Re: [RFA] Remove two cleanups using std::string

[Simon Marchi <simark at simark dot ca>]

On 2018-03-12 06:38 PM, Tom Tromey wrote:
> This patches removes cleanups from a couple of spots by using
> std::string rather than manual memory management.
> 
> Regression tested by the buildbot, though note that I don't believe
> the buildbot actually exercises the machoread code.
> 
> gdb/ChangeLog
> 2018-03-12  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>
> 
> 	* machoread.c (macho_check_dsym): Change filenamep to a
> 	std::string*.
> 	(macho_symfile_read): Update.
> 	* symfile.c (load_command): Use std::string.
> ---
>  gdb/ChangeLog   |  7 +++++++
>  gdb/machoread.c | 12 +++++-------
>  gdb/symfile.c   | 44 ++++++++++++++------------------------------
>  3 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/gdb/machoread.c b/gdb/machoread.c
> index b270675d61..ab4410c925 100644
> --- a/gdb/machoread.c
> +++ b/gdb/machoread.c
> @@ -750,12 +750,12 @@ macho_symfile_read_all_oso (VEC (oso_el) **oso_vector_ptr,
>  #define DSYM_SUFFIX ".dSYM/Contents/Resources/DWARF/"
>  
>  /* Check if a dsym file exists for OBJFILE.  If so, returns a bfd for it
> -   and return *FILENAMEP with its original xmalloc-ated filename.
> +   and return *FILENAMEP with its original filename.
>     Return NULL if no valid dsym file is found (FILENAMEP is not used in
>     such case).  */
>  
>  static gdb_bfd_ref_ptr
> -macho_check_dsym (struct objfile *objfile, char **filenamep)
> +macho_check_dsym (struct objfile *objfile, std::string *filenamep)
>  {
>    size_t name_len = strlen (objfile_name (objfile));
>    size_t dsym_len = strlen (DSYM_SUFFIX);
> @@ -804,7 +804,7 @@ macho_check_dsym (struct objfile *objfile, char **filenamep)
>  	       objfile_name (objfile));
>        return NULL;
>      }
> -  *filenamep = xstrdup (dsym_filename);
> +  *filenamep = std::string (dsym_filename);
>    return dsym_bfd;
>  }
>  
> @@ -821,7 +821,7 @@ macho_symfile_read (struct objfile *objfile, symfile_add_flags symfile_flags)
>       be in the executable.  */
>    if (bfd_get_file_flags (abfd) & (EXEC_P | DYNAMIC))
>      {
> -      char *dsym_filename;
> +      std::string dsym_filename;
>  
>        /* Process the normal symbol table first.  */
>        storage_needed = bfd_get_symtab_upper_bound (objfile->obfd);
> @@ -865,8 +865,6 @@ macho_symfile_read (struct objfile *objfile, symfile_add_flags symfile_flags)
>  	{
>            struct bfd_section *asect, *dsect;
>  
> -	  make_cleanup (xfree, dsym_filename);
> -
>  	  if (mach_o_debug_level > 0)
>  	    printf_unfiltered (_("dsym file found\n"));
>  
> @@ -882,7 +880,7 @@ macho_symfile_read (struct objfile *objfile, symfile_add_flags symfile_flags)
>              }
>  
>  	  /* Add the dsym file as a separate file.  */
> -          symbol_file_add_separate (dsym_bfd.get (), dsym_filename,
> +          symbol_file_add_separate (dsym_bfd.get (), dsym_filename.c_str (),
>  				    symfile_flags, objfile);
>  
>  	  /* Don't try to read dwarf2 from main file or shared libraries.  */
> diff --git a/gdb/symfile.c b/gdb/symfile.c
> index 58747d545b..f714845a6e 100644
> --- a/gdb/symfile.c
> +++ b/gdb/symfile.c
> @@ -1789,8 +1789,6 @@ find_sym_fns (bfd *abfd)
>  static void
>  load_command (const char *arg, int from_tty)
>  {
> -  struct cleanup *cleanup = make_cleanup (null_cleanup, NULL);
> -
>    dont_repeat ();
>  
>    /* The user might be reloading because the binary has changed.  Take
> @@ -1798,40 +1796,28 @@ load_command (const char *arg, int from_tty)
>    reopen_exec_file ();
>    reread_symbols ();
>  
> +  std::string temp;
>    if (arg == NULL)
>      {
> -      const char *parg;
> -      int count = 0;
> +      const char *parg, *prev;
>  
> -      parg = arg = get_exec_file (1);
> +      arg = get_exec_file (1);
>  
> -      /* Count how many \ " ' tab space there are in the name.  */
> +      /* We may need to quote this string so buildargv can pull it
> +	 apart.  */
> +      prev = parg = arg;
>        while ((parg = strpbrk (parg, "\\\"'\t ")))
>  	{
> -	  parg++;
> -	  count++;
> +	  temp.append (prev, parg - prev);
> +	  prev = parg++;
> +	  temp.push_back ('\\');
>  	}
> -
> -      if (count)
> +      /* If we have not copied anything yet, then we didn't see a
> +	 character to quote, and we can just leave ARG unchanged.  */
> +      if (!temp.empty ())
>  	{
> -	  /* We need to quote this string so buildargv can pull it apart.  */
> -	  char *temp = (char *) xmalloc (strlen (arg) + count + 1 );
> -	  char *ptemp = temp;
> -	  const char *prev;
> -
> -	  make_cleanup (xfree, temp);
> -
> -	  prev = parg = arg;
> -	  while ((parg = strpbrk (parg, "\\\"'\t ")))
> -	    {
> -	      strncpy (ptemp, prev, parg - prev);
> -	      ptemp += parg - prev;
> -	      prev = parg++;
> -	      *ptemp++ = '\\';
> -	    }
> -	  strcpy (ptemp, prev);
> -
> -	  arg = temp;
> +	  temp.append (prev);
> +	  arg = temp.c_str ();
>  	}
>      }
>  
> @@ -1840,8 +1826,6 @@ load_command (const char *arg, int from_tty)
>    /* After re-loading the executable, we don't really know which
>       overlays are mapped any more.  */
>    overlay_cache_invalid = 1;
> -
> -  do_cleanups (cleanup);
>  }
>  
>  /* This version of "load" should be usable for any target.  Currently
> 

LGTM.  I would be more confident if that non-trivial escaping code was
unit-tested, but I tried it by hand and it seems to do what it's supposed
to do.

Simon