Finish gdb/aarch64-tdep.c fix

gdb/aarch64-tdep.c

@@ -1081,19 +1081,19 @@ typedef struct
   const gdb_byte *data;
 
   /* Size in bytes of value to pass on stack.  */
-  int len;
+  length_t len;
 } stack_item_t;
 
 DEF_VEC_O (stack_item_t);
 
 /* Return the alignment (in bytes) of the given type.  */
 
-static int
+static length_t
 aarch64_type_align (struct type *t)
 {
   int n;
-  int align;
-  int falign;
+  length_t align;
+  length_t falign;
 
   t = check_typedef (t);
   switch (TYPE_CODE (t))
@@ -1206,14 +1206,13 @@ aapcs_is_vfp_call_or_return_candidate_1 (struct type *type,
 	else
 	  {
 	    struct type *target_type = TYPE_TARGET_TYPE (type);
-	    int count = aapcs_is_vfp_call_or_return_candidate_1
-			  (target_type, fundamental_type);
+	    slength_t count = aapcs_is_vfp_call_or_return_candidate_1
+	      (target_type, fundamental_type);
 
-	    if (count == -1)
-	      return count;
+	    if (count != -1)
+	      count *= (TYPE_LENGTH (type) / TYPE_LENGTH (target_type));
 
-	    count *= (TYPE_LENGTH (type) / TYPE_LENGTH (target_type));
-	      return count;
+	    return (int) count;
 	  }
       }
 
@@ -1239,8 +1238,8 @@ aapcs_is_vfp_call_or_return_candidate_1 (struct type *type,
 
 	/* Ensure there is no padding between the fields (allowing for empty
 	   zero length structs)  */
-	int ftype_length = (*fundamental_type == nullptr)
-			   ? 0 : TYPE_LENGTH (*fundamental_type);
+	length_t ftype_length = (*fundamental_type == nullptr)
+	  ? 0 : TYPE_LENGTH (*fundamental_type);
 	if (count * ftype_length != TYPE_LENGTH (type))
 	  return -1;
 
@@ -1309,7 +1308,7 @@ struct aarch64_call_info
 
   /* The next stacked argument address, equivalent to NSAA as
      described in the AArch64 Procedure Call Standard.  */
-  unsigned nsaa;
+  length_t nsaa;
 
   /* Stack item vector.  */
   VEC(stack_item_t) *si;
@@ -1324,7 +1323,7 @@ pass_in_x (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, struct regcache *regcache,
 	   struct value *arg)
 {
   enum bfd_endian byte_order = gdbarch_byte_order (gdbarch);
-  int len = TYPE_LENGTH (type);
+  length_t len = TYPE_LENGTH (type);
   enum type_code typecode = TYPE_CODE (type);
   int regnum = AARCH64_X0_REGNUM + info->ngrn;
   const bfd_byte *buf = value_contents (arg);
@@ -1333,8 +1332,8 @@ pass_in_x (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, struct regcache *regcache,
 
   while (len > 0)
     {
-      int partial_len = len < X_REGISTER_SIZE ? len : X_REGISTER_SIZE;
-      CORE_ADDR regval = extract_unsigned_integer (buf, partial_len,
+      length_t partial_len = len < X_REGISTER_SIZE ? len : X_REGISTER_SIZE;
+      CORE_ADDR regval = extract_unsigned_integer (buf, (int) partial_len,
 						   byte_order);
 
 
@@ -1342,7 +1341,7 @@ pass_in_x (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, struct regcache *regcache,
       if (byte_order == BFD_ENDIAN_BIG
 	  && partial_len < X_REGISTER_SIZE
 	  && (typecode == TYPE_CODE_STRUCT || typecode == TYPE_CODE_UNION))
-	regval <<= ((X_REGISTER_SIZE - partial_len) * TARGET_CHAR_BIT);
+	regval <<= ((X_REGISTER_SIZE - (int) partial_len) * TARGET_CHAR_BIT);
 
