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authorTom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>2012-07-23 15:25:12 +0000
committerTom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>2012-07-23 15:25:12 +0000
commit695c31738b1a1f052f777630bd914b7f3f783b9b (patch)
treed8fc26c059036a118ad89b6895cab42507449481
parent08d2cd740c0c9ca78c849cf14e3470f0b8823139 (diff)
downloadbinutils-gdb-695c31738b1a1f052f777630bd914b7f3f783b9b.tar.gz
* solib-svr4.c (enable_break): Update.
* bfd-target.h (target_bfd_reopen): Update documentation.
-rw-r--r--gdb/ChangeLog5
-rw-r--r--gdb/bfd-target.h6
-rw-r--r--gdb/solib-svr4.c12
3 files changed, 16 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index c07c9db8256..c4712518a1a 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
2012-07-23 Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
+ * solib-svr4.c (enable_break): Update.
+ * bfd-target.h (target_bfd_reopen): Update documentation.
+
+2012-07-23 Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
+
* symfile.c (separate_debug_file_exists): Update.
(gdb_bfd_open_maybe_remote): Rename from bfd_open_maybe_remote.
(reread_symbols): Update.
diff --git a/gdb/bfd-target.h b/gdb/bfd-target.h
index 71001c5f346..7f4e628e2a7 100644
--- a/gdb/bfd-target.h
+++ b/gdb/bfd-target.h
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@
struct bfd;
struct target_ops;
-/* Given an existing BFD, re-open it as a "struct target_ops". On
- close, it will also close the corresponding BFD (which is like
- freopen and fdopen). */
+/* Given an existing BFD, re-open it as a "struct target_ops". This
+ acquires a new reference to the BFD. This reference will be
+ released when the target is closed. */
struct target_ops *target_bfd_reopen (struct bfd *bfd);
#endif
diff --git a/gdb/solib-svr4.c b/gdb/solib-svr4.c
index 307e48392fe..76bd87257f9 100644
--- a/gdb/solib-svr4.c
+++ b/gdb/solib-svr4.c
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
#include "exec.h"
#include "auxv.h"
#include "exceptions.h"
+#include "gdb_bfd.h"
static struct link_map_offsets *svr4_fetch_link_map_offsets (void);
static int svr4_have_link_map_offsets (void);
@@ -1558,9 +1559,11 @@ enable_break (struct svr4_info *info, int from_tty)
goto bkpt_at_symbol;
/* Now convert the TMP_BFD into a target. That way target, as
- well as BFD operations can be used. Note that closing the
- target will also close the underlying bfd. */
+ well as BFD operations can be used. */
tmp_bfd_target = target_bfd_reopen (tmp_bfd);
+ /* target_bfd_reopen acquired its own reference, so we can
+ release ours now. */
+ gdb_bfd_unref (tmp_bfd);
/* On a running target, we can get the dynamic linker's base
address from the shared library table. */
@@ -1670,8 +1673,9 @@ enable_break (struct svr4_info *info, int from_tty)
sym_addr,
tmp_bfd_target);
- /* We're done with both the temporary bfd and target. Remember,
- closing the target closes the underlying bfd. */
+ /* We're done with both the temporary bfd and target. Closing
+ the target closes the underlying bfd, because it holds the
+ only remaining reference. */
target_close (tmp_bfd_target, 0);
if (sym_addr != 0)