[PATCH] Use visitors for make_gdb_type

[PATCH] Use visitors for make_gdb_type

[Alan Hayward]

This patch implements the suggestion in the review for
[PATCH v2 6/8] Create xml from target descriptions.

Remove the make_gdb_type functions from the tdesc_type_ classes.
Replace with a static make_gdb_type function that uses a element
visitor called gdb_type_creator.

I've defined gdb_type_creator inside make_gdb_type because it shouldn't
be needed outside the function.

The method of creating the types has not changed.

This patch will allow a future patch to commonise the tdesc_types with
gdbserver without having to move any gdb_type functionality.

Alan.

2018-01-26  Alan Hayward  <alan.hayward@arm.com>

     * target-descriptions.c (tdesc_type): Move make_gdb_type from here.
     (tdesc_type_builtin): Likewise.
     (tdesc_type_vector): Likewise.
     (tdesc_type_with_fields): Move make_gdb_type_ functions from here.
     (make_gdb_type_struct): Move from tdesc_type_with_fields.
     (make_gdb_type_union): Likewise.
     (make_gdb_type_flags): Likewise.
     (make_gdb_type_enum): Likewise.
     (make_gdb_type): New function.
     (tdesc_register_type): Use static make_gdb_type.

---
  gdb/target-descriptions.c | 460 
+++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
  1 file changed, 254 insertions(+), 206 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gdb/target-descriptions.c b/gdb/target-descriptions.c
index 1b20a12d76..55ac1d7a80 100644
--- a/gdb/target-descriptions.c
+++ b/gdb/target-descriptions.c
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@
  #include "completer.h"
  #include "readline/tilde.h" /* tilde_expand */

+static type *make_gdb_type (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, struct tdesc_type 
*ttype);
+
  /* The interface to visit different elements of target description.  */

  class tdesc_element_visitor
@@ -223,11 +225,6 @@ struct tdesc_type : tdesc_element
    {
      return !(*this == other);
    }
-
-  /* Construct, if necessary, and return the GDB type implementing this
-     target type for architecture GDBARCH.  */
-
-  virtual type *make_gdb_type (struct gdbarch *gdbarch) const = 0;
  };

  typedef std::unique_ptr<tdesc_type> tdesc_type_up;
@@ -242,81 +239,6 @@ struct tdesc_type_builtin : tdesc_type
    {
      v.visit (this);
    }
-
-  type *make_gdb_type (struct gdbarch *gdbarch) const override
-  {
-    switch (this->kind)
-      {
-      /* Predefined types.  */
-      case TDESC_TYPE_BOOL:
-        return builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_bool;
-
-      case TDESC_TYPE_INT8:
-        return builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_int8;
-
-      case TDESC_TYPE_INT16:
-        return builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_int16;
-
-      case TDESC_TYPE_INT32:
-        return builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_int32;
-
-      case TDESC_TYPE_INT64:
-        return builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_int64;
-
-      case TDESC_TYPE_INT128:
-        return builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_int128;
-
-      case TDESC_TYPE_UINT8:
-        return builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_uint8;
-
-      case TDESC_TYPE_UINT16:
-        return builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_uint16;
-
-      case TDESC_TYPE_UINT32:
-        return builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_uint32;
-
-      case TDESC_TYPE_UINT64:
-        return builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_uint64;
-
-      case TDESC_TYPE_UINT128:
-        return builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_uint128;
-
-      case TDESC_TYPE_CODE_PTR:
-        return builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_func_ptr;
-
-      case TDESC_TYPE_DATA_PTR:
-        return builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_data_ptr;
-      }
-
-    type *gdb_type = tdesc_find_type (gdbarch, this->name.c_str ());
-    if (gdb_type != NULL)
-      return gdb_type;
-
-    switch (this->kind)
-      {
-      case TDESC_TYPE_IEEE_SINGLE:
-        return arch_float_type (gdbarch, -1, "builtin_type_ieee_single",
-                floatformats_ieee_single);
-
-      case TDESC_TYPE_IEEE_DOUBLE:
-        return arch_float_type (gdbarch, -1, "builtin_type_ieee_double",
-                floatformats_ieee_double);
-
-      case TDESC_TYPE_ARM_FPA_EXT:
-        return arch_float_type (gdbarch, -1, "builtin_type_arm_ext",
-                floatformats_arm_ext);
-
-      case TDESC_TYPE_I387_EXT:
-        return arch_float_type (gdbarch, -1, "builtin_type_i387_ext",
-                floatformats_i387_ext);
-      }
-
-    internal_error (__FILE__, __LINE__,
-            "Type \"%s\" has an unknown kind %d",
-            this->name.c_str (), this->kind);
-
-    return NULL;
-  }
  };

  /* tdesc_type for vector types.  */
@@ -333,19 +255,6 @@ struct tdesc_type_vector : tdesc_type
      v.visit (this);
    }

-  type *make_gdb_type (struct gdbarch *gdbarch) const override
-  {
-    type *vector_gdb_type = tdesc_find_type (gdbarch, this->name.c_str ());
-    if (vector_gdb_type != NULL)
-      return vector_gdb_type;
-
-    type *element_gdb_type = this->element_type->make_gdb_type (gdbarch);
-    vector_gdb_type = init_vector_type (element_gdb_type, this->count);
-    TYPE_NAME (vector_gdb_type) = xstrdup (this->name.c_str ());
-
-    return vector_gdb_type;
-  }
-
    struct tdesc_type *element_type;
    int count;
  };
@@ -364,151 +273,290 @@ struct tdesc_type_with_fields : tdesc_type
      v.visit (this);
    }

-  type *make_gdb_type_struct (struct gdbarch *gdbarch) const
-  {
-    type *struct_gdb_type = arch_composite_type (gdbarch, NULL, 
TYPE_CODE_STRUCT);
-    TYPE_NAME (struct_gdb_type) = xstrdup (this->name.c_str ());
-    TYPE_TAG_NAME (struct_gdb_type) = TYPE_NAME (struct_gdb_type);
+  std::vector<tdesc_type_field> fields;
+  int size;
+};

-    for (const tdesc_type_field &f : this->fields)
-      {
-    if (f.start != -1 && f.end != -1)
-      {
-        /* Bitfield.  */
-        struct field *fld;
-        struct type *field_gdb_type;
-        int bitsize, total_size;
-
-        /* This invariant should be preserved while creating types.  */
-        gdb_assert (this->size != 0);
-        if (f.type != NULL)
-          field_gdb_type = f.type->make_gdb_type (gdbarch);
-        else if (this->size > 4)
-          field_gdb_type = builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_uint64;
-        else
-          field_gdb_type = builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_uint32;
-
-        fld = append_composite_type_field_raw
-          (struct_gdb_type, xstrdup (f.name.c_str ()), field_gdb_type);
-
-        /* For little-endian, BITPOS counts from the LSB of
-           the structure and marks the LSB of the field.  For
-           big-endian, BITPOS counts from the MSB of the
-           structure and marks the MSB of the field.  Either
-           way, it is the number of bits to the "left" of the
-           field.  To calculate this in big-endian, we need
-           the total size of the structure.  */
-        bitsize = f.end - f.start + 1;
-        total_size = this->size * TARGET_CHAR_BIT;
-        if (gdbarch_bits_big_endian (gdbarch))
-          SET_FIELD_BITPOS (fld[0], total_size - f.start - bitsize);
-        else
-          SET_FIELD_BITPOS (fld[0], f.start);
-        FIELD_BITSIZE (fld[0]) = bitsize;
-      }
-    else
-      {
-        gdb_assert (f.start == -1 && f.end == -1);
-        type *field_gdb_type = f.type->make_gdb_type (gdbarch);
-        append_composite_type_field (struct_gdb_type,
-                     xstrdup (f.name.c_str ()),
-                     field_gdb_type);
-      }
-      }
+static type *
+make_gdb_type_struct (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, const 
tdesc_type_with_fields *e)
+{
+  type *struct_gdb_type = arch_composite_type (gdbarch, NULL, 
TYPE_CODE_STRUCT);
+  TYPE_NAME (struct_gdb_type) = xstrdup (e->name.c_str ());
+  TYPE_TAG_NAME (struct_gdb_type) = TYPE_NAME (struct_gdb_type);

-    if (this->size != 0)
-      TYPE_LENGTH (struct_gdb_type) = this->size;
+  for (const tdesc_type_field &f : e->fields)
+    {
+      if (f.start != -1 && f.end != -1)
+    {
+      /* Bitfield.  */
+      struct field *fld;
+      struct type *field_gdb_type;
+      int bitsize, total_size;
+
+      /* This invariant should be preserved while creating types.  */
+      gdb_assert (e->size != 0);
+      if (f.type != NULL)
+        field_gdb_type = make_gdb_type (gdbarch, f.type);
+      else if (e->size > 4)
+        field_gdb_type = builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_uint64;
+      else
+        field_gdb_type = builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_uint32;
+
+      fld = append_composite_type_field_raw
+        (struct_gdb_type, xstrdup (f.name.c_str ()), field_gdb_type);
+
+      /* For little-endian, BITPOS counts from the LSB of
+         the structure and marks the LSB of the field.  For
+         big-endian, BITPOS counts from the MSB of the
+         structure and marks the MSB of the field.  Either
+         way, it is the number of bits to the "left" of the
+         field.  To calculate this in big-endian, we need
+         the total size of the structure.  */
+      bitsize = f.end - f.start + 1;
+      total_size = e->size * TARGET_CHAR_BIT;
+      if (gdbarch_bits_big_endian (gdbarch))
+        SET_FIELD_BITPOS (fld[0], total_size - f.start - bitsize);
+      else
+        SET_FIELD_BITPOS (fld[0], f.start);
+      FIELD_BITSIZE (fld[0]) = bitsize;
+    }
+      else
+    {
+      gdb_assert (f.start == -1 && f.end == -1);
+      type *field_gdb_type = make_gdb_type (gdbarch, f.type);
+      append_composite_type_field (struct_gdb_type,
+                       xstrdup (f.name.c_str ()),
+                       field_gdb_type);
+    }
+    }

-    return struct_gdb_type;
-  }
+  if (e->size != 0)
+    TYPE_LENGTH (struct_gdb_type) = e->size;

-  type *make_gdb_type_union (struct gdbarch *gdbarch) const
-  {
-    type *union_gdb_type = arch_composite_type (gdbarch, NULL, 
TYPE_CODE_UNION);
-    TYPE_NAME (union_gdb_type) = xstrdup (this->name.c_str ());
+  return struct_gdb_type;
+}

-    for (const tdesc_type_field &f : this->fields)
-      {
-    type* field_gdb_type = f.type->make_gdb_type (gdbarch);
-    append_composite_type_field (union_gdb_type, xstrdup (f.name.c_str ()),
+static type *
+make_gdb_type_union (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, const 
tdesc_type_with_fields *e)
+{
+  type *union_gdb_type = arch_composite_type (gdbarch, NULL, 
TYPE_CODE_UNION);
+  TYPE_NAME (union_gdb_type) = xstrdup (e->name.c_str ());
+
+  for (const tdesc_type_field &f : e->fields)
+    {
+      type* field_gdb_type = make_gdb_type (gdbarch, f.type);
+      append_composite_type_field (union_gdb_type, xstrdup 
(f.name.c_str ()),
                       field_gdb_type);

-    /* If any of the children of a union are vectors, flag the
-       union as a vector also.  This allows e.g. a union of two
-       vector types to show up automatically in "info vector". */
-    if (TYPE_VECTOR (field_gdb_type))
-      TYPE_VECTOR (union_gdb_type) = 1;
-      }
+      /* If any of the children of a union are vectors, flag the
+     union as a vector also.  This allows e.g. a union of two
+     vector types to show up automatically in "info vector".  */
+      if (TYPE_VECTOR (field_gdb_type))
+    TYPE_VECTOR (union_gdb_type) = 1;
+    }

-    return union_gdb_type;
-  }
+  return union_gdb_type;
+}

-  type *make_gdb_type_flags (struct gdbarch *gdbarch) const
-  {
-    type *flags_gdb_type = arch_flags_type (gdbarch, this->name.c_str (),
-                      this->size * TARGET_CHAR_BIT);
+static type *
+make_gdb_type_flags (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, const 
tdesc_type_with_fields *e)
+{
+  type *flags_gdb_type = arch_flags_type (gdbarch, e->name.c_str (),
+                      e->size * TARGET_CHAR_BIT);

-    for (const tdesc_type_field &f : this->fields)
-      {
+  for (const tdesc_type_field &f : e->fields)
+    {
        int bitsize = f.end - f.start + 1;

        gdb_assert (f.type != NULL);
-      type *field_gdb_type = f.type->make_gdb_type (gdbarch);
+      type *field_gdb_type = make_gdb_type (gdbarch, f.type);
        append_flags_type_field (flags_gdb_type, f.start, bitsize,
                     field_gdb_type, f.name.c_str ());
-      }
+    }

