[PING]: [PATCH] PR-10034 Bad space handling in set remote exec-file command

[Abhijit Halder <abhijit dot k dot halder at gmail dot com>]

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From: Abhijit Halder <abhijit.k.halder@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 1:16 PM
Subject: Re: [PATCH] PR-10034 Bad space handling in set remote exec-file command
To: "gdb-patches@sourceware.org ml" <gdb-patches@sourceware.org>


On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 11:22 AM, Abhijit Halder
<abhijit.k.halder@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 10:52 AM, Abhijit Halder
> <abhijit.k.halder@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 2:21 PM, Abhijit Halder
>> <abhijit.k.halder@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> In the set remote exec-file command if we provide space at the end of
>>> the file-name the space is not being cleared. This behaviour is
>>> inconsistent across similar set commands like set logging file etc. My
>>> patch will fix that behaviour. Please review this patch.
>>>
>>> Further, I have found that there is a function in cli/cli-utils.c
>>> called remove_trailing_whitespace that never used. In many times we
>>> have removed trailing spaces and for that inline code is written. In
>>> my next patch I am planning to modify the remove_trailing_whitespace
>>> function and use it whenever possible in that. Since that patch will
>>> be relevant to current fix I am proposing, I have mentioned here that
>>> point.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Abhijit Halder
>>>
>>
>> Oops! A mistake. Correcting the same.
>>
>
>
> Index: gdb/cli/cli-setshow.c
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/cli/cli-setshow.c,v
> retrieving revision 1.46
> diff -a -p -u -r1.46 cli-setshow.c
> --- gdb/cli/cli-setshow.c ? ? ? 4 Aug 2011 19:10:13 -0000 ? ? ? 1.46
> +++ gdb/cli/cli-setshow.c ? ? ? 25 Sep 2011 08:28:52 -0000
> @@ -181,6 +181,14 @@ do_setshow_command (char *arg, int from_
> ? ? ? ? ? ?arg = "";
> ? ? ? ? ?if (*(char **) c->var != NULL)
> ? ? ? ? ? ?xfree (*(char **) c->var);
> + ? ? ? ? {
> + ? ? ? ? ? /* Clear trailing whitespace of string. ?*/
> + ? ? ? ? ? char *ptr = arg + strlen (arg) - 1;
> +
> + ? ? ? ? ? while (ptr >= arg && (*ptr == ' ' || *ptr == '\t'))
> + ? ? ? ? ? ? ptr--;
> + ? ? ? ? ? *(ptr + 1) = '\0';
>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>Here 'ptr' may point to a read-only memory when 'arg' is passed as NULL pointer.
>
> + ? ? ? ? }
> ? ? ? ? ?*(char **) c->var = xstrdup (arg);
> ? ? ? ? ?break;
> ? ? ? ?case var_optional_filename:
>
> This case contains same code block as the earlier case. We can fall
> through here from earlier case.
>
> @@ -188,6 +196,14 @@ do_setshow_command (char *arg, int from_
> ? ? ? ? ? ?arg = "";
> ? ? ? ? ?if (*(char **) c->var != NULL)
> ? ? ? ? ? ?xfree (*(char **) c->var);
> + ? ? ? ? {
> + ? ? ? ? ? /* Clear trailing whitespace of filename. ?*/
> + ? ? ? ? ? char *ptr = arg + strlen (arg) - 1;
> +
> + ? ? ? ? ? while (ptr >= arg && (*ptr == ' ' || *ptr == '\t'))
> + ? ? ? ? ? ? ptr--;
> + ? ? ? ? ? *(ptr + 1) = '\0';
> + ? ? ? ? }
> ? ? ? ? ?*(char **) c->var = xstrdup (arg);
> ? ? ? ? ?break;
> ? ? ? ?case var_filename:
>
> I have made the corrections. Please ignore the earlier patch sent in hurry.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Abhijit Halder
>

Correcting the indentation.

Regards,
Abhijit Halder

Someone please review this.

Regards,
Abhijit Halder

Index: gdb/cli/cli-setshow.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/cli/cli-setshow.c,v
retrieving revision 1.46
diff -a -p -u -r1.46 cli-setshow.c
--- gdb/cli/cli-setshow.c	4 Aug 2011 19:10:13 -0000	1.46
+++ gdb/cli/cli-setshow.c	29 Sep 2011 07:39:45 -0000
@@ -177,15 +177,18 @@ do_setshow_command (char *arg, int from_
 	  }
 	  break;
 	case var_string_noescape:
-	  if (arg == NULL)
-	    arg = "";
-	  if (*(char **) c->var != NULL)
-	    xfree (*(char **) c->var);
-	  *(char **) c->var = xstrdup (arg);
-	  break;
 	case var_optional_filename:
 	  if (arg == NULL)
 	    arg = "";
+	  else
+	    {
+	      /* Clear trailing whitespace.  */
+	      char *ptr = arg + strlen (arg) - 1;
+
+	      while (ptr >= arg && (*ptr == ' ' || *ptr == '\t'))
+		ptr--;
+	      *(ptr + 1) = '\0';
+	    }
 	  if (*(char **) c->var != NULL)
 	    xfree (*(char **) c->var);
 	  *(char **) c->var = xstrdup (arg);
@@ -193,16 +196,17 @@ do_setshow_command (char *arg, int from_
 	case var_filename:
 	  if (arg == NULL)
 	    error_no_arg (_("filename to set it to."));
+	  else
+	    {
+	      /* Clear trailing whitespace.  */
+	      char *ptr = arg + strlen (arg) - 1;
+
+	      while (ptr >= arg && (*ptr == ' ' || *ptr == '\t'))
+		ptr--;
+	      *(ptr + 1) = '\0';
+	    }
 	  if (*(char **) c->var != NULL)
 	    xfree (*(char **) c->var);
-	  {
-	    /* Clear trailing whitespace of filename.  */
-	    char *ptr = arg + strlen (arg) - 1;
-
-	    while (ptr >= arg && (*ptr == ' ' || *ptr == '\t'))
-	      ptr--;
-	    *(ptr + 1) = '\0';
-	  }
 	  *(char **) c->var = tilde_expand (arg);
 	  break;
 	case var_boolean:
@@ -419,7 +423,7 @@ cmd_show_list (struct cmd_list_element *
   for (; list != NULL; list = list->next)
     {
       /* If we find a prefix, run its list, prefixing our output by its
-         prefix (with "show " skipped).  */
+	 prefix (with "show " skipped).  */
       if (list->prefixlist && !list->abbrev_flag)
 	{
 	  struct cleanup *optionlist_chain