+2018-02-24  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>
+
+       * i386-tdep.c (i386_fast_tracepoint_valid_at): "msg" now a
+       std::string.
+       * gdbarch.sh (fast_tracepoint_valid_at): Change "msg" to a
+       std::string*.
+       * gdbarch.c: Rebuild.
+       * gdbarch.h: Rebuild.
+       * breakpoint.c (check_fast_tracepoint_sals): Use std::string.
+       * arch-utils.h (default_fast_tracepoint_valid_at): Update.
+       * arch-utils.c (default_fast_tracepoint_valid_at): "msg" now a
+       std::string*.
+
 2018-02-23  Simon Marchi  <simon.marchi@polymtl.ca>
 
        * gdbtypes.h (sect_offset): Change type to uint64_t.
 
 
 int
 default_fast_tracepoint_valid_at (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, CORE_ADDR addr,
-                                 char **msg)
+                                 std::string *msg)
 {
   /* We don't know if maybe the target has some way to do fast
      tracepoints that doesn't need gdbarch, so always say yes.  */
   if (msg)
-    *msg = NULL;
+    msg->clear ();
   return 1;
 }
 
 
 extern int default_has_shared_address_space (struct gdbarch *);
 
 extern int default_fast_tracepoint_valid_at (struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
-                                            CORE_ADDR addr, char **msg);
+                                            CORE_ADDR addr, std::string *msg);
 
 extern const gdb_byte *default_breakpoint_from_pc (struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
                                                   CORE_ADDR *pcptr,
 
 check_fast_tracepoint_sals (struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
                            gdb::array_view<const symtab_and_line> sals)
 {
-  int rslt;
-  char *msg;
-  struct cleanup *old_chain;
-
   for (const auto &sal : sals)
     {
       struct gdbarch *sarch;
         associated with SAL.  */
       if (sarch == NULL)
        sarch = gdbarch;
-      rslt = gdbarch_fast_tracepoint_valid_at (sarch, sal.pc, &msg);
-      old_chain = make_cleanup (xfree, msg);
-
-      if (!rslt)
+      std::string msg;
+      if (!gdbarch_fast_tracepoint_valid_at (sarch, sal.pc, &msg))
        error (_("May not have a fast tracepoint at %s%s"),
-              paddress (sarch, sal.pc), (msg ? msg : ""));
-
-      do_cleanups (old_chain);
+              paddress (sarch, sal.pc), msg.c_str ());
     }
 }
 
 
 }
 
 int
-gdbarch_fast_tracepoint_valid_at (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, CORE_ADDR addr, char **msg)
+gdbarch_fast_tracepoint_valid_at (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, CORE_ADDR addr, std::string *msg)
 {
   gdb_assert (gdbarch != NULL);
   gdb_assert (gdbarch->fast_tracepoint_valid_at != NULL);
 
 
 /* True if a fast tracepoint can be set at an address. */
 
-typedef int (gdbarch_fast_tracepoint_valid_at_ftype) (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, CORE_ADDR addr, char **msg);
-extern int gdbarch_fast_tracepoint_valid_at (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, CORE_ADDR addr, char **msg);
+typedef int (gdbarch_fast_tracepoint_valid_at_ftype) (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, CORE_ADDR addr, std::string *msg);
+extern int gdbarch_fast_tracepoint_valid_at (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, CORE_ADDR addr, std::string *msg);
 extern void set_gdbarch_fast_tracepoint_valid_at (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, gdbarch_fast_tracepoint_valid_at_ftype *fast_tracepoint_valid_at);
 
 /* Guess register state based on tracepoint location.  Used for tracepoints
 
 m;int;has_shared_address_space;void;;;default_has_shared_address_space;;0
 
 # True if a fast tracepoint can be set at an address.
-m;int;fast_tracepoint_valid_at;CORE_ADDR addr, char **msg;addr, msg;;default_fast_tracepoint_valid_at;;0
+m;int;fast_tracepoint_valid_at;CORE_ADDR addr, std::string *msg;addr, msg;;default_fast_tracepoint_valid_at;;0
 
 # Guess register state based on tracepoint location.  Used for tracepoints
 # where no registers have been collected, but there's only one location,
 
 
 static int
 i386_fast_tracepoint_valid_at (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, CORE_ADDR addr,
-                              char **msg)
+                              std::string *msg)
 {
   int len, jumplen;
 
       /* Return a bit of target-specific detail to add to the caller's
         generic failure message.  */
       if (msg)
-       *msg = xstrprintf (_("; instruction is only %d bytes long, "
-                            "need at least %d bytes for the jump"),
-                          len, jumplen);
+       *msg = string_printf (_("; instruction is only %d bytes long, "
+                               "need at least %d bytes for the jump"),
+                             len, jumplen);
       return 0;
     }
   else
     {
       if (msg)
-       *msg = NULL;
+       msg->clear ();
       return 1;
     }
 }