-    return flags_gdb_type;
-  }
+  return flags_gdb_type;
+}

-  type *make_gdb_type_enum (struct gdbarch *gdbarch) const
-  {
-    type *enum_gdb_type = arch_type (gdbarch, TYPE_CODE_ENUM,
-                   this->size * TARGET_CHAR_BIT,
-                   this->name.c_str ());
+static type *
+make_gdb_type_enum (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, const 
tdesc_type_with_fields *e)
+{
+  type *enum_gdb_type = arch_type (gdbarch, TYPE_CODE_ENUM,
+                   e->size * TARGET_CHAR_BIT,
+                   e->name.c_str ());

-    TYPE_UNSIGNED (enum_gdb_type) = 1;
-    for (const tdesc_type_field &f : this->fields)
-      {
+  TYPE_UNSIGNED (enum_gdb_type) = 1;
+  for (const tdesc_type_field &f : e->fields)
+    {
        struct field *fld
      = append_composite_type_field_raw (enum_gdb_type,
                         xstrdup (f.name.c_str ()),
                         NULL);

        SET_FIELD_BITPOS (fld[0], f.start);
-      }
+    }

-    return enum_gdb_type;
-  }
+  return enum_gdb_type;
+}

-  type *make_gdb_type (struct gdbarch *gdbarch) const override
+static type *
+make_gdb_type (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, struct tdesc_type *ttype)
+{
+  class gdb_type_creator : public tdesc_element_visitor
    {
-    type *gdb_type = tdesc_find_type (gdbarch, this->name.c_str ());
-    if (gdb_type != NULL)
-      return gdb_type;
+  public:
+    gdb_type_creator (struct gdbarch *gdbarch)
+      : m_gdbarch (gdbarch)
+    {}

-    switch (this->kind)
+    type *get_type ()
      {
-      case TDESC_TYPE_STRUCT:
-    return make_gdb_type_struct (gdbarch);
-      case TDESC_TYPE_UNION:
-    return make_gdb_type_union (gdbarch);
-      case TDESC_TYPE_FLAGS:
-    return make_gdb_type_flags (gdbarch);
-      case TDESC_TYPE_ENUM:
-    return make_gdb_type_enum (gdbarch);
+      return m_type;
      }

-    internal_error (__FILE__, __LINE__,
-            "Type \"%s\" has an unknown kind %d",
-            this->name.c_str (), this->kind);
+    void visit_pre (const target_desc *e)
+    {}

-    return NULL;
-  }
+    void visit_post (const target_desc *e)
+    {}

-  std::vector<tdesc_type_field> fields;
-  int size;
-};
+    void visit_pre (const tdesc_feature *e)
+    {}
+
+    void visit_post (const tdesc_feature *e)
+    {}
+
+    void visit (const tdesc_type_builtin *e) override
+    {
+      switch (e->kind)
+    {
+      /* Predefined types.  */
+    case TDESC_TYPE_BOOL:
+      m_type = builtin_type (m_gdbarch)->builtin_bool;
+      return;
+    case TDESC_TYPE_INT8:
+      m_type = builtin_type (m_gdbarch)->builtin_int8;
+      return;
+    case TDESC_TYPE_INT16:
+      m_type = builtin_type (m_gdbarch)->builtin_int16;
+      return;
+    case TDESC_TYPE_INT32:
+      m_type = builtin_type (m_gdbarch)->builtin_int32;
+      return;
+    case TDESC_TYPE_INT64:
+      m_type = builtin_type (m_gdbarch)->builtin_int64;
+      return;
+    case TDESC_TYPE_INT128:
+      m_type = builtin_type (m_gdbarch)->builtin_int128;
+      return;
+    case TDESC_TYPE_UINT8:
+      m_type = builtin_type (m_gdbarch)->builtin_uint8;
+      return;
+    case TDESC_TYPE_UINT16:
+      m_type = builtin_type (m_gdbarch)->builtin_uint16;
+      return;
+    case TDESC_TYPE_UINT32:
+      m_type = builtin_type (m_gdbarch)->builtin_uint32;
+      return;
+    case TDESC_TYPE_UINT64:
+      m_type = builtin_type (m_gdbarch)->builtin_uint64;
+      return;
+    case TDESC_TYPE_UINT128:
+      m_type = builtin_type (m_gdbarch)->builtin_uint128;
+      return;
+    case TDESC_TYPE_CODE_PTR:
+      m_type = builtin_type (m_gdbarch)->builtin_func_ptr;
+      return;
+    case TDESC_TYPE_DATA_PTR:
+      m_type = builtin_type (m_gdbarch)->builtin_data_ptr;
+      return;
+    }
+
+      m_type = tdesc_find_type (m_gdbarch, e->name.c_str ());
+      if (m_type != NULL)
+    return;
+
+      switch (e->kind)
+    {
+    case TDESC_TYPE_IEEE_SINGLE:
+      m_type = arch_float_type (m_gdbarch, -1, "builtin_type_ieee_single",
+                    floatformats_ieee_single);
+      return;
+
+    case TDESC_TYPE_IEEE_DOUBLE:
+      m_type = arch_float_type (m_gdbarch, -1, "builtin_type_ieee_double",
+                    floatformats_ieee_double);
+      return;
+    case TDESC_TYPE_ARM_FPA_EXT:
+      m_type = arch_float_type (m_gdbarch, -1, "builtin_type_arm_ext",
+                    floatformats_arm_ext);
+      return;
+
+    case TDESC_TYPE_I387_EXT:
+      m_type = arch_float_type (m_gdbarch, -1, "builtin_type_i387_ext",
+                    floatformats_i387_ext);
+      return;
+    }
+
+      internal_error (__FILE__, __LINE__,
+              "Type \"%s\" has an unknown kind %d",
+              e->name.c_str (), e->kind);
+    }
+
+    void visit (const tdesc_type_vector *e) override
+    {
+      m_type = tdesc_find_type (m_gdbarch, e->name.c_str ());
+      if (m_type != NULL)
+    return;
+
+      type *element_gdb_type = make_gdb_type (m_gdbarch, e->element_type);
+      m_type = init_vector_type (element_gdb_type, e->count);
+      TYPE_NAME (m_type) = xstrdup (e->name.c_str ());
+      return;
+    }
+
+    void visit (const tdesc_type_with_fields *e) override
+    {
+      m_type = tdesc_find_type (m_gdbarch, e->name.c_str ());
+      if (m_type != NULL)
+    return;
+
+      switch (e->kind)
+    {
+    case TDESC_TYPE_STRUCT:
+      m_type = make_gdb_type_struct (m_gdbarch, e);
+      return;
+    case TDESC_TYPE_UNION:
+      m_type = make_gdb_type_union (m_gdbarch, e);
+      return;
+    case TDESC_TYPE_FLAGS:
+      m_type = make_gdb_type_flags (m_gdbarch, e);
+      return;
+    case TDESC_TYPE_ENUM:
+      m_type = make_gdb_type_enum (m_gdbarch, e);
+      return;
+    }
+
+      internal_error (__FILE__, __LINE__,
+              "Type \"%s\" has an unknown kind %d",
+              e->name.c_str (), e->kind);
+    }
+
+    void visit (const tdesc_reg *reg)
+    {}
+
+  private:
+
+    /* The gdbarch used.  */
+    struct gdbarch *m_gdbarch;
+
+    /* The type created.  */
+    type *m_type;
+  };
+
+  gdb_type_creator gdb_type (gdbarch);
+  ttype->accept (gdb_type);
+  return gdb_type.get_type ();
+}

  /* A feature from a target description.  Each feature is a collection
     of other elements, e.g. registers and types.  */
@@ -1216,7 +1264,7 @@ tdesc_register_type (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, int 
regno)
      {
        /* First check for a predefined or target defined type.  */
        if (reg->tdesc_type)
-        arch_reg->type = reg->tdesc_type->make_gdb_type (gdbarch);
+    arch_reg->type = make_gdb_type (gdbarch, reg->tdesc_type);

        /* Next try size-sensitive type shortcuts.  */
        else if (reg->type == "float")
-- 
2.14.3 (Apple Git-98)

Re: [PATCH] Use visitors for make_gdb_type

[Alan Hayward]

I appear to still have email issues - previous post had the tabs stripped out.
Hoping this version is ok. Apologies.

This patch implements the suggestion in the review for
[PATCH v2 6/8] Create xml from target descriptions.

Remove the make_gdb_type functions from the tdesc_type_ classes.
Replace with a static make_gdb_type function that uses a element
visitor called gdb_type_creator.

I've defined gdb_type_creator inside make_gdb_type because it shouldn't
be needed outside the function.

The method of creating the types has not changed.

This patch will allow a future patch to commonise the tdesc_types with
gdbserver without having to move any gdb_type functionality.

Alan.

2018-01-26  Alan Hayward  <alan.hayward@arm.com>

	* target-descriptions.c (tdesc_type): Move make_gdb_type from here.
	(tdesc_type_builtin): Likewise.
	(tdesc_type_vector): Likewise.
	(tdesc_type_with_fields): Move make_gdb_type_ functions from here.
	(make_gdb_type_struct): Move from tdesc_type_with_fields.
	(make_gdb_type_union): Likewise.
	(make_gdb_type_flags): Likewise.
	(make_gdb_type_enum): Likewise.
	(make_gdb_type): New function.
	(tdesc_register_type): Use static make_gdb_type.

---
 gdb/target-descriptions.c | 460 +++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
 1 file changed, 254 insertions(+), 206 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gdb/target-descriptions.c b/gdb/target-descriptions.c
index 1b20a12d76..55ac1d7a80 100644
--- a/gdb/target-descriptions.c
+++ b/gdb/target-descriptions.c
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@
 #include "completer.h"
 #include "readline/tilde.h" /* tilde_expand */
 
+static type *make_gdb_type (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, struct tdesc_type *ttype);
+
 /* The interface to visit different elements of target description.  */
 
 class tdesc_element_visitor
@@ -223,11 +225,6 @@ struct tdesc_type : tdesc_element
   {
     return !(*this == other);
   }
-
-  /* Construct, if necessary, and return the GDB type implementing this
-     target type for architecture GDBARCH.  */
-
-  virtual type *make_gdb_type (struct gdbarch *gdbarch) const = 0;
 };
 
 typedef std::unique_ptr<tdesc_type> tdesc_type_up;
@@ -242,81 +239,6 @@ struct tdesc_type_builtin : tdesc_type
   {
     v.visit (this);
   }
-
-  type *make_gdb_type (struct gdbarch *gdbarch) const override
-  {
-    switch (this->kind)
-      {
-      /* Predefined types.  */
-      case TDESC_TYPE_BOOL:
-        return builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_bool;
-
-      case TDESC_TYPE_INT8:
-        return builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_int8;
-
-      case TDESC_TYPE_INT16:
-        return builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_int16;
-
-      case TDESC_TYPE_INT32:
-        return builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_int32;
-
-      case TDESC_TYPE_INT64:
-        return builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_int64;
-
-      case TDESC_TYPE_INT128:
-        return builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_int128;
-
-      case TDESC_TYPE_UINT8:
-        return builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_uint8;
-
-      case TDESC_TYPE_UINT16:
-        return builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_uint16;
-
-      case TDESC_TYPE_UINT32:
-        return builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_uint32;
-
-      case TDESC_TYPE_UINT64:
-        return builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_uint64;
-
-      case TDESC_TYPE_UINT128:
-        return builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_uint128;
-
-      case TDESC_TYPE_CODE_PTR:
-        return builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_func_ptr;
-
-      case TDESC_TYPE_DATA_PTR:
-        return builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_data_ptr;
-      }
-
-    type *gdb_type = tdesc_find_type (gdbarch, this->name.c_str ());
-    if (gdb_type != NULL)
-      return gdb_type;
-
-    switch (this->kind)
-      {
-      case TDESC_TYPE_IEEE_SINGLE:
-        return arch_float_type (gdbarch, -1, "builtin_type_ieee_single",
-				floatformats_ieee_single);
-
-      case TDESC_TYPE_IEEE_DOUBLE:
-        return arch_float_type (gdbarch, -1, "builtin_type_ieee_double",
-				floatformats_ieee_double);
-
-      case TDESC_TYPE_ARM_FPA_EXT:
-        return arch_float_type (gdbarch, -1, "builtin_type_arm_ext",
-				floatformats_arm_ext);
-
-      case TDESC_TYPE_I387_EXT:
-        return arch_float_type (gdbarch, -1, "builtin_type_i387_ext",
-				floatformats_i387_ext);
-      }
-
-    internal_error (__FILE__, __LINE__,
-		    "Type \"%s\" has an unknown kind %d",
-		    this->name.c_str (), this->kind);
-
-    return NULL;
-  }
 };
 
 /* tdesc_type for vector types.  */
@@ -333,19 +255,6 @@ struct tdesc_type_vector : tdesc_type
     v.visit (this);
   }
 
