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Re: PATCH: S/390: don't try to read zero bytes
> Andrew Cagney <ac131313@cygnus.com> writes:
>
>> > 2001-12-20 Jim Blandy <jimb@redhat.com>
>> >
>> > * s390-tdep.c (s390_readinstruction): Don't call
>> > info->read_memory_func to read zero bytes. Some targets'
>> > xfer_memory functions can't cope with that.
>> >
>
>>
>>
>> Jim, which?
>>
>> While slightly stupid, the target should be able to handle that.
>
>
> Oh, wait, I understand now.
>
> A target's to_xfer_memory function is supposed to return the number of
> bytes transferred, or zero if it can't transfer the bytes. If you
> make a zero-length request, there's no way for it to indicate success.
> D'oh!
Can you file a CR against this stupidity? I'll add it to my list of
things to untangle.
Andrew