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* [PATCH 00/10 v2] Remove regcache::m_readonly_p
@ 2018-02-07 10:33 Yao Qi
  2018-02-07 10:33 ` [PATCH 10/10] Pass readable_regcache to gdbarch method read_pc Yao Qi
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  0 siblings, 11 replies; 20+ messages in thread
From: Yao Qi @ 2018-02-07 10:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: gdb-patches

regcache is used in many places in gdb in different ways, so regcache
becomes a flat and fat object.  That exposes some unnecessary APIs to
different part, and some APIs are misused or abused:

 1) gdbarch methods pseudo_register_read, pseudo_register_read_value,
 read_pc have a parameter 'regcache *', but these two gdbarch methods
 only need raw_read* and cooked_read* methods.  So it is better to
 pass a class which only has raw_read* and cooked_read* methods, and
 other regcache methods are invisible to each gdbarch implementation.

 2) target_ops methods to_fetch_registers and to_store_registers have a
 parameter 'regcache *', but these two target_ops methods only need
 raw_supply and raw_collect methods, because raw registers are from target
 layer, pseudo registers are "composed" or "created" by gdbarch.

 3) jit.c uses regcache in an odd way, and record-full.c should use
 a simple version regcache instead of an array (see patch 11)

Beside these api issues, one issue in regcache is that there is no
type or class for readonly regcache.  We use a flag field m_readonly_p
to indicate the regcache is readonly or not, so some regcache apis have
assert that this regcache is or is not readonly.  The better way to do
this is to create a new class for readonly regcache which doesn't have
write methods at all.

This patch series fixes all of the problems above except 2) (I had a
patch to fix 2 in my tree, but still need more time to polish it.) by
designing a class hierarchy about regcache, like this,

                      reg_buffer
                         ^
                         |
                   ------+-----
                   ^
                   |
            readable_regcache
                 ^
                 |
           ------+------
           ^           ^
           |           |
    detached_regcache readonly_detached_regcache
          ^
          |
      regcache

Class reg_buffer is a simple class, having register contents and status
(in patch 1).  readable_regcache is an abstract class only having raw_read*
and cooked_read* methods (in patch 2).  detached_regcache is a class which
has read and write methods, but it detaches from target, IOW, the
write doesn't go through.  Class readonly_detached_regcache is the readonly
regcache, created from regcache::save method.

This is the v2 of this patch series, v1 can be found
https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2017-12/msg00014.html Some
changes compared with v1,

 - Some of the preparatory patches in v1 are already committed,
 - Rename some classes,
 - Pass readable_regcache to gdbarch read_pc.  We can pass readable_regcache
   to gdbarch breakpoint_kind_from_current_state as well, because this
   gdbarch method doesn't need to write regcache.  The reason I don't
   that is arm_breakpoint_kind_from_current_state uses a function
   arm_get_next_pcs_ctor shared between GDB and GDBserver, and I don't
   propagate the regcache changes to GDBserver at this moment,

This patch series is pushed to users/qiyao/regcache-split-4-2.  Regression
tested on {x86_64,aarch64}-linux.

*** BLURB HERE ***

Yao Qi (10):
  Class reg_buffer
  class readable_regcache and pass readable_regcache to gdbarch
    pseudo_register_read and pseudo_register_read_value
  Remove regcache_save and regcache_cpy
  Class readonly_detached_regcache
  Class detached_regcache
  Replace regcache::dump with class register_dump
  No longer create readonly regcache
  Remove regcache::m_readonly_p
  Move register_dump to regcache-dump.c
  Pass readable_regcache to gdbarch method read_pc