       if (aarch64_debug)
 	{
@@ -1352,7 +1351,7 @@ pass_in_x (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, struct regcache *regcache,
 	}
       regcache_cooked_write_unsigned (regcache, regnum, regval);
       len -= partial_len;
-      buf += partial_len;
+      buf += (int) partial_len;
       regnum++;
     }
 }
@@ -1366,7 +1365,7 @@ static int
 pass_in_v (struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
 	   struct regcache *regcache,
 	   struct aarch64_call_info *info,
-	   int len, const bfd_byte *buf)
+	   length_t &len, const bfd_byte *buf)
 {
   if (info->nsrn < 8)
     {
@@ -1381,7 +1380,7 @@ pass_in_v (struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
       memset (reg, 0, sizeof (reg));
       /* PCS C.1, the argument is allocated to the least significant
 	 bits of V register.  */
-      memcpy (reg, buf, len);
+      memcpy (reg, buf, static_cast<size_t> (len));
       regcache->cooked_write (regnum, reg);
 
       if (aarch64_debug)
@@ -1402,8 +1401,8 @@ pass_on_stack (struct aarch64_call_info *info, struct type *type,
 	       struct value *arg)
 {
   const bfd_byte *buf = value_contents (arg);
-  int len = TYPE_LENGTH (type);
-  int align;
+  length_t len = TYPE_LENGTH (type);
+  length_t align;
   stack_item_t item;
 
   info->argnum++;
@@ -1412,7 +1411,7 @@ pass_on_stack (struct aarch64_call_info *info, struct type *type,
 
   /* PCS C.17 Stack should be aligned to the larger of 8 bytes or the
      Natural alignment of the argument's type.  */
-  align = align_up (align, 8);
+  align = align_up (static_cast<ULONGEST> (align), 8);
 
   /* The AArch64 PCS requires at most doubleword alignment.  */
   if (align > 16)
@@ -1420,8 +1419,8 @@ pass_on_stack (struct aarch64_call_info *info, struct type *type,
 
   if (aarch64_debug)
     {
-      debug_printf ("arg %d len=%d @ sp + %d\n", info->argnum, len,
-		    info->nsaa);
+      debug_printf ("arg %d len=%s @ sp + %s\n", info->argnum, len.c_str (),
+		    info->nsaa.c_str ());
     }
 
   item.len = len;
@@ -1429,10 +1428,10 @@ pass_on_stack (struct aarch64_call_info *info, struct type *type,
   VEC_safe_push (stack_item_t, info->si, &item);
 
   info->nsaa += len;
-  if (info->nsaa & (align - 1))
+  if ((info->nsaa & (align - 1)) != 0)
     {
       /* Push stack alignment padding.  */
-      int pad = align - (info->nsaa & (align - 1));
+      length_t pad = align - (info->nsaa & (align - 1));
 
       item.len = pad;
       item.data = NULL;
@@ -1451,8 +1450,8 @@ pass_in_x_or_stack (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, struct regcache *regcache,
 		    struct aarch64_call_info *info, struct type *type,
 		    struct value *arg)
 {
-  int len = TYPE_LENGTH (type);
-  int nregs = (len + X_REGISTER_SIZE - 1) / X_REGISTER_SIZE;
+  length_t len = TYPE_LENGTH (type);
+  int nregs = static_cast<int> ((len + X_REGISTER_SIZE - 1) / X_REGISTER_SIZE);
 
   /* PCS C.13 - Pass in registers if we have enough spare */
   if (info->ngrn + nregs <= 8)
@@ -1493,7 +1492,8 @@ pass_in_v_vfp_candidate (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, struct regcache *regcache,
 	  return false;
 
 	return pass_in_v (gdbarch, regcache, info, TYPE_LENGTH (target_type),
-			  buf + TYPE_LENGTH (target_type));
+			  buf
+			  + static_cast<ULONGEST> (TYPE_LENGTH (target_type)));
       }
 
     case TYPE_CODE_ARRAY:
@@ -1588,7 +1588,8 @@ aarch64_push_dummy_call (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, struct value *function,
     {
       struct value *arg = args[argnum];
       struct type *arg_type, *fundamental_type;
-      int len, elements;
+      length_t len;
+      int elements;
 
       arg_type = check_typedef (value_type (arg));
       len = TYPE_LENGTH (arg_type);
@@ -1642,7 +1643,7 @@ aarch64_push_dummy_call (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, struct value *function,
 		 invisible reference.  */
 
