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-rw-r--r--gdb/ChangeLog5
-rw-r--r--gdb/inf-ptrace.c98
-rw-r--r--gdb/inftarg.c2
3 files changed, 97 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 3d6faccdc7a..4364731b00c 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
2004-09-30 Andrew Cagney <cagney@gnu.org>
+ * inf-ptrace.c (inf_ptrace_xfer_partial): Replace call to
+ inf_ptrace_xfer_memory with equivalent code.
+ * inftarg.c (child_xfer_partial): When performing a write, pass
+ writebuf to child_xfer_memory.
+
* target.c (target_read_string): Use target_read_memory instead of
target_xfer_memory.
diff --git a/gdb/inf-ptrace.c b/gdb/inf-ptrace.c
index 14b3f0a4964..7c37a04df2c 100644
--- a/gdb/inf-ptrace.c
+++ b/gdb/inf-ptrace.c
@@ -619,13 +619,97 @@ inf_ptrace_xfer_partial (struct target_ops *ops, enum target_object object,
switch (object)
{
case TARGET_OBJECT_MEMORY:
- if (readbuf)
- return inf_ptrace_xfer_memory (offset, readbuf, len, 0 /*write */ ,
- NULL, ops);
- if (writebuf)
- return inf_ptrace_xfer_memory (offset, readbuf, len, 1 /*write */ ,
- NULL, ops);
- return -1;
+#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 = writebuf ? PIOD_WRITE_D : PIOD_READ_D;
+ piod.piod_addr = writebuf ? (void *) writebuf : readbuf;
+ piod.piod_offs = (void *) (long) offset;
+ piod.piod_len = len;
+
+ errno = 0;
+ if (ptrace (PT_IO, PIDGET (inferior_ptid), (caddr_t) &piod, 0) == 0)
+ /* Return the actual number of bytes read or written. */
+ return piod.piod_len;
+ /* 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;
+ }
+#endif
+ {
+ union
+ {
+ PTRACE_TYPE_RET word;
+ unsigned char byte[sizeof (PTRACE_TYPE_RET)];
+ } buffer;
+ ULONGEST rounded_offset;
+ LONGEST partial_len;
+
+ /* Round the start address down to the next long word boundary. */
+ rounded_offset = offset & -(ULONGEST) sizeof (PTRACE_TYPE_RET);
+
+ /* Truncate the length so that at max a single word will be
+ transfered. Remember, this function is required to perform
+ only a partial read so no more than one word should be
+ transfered). */
+ if (rounded_offset + sizeof (PTRACE_TYPE_RET) < offset + len)
+ partial_len = sizeof (PTRACE_TYPE_RET) - (offset - rounded_offset);
+ else
+ partial_len = len;
+
+ if (writebuf)
+ {
+ /* Fill start and end extra bytes of buffer with existing
+ memory data. */
+ if (rounded_offset < offset
+ || (partial_len + (offset - rounded_offset)
+ < sizeof (PTRACE_TYPE_RET)))
+ /* Need part of initial word -- fetch it. */
+ buffer.word = ptrace (PT_READ_I, PIDGET (inferior_ptid),
+ (PTRACE_TYPE_ARG3) (long) rounded_offset,
+ 0);
+
+ /* Copy data to be written over corresponding part of
+ buffer. */
+ memcpy (buffer.byte + (offset - rounded_offset), writebuf, partial_len);
+
+ errno = 0;
+ ptrace (PT_WRITE_D, PIDGET (inferior_ptid),
+ (PTRACE_TYPE_ARG3) (long) rounded_offset,
+ (int) buffer.byte);
+ if (errno)
+ {
+ /* Using the appropriate one (I or D) is necessary for
+ Gould NP1, at least. */
+ errno = 0;
+ ptrace (PT_WRITE_I, PIDGET (inferior_ptid),
+ (PTRACE_TYPE_ARG3) (long) rounded_offset,
+ (int) buffer.byte);
+ if (errno)
+ return 0;
+ }
+ }
+ if (readbuf)
+ {
+ errno = 0;
+ buffer.word = ptrace (PT_READ_I, PIDGET (inferior_ptid),
+ (PTRACE_TYPE_ARG3) (long) rounded_offset, 0);
+ if (errno)
+ return 0;
+ /* Copy appropriate bytes out of the buffer. */
+ memcpy (readbuf, buffer.byte + (offset - rounded_offset),
+ partial_len);
+ }
+ return partial_len;
+ }
case TARGET_OBJECT_UNWIND_TABLE:
return -1;
diff --git a/gdb/inftarg.c b/gdb/inftarg.c
index e0b6a31e278..df3c5fe5edc 100644
--- a/gdb/inftarg.c
+++ b/gdb/inftarg.c
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ child_xfer_partial (struct target_ops *ops, enum target_object object,
return child_xfer_memory (offset, readbuf, len, 0/*write*/,
NULL, ops);
if (writebuf)
- return child_xfer_memory (offset, readbuf, len, 1/*write*/,
+ return child_xfer_memory (offset, (void *) writebuf, len, 1/*write*/,
NULL, ops);
return -1;