aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/gdb
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorJim Kingdon <jkingdon@engr.sgi.com>1993-08-02 19:21:04 +0000
committerJim Kingdon <jkingdon@engr.sgi.com>1993-08-02 19:21:04 +0000
commitac88287fa27d888ae298e08d2572bc966887d8e0 (patch)
tree6a2525faa7856d7d19df2c16d6e48a9f047172c8 /gdb
parent19d06401a48157fed653b6842b61d2db7060b03e (diff)
downloadgdb-ac88287fa27d888ae298e08d2572bc966887d8e0.zip
gdb-ac88287fa27d888ae298e08d2572bc966887d8e0.tar.gz
gdb-ac88287fa27d888ae298e08d2572bc966887d8e0.tar.bz2
* gdbtypes.c (fill_in_vptr_fieldno): Call check_stub_type.
* gdbtypes.{c,h}: Improve comments on vptr_fieldno.
Diffstat (limited to 'gdb')
-rw-r--r--gdb/ChangeLog5
-rw-r--r--gdb/gdbtypes.c10
-rw-r--r--gdb/gdbtypes.h10
3 files changed, 21 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 73cafff..bf86119 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Mon Aug 2 12:06:00 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
+
+ * gdbtypes.c (fill_in_vptr_fieldno): Call check_stub_type.
+ * gdbtypes.{c,h}: Improve comments on vptr_fieldno.
+
Mon Aug 2 11:58:52 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@deneb.cygnus.com)
* README: Elaborate on gdb C++ support and cfront support.
diff --git a/gdb/gdbtypes.c b/gdb/gdbtypes.c
index 3710f39..bc7e257 100644
--- a/gdb/gdbtypes.c
+++ b/gdb/gdbtypes.c
@@ -749,13 +749,19 @@ lookup_struct_elt_type (type, name, noerr)
return (struct type *)-1; /* For lint */
}
-/* This function is really horrible, but to avoid it, there would need
- to be more filling in of forward references. */
+/* If possible, make the vptr_fieldno and vptr_basetype fields of TYPE
+ valid. Callers should be aware that in some cases (for example,
+ the type or one of its baseclasses is a stub type and we are
+ debugging a .o file), this function will not be able to find the virtual
+ function table pointer, and vptr_fieldno will remain -1 and vptr_basetype
+ will remain NULL. */
void
fill_in_vptr_fieldno (type)
struct type *type;
{
+ check_stub_type (type);
+
if (TYPE_VPTR_FIELDNO (type) < 0)
{
int i;
diff --git a/gdb/gdbtypes.h b/gdb/gdbtypes.h
index 679d569..8ccf37a 100644
--- a/gdb/gdbtypes.h
+++ b/gdb/gdbtypes.h
@@ -255,8 +255,7 @@ struct type
} *fields;
/* For types with virtual functions, VPTR_BASETYPE is the base class which
- defined the virtual function table pointer. VPTR_FIELDNO is
- the field number of that pointer in the structure.
+ defined the virtual function table pointer.
For types that are pointer to member types, VPTR_BASETYPE
is the type that this pointer is a member of.
@@ -265,6 +264,13 @@ struct type
struct type *vptr_basetype;
+ /* Field number of the virtual function table pointer in
+ VPTR_BASETYPE. If -1, we were unable to find the virtual
+ function table pointer in initial symbol reading, and
+ fill_in_vptr_fieldno should be called to find it if possible.
+
+ Unused if this type does not have virtual functions. */
+
int vptr_fieldno;
/* Slot to point to additional language-specific fields of this type. */