Re: [PATCH v8 3/6] gdb, cli: pass the argument of a set command to its callback.

Andrew Burgess <[email protected]> Wed, 22 Jul 2026 21:16:54 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gdb.patches
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Klaus Gerlicher <[email protected]> writes:

> From: Natalia Saiapova <[email protected]>
>
> This might be useful, if some commands need to have a special case if
> run w/o arguments.

The body of a commit message should ideally not run-on from the title
line.  This first sentence only makes sense after reading the title.

Anyway, I think there's a bug in this commit.  For the setting types:
var_uinteger, var_integer, and var_pinteger we call
parse_cli_var_integer which can modify ARG.  This means you'll not be
passing through the actual argument of the set command in these cases.

I think the fix is easy enough, just capture the original ARG near the
start of do_set_command.

I think all the setting types are fine, but if you just capture the
original ARG value and use that in the 'c->func' call you'll be covered.

Thanks,
Andrew



>
> I am going to use it in
>   gdb: refine commands to control scheduler locking.
> to keep the old behaviour of the
>   set scheduler-locking step
> which should set both
>   set scheduler-locking step on
>   set scheduler-locking replay step on
> To do this, the set-command needs to detect that it was issued without
> arguments and have a special handling for this.
>
> Without the special handling, the command
>   set scheduler-locking step
> would set only
>   set scheduler-locking step on
>
> Approved-By: Tom Tromey <[email protected]>
> ---
>  gdb/cli/cli-setshow.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/gdb/cli/cli-setshow.c b/gdb/cli/cli-setshow.c
> index 7688da015de..f1f313a4cd0 100644
> --- a/gdb/cli/cli-setshow.c
> +++ b/gdb/cli/cli-setshow.c
> @@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ do_set_command (const char *arg, int from_tty, struct cmd_list_element *c)
>        error (_("gdb internal error: bad var_type in do_setshow_command"));
>      }
>  
> -  c->func (NULL, from_tty, c);
> +  c->func (arg, from_tty, c);
>  
>    if (notify_command_param_changed_p (option_changed, c))
>      {
> -- 
> 2.34.1
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