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Diffstat (limited to 'gdb/value.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/value.c | 19 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/value.c b/gdb/value.c index 27043ee..9cc5e44 100644 --- a/gdb/value.c +++ b/gdb/value.c @@ -3319,32 +3319,39 @@ value_from_ulongest (struct type *type, ULONGEST num) /* Create a value representing a pointer of type TYPE to the address - ADDR. */ + ADDR. The type of the created value may differ from the passed + type TYPE. Make sure to retrieve the returned values's new type + after this call e.g. in case of an variable length array. */ + struct value * value_from_pointer (struct type *type, CORE_ADDR addr) { - struct value *val = allocate_value (type); + struct type *resolved_type = resolve_dynamic_type (type, addr); + struct value *val = allocate_value (resolved_type); - store_typed_address (value_contents_raw (val), check_typedef (type), addr); + store_typed_address (value_contents_raw (val), + check_typedef (resolved_type), addr); return val; } /* Create a value of type TYPE whose contents come from VALADDR, if it is non-null, and whose memory address (in the inferior) is - ADDRESS. */ + ADDRESS. The type of the created value may differ from the passed + type TYPE. Make sure to retrieve values new type after this call. */ struct value * value_from_contents_and_address (struct type *type, const gdb_byte *valaddr, CORE_ADDR address) { + struct type *resolved_type = resolve_dynamic_type (type, address); struct value *v; if (valaddr == NULL) - v = allocate_value_lazy (type); + v = allocate_value_lazy (resolved_type); else - v = value_from_contents (type, valaddr); + v = value_from_contents (resolved_type, valaddr); set_value_address (v, address); VALUE_LVAL (v) = lval_memory; return v; |