 	      /* Allocate aligned storage.  */
-	      sp = align_down (sp - len, 16);
+	      sp = align_down (sp - static_cast<CORE_ADDR> (len), 16);
 
 	      /* Write the real data into the stack.  */
 	      write_memory (sp, value_contents (arg), len);
@@ -1664,14 +1665,14 @@ aarch64_push_dummy_call (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, struct value *function,
     }
 
   /* Make sure stack retains 16 byte alignment.  */
-  if (info.nsaa & 15)
-    sp -= 16 - (info.nsaa & 15);
+  if ((info.nsaa & length_t (15)) != 0)
+    sp -= 16 - (static_cast<CORE_ADDR> (info.nsaa) & 15);
 
   while (!VEC_empty (stack_item_t, info.si))
     {
       stack_item_t *si = VEC_last (stack_item_t, info.si);
 
-      sp -= si->len;
+      sp -= static_cast<CORE_ADDR> (si->len);
       if (si->data != NULL)
 	write_memory (sp, si->data, si->len);
       VEC_pop (stack_item_t, info.si);
@@ -1920,7 +1921,7 @@ aarch64_extract_return_value (struct type *type, struct regcache *regs,
   if (aapcs_is_vfp_call_or_return_candidate (type, &elements,
 					     &fundamental_type))
     {
-      int len = TYPE_LENGTH (fundamental_type);
+      size_t len = static_cast<size_t> (TYPE_LENGTH (fundamental_type));
 
       for (int i = 0; i < elements; i++)
 	{
@@ -1951,7 +1952,7 @@ aarch64_extract_return_value (struct type *type, struct regcache *regs,
       /* If the type is a plain integer, then the access is
 	 straight-forward.  Otherwise we have to play around a bit
 	 more.  */
-      int len = TYPE_LENGTH (type);
+      length_t len = TYPE_LENGTH (type);
       int regno = AARCH64_X0_REGNUM;
       ULONGEST tmp;
 
@@ -1962,7 +1963,8 @@ aarch64_extract_return_value (struct type *type, struct regcache *regs,
 	  regcache_cooked_read_unsigned (regs, regno++, &tmp);
 	  store_unsigned_integer (valbuf,
 				  (len > X_REGISTER_SIZE
-				   ? X_REGISTER_SIZE : len), byte_order, tmp);
+				   ? X_REGISTER_SIZE
+				   : static_cast<int> (len)), byte_order, tmp);
 	  len -= X_REGISTER_SIZE;
 	  valbuf += X_REGISTER_SIZE;
 	}
@@ -1972,14 +1974,15 @@ aarch64_extract_return_value (struct type *type, struct regcache *regs,
       /* For a structure or union the behaviour is as if the value had
          been stored to word-aligned memory and then loaded into
          registers with 64-bit load instruction(s).  */
-      int len = TYPE_LENGTH (type);
+      length_t len = TYPE_LENGTH (type);
       int regno = AARCH64_X0_REGNUM;
       bfd_byte buf[X_REGISTER_SIZE];
 
       while (len > 0)
 	{
 	  regs->cooked_read (regno++, buf);
-	  memcpy (valbuf, buf, len > X_REGISTER_SIZE ? X_REGISTER_SIZE : len);
+	  memcpy (valbuf, buf, len > X_REGISTER_SIZE ? X_REGISTER_SIZE
+		  : static_cast<size_t> (len));
 	  len -= X_REGISTER_SIZE;
 	  valbuf += X_REGISTER_SIZE;
 	}
@@ -2032,7 +2035,7 @@ aarch64_store_return_value (struct type *type, struct regcache *regs,
   if (aapcs_is_vfp_call_or_return_candidate (type, &elements,
 					     &fundamental_type))
     {
-      int len = TYPE_LENGTH (fundamental_type);
+      size_t len = static_cast<size_t> (TYPE_LENGTH (fundamental_type));
 
       for (int i = 0; i < elements; i++)
 	{
@@ -2076,7 +2079,7 @@ aarch64_store_return_value (struct type *type, struct regcache *regs,
 	  /* Integral values greater than one word are stored in
 	     consecutive registers starting with r0.  This will always
 	     be a multiple of the regiser size.  */
-	  int len = TYPE_LENGTH (type);
+	  length_t len = TYPE_LENGTH (type);
 	  int regno = AARCH64_X0_REGNUM;
 
