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-rw-r--r--gdb/dwarf2/loc.c6
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index cf46c4e..44300d2 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2020-05-28 Simon Marchi <simon.marchi@polymtl.ca>
+
+ * dwarf2/loc.c (class dwarf_evaluate_loc_desc)
+ <push_dwarf_reg_entry_value>: Add comment.
+
2020-05-28 Kevin Buettner <kevinb@redhat.com>
Keith Seitz <keiths@redhat.com>
diff --git a/gdb/dwarf2/loc.c b/gdb/dwarf2/loc.c
index 1aab1a4..400bb4d 100644
--- a/gdb/dwarf2/loc.c
+++ b/gdb/dwarf2/loc.c
@@ -731,6 +731,12 @@ public:
throw_error (NO_ENTRY_VALUE_ERROR,
_("Cannot resolve DW_AT_call_data_value"));
+ /* We are about to evaluate an expression in the context of the caller
+ of the current frame. This evaluation context may be different from
+ the current (callee's) context), so temporarily set the caller's context.
+
+ It is possible for the caller to be from a different objfile from the
+ callee if the call is made through a function pointer. */
scoped_restore save_frame = make_scoped_restore (&this->frame,
caller_frame);
scoped_restore save_per_cu = make_scoped_restore (&this->per_cu,