* gdbarch.sh (make_corefile_notes): New architecture callback.

[deliverable/binutils-gdb.git] / gdb / gcore.c

diff --git a/gdb/gcore.c b/gdb/gcore.c
index f9e7590f907e24a80d8ac9b187cca019b7c01605..2a769d3b49cd2c478b2830c939267fb860359f43 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/gcore.c
+++ b/gdb/gcore.c
@@ -71,35 +71,37 @@ write_gcore_file (bfd *obfd)
   asection *note_sec = NULL;
 
   /* An external target method must build the notes section.  */
-  note_data = target_make_corefile_notes (obfd, &note_size);
+  /* FIXME: uweigand/2011-10-06: All architectures that support core file
+     generation should be converted to gdbarch_make_corefile_notes; at that
+     point, the target vector method can be removed.  */
+  if (!gdbarch_make_corefile_notes_p (target_gdbarch))
+    note_data = target_make_corefile_notes (obfd, &note_size);
+  else
+    note_data = gdbarch_make_corefile_notes (target_gdbarch, obfd, &note_size);
 
-  /* Create the note section.  */
-  if (note_data != NULL && note_size != 0)
-    {
-      note_sec = bfd_make_section_anyway_with_flags (obfd, "note0",
-                                                    SEC_HAS_CONTENTS
-                                                    | SEC_READONLY
-                                                    | SEC_ALLOC);
-      if (note_sec == NULL)
-       error (_("Failed to create 'note' section for corefile: %s"),
-              bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
+  if (note_data == NULL || note_size == 0)
+    error (_("Target does not support core file generation."));
 
-      bfd_set_section_vma (obfd, note_sec, 0);
-      bfd_set_section_alignment (obfd, note_sec, 0);
-      bfd_set_section_size (obfd, note_sec, note_size);
-    }
+  /* Create the note section.  */
+  note_sec = bfd_make_section_anyway_with_flags (obfd, "note0",
+                                                SEC_HAS_CONTENTS
+                                                | SEC_READONLY
+                                                | SEC_ALLOC);
+  if (note_sec == NULL)
+    error (_("Failed to create 'note' section for corefile: %s"),
+          bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
+
+  bfd_set_section_vma (obfd, note_sec, 0);
+  bfd_set_section_alignment (obfd, note_sec, 0);
+  bfd_set_section_size (obfd, note_sec, note_size);
 
   /* Now create the memory/load sections.  */
   if (gcore_memory_sections (obfd) == 0)
     error (_("gcore: failed to get corefile memory sections from target."));
 
   /* Write out the contents of the note section.  */
-  if (note_data != NULL && note_size != 0)
-    {
-      if (!bfd_set_section_contents (obfd, note_sec, note_data, 0, note_size))
-       warning (_("writing note section (%s)"), 
-                bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
-    }
+  if (!bfd_set_section_contents (obfd, note_sec, note_data, 0, note_size))
+    warning (_("writing note section (%s)"), bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
 }
 
 static void