 	  while (len > 0)
@@ -2092,14 +2095,15 @@ aarch64_store_return_value (struct type *type, struct regcache *regs,
       /* For a structure or union the behaviour is as if the value had
 	 been stored to word-aligned memory and then loaded into
 	 registers with 64-bit load instruction(s).  */
-      int len = TYPE_LENGTH (type);
+      length_t len = TYPE_LENGTH (type);
       int regno = AARCH64_X0_REGNUM;
       bfd_byte tmpbuf[X_REGISTER_SIZE];
 
       while (len > 0)
 	{
 	  memcpy (tmpbuf, valbuf,
-		  len > X_REGISTER_SIZE ? X_REGISTER_SIZE : len);
+		  len > X_REGISTER_SIZE ? X_REGISTER_SIZE
+		  : static_cast<size_t> (len));
 	  regs->cooked_write (regno++, tmpbuf);
 	  len -= X_REGISTER_SIZE;
 	  valbuf += X_REGISTER_SIZE;
@@ -2357,8 +2361,12 @@ aarch64_pseudo_read_value_1 (struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
   gdb_static_assert (AARCH64_V0_REGNUM == AARCH64_SVE_Z0_REGNUM);
 
   if (regcache->raw_read (v_regnum, reg_buf) != REG_VALID)
-    mark_value_bytes_unavailable (result_value, 0,
-				  TYPE_LENGTH (value_type (result_value)));
+    {
+      LONGEST len
+	= static_cast<LONGEST> (TYPE_LENGTH (value_type (result_value)));
+
+      mark_value_bytes_unavailable (result_value, 0, len);
+    }
   else
     memcpy (value_contents_raw (result_value), reg_buf, regsize);
 