-  type *make_gdb_type (struct gdbarch *gdbarch) const override
-  {
-    type *vector_gdb_type = tdesc_find_type (gdbarch, this->name.c_str ());
-    if (vector_gdb_type != NULL)
-      return vector_gdb_type;
-
-    type *element_gdb_type = this->element_type->make_gdb_type (gdbarch);
-    vector_gdb_type = init_vector_type (element_gdb_type, this->count);
-    TYPE_NAME (vector_gdb_type) = xstrdup (this->name.c_str ());
-
-    return vector_gdb_type;
-  }
-
   struct tdesc_type *element_type;
   int count;
 };
@@ -364,151 +273,290 @@ struct tdesc_type_with_fields : tdesc_type
     v.visit (this);
   }
 
-  type *make_gdb_type_struct (struct gdbarch *gdbarch) const
-  {
-    type *struct_gdb_type = arch_composite_type (gdbarch, NULL, TYPE_CODE_STRUCT);
-    TYPE_NAME (struct_gdb_type) = xstrdup (this->name.c_str ());
-    TYPE_TAG_NAME (struct_gdb_type) = TYPE_NAME (struct_gdb_type);
+  std::vector<tdesc_type_field> fields;
+  int size;
+};
 
-    for (const tdesc_type_field &f : this->fields)
-      {
-	if (f.start != -1 && f.end != -1)
-	  {
-	    /* Bitfield.  */
-	    struct field *fld;
-	    struct type *field_gdb_type;
-	    int bitsize, total_size;
-
-	    /* This invariant should be preserved while creating types.  */
-	    gdb_assert (this->size != 0);
-	    if (f.type != NULL)
-	      field_gdb_type = f.type->make_gdb_type (gdbarch);
-	    else if (this->size > 4)
-	      field_gdb_type = builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_uint64;
-	    else
-	      field_gdb_type = builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_uint32;
-
-	    fld = append_composite_type_field_raw
-	      (struct_gdb_type, xstrdup (f.name.c_str ()), field_gdb_type);
-
-	    /* For little-endian, BITPOS counts from the LSB of
-	       the structure and marks the LSB of the field.  For
-	       big-endian, BITPOS counts from the MSB of the
-	       structure and marks the MSB of the field.  Either
-	       way, it is the number of bits to the "left" of the
-	       field.  To calculate this in big-endian, we need
-	       the total size of the structure.  */
-	    bitsize = f.end - f.start + 1;
-	    total_size = this->size * TARGET_CHAR_BIT;
-	    if (gdbarch_bits_big_endian (gdbarch))
-	      SET_FIELD_BITPOS (fld[0], total_size - f.start - bitsize);
-	    else
-	      SET_FIELD_BITPOS (fld[0], f.start);
-	    FIELD_BITSIZE (fld[0]) = bitsize;
-	  }
-	else
-	  {
-	    gdb_assert (f.start == -1 && f.end == -1);
-	    type *field_gdb_type = f.type->make_gdb_type (gdbarch);
-	    append_composite_type_field (struct_gdb_type,
-					 xstrdup (f.name.c_str ()),
-					 field_gdb_type);
-	  }
-      }
+static type *
+make_gdb_type_struct (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, const tdesc_type_with_fields *e)
+{
+  type *struct_gdb_type = arch_composite_type (gdbarch, NULL, TYPE_CODE_STRUCT);
+  TYPE_NAME (struct_gdb_type) = xstrdup (e->name.c_str ());
+  TYPE_TAG_NAME (struct_gdb_type) = TYPE_NAME (struct_gdb_type);
 
-    if (this->size != 0)
-      TYPE_LENGTH (struct_gdb_type) = this->size;
+  for (const tdesc_type_field &f : e->fields)
+    {
+      if (f.start != -1 && f.end != -1)
+	{
+	  /* Bitfield.  */
+	  struct field *fld;
+	  struct type *field_gdb_type;
+	  int bitsize, total_size;
+
+	  /* This invariant should be preserved while creating types.  */
+	  gdb_assert (e->size != 0);
+	  if (f.type != NULL)
+	    field_gdb_type = make_gdb_type (gdbarch, f.type);
+	  else if (e->size > 4)
+	    field_gdb_type = builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_uint64;
+	  else
+	    field_gdb_type = builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_uint32;
+
+	  fld = append_composite_type_field_raw
+	    (struct_gdb_type, xstrdup (f.name.c_str ()), field_gdb_type);
+
+	  /* For little-endian, BITPOS counts from the LSB of
+	     the structure and marks the LSB of the field.  For
+	     big-endian, BITPOS counts from the MSB of the
+	     structure and marks the MSB of the field.  Either
+	     way, it is the number of bits to the "left" of the
+	     field.  To calculate this in big-endian, we need
+	     the total size of the structure.  */
+	  bitsize = f.end - f.start + 1;
+	  total_size = e->size * TARGET_CHAR_BIT;
+	  if (gdbarch_bits_big_endian (gdbarch))
+	    SET_FIELD_BITPOS (fld[0], total_size - f.start - bitsize);
+	  else
+	    SET_FIELD_BITPOS (fld[0], f.start);
+	  FIELD_BITSIZE (fld[0]) = bitsize;
+	}
+      else
+	{
+	  gdb_assert (f.start == -1 && f.end == -1);
+	  type *field_gdb_type = make_gdb_type (gdbarch, f.type);
+	  append_composite_type_field (struct_gdb_type,
+				       xstrdup (f.name.c_str ()),
+				       field_gdb_type);
+	}
+    }
 
-    return struct_gdb_type;
-  }
+  if (e->size != 0)
+    TYPE_LENGTH (struct_gdb_type) = e->size;
 
-  type *make_gdb_type_union (struct gdbarch *gdbarch) const
-  {
-    type *union_gdb_type = arch_composite_type (gdbarch, NULL, TYPE_CODE_UNION);
-    TYPE_NAME (union_gdb_type) = xstrdup (this->name.c_str ());
+  return struct_gdb_type;
+}
 
-    for (const tdesc_type_field &f : this->fields)
-      {
-	type* field_gdb_type = f.type->make_gdb_type (gdbarch);
-	append_composite_type_field (union_gdb_type, xstrdup (f.name.c_str ()),
+static type *
+make_gdb_type_union (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, const tdesc_type_with_fields *e)
+{
+  type *union_gdb_type = arch_composite_type (gdbarch, NULL, TYPE_CODE_UNION);
+  TYPE_NAME (union_gdb_type) = xstrdup (e->name.c_str ());
+
+  for (const tdesc_type_field &f : e->fields)
+    {
+      type* field_gdb_type = make_gdb_type (gdbarch, f.type);
+      append_composite_type_field (union_gdb_type, xstrdup (f.name.c_str ()),
 				     field_gdb_type);
 
-	/* If any of the children of a union are vectors, flag the
-	   union as a vector also.  This allows e.g. a union of two
-	   vector types to show up automatically in "info vector".  */
-	if (TYPE_VECTOR (field_gdb_type))
-	  TYPE_VECTOR (union_gdb_type) = 1;
-      }
+      /* If any of the children of a union are vectors, flag the
+	 union as a vector also.  This allows e.g. a union of two
+	 vector types to show up automatically in "info vector".  */
+      if (TYPE_VECTOR (field_gdb_type))
+	TYPE_VECTOR (union_gdb_type) = 1;
+    }
 
-    return union_gdb_type;
-  }
+  return union_gdb_type;
+}
 
-  type *make_gdb_type_flags (struct gdbarch *gdbarch) const
-  {
-    type *flags_gdb_type = arch_flags_type (gdbarch, this->name.c_str (),
-					  this->size * TARGET_CHAR_BIT);
+static type *
+make_gdb_type_flags (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, const tdesc_type_with_fields *e)
+{
+  type *flags_gdb_type = arch_flags_type (gdbarch, e->name.c_str (),
+					  e->size * TARGET_CHAR_BIT);
 
-    for (const tdesc_type_field &f : this->fields)
-      {
+  for (const tdesc_type_field &f : e->fields)
+    {
       int bitsize = f.end - f.start + 1;
 
       gdb_assert (f.type != NULL);
-      type *field_gdb_type = f.type->make_gdb_type (gdbarch);
+      type *field_gdb_type = make_gdb_type (gdbarch, f.type);
       append_flags_type_field (flags_gdb_type, f.start, bitsize,
 			       field_gdb_type, f.name.c_str ());
-      }
+    }
 
-    return flags_gdb_type;
-  }
+  return flags_gdb_type;
+}
 
-  type *make_gdb_type_enum (struct gdbarch *gdbarch) const
-  {
-    type *enum_gdb_type = arch_type (gdbarch, TYPE_CODE_ENUM,
-				   this->size * TARGET_CHAR_BIT,
-				   this->name.c_str ());
+static type *
+make_gdb_type_enum (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, const tdesc_type_with_fields *e)
+{
+  type *enum_gdb_type = arch_type (gdbarch, TYPE_CODE_ENUM,
+				   e->size * TARGET_CHAR_BIT,
+				   e->name.c_str ());
 
-    TYPE_UNSIGNED (enum_gdb_type) = 1;
-    for (const tdesc_type_field &f : this->fields)
-      {
+  TYPE_UNSIGNED (enum_gdb_type) = 1;
+  for (const tdesc_type_field &f : e->fields)
+    {
       struct field *fld
 	= append_composite_type_field_raw (enum_gdb_type,
 					   xstrdup (f.name.c_str ()),
 					   NULL);
 
       SET_FIELD_BITPOS (fld[0], f.start);
-      }
+    }
 
-    return enum_gdb_type;
-  }
+  return enum_gdb_type;
+}
 
-  type *make_gdb_type (struct gdbarch *gdbarch) const override
+static type *
+make_gdb_type (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, struct tdesc_type *ttype)
+{
+  class gdb_type_creator : public tdesc_element_visitor
   {
-    type *gdb_type = tdesc_find_type (gdbarch, this->name.c_str ());
-    if (gdb_type != NULL)
-      return gdb_type;
+  public:
+    gdb_type_creator (struct gdbarch *gdbarch)
+      : m_gdbarch (gdbarch)
+    {}
 
-    switch (this->kind)
+    type *get_type ()
     {
-      case TDESC_TYPE_STRUCT:
-	return make_gdb_type_struct (gdbarch);
-      case TDESC_TYPE_UNION:
-	return make_gdb_type_union (gdbarch);
-      case TDESC_TYPE_FLAGS:
-	return make_gdb_type_flags (gdbarch);
-      case TDESC_TYPE_ENUM:
-	return make_gdb_type_enum (gdbarch);
+      return m_type;
     }
 
-    internal_error (__FILE__, __LINE__,
-		    "Type \"%s\" has an unknown kind %d",
-		    this->name.c_str (), this->kind);
+    void visit_pre (const target_desc *e)
+    {}
 
