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Diffstat (limited to 'gdb/mdebugread.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/mdebugread.c | 18 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/mdebugread.c b/gdb/mdebugread.c index 3fe4f96..89015ba 100644 --- a/gdb/mdebugread.c +++ b/gdb/mdebugread.c @@ -835,7 +835,23 @@ parse_symbol (sh, ax, ext_sh, bigend, section_offsets) if (sh->sc == scUndefined || sh->sc == scNil) t = mdebug_type_int; else - t = parse_type (cur_fd, ax, sh->index + 1, 0, bigend, name); + { + t = parse_type (cur_fd, ax, sh->index + 1, 0, bigend, name); + if (STREQ(name, "malloc") && t->code == TYPE_CODE_VOID) + { + /* I don't know why, but, at least under Linux/Alpha, + when linking against a malloc without debugging + symbols, its read as a function returning void---this + is bad because it means we cannot call functions with + string arguments interactively; i.e., "call + printf("howdy\n")" would fail with the error message + "program has no memory available". To avoid this, we + patch up the type and make it void* + instead. (davidm@azstarnet.com) + */ + t = t->pointer_type; + } + } b = top_stack->cur_block; if (sh->st == stProc) { |