Prefer existing data when evaluating DWARF expression
authorTom Tromey <tromey@adacore.com>
Fri, 24 Apr 2020 19:40:31 +0000 (13:40 -0600)
committerTom Tromey <tromey@adacore.com>
Fri, 24 Apr 2020 19:40:31 +0000 (13:40 -0600)
commitb249d2c2c01775fb015b38b272389b8693e414f6
tree5c41219789c65cf9f6f65f46568a432c063f68c4
parent61122aa9ed4096c3d85b01d52a0c0f67fb441533
Prefer existing data when evaluating DWARF expression

When evaluating a DWARF expression, the dynamic type resolution code
will pass in a buffer of bytes via the property_addr_info.  However,
the DWARF expression evaluator will then proceed to read memory from
the inferior, even when the request could be filled from this buffer.

This, in turn, is a problem in some cases; and specifically when
trying to handle the Ada scenario of extracting a variable-length
value from a packed array.  Here, the ordinary DWARF expression cannot
be directly evaluated, because the data may appear at some arbitrary
bit offset.  So, it is unpacked into a staging area and then the
expression is evaluated -- using an address of 0.

This patch fixes the problem by arranging for the DWARF evaluator, in
this case, to prefer passed-in memory when possible.  The type of the
buffer in the property_addr_info is changed to an array_view so that
bounds checking can be done.

gdb/ChangeLog
2020-04-24  Tom Tromey  <tromey@adacore.com>

* ada-lang.c (ada_discrete_type_high_bound, ada_discrete_type_low)
(ada_value_primitive_packed_val): Update.
* ada-valprint.c (ada_value_print_1): Update.
* dwarf2/loc.c (evaluate_for_locexpr_baton): New struct.
(dwarf2_locexpr_baton_eval): Take a property_addr_info rather than
just an address.  Use evaluate_for_locexpr_baton.
(dwarf2_evaluate_property): Update.
* dwarf2/loc.h (struct property_addr_info) <valaddr>: Now an
array_view.
* findvar.c (default_read_var_value): Update.
* gdbtypes.c (compute_variant_fields_inner)
(resolve_dynamic_type_internal): Update.
(resolve_dynamic_type): Change type of valaddr parameter.
* gdbtypes.h (resolve_dynamic_type): Update.
* valarith.c (value_subscripted_rvalue): Update.
* value.c (value_from_contents_and_address): Update.
gdb/ChangeLog
gdb/ada-lang.c
gdb/ada-valprint.c
gdb/dwarf2/loc.c
gdb/dwarf2/loc.h
gdb/findvar.c
gdb/gdbtypes.c
gdb/gdbtypes.h
gdb/valarith.c
gdb/value.c