-    return NULL;
-  }
+    void visit_post (const target_desc *e)
+    {}
 
-  std::vector<tdesc_type_field> fields;
-  int size;
-};
+    void visit_pre (const tdesc_feature *e)
+    {}
+
+    void visit_post (const tdesc_feature *e)
+    {}
+
+    void visit (const tdesc_type_builtin *e) override
+    {
+      switch (e->kind)
+	{
+	  /* Predefined types.  */
+	case TDESC_TYPE_BOOL:
+	  m_type = builtin_type (m_gdbarch)->builtin_bool;
+	  return;
+	case TDESC_TYPE_INT8:
+	  m_type = builtin_type (m_gdbarch)->builtin_int8;
+	  return;
+	case TDESC_TYPE_INT16:
+	  m_type = builtin_type (m_gdbarch)->builtin_int16;
+	  return;
+	case TDESC_TYPE_INT32:
+	  m_type = builtin_type (m_gdbarch)->builtin_int32;
+	  return;
+	case TDESC_TYPE_INT64:
+	  m_type = builtin_type (m_gdbarch)->builtin_int64;
+	  return;
+	case TDESC_TYPE_INT128:
+	  m_type = builtin_type (m_gdbarch)->builtin_int128;
+	  return;
+	case TDESC_TYPE_UINT8:
+	  m_type = builtin_type (m_gdbarch)->builtin_uint8;
+	  return;
+	case TDESC_TYPE_UINT16:
+	  m_type = builtin_type (m_gdbarch)->builtin_uint16;
+	  return;
+	case TDESC_TYPE_UINT32:
+	  m_type = builtin_type (m_gdbarch)->builtin_uint32;
+	  return;
+	case TDESC_TYPE_UINT64:
+	  m_type = builtin_type (m_gdbarch)->builtin_uint64;
+	  return;
+	case TDESC_TYPE_UINT128:
+	  m_type = builtin_type (m_gdbarch)->builtin_uint128;
+	  return;
+	case TDESC_TYPE_CODE_PTR:
+	  m_type = builtin_type (m_gdbarch)->builtin_func_ptr;
+	  return;
+	case TDESC_TYPE_DATA_PTR:
+	  m_type = builtin_type (m_gdbarch)->builtin_data_ptr;
+	  return;
+	}
+
+      m_type = tdesc_find_type (m_gdbarch, e->name.c_str ());
+      if (m_type != NULL)
+	return;
+
+      switch (e->kind)
+	{
+	case TDESC_TYPE_IEEE_SINGLE:
+	  m_type = arch_float_type (m_gdbarch, -1, "builtin_type_ieee_single",
+				    floatformats_ieee_single);
+	  return;
+
+	case TDESC_TYPE_IEEE_DOUBLE:
+	  m_type = arch_float_type (m_gdbarch, -1, "builtin_type_ieee_double",
+				    floatformats_ieee_double);
+	  return;
+	case TDESC_TYPE_ARM_FPA_EXT:
+	  m_type = arch_float_type (m_gdbarch, -1, "builtin_type_arm_ext",
+				    floatformats_arm_ext);
+	  return;
+
+	case TDESC_TYPE_I387_EXT:
+	  m_type = arch_float_type (m_gdbarch, -1, "builtin_type_i387_ext",
+				    floatformats_i387_ext);
+	  return;
+	}
+
+      internal_error (__FILE__, __LINE__,
+		      "Type \"%s\" has an unknown kind %d",
+		      e->name.c_str (), e->kind);
+    }
+
+    void visit (const tdesc_type_vector *e) override
+    {
+      m_type = tdesc_find_type (m_gdbarch, e->name.c_str ());
+      if (m_type != NULL)
+	return;
+
+      type *element_gdb_type = make_gdb_type (m_gdbarch, e->element_type);
+      m_type = init_vector_type (element_gdb_type, e->count);
+      TYPE_NAME (m_type) = xstrdup (e->name.c_str ());
+      return;
+    }
+
+    void visit (const tdesc_type_with_fields *e) override
+    {
+      m_type = tdesc_find_type (m_gdbarch, e->name.c_str ());
+      if (m_type != NULL)
+	return;
+
+      switch (e->kind)
+	{
+	case TDESC_TYPE_STRUCT:
+	  m_type = make_gdb_type_struct (m_gdbarch, e);
+	  return;
+	case TDESC_TYPE_UNION:
+	  m_type = make_gdb_type_union (m_gdbarch, e);
+	  return;
+	case TDESC_TYPE_FLAGS:
+	  m_type = make_gdb_type_flags (m_gdbarch, e);
+	  return;
+	case TDESC_TYPE_ENUM:
+	  m_type = make_gdb_type_enum (m_gdbarch, e);
+	  return;
+	}
+
+      internal_error (__FILE__, __LINE__,
+		      "Type \"%s\" has an unknown kind %d",
+		      e->name.c_str (), e->kind);
+    }
+
+    void visit (const tdesc_reg *reg)
+    {}
+
+  private:
+
+    /* The gdbarch used.  */
+    struct gdbarch *m_gdbarch;
+
+    /* The type created.  */
+    type *m_type;
+  };
+
+  gdb_type_creator gdb_type (gdbarch);
+  ttype->accept (gdb_type);
+  return gdb_type.get_type ();
+}
 
 /* A feature from a target description.  Each feature is a collection
    of other elements, e.g. registers and types.  */
@@ -1216,7 +1264,7 @@ tdesc_register_type (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, int regno)
     {
       /* First check for a predefined or target defined type.  */
       if (reg->tdesc_type)
-        arch_reg->type = reg->tdesc_type->make_gdb_type (gdbarch);
+	arch_reg->type = make_gdb_type (gdbarch, reg->tdesc_type);
 
       /* Next try size-sensitive type shortcuts.  */
       else if (reg->type == "float")
-- 
2.14.3 (Apple Git-98)

Re: [PATCH] Use visitors for make_gdb_type

[Simon Marchi]

On 2018-01-26 10:30 AM, Alan Hayward wrote:
> I appear to still have email issues - previous post had the tabs stripped out.
> Hoping this version is ok. Apologies.

Hi Alan,

I was able to apply it correctly.
> This patch implements the suggestion in the review for
> [PATCH v2 6/8] Create xml from target descriptions.
> 
> Remove the make_gdb_type functions from the tdesc_type_ classes.
> Replace with a static make_gdb_type function that uses a element
> visitor called gdb_type_creator.
> 
> I've defined gdb_type_creator inside make_gdb_type because it shouldn't
> be needed outside the function.
> 
> The method of creating the types has not changed.
> 
> This patch will allow a future patch to commonise the tdesc_types with
> gdbserver without having to move any gdb_type functionality.
> 
> Alan.

make_gdb_type_union & co could be methods of gdb_type_creator and access gdbarch
directly.  I think it would make sense to have all the knowledge of the tdesc type
to gdb type conversion inside that class.

> -  type *make_gdb_type (struct gdbarch *gdbarch) const override
> +static type *
> +make_gdb_type (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, struct tdesc_type *ttype)
> +{
> +  class gdb_type_creator : public tdesc_element_visitor
>    {
> -    type *gdb_type = tdesc_find_type (gdbarch, this->name.c_str ());
> -    if (gdb_type != NULL)
> -      return gdb_type;
> +  public:
> +    gdb_type_creator (struct gdbarch *gdbarch)
> +      : m_gdbarch (gdbarch)
> +    {}
>  
> -    switch (this->kind)
> +    type *get_type ()
>      {
> -      case TDESC_TYPE_STRUCT:
> -	return make_gdb_type_struct (gdbarch);
> -      case TDESC_TYPE_UNION:
> -	return make_gdb_type_union (gdbarch);
> -      case TDESC_TYPE_FLAGS:
> -	return make_gdb_type_flags (gdbarch);
> -      case TDESC_TYPE_ENUM:
> -	return make_gdb_type_enum (gdbarch);
> +      return m_type;
>      }
>  
> -    internal_error (__FILE__, __LINE__,
> -		    "Type \"%s\" has an unknown kind %d",
> -		    this->name.c_str (), this->kind);
> +    void visit_pre (const target_desc *e)
> +    {}

I think we should have empty default implementations of these visit functions in the
base class, instead of having to declare them empty when unnecessary.  Maybe Yao had
a reason not to do this initially?

In any case, make sure to mark the overriden methods with the "override" keyword.  Using
clang:

/home/simark/src/binutils-gdb/gdb/target-descriptions.c:416:10: error: 'visit_pre' overrides a member function but is not marked 'override' [-Werror,-Winconsistent-missing-override]
    void visit_pre (const target_desc *e)
         ^
/home/simark/src/binutils-gdb/gdb/target-descriptions.c:48:16: note: overridden virtual function is here
  virtual void visit_pre (const target_desc *e) = 0;
               ^
/home/simark/src/binutils-gdb/gdb/target-descriptions.c:419:10: error: 'visit_post' overrides a member function but is not marked 'override' [-Werror,-Winconsistent-missing-override]
    void visit_post (const target_desc *e)
         ^
/home/simark/src/binutils-gdb/gdb/target-descriptions.c:49:16: note: overridden virtual function is here
  virtual void visit_post (const target_desc *e) = 0;
               ^
/home/simark/src/binutils-gdb/gdb/target-descriptions.c:422:10: error: 'visit_pre' overrides a member function but is not marked 'override' [-Werror,-Winconsistent-missing-override]
    void visit_pre (const tdesc_feature *e)
         ^
/home/simark/src/binutils-gdb/gdb/target-descriptions.c:51:16: note: overridden virtual function is here
  virtual void visit_pre (const tdesc_feature *e) = 0;
               ^
/home/simark/src/binutils-gdb/gdb/target-descriptions.c:425:10: error: 'visit_post' overrides a member function but is not marked 'override' [-Werror,-Winconsistent-missing-override]
    void visit_post (const tdesc_feature *e)
         ^
/home/simark/src/binutils-gdb/gdb/target-descriptions.c:52:16: note: overridden virtual function is here
  virtual void visit_post (const tdesc_feature *e) = 0;
               ^
/home/simark/src/binutils-gdb/gdb/target-descriptions.c:544:10: error: 'visit' overrides a member function but is not marked 'override' [-Werror,-Winconsistent-missing-override]
    void visit (const tdesc_reg *reg)
         ^
/home/simark/src/binutils-gdb/gdb/target-descriptions.c:58:16: note: overridden virtual function is here
  virtual void visit (const tdesc_reg *e) = 0;
               ^

Otherwise, LGTM.

Thanks,

Simon

Re: [PATCH] Use visitors for make_gdb_type

[Philipp Rudo]

Hi Alan,

besides the comments Simon already made, the patch looks fine to me.

Thanks
Philipp


On Sun, 28 Jan 2018 21:24:19 -0500
Simon Marchi <simark@simark.ca> wrote:

> On 2018-01-26 10:30 AM, Alan Hayward wrote:
> > I appear to still have email issues - previous post had the tabs stripped out.
> > Hoping this version is ok. Apologies.  
> 
> Hi Alan,
> 
> I was able to apply it correctly.
> > This patch implements the suggestion in the review for
> > [PATCH v2 6/8] Create xml from target descriptions.
> > 
> > Remove the make_gdb_type functions from the tdesc_type_ classes.
> > Replace with a static make_gdb_type function that uses a element
> > visitor called gdb_type_creator.
> > 
> > I've defined gdb_type_creator inside make_gdb_type because it shouldn't
> > be needed outside the function.
> > 
> > The method of creating the types has not changed.
> > 
> > This patch will allow a future patch to commonise the tdesc_types with
> > gdbserver without having to move any gdb_type functionality.
> > 
> > Alan.  
> 
> make_gdb_type_union & co could be methods of gdb_type_creator and access gdbarch
> directly.  I think it would make sense to have all the knowledge of the tdesc type
> to gdb type conversion inside that class.
> 
> > -  type *make_gdb_type (struct gdbarch *gdbarch) const override
> > +static type *
> > +make_gdb_type (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, struct tdesc_type *ttype)
> > +{
> > +  class gdb_type_creator : public tdesc_element_visitor
> >    {
> > -    type *gdb_type = tdesc_find_type (gdbarch, this->name.c_str ());
> > -    if (gdb_type != NULL)
> > -      return gdb_type;
> > +  public:
> > +    gdb_type_creator (struct gdbarch *gdbarch)
> > +      : m_gdbarch (gdbarch)
> > +    {}
> >  
> > -    switch (this->kind)
> > +    type *get_type ()
> >      {
> > -      case TDESC_TYPE_STRUCT:
> > -	return make_gdb_type_struct (gdbarch);
> > -      case TDESC_TYPE_UNION:
> > -	return make_gdb_type_union (gdbarch);
> > -      case TDESC_TYPE_FLAGS:
> > -	return make_gdb_type_flags (gdbarch);
> > -      case TDESC_TYPE_ENUM:
> > -	return make_gdb_type_enum (gdbarch);
> > +      return m_type;
> >      }
> >  
> > -    internal_error (__FILE__, __LINE__,
> > -		    "Type \"%s\" has an unknown kind %d",
> > -		    this->name.c_str (), this->kind);
> > +    void visit_pre (const target_desc *e)
> > +    {}  
> 
> I think we should have empty default implementations of these visit functions in the
> base class, instead of having to declare them empty when unnecessary.  Maybe Yao had
> a reason not to do this initially?
> 
> In any case, make sure to mark the overriden methods with the "override" keyword.  Using
> clang:
> 
> /home/simark/src/binutils-gdb/gdb/target-descriptions.c:416:10: error: 'visit_pre' overrides a member function but is not marked 'override' [-Werror,-Winconsistent-missing-override]
>     void visit_pre (const target_desc *e)
>          ^
> /home/simark/src/binutils-gdb/gdb/target-descriptions.c:48:16: note: overridden virtual function is here
>   virtual void visit_pre (const target_desc *e) = 0;
>                ^
> /home/simark/src/binutils-gdb/gdb/target-descriptions.c:419:10: error: 'visit_post' overrides a member function but is not marked 'override' [-Werror,-Winconsistent-missing-override]
>     void visit_post (const target_desc *e)
>          ^
> /home/simark/src/binutils-gdb/gdb/target-descriptions.c:49:16: note: overridden virtual function is here
>   virtual void visit_post (const target_desc *e) = 0;
>                ^
> /home/simark/src/binutils-gdb/gdb/target-descriptions.c:422:10: error: 'visit_pre' overrides a member function but is not marked 'override' [-Werror,-Winconsistent-missing-override]
>     void visit_pre (const tdesc_feature *e)
>          ^
> /home/simark/src/binutils-gdb/gdb/target-descriptions.c:51:16: note: overridden virtual function is here
>   virtual void visit_pre (const tdesc_feature *e) = 0;
>                ^
> /home/simark/src/binutils-gdb/gdb/target-descriptions.c:425:10: error: 'visit_post' overrides a member function but is not marked 'override' [-Werror,-Winconsistent-missing-override]
>     void visit_post (const tdesc_feature *e)
>          ^
> /home/simark/src/binutils-gdb/gdb/target-descriptions.c:52:16: note: overridden virtual function is here
>   virtual void visit_post (const tdesc_feature *e) = 0;
>                ^
> /home/simark/src/binutils-gdb/gdb/target-descriptions.c:544:10: error: 'visit' overrides a member function but is not marked 'override' [-Werror,-Winconsistent-missing-override]
>     void visit (const tdesc_reg *reg)
>          ^
> /home/simark/src/binutils-gdb/gdb/target-descriptions.c:58:16: note: overridden virtual function is here
>   virtual void visit (const tdesc_reg *e) = 0;
>                ^
> 
> Otherwise, LGTM.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Simon
> 

Re: [PATCH] Use visitors for make_gdb_type

[Alan Hayward]

Updated version of patch at the bottom.