gdb/common/length-type.h

@@ -0,0 +1,384 @@
+/* Length types for GDB.
+
+   Copyright (C) 2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+   This file is part of GDB.
+
+   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+   (at your option) any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#ifndef COMMON_LENGH_TYPE_H
+#define COMMON_LENGH_TYPE_H
+
+#include <limits>
+
+template<typename T>
+class gdb_len
+{
+public:
+  T m_len;
+
+  gdb_len () = default;
+
+  gdb_len (T l)
+    : m_len (l)
+  {
+  }
+
+  gdb_len (int l)
+    : m_len (l)
+  {
+  }
+
+  /* const T get () const */
+  /* { */
+  /*   return m_len; */
+  /* } */
+
+  /* void set (const T l) */
+  /* { */
+  /*   m_len = l; */
+  /* } */
+
+  const char *c_str () const
+  {
+    return std::numeric_limits<T>::is_signed
+      ? plongest (m_len) : pulongest (m_len);
+  }
+
+  explicit operator int () const
+  {
+    if (m_len > std::numeric_limits<int>::max ())
+      error (_("Cannot cast variable: too long"));
+
+    return static_cast<int> (m_len);
+  }
+
+  explicit operator unsigned int () const
+  {
+    if (std::numeric_limits<T>::is_signed && m_len < 0)
+      error (_("Cannot cast negative variable."));
+
+    if (m_len > std::numeric_limits<unsigned int>::max ())
+      error (_("Cannot cast variable: too long."));
+
+    return static_cast<unsigned int> (m_len);
+  }
+
+  /* explicit operator size_t () const */
+  /* { */
+  /*   if (std::numeric_limits<T>::is_signed && m_len < 0) */
+  /*     error (_("Cannot cast negative variable to 'size_t'.")); */
+
+  /*   if (m_len > std::numeric_limits<size_t>::max ()) */
+  /*     error (_("Cannot cast variable: too long")); */
+
+  /*   return static_cast<size_t> (m_len); */
+  /* } */
+
+  explicit operator ULONGEST () const
+  {
+    if (!std::numeric_limits<T>::is_signed)
+      return m_len;
+
+    if (m_len < 0)
+      error (_("Cannot cast negative variable to 'ULONGEST'."));
+
+    return static_cast<ULONGEST> (m_len);
+  }
+
+  explicit operator LONGEST () const
+  {
+    if (std::numeric_limits<T>::is_signed)
+      return m_len;
+
+    if (m_len > std::numeric_limits<T>::max ())
+      error (_("Cannot cast variable: too long"));
+
+    return static_cast<LONGEST> (m_len);
+  }
+
+#define DEFINE_LENGTH_REL_OP_TYPE(TYPE, OP)		\
+  constexpr bool					\
+  operator OP (const TYPE rhs)				\
+  {							\
+    return (static_cast<TYPE> (*this) OP rhs);		\
+  }							\
+
+#define DEFINE_ALL_LENGTH_REL_OP_TYPE(TYPE)			\
+  DEFINE_LENGTH_REL_OP_TYPE (TYPE, >)				\
+  DEFINE_LENGTH_REL_OP_TYPE (TYPE, >=)				\
+  DEFINE_LENGTH_REL_OP_TYPE (TYPE, <)				\
+  DEFINE_LENGTH_REL_OP_TYPE (TYPE, <=)				\
+  DEFINE_LENGTH_REL_OP_TYPE (TYPE, ==)				\
+  DEFINE_LENGTH_REL_OP_TYPE (TYPE, !=)
+
+DEFINE_ALL_LENGTH_REL_OP_TYPE (int)
+DEFINE_ALL_LENGTH_REL_OP_TYPE (ULONGEST)
+DEFINE_ALL_LENGTH_REL_OP_TYPE (LONGEST)
+
+#define DEFINE_LENGTH_REL_OP(OP)			\
+  constexpr bool					\
+  operator OP (const gdb_len<T> &rhs)			\
+  {							\
+    return (m_len OP rhs.m_len);			\
+  }
+
+DEFINE_LENGTH_REL_OP (>)
+DEFINE_LENGTH_REL_OP (>=)
+DEFINE_LENGTH_REL_OP (<)
+DEFINE_LENGTH_REL_OP (<=)
+DEFINE_LENGTH_REL_OP (==)
+DEFINE_LENGTH_REL_OP (!=)
+
+
+#define DEFINE_LENGTH_ARITHM_OP_TYPE(TYPE, OP)				\
+  gdb_len<T> &								\
+  operator OP ## = (const TYPE rhs)					\
+  {									\
+    if (std::numeric_limits<TYPE>::is_signed				\
+        && !std::numeric_limits<T>::is_signed				\
+        && rhs < 0)							\
+      error (_("Cannot cast negative variable to unsigned type."));	\
+    else if (!std::numeric_limits<TYPE>::is_signed			\
+	     && std::numeric_limits<T>::is_signed			\
+	     && rhs > std::numeric_limits<T>::max ())			\
+      error (_("Cannot cast variable: too long."));			\
+									\
+    m_len OP ## = static_cast<T> (rhs);					\
+    return *this;							\
+  }									\
+									\
+  friend constexpr gdb_len<T>						\
+  operator OP (const gdb_len<T> &lhs, const TYPE rhs)			\
+  {									\
+    return gdb_len<T> (static_cast<TYPE> (lhs) OP rhs);			\
+  }									\
+									\
+  friend constexpr gdb_len<T>						\
+  operator OP (const TYPE rhs, const gdb_len<T> &lhs)			\
+  {									\
+    return gdb_len<T> (rhs OP static_cast<TYPE> (lhs));			\
+  }
+
+#define DEFINE_ALL_LENGTH_ARITHM_OP_TYPE(TYPE)	  \
+  DEFINE_LENGTH_ARITHM_OP_TYPE (TYPE, +)	  \
+  DEFINE_LENGTH_ARITHM_OP_TYPE (TYPE, -)	  \
+  DEFINE_LENGTH_ARITHM_OP_TYPE (TYPE, *)	  \
+  DEFINE_LENGTH_ARITHM_OP_TYPE (TYPE, /)	  \
+  DEFINE_LENGTH_ARITHM_OP_TYPE (TYPE, %)
+
+DEFINE_ALL_LENGTH_ARITHM_OP_TYPE (int)
+DEFINE_ALL_LENGTH_ARITHM_OP_TYPE (unsigned int)
+DEFINE_ALL_LENGTH_ARITHM_OP_TYPE (ULONGEST)
+DEFINE_ALL_LENGTH_ARITHM_OP_TYPE (LONGEST)
+
