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[PATCH 2/5] Don't memcpy non-trivially-copyable types: Make enum_flags triv. copyable


The delete-memcpy-with-non-trivial-types patch exposed many instances
of this problem:

  src/gdb/btrace.h: In function ‘btrace_insn_s* VEC_btrace_insn_s_quick_insert(VEC_btrace_insn_s*, unsigned int, const btrace_insn_s*, const char*, unsigned int)’:
  src/gdb/common/vec.h:948:62: error: use of deleted function ‘void* memmove(T*, const U*, size_t) [with T = btrace_insn; U = btrace_insn; <template-parameter-1-3> = void; size_t = long unsigned int]’
     memmove (slot_ + 1, slot_, (vec_->num++ - ix_) * sizeof (T));    \
								^
  src/gdb/common/vec.h:436:1: note: in expansion of macro ‘DEF_VEC_FUNC_O’
   DEF_VEC_FUNC_O(T)         \
   ^
  src/gdb/btrace.h:84:1: note: in expansion of macro ‘DEF_VEC_O’
   DEF_VEC_O (btrace_insn_s);
   ^
[...]
  src/gdb/common/vec.h:1060:31: error: use of deleted function ‘void* memcpy(T*, const U*, size_t) [with T = btrace_insn; U = btrace_insn; <template-parameter-1-3> = void; size_t = long unsigned int]’
	  sizeof (T) * vec2_->num);       \
				 ^
  src/gdb/common/vec.h:437:1: note: in expansion of macro ‘DEF_VEC_ALLOC_FUNC_O’
   DEF_VEC_ALLOC_FUNC_O(T)         \
   ^
  src/gdb/btrace.h:84:1: note: in expansion of macro ‘DEF_VEC_O’
   DEF_VEC_O (btrace_insn_s);
   ^

So, VECs (given it's C roots) rely on memcpy/memcpy of VEC elements to
be well defined, in order to grow/reallocate its internal elements
array.  This means that we can only put trivially copyable types in
VECs.  E.g., if a type requires using a custom copy/move ctor to
relocate, then we can't put it in a VEC (so we use std::vector
instead).  But, as shown above, we're violating that requirement.

btrace_insn is currently not trivially copyable, because it contains
an enum_flags field, and that is itself not trivially copyable.  This
patch corrects that.

Note that std::vector relies on std::is_trivially_copyable too to know
whether it can reallocate its elements with memcpy/memmove instead of
having to call copy/move ctors and dtors, so if we have types in
std::vectors that weren't trivially copyable because of enum_flags,
this will make such vectors more efficient.

gdb/ChangeLog:
yyyy-mm-dd  Pedro Alves  <palves@redhat.com>

	* common/enum-flags.h (enum_flags): Define copy/move ctors/op= as
	defaulted.
---
 gdb/common/enum-flags.h | 15 ++++++---------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gdb/common/enum-flags.h b/gdb/common/enum-flags.h
index e63c8a4..bea0ad5 100644
--- a/gdb/common/enum-flags.h
+++ b/gdb/common/enum-flags.h
@@ -120,15 +120,12 @@ public:
     : m_enum_value ((enum_type) 0)
   {}
 
-  enum_flags (const enum_flags &other)
-    : m_enum_value (other.m_enum_value)
-  {}
-
-  enum_flags &operator= (const enum_flags &other)
-  {
-    m_enum_value = other.m_enum_value;
-    return *this;
-  }
+  /* Define copy/move ctor/op= as defaulted so that enum_flags is
+     trivially copyable.  */
+  enum_flags (const enum_flags &other) = default;
+  enum_flags (enum_flags &&) noexcept = default;
+  enum_flags &operator= (const enum_flags &other) = default;
+  enum_flags &operator= (enum_flags &&) = default;
 
   /* If you get an error saying these two overloads are ambiguous,
      then you tried to mix values of different enum types.  */
-- 
2.5.5


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