Fix uninitialized value access when very first GDB command entered is <RET>
While running GDB under Valgrind, I noticed that if the very first
command entered is just <RET>, GDB accesses an uninitialized value:
$ valgrind ./gdb -q -nx
==26790== Memcheck, a memory error detector
==26790== Copyright (C) 2002-2013, and GNU GPL'd, by Julian Seward et al.
==26790== Using Valgrind-3.9.0 and LibVEX; rerun with -h for copyright info
==26790== Command: ./gdb -q -nx
==26790==
(gdb)
==26790== Conditional jump or move depends on uninitialised value(s)
==26790== at 0x619DFC: command_line_handler (event-top.c:588)
==26790== by 0x7813D5: rl_callback_read_char (callback.c:220)
==26790== by 0x6194B4: rl_callback_read_char_wrapper (event-top.c:166)
==26790== by 0x61988A: stdin_event_handler (event-top.c:372)
==26790== by 0x61847D: handle_file_event (event-loop.c:762)
==26790== by 0x617964: process_event (event-loop.c:339)
==26790== by 0x617A2B: gdb_do_one_event (event-loop.c:403)
==26790== by 0x617A7B: start_event_loop (event-loop.c:428)
==26790== by 0x6194E6: cli_command_loop (event-top.c:181)
==26790== by 0x60F86B: current_interp_command_loop (interps.c:317)
==26790== by 0x610A34: captured_command_loop (main.c:321)
==26790== by 0x60C728: catch_errors (exceptions.c:237)
==26790==
(gdb)
It's this check here:
/* If we just got an empty line, and that is supposed to repeat the
previous command, return the value in the global buffer. */
if (repeat && p == linebuffer && *p != '\\')
{
The problem is that linebuffer's contents were never initialized at
this point.
gdb/
2014-10-29 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
* event-top.c (command_line_handler): Clear the first byte of
linebuffer, when it is first allocated.