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Re: [RFA 2/3] Allow - in %p for printf
- From: Alan Hayward <Alan dot Hayward at arm dot com>
- To: Tom Tromey <tom at tromey dot com>
- Cc: "gdb-patches at sourceware dot org" <gdb-patches at sourceware dot org>, nd <nd at arm dot com>
- Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2018 11:31:43 +0000
- Subject: Re: [RFA 2/3] Allow - in %p for printf
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> On 15 Feb 2018, at 20:50, Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com> wrote:
>
> PR cli/19918 points out that a printf format like "%-5p" will cause a
> gdb crash. The bug is problem is that printf_pointer doesn't take the
> "-" flag into account.
>
> gdb/ChangeLog
> 2018-02-14 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
>
> PR cli/19918:
> * printcmd.c (printf_pointer): Allow "-" in format.
>
> gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
> 2018-02-14 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
>
> PR cli/19918:
> * gdb.base/printcmds.exp (test_printf): Add printf test using '-'
> flag.
> ---
> gdb/ChangeLog | 5 +++++
> gdb/printcmd.c | 5 +++--
> gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog | 6 ++++++
> gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/printcmds.exp | 4 ++++
> 4 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/gdb/printcmd.c b/gdb/printcmd.c
> index 13b967f0a2..d2d13895f6 100644
> --- a/gdb/printcmd.c
> +++ b/gdb/printcmd.c
> @@ -2399,8 +2399,9 @@ printf_pointer (struct ui_file *stream, const char *format,
> if (val != 0)
> *fmt_p++ = '#';
>
> - /* Copy any width. */
> - while (*p >= '0' && *p < '9')
> + /* Copy any width or flags. Only the "-" flag is needed -- see the
> + format_pieces constructor. */
I found this comment a little confusing. How about something like:
Copy and width or flags. “-“ is the only valid flag for pointers — see the format_pieces constructor.
Otherwise looks good to me.
> + while (*p == '-' || (*p >= '0' && *p < '9'))
> *fmt_p++ = *p++;
>
> gdb_assert (*p == 'p' && *(p + 1) == '\0');
> diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/printcmds.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/printcmds.exp
> index 9402d97ef3..56cedb908f 100644
> --- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/printcmds.exp
> +++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/printcmds.exp
> @@ -776,6 +776,10 @@ proc test_printf {} {
> "" \
> "create hibob command"
> gdb_test "hibob" "hi bob zzz.*y" "run hibob command"
> +
> + # PR cli/19918.
> + gdb_test "printf \"%-16dq\\n\", 0" "0 q"
> + gdb_test "printf \"%-16pq\\n\", 0" "\\(nil\\) q"
> }
>
> #Test printing DFP values with printf
> --
> 2.13.6
>