> On 29 Jan 2018, at 09:28, Philipp Rudo <prudo@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Alan,
> 
> besides the comments Simon already made, the patch looks fine to me.
> 

Thanks!

> 
> On Sun, 28 Jan 2018 21:24:19 -0500
> Simon Marchi <simark@simark.ca> wrote:
> 
>> On 2018-01-26 10:30 AM, Alan Hayward wrote:
>>> I appear to still have email issues - previous post had the tabs stripped out.
>>> Hoping this version is ok. Apologies.  
>> 
>> Hi Alan,
>> 
>> I was able to apply it correctly.
>>> 

Very strange! Think I’m ok now.

>> 
>> make_gdb_type_union & co could be methods of gdb_type_creator and access gdbarch
>> directly.  I think it would make sense to have all the knowledge of the tdesc type
>> to gdb type conversion inside that class.

Agreed and done.

>>> 
>>> +    void visit_pre (const target_desc *e)
>>> +    {}  
>> 
>> I think we should have empty default implementations of these visit functions in the
>> base class, instead of having to declare them empty when unnecessary.  Maybe Yao had
>> a reason not to do this initially?
>> 

I think Yao didn’t add the method because tdesc_element_visitor is meant to be an interface
and remain abstract.

I considered putting the types into a parent class of tdesc_element_visitor, but that breaks
the accept() functions horribly.
Instead, I’ve created a new subclass from tdesc_element_visitor called tdesc_element_type_visitor
which provides null implementations for all the non type visit functions. gdb_type_creator can
now inherit from tdesc_element_type_visitor and only has to provide the three visitors.

Are you happy with that?


>> In any case, make sure to mark the overriden methods with the "override" keyword.  Using
>> clang:
>> 
>> /home/simark/src/binutils-gdb/gdb/target-descriptions.c:416:10: error: 'visit_pre' overrides a member function but is not marked 'override' [-Werror,-Winconsistent-missing-override]
>>    void visit_pre (const target_desc *e)

Done. And thanks for the review.


New version implements the above changes.

Didn’t mention previously, but patches have been tested on a make check on x86 targets=all
build with target board unix native-gdbserver. Built for power (because it does not use new
target descriptions), but am unable to test.

2018-01-29  Alan Hayward  <alan.hayward@arm.com>

	* target-descriptions.c (tdesc_element_type_visitor) Add class.
	(tdesc_type): Move make_gdb_type from here.
	(tdesc_type_builtin): Likewise.
	(tdesc_type_vector): Likewise.
	(tdesc_type_with_fields): Move make_gdb_type_ functions from here.
	(make_gdb_type_struct): Move from tdesc_type_with_fields.
	(make_gdb_type_union): Likewise.
	(make_gdb_type_flags): Likewise.
	(make_gdb_type_enum): Likewise.
	(make_gdb_type): New function.
	(tdesc_register_type): Use static make_gdb_type.

---
 gdb/target-descriptions.c | 480 +++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
 1 file changed, 264 insertions(+), 216 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gdb/target-descriptions.c b/gdb/target-descriptions.c
index 1b20a12d76..df0ad9241f 100644
--- a/gdb/target-descriptions.c
+++ b/gdb/target-descriptions.c
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@
 #include "completer.h"
 #include "readline/tilde.h" /* tilde_expand */
 
+static type *make_gdb_type (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, struct tdesc_type *ttype);
+
 /* The interface to visit different elements of target description.  */
 
 class tdesc_element_visitor
@@ -56,6 +58,32 @@ public:
   virtual void visit (const tdesc_reg *e) = 0;
 };
 
+/* The interface to visit different elements of tdesc type.  Restricts vistors
+   to only the ones that work on types.  */
+
+class tdesc_element_type_visitor : public tdesc_element_visitor
+{
+public:
+  void visit_pre (const target_desc *e) override
+  {}
+
+  void visit_post (const target_desc *e) override
+  {}
+
+  void visit_pre (const tdesc_feature *e) override
+  {}
+
+  void visit_post (const tdesc_feature *e) override
+  {}
+
+  virtual void visit (const tdesc_type_builtin *e) = 0;
+  virtual void visit (const tdesc_type_vector *e) = 0;
+  virtual void visit (const tdesc_type_with_fields *e) = 0;
+
+  void visit (const tdesc_reg *e) override
+  {}
+};
+
 class tdesc_element
 {
 public:
@@ -223,11 +251,6 @@ struct tdesc_type : tdesc_element
   {
     return !(*this == other);
   }
-
-  /* Construct, if necessary, and return the GDB type implementing this
-     target type for architecture GDBARCH.  */
-
-  virtual type *make_gdb_type (struct gdbarch *gdbarch) const = 0;
 };
 
 typedef std::unique_ptr<tdesc_type> tdesc_type_up;
@@ -242,81 +265,6 @@ struct tdesc_type_builtin : tdesc_type
   {
     v.visit (this);
   }
-
-  type *make_gdb_type (struct gdbarch *gdbarch) const override
-  {
-    switch (this->kind)
-      {
-      /* Predefined types.  */
-      case TDESC_TYPE_BOOL:
-        return builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_bool;
-
-      case TDESC_TYPE_INT8:
-        return builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_int8;
-
-      case TDESC_TYPE_INT16:
-        return builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_int16;
-
-      case TDESC_TYPE_INT32:
-        return builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_int32;
-
-      case TDESC_TYPE_INT64:
-        return builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_int64;
-
-      case TDESC_TYPE_INT128:
-        return builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_int128;
-
-      case TDESC_TYPE_UINT8:
-        return builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_uint8;
-
-      case TDESC_TYPE_UINT16:
-        return builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_uint16;
-
-      case TDESC_TYPE_UINT32:
-        return builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_uint32;
-
-      case TDESC_TYPE_UINT64:
-        return builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_uint64;
-
-      case TDESC_TYPE_UINT128:
-        return builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_uint128;
-
-      case TDESC_TYPE_CODE_PTR:
-        return builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_func_ptr;
-
-      case TDESC_TYPE_DATA_PTR:
-        return builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_data_ptr;
-      }
-
-    type *gdb_type = tdesc_find_type (gdbarch, this->name.c_str ());
-    if (gdb_type != NULL)
-      return gdb_type;
-
-    switch (this->kind)
-      {
-      case TDESC_TYPE_IEEE_SINGLE:
-        return arch_float_type (gdbarch, -1, "builtin_type_ieee_single",
-				floatformats_ieee_single);
-
-      case TDESC_TYPE_IEEE_DOUBLE:
-        return arch_float_type (gdbarch, -1, "builtin_type_ieee_double",
-				floatformats_ieee_double);
-
-      case TDESC_TYPE_ARM_FPA_EXT:
-        return arch_float_type (gdbarch, -1, "builtin_type_arm_ext",
-				floatformats_arm_ext);
-
-      case TDESC_TYPE_I387_EXT:
-        return arch_float_type (gdbarch, -1, "builtin_type_i387_ext",
-				floatformats_i387_ext);
-      }
-
-    internal_error (__FILE__, __LINE__,
-		    "Type \"%s\" has an unknown kind %d",
-		    this->name.c_str (), this->kind);
-
-    return NULL;
-  }
 };
 
 /* tdesc_type for vector types.  */
@@ -333,19 +281,6 @@ struct tdesc_type_vector : tdesc_type
     v.visit (this);
   }
 
-  type *make_gdb_type (struct gdbarch *gdbarch) const override
-  {
-    type *vector_gdb_type = tdesc_find_type (gdbarch, this->name.c_str ());
-    if (vector_gdb_type != NULL)
-      return vector_gdb_type;
-
-    type *element_gdb_type = this->element_type->make_gdb_type (gdbarch);
-    vector_gdb_type = init_vector_type (element_gdb_type, this->count);
-    TYPE_NAME (vector_gdb_type) = xstrdup (this->name.c_str ());
-
-    return vector_gdb_type;
-  }
-
   struct tdesc_type *element_type;
   int count;
 };
@@ -364,151 +299,264 @@ struct tdesc_type_with_fields : tdesc_type
     v.visit (this);
   }
 
-  type *make_gdb_type_struct (struct gdbarch *gdbarch) const
+  std::vector<tdesc_type_field> fields;
+  int size;
+};
+
+/* Convert a tdesc_type to a gdb type.  */
+
+static type *
+make_gdb_type (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, struct tdesc_type *ttype)
+{
+  class gdb_type_creator : public tdesc_element_type_visitor
   {
-    type *struct_gdb_type = arch_composite_type (gdbarch, NULL, TYPE_CODE_STRUCT);
-    TYPE_NAME (struct_gdb_type) = xstrdup (this->name.c_str ());
-    TYPE_TAG_NAME (struct_gdb_type) = TYPE_NAME (struct_gdb_type);
+  public:
+    gdb_type_creator (struct gdbarch *gdbarch)
+      : m_gdbarch (gdbarch)
+    {}
 
-    for (const tdesc_type_field &f : this->fields)
-      {
-	if (f.start != -1 && f.end != -1)
-	  {
-	    /* Bitfield.  */
-	    struct field *fld;
-	    struct type *field_gdb_type;
-	    int bitsize, total_size;
-
-	    /* This invariant should be preserved while creating types.  */
-	    gdb_assert (this->size != 0);
-	    if (f.type != NULL)
-	      field_gdb_type = f.type->make_gdb_type (gdbarch);
-	    else if (this->size > 4)
-	      field_gdb_type = builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_uint64;
-	    else
-	      field_gdb_type = builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_uint32;
-
-	    fld = append_composite_type_field_raw
-	      (struct_gdb_type, xstrdup (f.name.c_str ()), field_gdb_type);
-
-	    /* For little-endian, BITPOS counts from the LSB of
-	       the structure and marks the LSB of the field.  For
-	       big-endian, BITPOS counts from the MSB of the
-	       structure and marks the MSB of the field.  Either
-	       way, it is the number of bits to the "left" of the
-	       field.  To calculate this in big-endian, we need
-	       the total size of the structure.  */
-	    bitsize = f.end - f.start + 1;
-	    total_size = this->size * TARGET_CHAR_BIT;
-	    if (gdbarch_bits_big_endian (gdbarch))
-	      SET_FIELD_BITPOS (fld[0], total_size - f.start - bitsize);
-	    else
-	      SET_FIELD_BITPOS (fld[0], f.start);
-	    FIELD_BITSIZE (fld[0]) = bitsize;
-	  }
-	else
-	  {
-	    gdb_assert (f.start == -1 && f.end == -1);
-	    type *field_gdb_type = f.type->make_gdb_type (gdbarch);
-	    append_composite_type_field (struct_gdb_type,
-					 xstrdup (f.name.c_str ()),
-					 field_gdb_type);
-	  }
-      }
+    type *get_type ()
+    {
+      return m_type;
+    }
 
-    if (this->size != 0)
-      TYPE_LENGTH (struct_gdb_type) = this->size;
+    void visit (const tdesc_type_builtin *e) override
+    {
+      switch (e->kind)
+	{
+	  /* Predefined types.  */
+	case TDESC_TYPE_BOOL:
+	  m_type = builtin_type (m_gdbarch)->builtin_bool;
+	  return;
+	case TDESC_TYPE_INT8:
+	  m_type = builtin_type (m_gdbarch)->builtin_int8;
+	  return;
+	case TDESC_TYPE_INT16:
+	  m_type = builtin_type (m_gdbarch)->builtin_int16;
+	  return;
+	case TDESC_TYPE_INT32:
+	  m_type = builtin_type (m_gdbarch)->builtin_int32;
+	  return;
+	case TDESC_TYPE_INT64:
+	  m_type = builtin_type (m_gdbarch)->builtin_int64;
+	  return;
+	case TDESC_TYPE_INT128:
+	  m_type = builtin_type (m_gdbarch)->builtin_int128;
+	  return;
+	case TDESC_TYPE_UINT8:
+	  m_type = builtin_type (m_gdbarch)->builtin_uint8;
+	  return;
+	case TDESC_TYPE_UINT16:
+	  m_type = builtin_type (m_gdbarch)->builtin_uint16;
+	  return;
+	case TDESC_TYPE_UINT32:
+	  m_type = builtin_type (m_gdbarch)->builtin_uint32;
+	  return;
+	case TDESC_TYPE_UINT64:
+	  m_type = builtin_type (m_gdbarch)->builtin_uint64;
+	  return;
+	case TDESC_TYPE_UINT128:
+	  m_type = builtin_type (m_gdbarch)->builtin_uint128;
+	  return;
+	case TDESC_TYPE_CODE_PTR:
+	  m_type = builtin_type (m_gdbarch)->builtin_func_ptr;
+	  return;
+	case TDESC_TYPE_DATA_PTR:
+	  m_type = builtin_type (m_gdbarch)->builtin_data_ptr;
+	  return;
+	}
 
