From 4b477ade4f01d4510ac44f4251b511b11d593318 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pedro Alves Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:38:36 +0000 Subject: * exec.h (section_table_xfer_memory_partial): Improve description, mention SECTION_NAME. * exec.c (section_table_xfer_memory_partial): Remove stale description. --- gdb/exec.h | 10 +++++++--- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'gdb/exec.h') diff --git a/gdb/exec.h b/gdb/exec.h index 72b385c..c1125e5 100644 --- a/gdb/exec.h +++ b/gdb/exec.h @@ -39,12 +39,16 @@ extern int build_section_table (struct bfd *, struct target_section **, extern int resize_section_table (struct target_section_table *, int); -/* Request to transfer up to LEN 8-bit bytes of the target sections +/* Read or write from mappable sections of BFD executable files. + + Request to transfer up to LEN 8-bit bytes of the target sections defined by SECTIONS and SECTIONS_END. The OFFSET specifies the starting address. + If SECTION_NAME is not NULL, only access sections with that same + name. - Return the number of bytes actually transfered, or non-positive - when no data is available for the requested range. + Return the number of bytes actually transfered, or zero when no + data is available for the requested range. This function is intended to be used from target_xfer_partial implementations. See target_read and target_write for more -- cgit v1.1