 gdb/Makefile.in      |   1 +
 gdb/aarch64-tdep.c   |   2 +-
 gdb/amd64-tdep.c     |   2 +-
 gdb/arm-tdep.c       |   6 +-
 gdb/avr-tdep.c       |   7 +-
 gdb/bfin-tdep.c      |   2 +-
 gdb/dummy-frame.c    |   6 +-
 gdb/frame.c          |  15 +-
 gdb/frame.h          |   3 +-
 gdb/frv-tdep.c       |   2 +-
 gdb/gdbarch.c        |   6 +-
 gdb/gdbarch.h        |  12 +-
 gdb/gdbarch.sh       |   6 +-
 gdb/h8300-tdep.c     |   4 +-
 gdb/hppa-tdep.c      |   8 +-
 gdb/i386-tdep.c      |   6 +-
 gdb/i386-tdep.h      |   2 +-
 gdb/ia64-tdep.c      |   8 +-
 gdb/infcmd.c         |   6 +-
 gdb/inferior.h       |   2 +-
 gdb/infrun.c         |   8 +-
 gdb/jit.c            |  10 +-
 gdb/linux-fork.c     |  20 ++-
 gdb/m32c-tdep.c      |  20 +--
 gdb/m68hc11-tdep.c   |   2 +-
 gdb/mep-tdep.c       |   6 +-
 gdb/mi/mi-main.c     |  12 +-
 gdb/mips-tdep.c      |   6 +-
 gdb/msp430-tdep.c    |   2 +-
 gdb/nds32-tdep.c     |   2 +-
 gdb/ppc-linux-tdep.c |  10 +-
 gdb/record-full.c    |  21 ++-
 gdb/regcache-dump.c  | 335 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 gdb/regcache.c       | 445 +++++++++++++--------------------------------------
 gdb/regcache.h       | 244 ++++++++++++++++------------
 gdb/rl78-tdep.c      |   2 +-
 gdb/rs6000-tdep.c    |  52 ++++--
 gdb/s390-tdep.c      |   2 +-
 gdb/sh-tdep.c        |   4 +-
 gdb/sh64-tdep.c      |   4 +-
 gdb/sparc-tdep.c     |   2 +-
 gdb/sparc64-tdep.c   |   2 +-
 gdb/spu-tdep.c       |  15 +-
 gdb/xtensa-tdep.c    |   4 +-
 44 files changed, 757 insertions(+), 579 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 gdb/regcache-dump.c

-- 
1.9.1

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2018-02-07 10:33 [PATCH 00/10 v2] Remove regcache::m_readonly_p Yao Qi
2018-02-07 10:33 ` [PATCH 10/10] Pass readable_regcache to gdbarch method read_pc Yao Qi
2018-02-07 10:33 ` [PATCH 03/10] Remove regcache_save and regcache_cpy Yao Qi
2018-02-17  2:07   ` Simon Marchi
2018-02-07 10:33 ` [PATCH 01/10] Class reg_buffer Yao Qi
2018-02-07 10:33 ` [PATCH 07/10] No longer create readonly regcache Yao Qi
2018-02-07 10:33 ` [PATCH 02/10] class readable_regcache and pass readable_regcache to gdbarch pseudo_register_read and pseudo_register_read_value Yao Qi
2018-02-07 10:33 ` [PATCH 08/10] Remove regcache::m_readonly_p Yao Qi
2018-02-07 10:33 ` [PATCH 04/10] Class readonly_detached_regcache Yao Qi
2018-02-07 10:33 ` [PATCH 05/10] Class detached_regcache Yao Qi
2018-02-17  3:15   ` Simon Marchi
2018-02-07 10:33 ` [PATCH 06/10] Replace regcache::dump with class register_dump Yao Qi
2018-02-07 10:33 ` [PATCH 09/10] Move register_dump to regcache-dump.c Yao Qi
2018-02-17  3:50   ` Simon Marchi
2018-02-21  8:27     ` Yao Qi
2018-02-21 12:57       ` Simon Marchi
2018-02-21 13:59         ` Yao Qi
2018-02-21 14:49           ` Simon Marchi
2018-02-17  3:53 ` [PATCH 00/10 v2] Remove regcache::m_readonly_p Simon Marchi
2018-02-21 11:22   ` Yao Qi

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