+ piod.piod_offs = (void *) memaddr;
+ piod.piod_addr = myaddr;
+ piod.piod_len = len;
+
+ if (ptrace (PT_IO, PIDGET (inferior_ptid), (caddr_t) &piod, 0) == -1)
+ {
+ /* If the PT_IO request is somehow not supported, fallback on
+ using PT_WRITE_D/PT_READ_D. Otherwise we will return zero
+ to indicate failure. */
+ if (errno != EINVAL)
+ return 0;
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ /* Return the actual number of bytes read or written. */
+ return piod.piod_len;
+ }
+ }
+#endif
+
/* Allocate buffer of that many longwords. */
- PTRACE_XFER_TYPE *buffer =
- (PTRACE_XFER_TYPE *) alloca (count * sizeof (PTRACE_XFER_TYPE));
+ if (len < GDB_MAX_ALLOCA)
+ {
+ buffer = (PTRACE_XFER_TYPE *) alloca (alloc);
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ buffer = (PTRACE_XFER_TYPE *) xmalloc (alloc);
+ old_chain = make_cleanup (xfree, buffer);
+ }
if (write)
{
len);
}
+ if (old_chain != NULL)
+ do_cleanups (old_chain);
return len;
}
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