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[binutils-gdb/gdb-7.10-branch] Fix '-data-read-memory-bytes' typo/assertion


*** TEST RESULTS FOR COMMIT 718b36fead887693158396b948d7f409b987c053 ***

Author: Don Breazeal <donb@codesourcery.com>
Branch: gdb-7.10-branch
Commit: 718b36fead887693158396b948d7f409b987c053

Fix '-data-read-memory-bytes' typo/assertion

Backported to the 7.10 branch per this thread:
https://www.sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2016-02/msg00134.html

This patch fixes a typo in target.c:read_memory_robust, where
it calls read_whatever_is_readable with the function arguments
in the wrong order.  Depending on the address being read, it
can cause an xmalloc with a huge size, resulting in an assertion
failure, or just read something other than what was requested.

The problem only arises when GDB is handling an MI
"-data-read-memory-bytes" request and the initial target_read returns
an error status.  Note that read_memory_robust is only called from
the MI code.

gdb/ChangeLog:

	* gdb/target.c (read_memory_robust): Call
	read_whatever_is_readable with arguments in the correct order.


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