* coff-h8300.c (h8300_reloc16_extra_cases): Make name a const

[deliverable/binutils-gdb.git] / gdb / mdebugread.c

diff --git a/gdb/mdebugread.c b/gdb/mdebugread.c
index 3fe4f962c88bc2ae9c1720a7bd749bf1dd5fd41a..89015ba96b2a533437792a50144698ee88966360 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/mdebugread.c
+++ b/gdb/mdebugread.c
@@ -835,7 +835,23 @@ parse_symbol (sh, ax, ext_sh, bigend, section_offsets)
       if (sh->sc == scUndefined || sh->sc == scNil)
        t = mdebug_type_int;
       else
-       t = parse_type (cur_fd, ax, sh->index + 1, 0, bigend, name);
+       {
+         t = parse_type (cur_fd, ax, sh->index + 1, 0, bigend, name);
+         if (STREQ(name, "malloc") && t->code == TYPE_CODE_VOID)
+           {
+             /* I don't know why, but, at least under Linux/Alpha,
+                when linking against a malloc without debugging
+                symbols, its read as a function returning void---this
+                is bad because it means we cannot call functions with
+                string arguments interactively; i.e., "call
+                printf("howdy\n")" would fail with the error message
+                "program has no memory available".  To avoid this, we
+                patch up the type and make it void*
+                instead. (davidm@azstarnet.com)
+                */
+             t = t->pointer_type;
+           }
+       }
       b = top_stack->cur_block;
       if (sh->st == stProc)
        {