-    return struct_gdb_type;
-  }
+      m_type = tdesc_find_type (m_gdbarch, e->name.c_str ());
+      if (m_type != NULL)
+	return;
 
-  type *make_gdb_type_union (struct gdbarch *gdbarch) const
-  {
-    type *union_gdb_type = arch_composite_type (gdbarch, NULL, TYPE_CODE_UNION);
-    TYPE_NAME (union_gdb_type) = xstrdup (this->name.c_str ());
+      switch (e->kind)
+	{
+	case TDESC_TYPE_IEEE_SINGLE:
+	  m_type = arch_float_type (m_gdbarch, -1, "builtin_type_ieee_single",
+				    floatformats_ieee_single);
+	  return;
+
+	case TDESC_TYPE_IEEE_DOUBLE:
+	  m_type = arch_float_type (m_gdbarch, -1, "builtin_type_ieee_double",
+				    floatformats_ieee_double);
+	  return;
+	case TDESC_TYPE_ARM_FPA_EXT:
+	  m_type = arch_float_type (m_gdbarch, -1, "builtin_type_arm_ext",
+				    floatformats_arm_ext);
+	  return;
+
+	case TDESC_TYPE_I387_EXT:
+	  m_type = arch_float_type (m_gdbarch, -1, "builtin_type_i387_ext",
+				    floatformats_i387_ext);
+	  return;
+	}
 
-    for (const tdesc_type_field &f : this->fields)
-      {
-	type* field_gdb_type = f.type->make_gdb_type (gdbarch);
-	append_composite_type_field (union_gdb_type, xstrdup (f.name.c_str ()),
-				     field_gdb_type);
-
-	/* If any of the children of a union are vectors, flag the
-	   union as a vector also.  This allows e.g. a union of two
-	   vector types to show up automatically in "info vector".  */
-	if (TYPE_VECTOR (field_gdb_type))
-	  TYPE_VECTOR (union_gdb_type) = 1;
-      }
+      internal_error (__FILE__, __LINE__,
+		      "Type \"%s\" has an unknown kind %d",
+		      e->name.c_str (), e->kind);
+    }
 
-    return union_gdb_type;
-  }
+    void visit (const tdesc_type_vector *e) override
+    {
+      m_type = tdesc_find_type (m_gdbarch, e->name.c_str ());
+      if (m_type != NULL)
+	return;
+
+      type *element_gdb_type = make_gdb_type (m_gdbarch, e->element_type);
+      m_type = init_vector_type (element_gdb_type, e->count);
+      TYPE_NAME (m_type) = xstrdup (e->name.c_str ());
+      return;
+    }
 
-  type *make_gdb_type_flags (struct gdbarch *gdbarch) const
-  {
-    type *flags_gdb_type = arch_flags_type (gdbarch, this->name.c_str (),
-					  this->size * TARGET_CHAR_BIT);
+    void visit (const tdesc_type_with_fields *e) override
+    {
+      m_type = tdesc_find_type (m_gdbarch, e->name.c_str ());
+      if (m_type != NULL)
+	return;
 
-    for (const tdesc_type_field &f : this->fields)
-      {
-      int bitsize = f.end - f.start + 1;
+      switch (e->kind)
+	{
+	case TDESC_TYPE_STRUCT:
+	  make_gdb_type_struct (e);
+	  return;
+	case TDESC_TYPE_UNION:
+	  make_gdb_type_union (e);
+	  return;
+	case TDESC_TYPE_FLAGS:
+	  make_gdb_type_flags (e);
+	  return;
+	case TDESC_TYPE_ENUM:
+	  make_gdb_type_enum (e);
+	  return;
+	}
 
-      gdb_assert (f.type != NULL);
-      type *field_gdb_type = f.type->make_gdb_type (gdbarch);
-      append_flags_type_field (flags_gdb_type, f.start, bitsize,
-			       field_gdb_type, f.name.c_str ());
-      }
+      internal_error (__FILE__, __LINE__,
+		      "Type \"%s\" has an unknown kind %d",
+		      e->name.c_str (), e->kind);
+    }
 
-    return flags_gdb_type;
-  }
+  private:
 
-  type *make_gdb_type_enum (struct gdbarch *gdbarch) const
-  {
-    type *enum_gdb_type = arch_type (gdbarch, TYPE_CODE_ENUM,
-				   this->size * TARGET_CHAR_BIT,
-				   this->name.c_str ());
+    void make_gdb_type_struct (const tdesc_type_with_fields *e)
+    {
+      m_type = arch_composite_type (m_gdbarch, NULL, TYPE_CODE_STRUCT);
+      TYPE_NAME (m_type) = xstrdup (e->name.c_str ());
+      TYPE_TAG_NAME (m_type) = TYPE_NAME (m_type);
 
-    TYPE_UNSIGNED (enum_gdb_type) = 1;
-    for (const tdesc_type_field &f : this->fields)
-      {
-      struct field *fld
-	= append_composite_type_field_raw (enum_gdb_type,
+      for (const tdesc_type_field &f : e->fields)
+	{
+	  if (f.start != -1 && f.end != -1)
+	    {
+	      /* Bitfield.  */
+	      struct field *fld;
+	      struct type *field_gdb_type;
+	      int bitsize, total_size;
+
+	      /* This invariant should be preserved while creating types.  */
+	      gdb_assert (e->size != 0);
+	      if (f.type != NULL)
+		field_gdb_type = make_gdb_type (m_gdbarch, f.type);
+	      else if (e->size > 4)
+		field_gdb_type = builtin_type (m_gdbarch)->builtin_uint64;
+	      else
+		field_gdb_type = builtin_type (m_gdbarch)->builtin_uint32;
+
+	      fld = append_composite_type_field_raw
+		      (m_type, xstrdup (f.name.c_str ()), field_gdb_type);
+
+	      /* For little-endian, BITPOS counts from the LSB of
+		 the structure and marks the LSB of the field.  For
+		 big-endian, BITPOS counts from the MSB of the
+		 structure and marks the MSB of the field.  Either
+		 way, it is the number of bits to the "left" of the
+		 field.  To calculate this in big-endian, we need
+		 the total size of the structure.  */
+	      bitsize = f.end - f.start + 1;
+	      total_size = e->size * TARGET_CHAR_BIT;
+	      if (gdbarch_bits_big_endian (m_gdbarch))
+		SET_FIELD_BITPOS (fld[0], total_size - f.start - bitsize);
+	      else
+		SET_FIELD_BITPOS (fld[0], f.start);
+	      FIELD_BITSIZE (fld[0]) = bitsize;
+	    }
+	  else
+	    {
+	      gdb_assert (f.start == -1 && f.end == -1);
+	      type *field_gdb_type = make_gdb_type (m_gdbarch, f.type);
+	      append_composite_type_field (m_type,
 					   xstrdup (f.name.c_str ()),
-					   NULL);
+					   field_gdb_type);
+	    }
+	}
 
-      SET_FIELD_BITPOS (fld[0], f.start);
-      }
+      if (e->size != 0)
+	TYPE_LENGTH (m_type) = e->size;
+    }
 
-    return enum_gdb_type;
-  }
+    void make_gdb_type_union (const tdesc_type_with_fields *e)
+    {
+      m_type = arch_composite_type (m_gdbarch, NULL, TYPE_CODE_UNION);
+      TYPE_NAME (m_type) = xstrdup (e->name.c_str ());
 
-  type *make_gdb_type (struct gdbarch *gdbarch) const override
-  {
-    type *gdb_type = tdesc_find_type (gdbarch, this->name.c_str ());
-    if (gdb_type != NULL)
-      return gdb_type;
+      for (const tdesc_type_field &f : e->fields)
+	{
+	  type* field_gdb_type = make_gdb_type (m_gdbarch, f.type);
+	  append_composite_type_field (m_type, xstrdup (f.name.c_str ()),
+				       field_gdb_type);
+
+	  /* If any of the children of a union are vectors, flag the
+	     union as a vector also.  This allows e.g. a union of two
+	     vector types to show up automatically in "info vector".  */
+	  if (TYPE_VECTOR (field_gdb_type))
+	    TYPE_VECTOR (m_type) = 1;
+	}
+    }
 
-    switch (this->kind)
+    void make_gdb_type_flags (const tdesc_type_with_fields *e)
     {
-      case TDESC_TYPE_STRUCT:
-	return make_gdb_type_struct (gdbarch);
-      case TDESC_TYPE_UNION:
-	return make_gdb_type_union (gdbarch);
-      case TDESC_TYPE_FLAGS:
-	return make_gdb_type_flags (gdbarch);
-      case TDESC_TYPE_ENUM:
-	return make_gdb_type_enum (gdbarch);
+      m_type = arch_flags_type (m_gdbarch, e->name.c_str (),
+				e->size * TARGET_CHAR_BIT);
+
+      for (const tdesc_type_field &f : e->fields)
+	{
+	  int bitsize = f.end - f.start + 1;
+
+	  gdb_assert (f.type != NULL);
+	  type *field_gdb_type = make_gdb_type (m_gdbarch, f.type);
+	  append_flags_type_field (m_type, f.start, bitsize,
+				   field_gdb_type, f.name.c_str ());
+	}
     }
 
-    internal_error (__FILE__, __LINE__,
-		    "Type \"%s\" has an unknown kind %d",
-		    this->name.c_str (), this->kind);
+    void make_gdb_type_enum (const tdesc_type_with_fields *e)
+    {
+      m_type = arch_type (m_gdbarch, TYPE_CODE_ENUM, e->size * TARGET_CHAR_BIT,
+			  e->name.c_str ());
 
-    return NULL;
-  }
+      TYPE_UNSIGNED (m_type) = 1;
+      for (const tdesc_type_field &f : e->fields)
+	{
+	  struct field *fld
+	    = append_composite_type_field_raw (m_type,
+					       xstrdup (f.name.c_str ()),
+					       NULL);
 
-  std::vector<tdesc_type_field> fields;
-  int size;
-};
+	  SET_FIELD_BITPOS (fld[0], f.start);
+	}
+    }
+
+    /* The gdbarch used.  */
+    struct gdbarch *m_gdbarch;
+
+    /* The type created.  */
+    type *m_type;
+  };
+
+  gdb_type_creator gdb_type (gdbarch);
+  ttype->accept (gdb_type);
+  return gdb_type.get_type ();
+}
 
 /* A feature from a target description.  Each feature is a collection
    of other elements, e.g. registers and types.  */
@@ -1216,7 +1264,7 @@ tdesc_register_type (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, int regno)
     {
       /* First check for a predefined or target defined type.  */
       if (reg->tdesc_type)
-        arch_reg->type = reg->tdesc_type->make_gdb_type (gdbarch);
+	arch_reg->type = make_gdb_type (gdbarch, reg->tdesc_type);
 
       /* Next try size-sensitive type shortcuts.  */
       else if (reg->type == "float")
-- 
2.14.3 (Apple Git-98)

Re: [PATCH] Use visitors for make_gdb_type

[Simon Marchi]

On 2018-01-29 10:31 AM, Alan Hayward wrote:
>> On Sun, 28 Jan 2018 21:24:19 -0500
>> Simon Marchi <simark@simark.ca> wrote:
>>
>>> On 2018-01-26 10:30 AM, Alan Hayward wrote:
>>>> I appear to still have email issues - previous post had the tabs stripped out.
>>>> Hoping this version is ok. Apologies.  
>>>
>>> Hi Alan,
>>>
>>> I was able to apply it correctly.
>>>>
> 
> Very strange! Think I’m ok now.

Well, now I am unable to apply this one :(.  The message body is encoded in base64,
I tried to decode it and apply it with git-apply, but it doesn't apply, not sure why.
git-send-email is really the safest way.

>>>> +    void visit_pre (const target_desc *e)
>>>> +    {}  
>>>
>>> I think we should have empty default implementations of these visit functions in the
>>> base class, instead of having to declare them empty when unnecessary.  Maybe Yao had
>>> a reason not to do this initially?
>>>
> 
> I think Yao didn’t add the method because tdesc_element_visitor is meant to be an interface
> and remain abstract.

