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authorMichael Snyder <msnyder@specifix.com>2009-11-11 19:27:02 +0000
committerMichael Snyder <msnyder@specifix.com>2009-11-11 19:27:02 +0000
commit1dc55da8b3553ee969175d929713a20c885c112a (patch)
tree401f267d77babd80d4b8c5e1af0cd3329682c8ef /gdb/findvar.c
parent7b76d18d09d72559c9ee38361de193fe2d336e67 (diff)
downloadgdb-1dc55da8b3553ee969175d929713a20c885c112a.tar.gz
2009-10-28 Michael Snyder <msnyder@vmware.com>
* findvar.c (top level): Fix and add comments.
Diffstat (limited to 'gdb/findvar.c')
-rw-r--r--gdb/findvar.c7
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/findvar.c b/gdb/findvar.c
index 8c027c9156a..abfe5bb7751 100644
--- a/gdb/findvar.c
+++ b/gdb/findvar.c
@@ -36,8 +36,9 @@
#include "block.h"
#include "objfiles.h"
-/* Basic byte-swapping routines. GDB has needed these for a long time...
- All extract a target-format integer at ADDR which is LEN bytes long. */
+/* Basic byte-swapping routines. All 'extract' functions return a
+ host-format integer from a target-format integer at ADDR which is
+ LEN bytes long. */
#if TARGET_CHAR_BIT != 8 || HOST_CHAR_BIT != 8
/* 8 bit characters are a pretty safe assumption these days, so we
@@ -179,6 +180,8 @@ extract_typed_address (const gdb_byte *buf, struct type *type)
return gdbarch_pointer_to_address (get_type_arch (type), type, buf);
}
+/* All 'store' functions accept a host-format integer and store a
+ target-format integer at ADDR which is LEN bytes long. */
void
store_signed_integer (gdb_byte *addr, int len,