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Re: [commit] Tighten memory read/write methods


   Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 15:11:19 -0500
   From: Andrew Cagney <cagney@gnu.org>

   Index: corefile.c
   ===================================================================
   RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/corefile.c,v
   retrieving revision 1.28
   diff -p -u -r1.28 corefile.c
   --- corefile.c	13 Jan 2005 23:56:25 -0000	1.28
   +++ corefile.c	27 Jan 2005 20:07:21 -0000
   @@ -347,11 +347,13 @@ read_memory_typed_address (CORE_ADDR add

    /* Same as target_write_memory, but report an error if can't write.  */
    void
   -write_memory (CORE_ADDR memaddr, char *myaddr, int len)
   +write_memory (CORE_ADDR memaddr, const bfd_byte *myaddr, int len)
    {
      int status;
   -
   -  status = target_write_memory (memaddr, myaddr, len);
   +  bfd_byte *bytes = alloca (len);
   +  
   +  memcpy (bytes, myaddr, len);
   +  status = target_write_memory (memaddr, bytes, len);
      if (status != 0)
	memory_error (status, memaddr);
    }

Is this addiotional copy really necessary now that you've properly
consified target_write_memory?

Mark


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