A type can be abstract but have implementations for some of its methods.  To make a type abstract,
it is common to make the destructor pure virtual, if no other method is pure virtual.

> I considered putting the types into a parent class of tdesc_element_visitor, but that breaks
> the accept() functions horribly.
> Instead, I’ve created a new subclass from tdesc_element_visitor called tdesc_element_type_visitor
> which provides null implementations for all the non type visit functions. gdb_type_creator can
> now inherit from tdesc_element_type_visitor and only has to provide the three visitors.
> 
> Are you happy with that?

That seems like unnecessary boilerplate to me.  I really don't see why classes derived
from tdesc_element_visitor have to implement methods for nodes they don't care about.

I added Yao in CC so he can chime in.

Simon

Re: [PATCH] Use visitors for make_gdb_type

[Yao Qi]

On Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 4:12 PM, Simon Marchi <simon.marchi@ericsson.com> wrote:
>
> That seems like unnecessary boilerplate to me.  I really don't see why classes derived
> from tdesc_element_visitor have to implement methods for nodes they don't care about.
>
> I added Yao in CC so he can chime in.

When I wrote tdesc_element_visitor, in my mind, it is an interface, so
I expect child
class implement all the methods, because at that moment, all methods are needed,
no empty methods.  However, the situation changed a little bit, as per
Alan's needs,
part of the methods of tdesc_element_visitor are needed, and the rest of methods
are empty somewhere.  I don't mind converting tdesc_element_visitor into a base
class which has all these methods empty as a default.  That is fine to
me.  By the
way, Alan's approach is fine to me as well :)

-- 
Yao (齐尧)

Re: [PATCH] Use visitors for make_gdb_type

[Alan Hayward]

> On 29 Jan 2018, at 16:54, Yao Qi <qiyaoltc@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 4:12 PM, Simon Marchi <simon.marchi@ericsson.com> wrote:
>> 
>> That seems like unnecessary boilerplate to me.  I really don't see why classes derived
>> from tdesc_element_visitor have to implement methods for nodes they don't care about.
>> 
>> I added Yao in CC so he can chime in.
> 
> When I wrote tdesc_element_visitor, in my mind, it is an interface, so
> I expect child
> class implement all the methods, because at that moment, all methods are needed,
> no empty methods.  However, the situation changed a little bit, as per
> Alan's needs,
> part of the methods of tdesc_element_visitor are needed, and the rest of methods
> are empty somewhere.  I don't mind converting tdesc_element_visitor into a base
> class which has all these methods empty as a default.  That is fine to
> me.  By the
> way, Alan's approach is fine to me as well :)
> 

I’ve removed the extra class and replaced with default implementations in
tdesc_element_visitor.

All ok?


Tested on a make check on x86 targets=all build with target board unix native-gdbserver.
Built for power (because it does not use new target descriptions), but am unable to test.

2018-01-30  Alan Hayward  <alan.hayward@arm.com>

	* target-descriptions.c (tdesc_element_visitor) Add empty implementations.
	(tdesc_type): Move make_gdb_type from here.
	(tdesc_type_builtin): Likewise.
	(tdesc_type_vector): Likewise.
	(tdesc_type_with_fields): Move make_gdb_type_ functions from here.
	(make_gdb_type_struct): Move from tdesc_type_with_fields.
	(make_gdb_type_union): Likewise.
	(make_gdb_type_flags): Likewise.
	(make_gdb_type_enum): Likewise.
	(make_gdb_type): New function.
	(tdesc_register_type): Use static make_gdb_type.


diff --git a/gdb/target-descriptions.c b/gdb/target-descriptions.c
index 1b20a12d769718e591dea6df8183c2e9ecfac990..ce4cf76899cccb1c009bc556aeb6a74f0913edbe 100644
--- a/gdb/target-descriptions.c
+++ b/gdb/target-descriptions.c
@@ -38,22 +38,36 @@
 #include "completer.h"
 #include "readline/tilde.h" /* tilde_expand */

+static type *make_gdb_type (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, struct tdesc_type *ttype);
+
 /* The interface to visit different elements of target description.  */

 class tdesc_element_visitor
 {
 public:
-  virtual void visit_pre (const target_desc *e) = 0;
-  virtual void visit_post (const target_desc *e) = 0;
+  virtual void visit_pre (const target_desc *e)
+  {}
+
+  virtual void visit_post (const target_desc *e)
+  {}
+
+  virtual void visit_pre (const tdesc_feature *e)
+  {}
+
+  virtual void visit_post (const tdesc_feature *e)
+  {}

-  virtual void visit_pre (const tdesc_feature *e) = 0;
-  virtual void visit_post (const tdesc_feature *e) = 0;
+  virtual void visit (const tdesc_type_builtin *e)
+  {}
+
+  virtual void visit (const tdesc_type_vector *e)
+  {}

-  virtual void visit (const tdesc_type_builtin *e) = 0;
-  virtual void visit (const tdesc_type_vector *e) = 0;
-  virtual void visit (const tdesc_type_with_fields *e) = 0;
+  virtual void visit (const tdesc_type_with_fields *e)
+  {}

-  virtual void visit (const tdesc_reg *e) = 0;
+  virtual void visit (const tdesc_reg *e)
+  {}
 };

 class tdesc_element
@@ -223,11 +237,6 @@ struct tdesc_type : tdesc_element
   {
     return !(*this == other);
   }
-
-  /* Construct, if necessary, and return the GDB type implementing this
-     target type for architecture GDBARCH.  */
-
-  virtual type *make_gdb_type (struct gdbarch *gdbarch) const = 0;
 };

 typedef std::unique_ptr<tdesc_type> tdesc_type_up;
@@ -242,81 +251,6 @@ struct tdesc_type_builtin : tdesc_type
   {
     v.visit (this);
   }
-
-  type *make_gdb_type (struct gdbarch *gdbarch) const override
-  {
-    switch (this->kind)
-      {
-      /* Predefined types.  */
-      case TDESC_TYPE_BOOL:
-        return builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_bool;
-
-      case TDESC_TYPE_INT8:
-        return builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_int8;
-
-      case TDESC_TYPE_INT16:
-        return builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_int16;
-
-      case TDESC_TYPE_INT32:
-        return builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_int32;
-
-      case TDESC_TYPE_INT64:
-        return builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_int64;
-
-      case TDESC_TYPE_INT128:
-        return builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_int128;
-
-      case TDESC_TYPE_UINT8:
-        return builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_uint8;
-
-      case TDESC_TYPE_UINT16:
-        return builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_uint16;
-
-      case TDESC_TYPE_UINT32:
-        return builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_uint32;
-
-      case TDESC_TYPE_UINT64:
-        return builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_uint64;
-
-      case TDESC_TYPE_UINT128:
-        return builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_uint128;
-
-      case TDESC_TYPE_CODE_PTR:
-        return builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_func_ptr;
-
-      case TDESC_TYPE_DATA_PTR:
-        return builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_data_ptr;
-      }
-
-    type *gdb_type = tdesc_find_type (gdbarch, this->name.c_str ());
-    if (gdb_type != NULL)
-      return gdb_type;
-
-    switch (this->kind)
-      {
-      case TDESC_TYPE_IEEE_SINGLE:
-        return arch_float_type (gdbarch, -1, "builtin_type_ieee_single",
-				floatformats_ieee_single);
-
-      case TDESC_TYPE_IEEE_DOUBLE:
-        return arch_float_type (gdbarch, -1, "builtin_type_ieee_double",
-				floatformats_ieee_double);
-
-      case TDESC_TYPE_ARM_FPA_EXT:
-        return arch_float_type (gdbarch, -1, "builtin_type_arm_ext",
-				floatformats_arm_ext);
-
-      case TDESC_TYPE_I387_EXT:
-        return arch_float_type (gdbarch, -1, "builtin_type_i387_ext",
-				floatformats_i387_ext);
-      }
-
-    internal_error (__FILE__, __LINE__,
-		    "Type \"%s\" has an unknown kind %d",
-		    this->name.c_str (), this->kind);
-
-    return NULL;
-  }
 };

 /* tdesc_type for vector types.  */
@@ -333,19 +267,6 @@ struct tdesc_type_vector : tdesc_type
     v.visit (this);
   }

-  type *make_gdb_type (struct gdbarch *gdbarch) const override
-  {
-    type *vector_gdb_type = tdesc_find_type (gdbarch, this->name.c_str ());
-    if (vector_gdb_type != NULL)
-      return vector_gdb_type;
-
-    type *element_gdb_type = this->element_type->make_gdb_type (gdbarch);
-    vector_gdb_type = init_vector_type (element_gdb_type, this->count);
-    TYPE_NAME (vector_gdb_type) = xstrdup (this->name.c_str ());
-
-    return vector_gdb_type;
-  }
-
   struct tdesc_type *element_type;
   int count;
 };
@@ -364,151 +285,264 @@ struct tdesc_type_with_fields : tdesc_type
     v.visit (this);
   }

-  type *make_gdb_type_struct (struct gdbarch *gdbarch) const
+  std::vector<tdesc_type_field> fields;
+  int size;
+};
+
+/* Convert a tdesc_type to a gdb type.  */
+
+static type *
+make_gdb_type (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, struct tdesc_type *ttype)
+{
+  class gdb_type_creator : public tdesc_element_visitor
   {
-    type *struct_gdb_type = arch_composite_type (gdbarch, NULL, TYPE_CODE_STRUCT);
-    TYPE_NAME (struct_gdb_type) = xstrdup (this->name.c_str ());
-    TYPE_TAG_NAME (struct_gdb_type) = TYPE_NAME (struct_gdb_type);
+  public:
+    gdb_type_creator (struct gdbarch *gdbarch)
+      : m_gdbarch (gdbarch)
+    {}

-    for (const tdesc_type_field &f : this->fields)
-      {
-	if (f.start != -1 && f.end != -1)
-	  {
-	    /* Bitfield.  */
-	    struct field *fld;
-	    struct type *field_gdb_type;
-	    int bitsize, total_size;
-
-	    /* This invariant should be preserved while creating types.  */
-	    gdb_assert (this->size != 0);
-	    if (f.type != NULL)
-	      field_gdb_type = f.type->make_gdb_type (gdbarch);
-	    else if (this->size > 4)
-	      field_gdb_type = builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_uint64;
-	    else
-	      field_gdb_type = builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_uint32;
-
-	    fld = append_composite_type_field_raw
-	      (struct_gdb_type, xstrdup (f.name.c_str ()), field_gdb_type);
-
-	    /* For little-endian, BITPOS counts from the LSB of
-	       the structure and marks the LSB of the field.  For
-	       big-endian, BITPOS counts from the MSB of the
-	       structure and marks the MSB of the field.  Either
-	       way, it is the number of bits to the "left" of the
-	       field.  To calculate this in big-endian, we need
-	       the total size of the structure.  */
-	    bitsize = f.end - f.start + 1;
-	    total_size = this->size * TARGET_CHAR_BIT;
-	    if (gdbarch_bits_big_endian (gdbarch))
-	      SET_FIELD_BITPOS (fld[0], total_size - f.start - bitsize);
-	    else
-	      SET_FIELD_BITPOS (fld[0], f.start);
-	    FIELD_BITSIZE (fld[0]) = bitsize;
-	  }
-	else
-	  {
-	    gdb_assert (f.start == -1 && f.end == -1);
-	    type *field_gdb_type = f.type->make_gdb_type (gdbarch);
-	    append_composite_type_field (struct_gdb_type,
-					 xstrdup (f.name.c_str ()),
-					 field_gdb_type);
-	  }
-      }
+    type *get_type ()
+    {
+      return m_type;
+    }

-    if (this->size != 0)
-      TYPE_LENGTH (struct_gdb_type) = this->size;
+    void visit (const tdesc_type_builtin *e) override
+    {
+      switch (e->kind)
+	{
+	  /* Predefined types.  */
+	case TDESC_TYPE_BOOL:
+	  m_type = builtin_type (m_gdbarch)->builtin_bool;
+	  return;
+	case TDESC_TYPE_INT8:
+	  m_type = builtin_type (m_gdbarch)->builtin_int8;
+	  return;
+	case TDESC_TYPE_INT16:
+	  m_type = builtin_type (m_gdbarch)->builtin_int16;
+	  return;
+	case TDESC_TYPE_INT32:
+	  m_type = builtin_type (m_gdbarch)->builtin_int32;
+	  return;
+	case TDESC_TYPE_INT64:
+	  m_type = builtin_type (m_gdbarch)->builtin_int64;
+	  return;
+	case TDESC_TYPE_INT128:
+	  m_type = builtin_type (m_gdbarch)->builtin_int128;
+	  return;
+	case TDESC_TYPE_UINT8:
+	  m_type = builtin_type (m_gdbarch)->builtin_uint8;
+	  return;
+	case TDESC_TYPE_UINT16:
+	  m_type = builtin_type (m_gdbarch)->builtin_uint16;
+	  return;
+	case TDESC_TYPE_UINT32:
+	  m_type = builtin_type (m_gdbarch)->builtin_uint32;
+	  return;
+	case TDESC_TYPE_UINT64:
+	  m_type = builtin_type (m_gdbarch)->builtin_uint64;
+	  return;
+	case TDESC_TYPE_UINT128:
+	  m_type = builtin_type (m_gdbarch)->builtin_uint128;
+	  return;
+	case TDESC_TYPE_CODE_PTR:
+	  m_type = builtin_type (m_gdbarch)->builtin_func_ptr;
+	  return;
+	case TDESC_TYPE_DATA_PTR:
+	  m_type = builtin_type (m_gdbarch)->builtin_data_ptr;
+	  return;
+	}

