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[PATCH 2/7] Cleanup some docs about memory write


Some docs seemed outdated. In the case of target_write_memory, the docs
in target.c and target/target.h diverged a bit, so I tried to find a
reasonnable in-between version.

gdb/ChangeLog:

	* corefile.c (write_memory): Update doc.
	* gdbcore.h (write_memory): Same.
	* target.c (target_write_memory): Same.
	* target/target.h (target_write_memory): Same.
---
 gdb/corefile.c      |  4 ++--
 gdb/gdbcore.h       |  6 ++----
 gdb/target.c        |  6 +-----
 gdb/target/target.h | 14 +++++++-------
 4 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gdb/corefile.c b/gdb/corefile.c
index a042e6d..83b0e80 100644
--- a/gdb/corefile.c
+++ b/gdb/corefile.c
@@ -383,8 +383,8 @@ read_memory_typed_address (CORE_ADDR addr, struct type *type)
   return extract_typed_address (buf, type);
 }
 
-/* Same as target_write_memory, but report an error if can't
-   write.  */
+/* See gdbcore.h. */
+
 void
 write_memory (CORE_ADDR memaddr, 
 	      const bfd_byte *myaddr, ssize_t len)
diff --git a/gdb/gdbcore.h b/gdb/gdbcore.h
index 63a75f0..1106db8 100644
--- a/gdb/gdbcore.h
+++ b/gdb/gdbcore.h
@@ -101,10 +101,8 @@ extern void read_memory_string (CORE_ADDR, char *, int);
 
 CORE_ADDR read_memory_typed_address (CORE_ADDR addr, struct type *type);
 
-/* This takes a char *, not void *.  This is probably right, because
-   passing in an int * or whatever is wrong with respect to
-   byteswapping, alignment, different sizes for host vs. target types,
-   etc.  */
+/* Same as target_write_memory, but report an error if can't
+   write.  */
 
 extern void write_memory (CORE_ADDR memaddr, const gdb_byte *myaddr,
 			  ssize_t len);
diff --git a/gdb/target.c b/gdb/target.c
index fcf7090..bd9a0eb 100644
--- a/gdb/target.c
+++ b/gdb/target.c
@@ -1464,11 +1464,7 @@ target_read_code (CORE_ADDR memaddr, gdb_byte *myaddr, ssize_t len)
     return TARGET_XFER_E_IO;
 }
 
-/* Write LEN bytes from MYADDR to target memory at address MEMADDR.
-   Returns either 0 for success or TARGET_XFER_E_IO if any
-   error occurs.  If an error occurs, no guarantee is made about how
-   much data got written.  Callers that can deal with partial writes
-   should call target_write.  */
+/* See target/target.h.  */
 
 int
 target_write_memory (CORE_ADDR memaddr, const gdb_byte *myaddr, ssize_t len)
diff --git a/gdb/target/target.h b/gdb/target/target.h
index 05ac758..355851e 100644
--- a/gdb/target/target.h
+++ b/gdb/target/target.h
@@ -48,13 +48,13 @@ extern int target_read_memory (CORE_ADDR memaddr, gdb_byte *myaddr,
 
 extern int target_read_uint32 (CORE_ADDR memaddr, uint32_t *result);
 
-/* Write LEN bytes from MYADDR to target memory at address MEMADDR.
-   Return zero for success, nonzero if any error occurs.  This
-   function must be provided by the client.  Implementations of this
-   function may define and use their own error codes, but functions
-   in the common, nat and target directories must treat the return
-   code as opaque.  No guarantee is made about the contents of the
-   data at MEMADDR if any error occurs.  */
+/* Write LEN target memory bytes from MYADDR to target memory at address
+   MEMADDR.  Return zero for success or TARGET_XFER_E_IO if any error
+   occurs.  This function must be provided by the client.
+   Implementations of this function may define and use their own error
+   codes, but functions in the common, nat and target directories must
+   treat the return code as opaque.  No guarantee is made about how much
+   data got written if any error occurs.  */
 
 extern int target_write_memory (CORE_ADDR memaddr, const gdb_byte *myaddr,
 				ssize_t len);
-- 
2.1.4


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