[PATCH] Increase size of main_type::nfields
Simon Marchi
simark@simark.ca
Wed Jan 11 21:02:55 GMT 2023
On 1/11/23 15:44, Tom Tromey via Gdb-patches wrote:
> main_type::nfields is a 'short', and has been for many years. PR
> c++/29985 points out that 'short' is too narrow for an enum that
> contains more than 2^15 constants.
>
> This patch bumps the size of 'nfields'. To verify that the field
> isn't directly used, it is also renamed. Note that this does not
> affect the size of main_type on x86-64 Fedora 36. And, if it does
> have a negative effect somewhere, it's worth considering that types
> could be shrunk more drastically by using subclasses for the different
> codes.
>
> I wasn't sure whether a test case for this would be desirable. It
> would be a bit large.
We could make a test case that generates a source file on the fly in
standard_output_directory and compiles it.
> ---
> gdb/gdb-gdb.py.in | 4 ++--
> gdb/gdbtypes.h | 6 +++---
> 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/gdb/gdb-gdb.py.in b/gdb/gdb-gdb.py.in
> index dbc4d773e0b..95b7d84966f 100644
> --- a/gdb/gdb-gdb.py.in
> +++ b/gdb/gdb-gdb.py.in
> @@ -261,8 +261,8 @@ class StructMainTypePrettyPrinter:
> fields.append("flags = [%s]" % self.flags_to_string())
> fields.append("owner = %s" % self.owner_to_string())
> fields.append("target_type = %s" % self.val["m_target_type"])
> - if self.val["nfields"] > 0:
> - for fieldno in range(self.val["nfields"]):
> + if self.val["m_nfields"] > 0:
> + for fieldno in range(self.val["m_nfields"]):
> fields.append(self.struct_field_img(fieldno))
> if self.val["code"] == gdb.TYPE_CODE_RANGE:
> fields.append(self.bounds_img())
> diff --git a/gdb/gdbtypes.h b/gdb/gdbtypes.h
> index a9abb0d8071..da1d0f79d1f 100644
> --- a/gdb/gdbtypes.h
> +++ b/gdb/gdbtypes.h
> @@ -836,7 +836,7 @@ struct main_type
> /* * Number of fields described for this type. This field appears
> at this location because it packs nicely here. */
>
> - short nfields;
> + int m_nfields;
Should it be unsigned? I don't recall this field needing to be
negative.
Otherwise, LGTM.
Simon
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