The test case examine-backward.exp issues the command "x/-s" after the end
of the first string in TestStrings, but without making sure that this
string is preceded by a string terminator. Thus GDB may spuriously print
some random characters from before that string, and then the test fails.
This patch assures that TestStrings is preceded by a string terminator.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
* gdb.base/examine-backward.c (Barrier): New character array
constant, to ensure that TestStrings is preceded by a string
terminator.
This applies the second part of GDB's End of Year Procedure, which
updates the copyright year range in all of GDB's files.
gdb/ChangeLog:
Update copyright year range in all GDB files.
This change adds support for specifying a negative repeat count to
all the formats of the 'x' command to examine memory backward.
A new testcase 'examine-backward' is added to cover this new feature.
Here's the example output from the new feature:
<format 'i'>
(gdb) bt
#0 Func1 (n=42, p=0x40432e "hogehoge") at main.cpp:5
#1 0x00000000004041fa in main (argc=1, argv=0x7fffffffdff8) at main.cpp:19
(gdb) x/-4i 0x4041fa
0x4041e5 <main(int, char**)+11>: mov %rsi,-0x10(%rbp)
0x4041e9 <main(int, char**)+15>: lea 0x13e(%rip),%rsi
0x4041f0 <main(int, char**)+22>: mov $0x2a,%edi
0x4041f5 <main(int, char**)+27>: callq 0x404147
<format 'x'>
(gdb) x/-4xw 0x404200
0x4041f0 <main(int, char**)+22>: 0x00002abf 0xff4de800 0x76e8ffff 0xb8ffffff
(gdb) x/-4
0x4041e0 <main(int, char**)+6>: 0x7d8910ec 0x758948fc 0x358d48f0 0x0000013e
gdb/ChangeLog:
* NEWS: Mention that GDB now supports a negative repeat count in
the 'x' command.
* printcmd.c (decode_format): Allow '-' in the parameter
"string_ptr" to accept a negative repeat count.
(find_instruction_backward): New function.
(read_memory_backward): New function.
(integer_is_zero): New function.
(find_string_backward): New function.
(do_examine): Use new functions to examine memory backward.
(_initialize_printcmd): Mention that 'x' command supports a negative
repeat count.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo (Examining Memory): Document negative repeat
count in the 'x' command.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
* gdb.base/examine-backward.c: New file.
* gdb.base/examine-backward.exp: New file.
Andreas Arnez
Joel Brobecker
Toshihito Kikuchi