[patch] Allow "disassemble 'Foo::bar(char *)'"

Paul Pluzhnikov ppluzhnikov@google.com
Sun Nov 22 02:40:00 GMT 2009


On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 12:35 AM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:

> You say everywhere in the docs that
> the 2 arguments should be "separated by comma".  ("Separated by a
> comma" would be more correct, English-wise.)

Fixed.

> However, the test files
> show that the arguments can in fact be separated by a combination of a
> comma and whitespace:
>
>> -test_dis "disassem &staticvar &staticvar+1" "staticvar"
>> +test_dis "disassem &staticvar, &staticvar+1" "staticvar"
>
> Is my interpretation of the test correct?  If it is, then the
> documentation should say that whitespace is allowed around the comma.

The comma separates expressions, and expressions may contain
{leading,trailing,in the middle} whitespace.

I've added a statement to gdb.texinfo to clarify that.

I also see that I didn't update the two-argument example there; now fixed.

Thanks,
-- 
Paul Pluzhnikov

gdb/ChangeLog:

2009-11-21  Paul Pluzhnikov  <ppluzhnikov@google.com>

      * cli/cli-cmds.c (disassemble_command): Split on comma.
      (init_cli_cmds): Update help.
      * NEWS: Mention incompatible change to 'disassemble'.

gdb/doc/ChangeLog:

2009-11-21  Paul Pluzhnikov  <ppluzhnikov@google.com>

      * gdb.texinfo (Machine Code): Adjust.

gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:

2009-11-21  Paul Pluzhnikov  <ppluzhnikov@google.com>

      * gdb.asm/asm-source.exp: Adjust.
      * gdb.base/help.exp: Adjust.
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Index: NEWS
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/NEWS,v
retrieving revision 1.337
diff -u -p -u -r1.337 NEWS
--- NEWS	1 Nov 2009 21:20:18 -0000	1.337
+++ NEWS	22 Nov 2009 02:32:57 -0000
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ Xilinx MicroBlaze		microblaze
   lists inferiors that are not running yet or that have exited
   already.  See also "New commands" and "New options" below.
 
+* Changed commands
+
+disassemble
+  The disassemble command, when invoked with two arguments, now requires
+  the arguments to be comma-separated.
+
 * New commands (for set/show, see "New options" below)
 
 record save [<FILENAME>]
Index: cli/cli-cmds.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/cli/cli-cmds.c,v
retrieving revision 1.93
diff -u -p -u -r1.93 cli-cmds.c
--- cli/cli-cmds.c	23 Oct 2009 00:49:33 -0000	1.93
+++ cli/cli-cmds.c	22 Nov 2009 02:32:57 -0000
@@ -983,7 +983,6 @@ disassemble_command (char *arg, int from
   CORE_ADDR low, high;
   char *name;
   CORE_ADDR pc, pc_masked;
-  char *space_index;
   int flags;
 
   name = NULL;
@@ -1022,13 +1021,12 @@ disassemble_command (char *arg, int from
       return;
     }
 
-  /* FIXME: 'twould be nice to allow spaces in the expression for the first
-     arg.  Allow comma separater too?  */
-
-  if (!(space_index = (char *) strchr (arg, ' ')))
+  pc = value_as_address (parse_to_comma_and_eval (&arg));
+  if (arg[0] == ',')
+    ++arg;
+  if (arg[0] == '\0')
     {
       /* One argument.  */
-      pc = parse_and_eval_address (arg);
       if (find_pc_partial_function (pc, &name, &low, &high) == 0)
 	error (_("No function contains specified address."));
 #if defined(TUI)
@@ -1044,9 +1042,8 @@ disassemble_command (char *arg, int from
   else
     {
       /* Two arguments.  */
-      *space_index = '\0';
-      low = parse_and_eval_address (arg);
-      high = parse_and_eval_address (space_index + 1);
+      low = pc;
+      high = parse_and_eval_address (arg);
     }
 
   print_disassembly (gdbarch, name, low, high, flags);
@@ -1461,7 +1458,7 @@ Default is the function surrounding the 
 With a /m modifier, source lines are included (if available).\n\
 With a /r modifier, raw instructions in hex are included.\n\
 With a single argument, the function surrounding that address is dumped.\n\
-Two arguments are taken as a range of memory to dump."));
+Two arguments (separated by a comma) are taken as a range of memory to dump."));
   set_cmd_completer (c, location_completer);
   if (xdb_commands)
     add_com_alias ("va", "disassemble", class_xdb, 0);
Index: doc/gdb.texinfo
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo,v
retrieving revision 1.641
diff -u -p -u -r1.641 gdb.texinfo
--- doc/gdb.texinfo	2 Nov 2009 14:59:52 -0000	1.641
+++ doc/gdb.texinfo	22 Nov 2009 02:32:57 -0000
@@ -6539,10 +6539,12 @@ in symbolic form by specifying the @code
 The default memory range is the function surrounding the
 program counter of the selected frame.  A single argument to this
 command is a program counter value; @value{GDBN} dumps the function
-surrounding this value.  Two arguments specify a range of addresses
-(first inclusive, second exclusive) to dump.  In that case, the name of
-the function is also printed (since there could be several functions in
-the given range).
+surrounding this value.  Two arguments (separated by a comma) specify a
+range of addresses (first inclusive, second exclusive) to dump.  In that
+case, the name of the function is also printed (since there could be
+several functions in the given range).  The argument(s) can be
+any expression yielding a numeric value, such as @samp{0x32c4},
+@samp{&main+10} or @samp{$pc - 8}.
 
