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diff --git a/gdb/valops.c b/gdb/valops.c
index 4c5927d..cee10fb 100644
--- a/gdb/valops.c
+++ b/gdb/valops.c
@@ -250,10 +250,33 @@ value_cast_structs (struct type *type, struct value *v2)
/* Downcasting: look in the type of the target to see if it contains the
type of the source as a superclass. If so, we'll need to
- offset the pointer rather than just change its type.
- FIXME: This fails silently with virtual inheritance. */
+ offset the pointer rather than just change its type. */
if (TYPE_NAME (t2) != NULL)
{
+ /* Try downcasting using the run-time type of the value. */
+ int full, top, using_enc;
+ struct type *real_type;
+
+ real_type = value_rtti_type (v2, &full, &top, &using_enc);
+ if (real_type)
+ {
+ v = value_full_object (v2, real_type, full, top, using_enc);
+ v = value_at_lazy (real_type, value_address (v));
+
+ /* We might be trying to cast to the outermost enclosing
+ type, in which case search_struct_field won't work. */
+ if (TYPE_NAME (real_type) != NULL
+ && !strcmp (TYPE_NAME (real_type), TYPE_NAME (t1)))
+ return v;
+
+ v = search_struct_field (type_name_no_tag (t2), v, 0, real_type, 1);
+ if (v)
+ return v;
+ }
+
+ /* Try downcasting using information from the destination type
+ T2. This wouldn't work properly for classes with virtual
+ bases, but those were handled above. */
v = search_struct_field (type_name_no_tag (t2),
value_zero (t1, not_lval), 0, t1, 1);
if (v)