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Diffstat (limited to 'gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-inferior.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-inferior.c | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-inferior.c b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-inferior.c index dd83ffc4767..04ec4769263 100644 --- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-inferior.c +++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-inferior.c @@ -17,7 +17,11 @@ static int search_buf_size; int f2 (int a) { - char *str = "hello, testsuite"; + /* We use a `char[]' type below rather than the typical `char *' + to make sure that `str' gets allocated on the stack. Otherwise, + the compiler may place the "hello, testsuite" string inside + a read-only section, preventing us from over-writing it from GDB. */ + char str[] = "hello, testsuite"; puts (str); /* Break here. */ |