+#define DEFINE_LENGTH_ARITHM_OP(OP)				\
+  gdb_len<T> &							\
+  operator OP ## = (const gdb_len<T> &rhs)			\
+  {								\
+    m_len OP ## = rhs.m_len;					\
+    return *this;						\
+  }								\
+								\
+  friend constexpr gdb_len<T>					\
+  operator OP (const gdb_len<T> &lhs, const gdb_len<T> &rhs)	\
+  {								\
+    return gdb_len<T> (lhs.m_len OP rhs.m_len);			\
+  }
+
+DEFINE_LENGTH_ARITHM_OP (+)
+DEFINE_LENGTH_ARITHM_OP (-)
+DEFINE_LENGTH_ARITHM_OP (*)
+DEFINE_LENGTH_ARITHM_OP (/)
+DEFINE_LENGTH_ARITHM_OP (%)
+DEFINE_LENGTH_ARITHM_OP (&)
+
+private:
+};
+
+typedef gdb_len<ULONGEST> length_t;
+typedef gdb_len<LONGEST> slength_t;
+
+
+/* Operators for length_t and slength_t.  */
+
+#define DEFINE_ARITHM_OPS(OP)					\
+  length_t &							\
+  operator OP ## = (length_t &lhs, const slength_t &rhs)	\
+  {								\
+    lhs.m_len OP ## = static_cast<ULONGEST> (rhs);		\
+    return lhs;							\
+  }								\
+								\
+  slength_t &							\
+  operator OP ## = (slength_t &lhs, const length_t &rhs)	\
+  {								\
+    lhs.m_len OP ## = static_cast<LONGEST> (rhs);		\
+    return lhs;							\
+  }								\
+								\
+  slength_t							\
+  operator OP (const length_t &lhs, const slength_t &rhs)	\
+  {								\
+    return static_cast<LONGEST> (lhs) OP rhs;			\
+  }								\
+								\
+  slength_t							\
+  operator OP (const slength_t &lhs, const length_t &rhs)	\
+  {								\
+    return lhs OP static_cast<LONGEST> (rhs);			\
+  }
+
+DEFINE_ARITHM_OPS (+)
+DEFINE_ARITHM_OPS (-)
+DEFINE_ARITHM_OPS (*)
+DEFINE_ARITHM_OPS (/)
+DEFINE_ARITHM_OPS (%)
+
+
+
+
+
+
+#if 0
+
+#define DEFINE_LENGTH_ARITHM_OP(TYPE, OP)			\
+  constexpr TYPE						\
+  operator OP (TYPE lhs, ULONGEST rhs)				\
+  {								\
+    return (TYPE) (lhs.m_len OP rhs);				\
+  }								\
+								\
+  constexpr TYPE						\
+  operator OP (ULONGEST lhs, TYPE rhs)				\
+  {								\
+    return (TYPE) (lhs OP static_cast<ULONGEST> (rhs));		\
+  }								\
+								\
+  length_t &							\
+  operator OP ## = (length_t &lhs, ULONGEST rhs)		\
+  {								\
+    lhs = (length_t) (static_cast<ULONGEST> (lhs) OP rhs);	\
+    return lhs;							\
+  }								\
+								\
+  constexpr length_t						\
+  operator OP (length_t lhs, length_t rhs)			\
+  {								\
+    return (length_t) (static_cast<ULONGEST> (lhs)		\
+		       OP static_cast<ULONGEST> (rhs));		\
+  }								\
+								\
+  length_t &							\
+  operator OP ## = (length_t &lhs, length_t rhs)		\
+  {								\
+    lhs = (length_t) (static_cast<ULONGEST> (lhs)		\
+		      OP static_cast<ULONGEST> (rhs));		\
+    return lhs;							\
+  }								\
+
+DEFINE_LENGTH_ARITHM_OP (+)
+DEFINE_LENGTH_ARITHM_OP (-)
+DEFINE_LENGTH_ARITHM_OP (*)
+DEFINE_LENGTH_ARITHM_OP (/)
+#endif
+
+
+#if 0
+enum class length_t : ULONGEST {};
+
+enum class slenght_t : LONGEST {};
+
+#define DEFINE_LENGTH_REL_OP(OP)					\
+  constexpr bool							\
+  operator OP (length_t lhs, int rhs)					\
+  {									\
+    return (lhs OP static_cast<ULONGEST> (rhs));			\
+  }
+
+DEFINE_LENGTH_REL_OP (>)
+DEFINE_LENGTH_REL_OP (>=)
+DEFINE_LENGTH_REL_OP (<)
+DEFINE_LENGTH_REL_OP (<=)
+DEFINE_LENGTH_REL_OP (==)
+DEFINE_LENGTH_REL_OP (!=)
+
+#define DEFINE_LENGTH_ARITHM_OP(OP)				\
+  constexpr length_t						\
+  operator OP (length_t lhs, ULONGEST rhs)			\
+  {								\
+    return (length_t) (static_cast<ULONGEST> (lhs) OP rhs);	\
+  }								\
+								\
+  constexpr length_t						\
+  operator OP (ULONGEST lhs, length_t rhs)			\
+  {								\
+    return (length_t) (lhs OP static_cast<ULONGEST> (rhs));	\
+  }								\
+								\
+  length_t &							\
+  operator OP ## = (length_t &lhs, ULONGEST rhs)		\
+  {								\
+    lhs = (length_t) (static_cast<ULONGEST> (lhs) OP rhs);	\
+    return lhs;							\
+  }								\
+								\
+  constexpr length_t						\
+  operator OP (length_t lhs, length_t rhs)			\
+  {								\
+    return (length_t) (static_cast<ULONGEST> (lhs)		\
+		       OP static_cast<ULONGEST> (rhs));		\
+  }								\
+								\
+  length_t &							\
+  operator OP ## = (length_t &lhs, length_t rhs)		\
+  {								\
+    lhs = (length_t) (static_cast<ULONGEST> (lhs)		\
+		      OP static_cast<ULONGEST> (rhs));		\
+    return lhs;							\
+  }								\
+
+DEFINE_LENGTH_ARITHM_OP (+)
+DEFINE_LENGTH_ARITHM_OP (-)
+DEFINE_LENGTH_ARITHM_OP (*)
+DEFINE_LENGTH_ARITHM_OP (/)
+
+inline const char *
+to_str (length_t &l)
+{
+  return pulongest (to_underlying (l));
+}
+
+inline int
+to_int (length_t &l)
+{
+  return static_cast<int> (l);
+}
+
+inline ssize_t
+to_ssize_t (length_t &l)
+{
+  return static_cast<ssize_t> (l);
+}
+
+inline LONGEST
+to_LONGEST (length_t &l)
+{
+  return static_cast<LONGEST> (l);
+}
+#endif //0
+
+
+
+#endif /* ! COMMON_LENGH_TYPE_H */

