* exec.h (section_table_xfer_memory_partial): Improve description,

	mention SECTION_NAME.
	* exec.c (section_table_xfer_memory_partial): Remove stale
	description.

diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 5cb11f0..26c7b2a 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2009-06-12  Pedro Alves  <pedro@codesourcery.com>
+
+       * exec.h (section_table_xfer_memory_partial): Improve description,
+       mention SECTION_NAME.
+       * exec.c (section_table_xfer_memory_partial): Remove stale
+       description.
+
 2009-06-11  Aleksandar Ristovski  <aristovski@qnx.com>
 
        * nto-tdep.h (nto_generic_supply_gpregset)

diff --git a/gdb/exec.c b/gdb/exec.c
index dbf9cff..e1d4290 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/exec.c
+++ b/gdb/exec.c
@@ -559,26 +559,6 @@ map_vmap (bfd *abfd, bfd *arch)
   return vp;
 }
 \f
-/* Read or write from BFD executable files.
-
-   MEMADDR is an address within the target address space, MYADDR is an
-   address within GDB address-space where data is written to, LEN is
-   length of buffer, and WRITE indicates whether to read or write.
-   SECTIONS and SECTIONS_END defines a section table holding sections
-   from possibly multiple BFDs.
-
-   If SECTION_NAME is not NULL, only access sections with that same
-   name.
-
-   Result is a length:
-
-   0:    We cannot handle this address and length.
-   > 0:  We have handled N bytes starting at this address.
-   (If N == length, we did it all.)  We might be able
-   to handle more bytes beyond this length, but no
-   promises.
-   < 0:  We cannot handle this address, but if somebody
-   else handles (-N) bytes, we can start from there.  */
 
 int
 section_table_xfer_memory_partial (gdb_byte *readbuf, const gdb_byte *writebuf,
@@ -595,7 +575,6 @@ section_table_xfer_memory_partial (gdb_byte *readbuf, const gdb_byte *writebuf,
   if (len <= 0)
     internal_error (__FILE__, __LINE__, _("failed internal consistency check"));
 
-
   for (p = sections; p < sections_end; p++)
     {
       if (section_name && strcmp (section_name, p->the_bfd_section->name) != 0)

diff --git a/gdb/exec.h b/gdb/exec.h
index 72b385c..c1125e5 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/exec.h
+++ b/gdb/exec.h
@@ -39,12 +39,16 @@ extern int build_section_table (struct bfd *, struct target_section **,
 
 extern int resize_section_table (struct target_section_table *, int);
 
-/* Request to transfer up to LEN 8-bit bytes of the target sections
+/* Read or write from mappable sections of BFD executable files.
+
+   Request to transfer up to LEN 8-bit bytes of the target sections
    defined by SECTIONS and SECTIONS_END.  The OFFSET specifies the
    starting address.
+   If SECTION_NAME is not NULL, only access sections with that same
+   name.
 
-   Return the number of bytes actually transfered, or non-positive
-   when no data is available for the requested range.
+   Return the number of bytes actually transfered, or zero when no
+   data is available for the requested range.
 
    This function is intended to be used from target_xfer_partial
    implementations.  See target_read and target_write for more