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-rw-r--r--gdb/ChangeLog6
-rw-r--r--gdb/avr-tdep.c17
2 files changed, 18 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index b0c79b5653b..f2659151539 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2014-07-25 Pierre Langlois <pierre.langlois@embecosm.com>
+
+ * avr-tdep.c (avr_address_to_pointer): Clarify the conversion in the
+ comments.
+ (avr_pointer_to_address): Likewise.
+
2014-07-24 Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
* monitor.c (compile_pattern): Update.
diff --git a/gdb/avr-tdep.c b/gdb/avr-tdep.c
index be0b543e6ff..1f268f25639 100644
--- a/gdb/avr-tdep.c
+++ b/gdb/avr-tdep.c
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ avr_address_to_pointer (struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
/* Is it a data address in flash? */
if (AVR_TYPE_ADDRESS_CLASS_FLASH (type))
{
- /* A data address in flash is always byte addressed. */
+ /* A data pointer in flash is byte addressed. */
store_unsigned_integer (buf, TYPE_LENGTH (type), byte_order,
avr_convert_iaddr_to_raw (addr));
}
@@ -316,8 +316,8 @@ avr_address_to_pointer (struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
else if (TYPE_CODE (TYPE_TARGET_TYPE (type)) == TYPE_CODE_FUNC
|| TYPE_CODE (TYPE_TARGET_TYPE (type)) == TYPE_CODE_METHOD)
{
- /* A code address, either a function pointer or the program counter, is
- word (16 bits) addressed. */
+ /* A code pointer is word (16 bits) addressed. We shift the address down
+ by 1 bit to convert it to a pointer. */
store_unsigned_integer (buf, TYPE_LENGTH (type), byte_order,
avr_convert_iaddr_to_raw (addr >> 1));
}
@@ -339,12 +339,19 @@ avr_pointer_to_address (struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
/* Is it a data address in flash? */
if (AVR_TYPE_ADDRESS_CLASS_FLASH (type))
- return avr_make_iaddr (addr);
+ {
+ /* A data pointer in flash is already byte addressed. */
+ return avr_make_iaddr (addr);
+ }
/* Is it a code address? */
else if (TYPE_CODE (TYPE_TARGET_TYPE (type)) == TYPE_CODE_FUNC
|| TYPE_CODE (TYPE_TARGET_TYPE (type)) == TYPE_CODE_METHOD
|| TYPE_CODE_SPACE (TYPE_TARGET_TYPE (type)))
- return avr_make_iaddr (addr << 1);
+ {
+ /* A code pointer is word (16 bits) addressed so we shift it up
+ by 1 bit to convert it to an address. */
+ return avr_make_iaddr (addr << 1);
+ }
else
return avr_make_saddr (addr);
}