gdb/corefile.c

@@ -377,6 +377,15 @@ write_memory (CORE_ADDR memaddr,
     memory_error (TARGET_XFER_E_IO, memaddr);
 }
 
+/* See gdbcore.h.  */
+
+void
+write_memory (CORE_ADDR memaddr,
+	      const bfd_byte *myaddr, length_t &len)
+{
+  write_memory (memaddr, myaddr, static_cast<ssize_t> len);
+}
+
 /* Same as write_memory, but notify 'memory_changed' observers.  */
 
 void

gdb/gdbcore.h

@@ -104,6 +104,11 @@ CORE_ADDR read_memory_typed_address (CORE_ADDR addr, struct type *type);
 extern void write_memory (CORE_ADDR memaddr, const gdb_byte *myaddr,
 			  ssize_t len);
 
+/* Same as above, but with length_t.  */
+
+extern void write_memory (CORE_ADDR memaddr, const gdb_byte *myaddr,
+			  length_t &len);
+
 /* Same as write_memory, but notify 'memory_changed' observers.  */
 
 extern void write_memory_with_notification (CORE_ADDR memaddr,

gdb/gdbtypes.h

@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 #include "common/enum-flags.h"
 #include "common/underlying.h"
 #include "common/print-utils.h"
+#include "common/length-type.h"
 #include "gdbarch.h"
 
 /* Forward declarations for prototypes.  */
@@ -859,7 +860,7 @@ struct type
      type_length_units function should be used in order to get the length
      expressed in target addressable memory units.  */
 
-  unsigned int length;
+  length_t length;
 
   /* * Core type, shared by a group of qualified types.  */