-    return struct_gdb_type;
-  }
+      m_type = tdesc_find_type (m_gdbarch, e->name.c_str ());
+      if (m_type != NULL)
+	return;

-  type *make_gdb_type_union (struct gdbarch *gdbarch) const
-  {
-    type *union_gdb_type = arch_composite_type (gdbarch, NULL, TYPE_CODE_UNION);
-    TYPE_NAME (union_gdb_type) = xstrdup (this->name.c_str ());
+      switch (e->kind)
+	{
+	case TDESC_TYPE_IEEE_SINGLE:
+	  m_type = arch_float_type (m_gdbarch, -1, "builtin_type_ieee_single",
+				    floatformats_ieee_single);
+	  return;
+
+	case TDESC_TYPE_IEEE_DOUBLE:
+	  m_type = arch_float_type (m_gdbarch, -1, "builtin_type_ieee_double",
+				    floatformats_ieee_double);
+	  return;
+	case TDESC_TYPE_ARM_FPA_EXT:
+	  m_type = arch_float_type (m_gdbarch, -1, "builtin_type_arm_ext",
+				    floatformats_arm_ext);
+	  return;
+
+	case TDESC_TYPE_I387_EXT:
+	  m_type = arch_float_type (m_gdbarch, -1, "builtin_type_i387_ext",
+				    floatformats_i387_ext);
+	  return;
+	}

-    for (const tdesc_type_field &f : this->fields)
-      {
-	type* field_gdb_type = f.type->make_gdb_type (gdbarch);
-	append_composite_type_field (union_gdb_type, xstrdup (f.name.c_str ()),
-				     field_gdb_type);
-
-	/* If any of the children of a union are vectors, flag the
-	   union as a vector also.  This allows e.g. a union of two
-	   vector types to show up automatically in "info vector".  */
-	if (TYPE_VECTOR (field_gdb_type))
-	  TYPE_VECTOR (union_gdb_type) = 1;
-      }
+      internal_error (__FILE__, __LINE__,
+		      "Type \"%s\" has an unknown kind %d",
+		      e->name.c_str (), e->kind);
+    }

-    return union_gdb_type;
-  }
+    void visit (const tdesc_type_vector *e) override
+    {
+      m_type = tdesc_find_type (m_gdbarch, e->name.c_str ());
+      if (m_type != NULL)
+	return;
+
+      type *element_gdb_type = make_gdb_type (m_gdbarch, e->element_type);
+      m_type = init_vector_type (element_gdb_type, e->count);
+      TYPE_NAME (m_type) = xstrdup (e->name.c_str ());
+      return;
+    }

-  type *make_gdb_type_flags (struct gdbarch *gdbarch) const
-  {
-    type *flags_gdb_type = arch_flags_type (gdbarch, this->name.c_str (),
-					  this->size * TARGET_CHAR_BIT);
+    void visit (const tdesc_type_with_fields *e) override
+    {
+      m_type = tdesc_find_type (m_gdbarch, e->name.c_str ());
+      if (m_type != NULL)
+	return;

-    for (const tdesc_type_field &f : this->fields)
-      {
-      int bitsize = f.end - f.start + 1;
+      switch (e->kind)
+	{
+	case TDESC_TYPE_STRUCT:
+	  make_gdb_type_struct (e);
+	  return;
+	case TDESC_TYPE_UNION:
+	  make_gdb_type_union (e);
+	  return;
+	case TDESC_TYPE_FLAGS:
+	  make_gdb_type_flags (e);
+	  return;
+	case TDESC_TYPE_ENUM:
+	  make_gdb_type_enum (e);
+	  return;
+	}

-      gdb_assert (f.type != NULL);
-      type *field_gdb_type = f.type->make_gdb_type (gdbarch);
-      append_flags_type_field (flags_gdb_type, f.start, bitsize,
-			       field_gdb_type, f.name.c_str ());
-      }
+      internal_error (__FILE__, __LINE__,
+		      "Type \"%s\" has an unknown kind %d",
+		      e->name.c_str (), e->kind);
+    }

-    return flags_gdb_type;
-  }
+  private:

-  type *make_gdb_type_enum (struct gdbarch *gdbarch) const
-  {
-    type *enum_gdb_type = arch_type (gdbarch, TYPE_CODE_ENUM,
-				   this->size * TARGET_CHAR_BIT,
-				   this->name.c_str ());
+    void make_gdb_type_struct (const tdesc_type_with_fields *e)
+    {
+      m_type = arch_composite_type (m_gdbarch, NULL, TYPE_CODE_STRUCT);
+      TYPE_NAME (m_type) = xstrdup (e->name.c_str ());
+      TYPE_TAG_NAME (m_type) = TYPE_NAME (m_type);

-    TYPE_UNSIGNED (enum_gdb_type) = 1;
-    for (const tdesc_type_field &f : this->fields)
-      {
-      struct field *fld
-	= append_composite_type_field_raw (enum_gdb_type,
+      for (const tdesc_type_field &f : e->fields)
+	{
+	  if (f.start != -1 && f.end != -1)
+	    {
+	      /* Bitfield.  */
+	      struct field *fld;
+	      struct type *field_gdb_type;
+	      int bitsize, total_size;
+
+	      /* This invariant should be preserved while creating types.  */
+	      gdb_assert (e->size != 0);
+	      if (f.type != NULL)
+		field_gdb_type = make_gdb_type (m_gdbarch, f.type);
+	      else if (e->size > 4)
+		field_gdb_type = builtin_type (m_gdbarch)->builtin_uint64;
+	      else
+		field_gdb_type = builtin_type (m_gdbarch)->builtin_uint32;
+
+	      fld = append_composite_type_field_raw
+		      (m_type, xstrdup (f.name.c_str ()), field_gdb_type);
+
+	      /* For little-endian, BITPOS counts from the LSB of
+		 the structure and marks the LSB of the field.  For
+		 big-endian, BITPOS counts from the MSB of the
+		 structure and marks the MSB of the field.  Either
+		 way, it is the number of bits to the "left" of the
+		 field.  To calculate this in big-endian, we need
+		 the total size of the structure.  */
+	      bitsize = f.end - f.start + 1;
+	      total_size = e->size * TARGET_CHAR_BIT;
+	      if (gdbarch_bits_big_endian (m_gdbarch))
+		SET_FIELD_BITPOS (fld[0], total_size - f.start - bitsize);
+	      else
+		SET_FIELD_BITPOS (fld[0], f.start);
+	      FIELD_BITSIZE (fld[0]) = bitsize;
+	    }
+	  else
+	    {
+	      gdb_assert (f.start == -1 && f.end == -1);
+	      type *field_gdb_type = make_gdb_type (m_gdbarch, f.type);
+	      append_composite_type_field (m_type,
 					   xstrdup (f.name.c_str ()),
-					   NULL);
+					   field_gdb_type);
+	    }
+	}

-      SET_FIELD_BITPOS (fld[0], f.start);
-      }
+      if (e->size != 0)
+	TYPE_LENGTH (m_type) = e->size;
+    }

-    return enum_gdb_type;
-  }
+    void make_gdb_type_union (const tdesc_type_with_fields *e)
+    {
+      m_type = arch_composite_type (m_gdbarch, NULL, TYPE_CODE_UNION);
+      TYPE_NAME (m_type) = xstrdup (e->name.c_str ());

-  type *make_gdb_type (struct gdbarch *gdbarch) const override
-  {
-    type *gdb_type = tdesc_find_type (gdbarch, this->name.c_str ());
-    if (gdb_type != NULL)
-      return gdb_type;
+      for (const tdesc_type_field &f : e->fields)
+	{
+	  type* field_gdb_type = make_gdb_type (m_gdbarch, f.type);
+	  append_composite_type_field (m_type, xstrdup (f.name.c_str ()),
+				       field_gdb_type);
+
+	  /* If any of the children of a union are vectors, flag the
+	     union as a vector also.  This allows e.g. a union of two
+	     vector types to show up automatically in "info vector".  */
+	  if (TYPE_VECTOR (field_gdb_type))
+	    TYPE_VECTOR (m_type) = 1;
+	}
+    }

-    switch (this->kind)
+    void make_gdb_type_flags (const tdesc_type_with_fields *e)
     {
-      case TDESC_TYPE_STRUCT:
-	return make_gdb_type_struct (gdbarch);
-      case TDESC_TYPE_UNION:
-	return make_gdb_type_union (gdbarch);
-      case TDESC_TYPE_FLAGS:
-	return make_gdb_type_flags (gdbarch);
-      case TDESC_TYPE_ENUM:
-	return make_gdb_type_enum (gdbarch);
+      m_type = arch_flags_type (m_gdbarch, e->name.c_str (),
+				e->size * TARGET_CHAR_BIT);
+
+      for (const tdesc_type_field &f : e->fields)
+	{
+	  int bitsize = f.end - f.start + 1;
+
+	  gdb_assert (f.type != NULL);
+	  type *field_gdb_type = make_gdb_type (m_gdbarch, f.type);
+	  append_flags_type_field (m_type, f.start, bitsize,
+				   field_gdb_type, f.name.c_str ());
+	}
     }

-    internal_error (__FILE__, __LINE__,
-		    "Type \"%s\" has an unknown kind %d",
-		    this->name.c_str (), this->kind);
+    void make_gdb_type_enum (const tdesc_type_with_fields *e)
+    {
+      m_type = arch_type (m_gdbarch, TYPE_CODE_ENUM, e->size * TARGET_CHAR_BIT,
+			  e->name.c_str ());

-    return NULL;
-  }
+      TYPE_UNSIGNED (m_type) = 1;
+      for (const tdesc_type_field &f : e->fields)
+	{
+	  struct field *fld
+	    = append_composite_type_field_raw (m_type,
+					       xstrdup (f.name.c_str ()),
+					       NULL);

-  std::vector<tdesc_type_field> fields;
-  int size;
-};
+	  SET_FIELD_BITPOS (fld[0], f.start);
+	}
+    }
+
+    /* The gdbarch used.  */
+    struct gdbarch *m_gdbarch;
+
+    /* The type created.  */
+    type *m_type;
+  };
+
+  gdb_type_creator gdb_type (gdbarch);
+  ttype->accept (gdb_type);
+  return gdb_type.get_type ();
+}

 /* A feature from a target description.  Each feature is a collection
    of other elements, e.g. registers and types.  */
@@ -1216,7 +1250,7 @@ tdesc_register_type (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, int regno)
     {
       /* First check for a predefined or target defined type.  */
       if (reg->tdesc_type)
-        arch_reg->type = reg->tdesc_type->make_gdb_type (gdbarch);
+	arch_reg->type = make_gdb_type (gdbarch, reg->tdesc_type);

       /* Next try size-sensitive type shortcuts.  */
       else if (reg->type == "float")

Re: [PATCH] Use visitors for make_gdb_type

[Simon Marchi]

On 2018-01-30 10:15 AM, Alan Hayward wrote:
> 
> 
>> On 29 Jan 2018, at 16:54, Yao Qi <qiyaoltc@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 4:12 PM, Simon Marchi <simon.marchi@ericsson.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> That seems like unnecessary boilerplate to me.  I really don't see why classes derived
>>> from tdesc_element_visitor have to implement methods for nodes they don't care about.
>>>
>>> I added Yao in CC so he can chime in.
>>
>> When I wrote tdesc_element_visitor, in my mind, it is an interface, so
>> I expect child
>> class implement all the methods, because at that moment, all methods are needed,
>> no empty methods.  However, the situation changed a little bit, as per
>> Alan's needs,
>> part of the methods of tdesc_element_visitor are needed, and the rest of methods
>> are empty somewhere.  I don't mind converting tdesc_element_visitor into a base
>> class which has all these methods empty as a default.  That is fine to
>> me.  By the
>> way, Alan's approach is fine to me as well :)
>>
> 
> I’ve removed the extra class and replaced with default implementations in
> tdesc_element_visitor.
> 
> All ok?
> 
> 
> Tested on a make check on x86 targets=all build with target board unix native-gdbserver.
> Built for power (because it does not use new target descriptions), but am unable to test.

Hi Alan,

This version LGTM.

Thanks,

Simon