 If the range of memory being disassembled contains current program counter,
 the instruction at that location is shown with a @code{=>} marker.
@@ -6552,7 +6554,7 @@ The following example shows the disassem
 HP PA-RISC 2.0 code:
 
 @smallexample
-(@value{GDBP}) disas 0x32c4 0x32e4
+(@value{GDBP}) disas 0x32c4, 0x32e4
 Dump of assembler code from 0x32c4 to 0x32e4:
    0x32c4 <main+204>:      addil 0,dp
    0x32c8 <main+208>:      ldw 0x22c(sr0,r1),r26
Index: testsuite/gdb.asm/asm-source.exp
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/testsuite/gdb.asm/asm-source.exp,v
retrieving revision 1.75
diff -u -p -u -r1.75 asm-source.exp
--- testsuite/gdb.asm/asm-source.exp	23 Oct 2009 00:49:33 -0000	1.75
+++ testsuite/gdb.asm/asm-source.exp	22 Nov 2009 02:32:58 -0000
@@ -453,12 +453,12 @@ proc test_dis { command var } {
 # See if we can look at a global variable, three ways
 gdb_test "print globalvar" ".* = 11" "look at global variable"
 test_dis "x/i &globalvar" "globalvar"
-test_dis "disassem &globalvar &globalvar+1" "globalvar"
+test_dis "disassem &globalvar, &globalvar+1" "globalvar"
 
 # See if we can look at a static variable, three ways
 gdb_test "print staticvar" ".* = 5" "look at static variable"
 test_dis "x/i &staticvar" "staticvar"
-test_dis "disassem &staticvar &staticvar+1" "staticvar"
+test_dis "disassem &staticvar, &staticvar+1" "staticvar"
 
 # See if we can look at a static function
 gdb_test "disassem foostatic" ".*<\\+0>:.*End of assembler dump." \
Index: testsuite/gdb.base/help.exp
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/help.exp,v
retrieving revision 1.35
diff -u -p -u -r1.35 help.exp
--- testsuite/gdb.base/help.exp	13 Aug 2009 14:58:27 -0000	1.35
+++ testsuite/gdb.base/help.exp	22 Nov 2009 02:32:58 -0000
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ gdb_test "help disable breakpoints" "Dis
 # test help disable display
 gdb_test "help disable display" "Disable some expressions to be displayed when program stops\.\[\r\n\]+Arguments are the code numbers of the expressions to stop displaying\.\[\r\n\]+No argument means disable all automatic-display expressions\.\[\r\n\]+Do \"info display\" to see current list of code numbers\." "help disable display"
 # test help disassemble
-gdb_test "help disassemble" "Disassemble a specified section of memory\.\[\r\n\]+Default is the function surrounding the pc of the selected frame\.\[\r\n\]+With a /m modifier, source lines are included \\(if available\\)\.\[\r\n\]+With a /r modifier, raw instructions in hex are included\.\[\r\n\]+With a single argument, the function surrounding that address is dumped\.\[\r\n\]+Two arguments are taken as a range of memory to dump\." "help disassemble"
+gdb_test "help disassemble" "Disassemble a specified section of memory\.\[\r\n\]+Default is the function surrounding the pc of the selected frame\.\[\r\n\]+With a /m modifier, source lines are included \\(if available\\)\.\[\r\n\]+With a /r modifier, raw instructions in hex are included\.\[\r\n\]+With a single argument, the function surrounding that address is dumped\.\[\r\n\]+Two arguments \\(separated by a comma\\) are taken as a range of memory to dump\." "help disassemble"
 # test help display
 gdb_test "help display" "Print value of expression EXP each time the program stops\.\[\r\n\]+/FMT may be used before EXP as in the \"print\" command\.\[\r\n\]+/FMT \"i\" or \"s\" or including a size-letter is allowed,\[\r\n\]+as in the \"x\" command, and then EXP is used to get the address to examine\[\r\n\]+and examining is done as in the \"x\" command\.\[\r\n\]+With no argument, display all currently requested auto-display expressions\.\[\r\n\]+Use \"undisplay\" to cancel display requests previously made\." "help display"
 # test help do


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