Hi,
I have a question regarding some of the logic of "Target::ReadMemory".
I'm looking at this code:
(in my copy this is line 1314)
if (!addr.IsSectionOffset())
{
SectionLoadList §ion_load_list = GetSectionLoadList();
if (section_load_list.IsEmpty())
{
// No sections are loaded, so we must assume
// we are not running yet and anything we are given is
// a file address.
file_addr = addr.GetOffset();
// "addr" doesn't have a section, so its offset is the
//file address
m_images.ResolveFileAddress (file_addr, resolved_addr);
}
else
{
// We have at least one section loaded. This can be becuase
// we have manually loaded some sections with
// "target modules load ..."
// or because we have have a live process that has
// sections loaded
// through the dynamic loader
load_addr = addr.GetOffset();
// "addr" doesn't have a section,
//so its offset is the load address
section_load_list.ResolveLoadAddress (load_addr,
resolved_addr);
}
}
My question is why is section_load_list.IsEmpty() used (according to the
comment below it) to deduce that the target is not running?
Further down the Target::ReadMemory I see the invocation
ProcessIsValid() to discover the reverse. So why don't we just use
if(!ProcessIsValid()) instead of section_load_list.IsEmpty() earlier on
in this function?
(To be clear: I'm looking at this as I'm trying to debug a
loaded/running embedded target, over a gdb-remote, and my debug of the
lldb session reports section_load_list.IsEmpty(). Possibly another
issue, yes, but I think my question above still applies.)
I'm wondering if anyone in lldb-dev can comment on this?
Matt
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