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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/findvar.c b/gdb/findvar.c
index 69dc5a0..8e986f1 100644
--- a/gdb/findvar.c
+++ b/gdb/findvar.c
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ symbol_read_needs_frame (struct symbol *sym)
/* Given a struct symbol for a variable,
and a stack frame id, read the value of the variable
and return a (pointer to a) struct value containing the value.
- If the variable cannot be found, return a zero pointer. */
+ If the variable cannot be found, throw error. */
struct value *
read_var_value (struct symbol *var, struct frame_info *frame)
@@ -477,7 +477,8 @@ read_var_value (struct symbol *var, struct frame_info *frame)
case LOC_ARG:
addr = get_frame_args_address (frame);
if (!addr)
- return 0;
+ error (_("Unknown argument list address for `%s'."),
+ SYMBOL_PRINT_NAME (var));
addr += SYMBOL_VALUE (var);
v = allocate_value_lazy (type);
break;
@@ -489,7 +490,8 @@ read_var_value (struct symbol *var, struct frame_info *frame)
argref = get_frame_args_address (frame);
if (!argref)
- return 0;
+ error (_("Unknown argument list address for `%s'."),
+ SYMBOL_PRINT_NAME (var));
argref += SYMBOL_VALUE (var);
ref = value_at (lookup_pointer_type (type), argref);
addr = value_as_address (ref);
@@ -504,7 +506,8 @@ read_var_value (struct symbol *var, struct frame_info *frame)
break;
case LOC_TYPEDEF:
- error (_("Cannot look up value of a typedef"));
+ error (_("Cannot look up value of a typedef `%s'."),
+ SYMBOL_PRINT_NAME (var));
break;
case LOC_BLOCK:
@@ -530,7 +533,8 @@ read_var_value (struct symbol *var, struct frame_info *frame)
frame);
if (regval == NULL)
- error (_("Value of register variable not available."));
+ error (_("Value of register variable not available for `%s'."),
+ SYMBOL_PRINT_NAME (var));
addr = value_as_address (regval);
v = allocate_value_lazy (type);
@@ -540,7 +544,8 @@ read_var_value (struct symbol *var, struct frame_info *frame)
regval = value_from_register (type, regno, frame);
if (regval == NULL)
- error (_("Value of register variable not available."));
+ error (_("Value of register variable not available for `%s'."),
+ SYMBOL_PRINT_NAME (var));
return regval;
}
}
@@ -561,7 +566,7 @@ read_var_value (struct symbol *var, struct frame_info *frame)
msym = lookup_minimal_symbol (SYMBOL_LINKAGE_NAME (var), NULL, NULL);
if (msym == NULL)
- return 0;
+ error (_("No global symbol \"%s\"."), SYMBOL_LINKAGE_NAME (var));
if (overlay_debugging)
addr = symbol_overlayed_address (SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (msym),
SYMBOL_OBJ_SECTION (msym));
@@ -580,7 +585,8 @@ read_var_value (struct symbol *var, struct frame_info *frame)
return allocate_optimized_out_value (type);
default:
- error (_("Cannot look up value of a botched symbol."));
+ error (_("Cannot look up value of a botched symbol `%s'."),
+ SYMBOL_PRINT_NAME (var));
break;
}