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-rw-r--r--gdb/python/py-breakpoint.c15
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/python/py-breakpoint.c b/gdb/python/py-breakpoint.c
index 9c3384814da..e73dc24e29c 100644
--- a/gdb/python/py-breakpoint.c
+++ b/gdb/python/py-breakpoint.c
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ static int
bppy_init (PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwargs)
{
static char *keywords[] = { "spec", "type", "wp_class", "internal", NULL };
- char *spec;
+ const char *spec;
int type = bp_breakpoint;
int access_type = hw_write;
PyObject *internal = NULL;
@@ -623,12 +623,15 @@ bppy_init (PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwargs)
TRY_CATCH (except, RETURN_MASK_ALL)
{
+ char *copy = xstrdup (spec);
+ struct cleanup *cleanup = make_cleanup (xfree, copy);
+
switch (type)
{
case bp_breakpoint:
{
create_breakpoint (python_gdbarch,
- spec, NULL, -1,
+ copy, NULL, -1,
0,
0, bp_breakpoint,
0,
@@ -639,11 +642,11 @@ bppy_init (PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwargs)
case bp_watchpoint:
{
if (access_type == hw_write)
- watch_command_wrapper (spec, 0, internal_bp);
+ watch_command_wrapper (copy, 0, internal_bp);
else if (access_type == hw_access)
- awatch_command_wrapper (spec, 0, internal_bp);
+ awatch_command_wrapper (copy, 0, internal_bp);
else if (access_type == hw_read)
- rwatch_command_wrapper (spec, 0, internal_bp);
+ rwatch_command_wrapper (copy, 0, internal_bp);
else
error(_("Cannot understand watchpoint access type."));
break;
@@ -651,6 +654,8 @@ bppy_init (PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwargs)
default:
error(_("Do not understand breakpoint type to set."));
}
+
+ do_cleanups (cleanup);
}
if (except.reason < 0)
{