[PATCH] Make '{putchar,fputc}_unfiltered' use 'fputs_unfiltered'

Sergio Durigan Junior sergiodj@redhat.com
Thu Feb 20 04:12:00 GMT 2020


There is currently a regression when using
'{putchar,fputc}_unfiltered' with 'puts_unfiltered' which was
introduced by one of the commits that reworked the unfiltered print
code.

The regression makes it impossible to use '{putchar,fputc}_unfiltered'
with 'puts_unfiltered', because the former writes directly to the
ui_file stream using 'stream->write', while the latter uses a buffered
mechanism (see 'wrap_buffer') and delays the printing.

If you do a quick & dirty hack on e.g. top.c:show_gdb_datadir:

  @@ -2088,6 +2088,13 @@ static void
   show_gdb_datadir (struct ui_file *file, int from_tty,
		    struct cmd_list_element *c, const char *value)
   {
  +  putchar_unfiltered ('\n');
  +  puts_unfiltered ("TEST");
  +  putchar_unfiltered ('>');
  +  puts_unfiltered ("PUTS");
  +  putchar_unfiltered ('\n');

rebuild GDB and invoke the "show data-directory" command, you will
see:

  (gdb) show data-directory

  >
  TESTPUTSGDB's data directory is "/usr/local/share/gdb".

Note how the '>' was printed before the output, and "TEST" and "PUTS"
were printed together.

My first attempt to fix this was to always call 'flush_wrap_buffer' at
the end of 'fputs_maybe_filtered', since it seemed to me that the
function should always print what was requested.  But I wasn't sure
this was the right thing to do, so I talked to Tom on IRC and he gave
me another, simpler idea: make '{putchar,fputc}_unfiltered' call into
the already existing 'fputs_unfiltered' function.

This patch implements the idea.  I regtested it on the Buildbot, and
no regressions were detected.

gdb/ChangeLog:
2020-02-20  Sergio Durigan Junior  <sergiodj@redhat.com>
	    Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>
	* utils.c (fputs_maybe_filtered): Call 'stream->puts' instead
	of 'fputc_unfiltered'.
	(putchar_unfiltered): Call 'fputc_unfiltered'.
	(fputc_unfiltered): Call 'fputs_unfiltered'.
---
 gdb/utils.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gdb/utils.c b/gdb/utils.c
index 0200a8621f..0b470120a2 100644
--- a/gdb/utils.c
+++ b/gdb/utils.c
@@ -1776,7 +1776,12 @@ fputs_maybe_filtered (const char *linebuffer, struct ui_file *stream,
 		     newline -- if chars_per_line is right, we
 		     probably just overflowed anyway; if it's wrong,
 		     let us keep going.  */
-		  fputc_unfiltered ('\n', stream);
+		  /* XXX: The ideal thing would be to call
+		     'stream->putc' here, but we can't because it
+		     currently calls 'fputc_unfiltered', which ends up
+		     calling us, which generates an infinite
+		     recursion.  */
+		  stream->puts ("\n");
 		}
 	      else
 		{
@@ -1821,7 +1826,12 @@ fputs_maybe_filtered (const char *linebuffer, struct ui_file *stream,
 	  wrap_here ((char *) 0);	/* Spit out chars, cancel
 					   further wraps.  */
 	  lines_printed++;
-	  fputc_unfiltered ('\n', stream);
+	  /* XXX: The ideal thing would be to call
+	     'stream->putc' here, but we can't because it
+	     currently calls 'fputc_unfiltered', which ends up
+	     calling us, which generates an infinite
+	     recursion.  */
+	  stream->puts ("\n");
 	  lineptr++;
 	}
     }
@@ -1916,10 +1926,7 @@ fputs_highlighted (const char *str, const compiled_regex &highlight,
 int
 putchar_unfiltered (int c)
 {
-  char buf = c;
-
-  gdb_stdout->write (&buf, 1);
-  return c;
+  return fputc_unfiltered (c, gdb_stdout);
 }
 
 /* Write character C to gdb_stdout using GDB's paging mechanism and return C.
@@ -1934,9 +1941,11 @@ putchar_filtered (int c)
 int
 fputc_unfiltered (int c, struct ui_file *stream)
 {
-  char buf = c;
+  char buf[2];
 
-  stream->write (&buf, 1);
+  buf[0] = c;
+  buf[1] = 0;
+  fputs_unfiltered (buf, stream);
   return c;
 }
 
-- 
2.24.1



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