On Fri, Oct 11, 2024 at 10:59:19AM +0000, Nir Lichtman wrote:
> Problem: Currently, the DDB man page claims that modifiers can be added to registers
> that are accessed as variables, and an example is given with $eax:u
> The example does not work in i386 (outputs variable not found), and after a look at
> the code in db_find_variable, it doesn't seem to support any modifier logic besides
> a simple strcmp of the register name and the input by the user
> 
> Solution: Fix the man page to remove the section that talks about these modifiers
> Also another small fix to the bottom part of the man page that incorrectly references
> modifiers.
> 
> 

fixed, thanks!
jmc

> ===============================================
> 
> 
> diff --git share/man/man4/ddb.4 share/man/man4/ddb.4
> index 6ca75c4d5..7411a69b8 100644
> --- share/man/man4/ddb.4
> +++ share/man/man4/ddb.4
> @@ -1168,14 +1168,6 @@ Register names can be found with the
>  .Ic show registers
>  command.
>  .Pp
> -Some variable names are suffixed with numbers, and some may have a modifier
> -following a colon immediately after the variable name.
> -For example, register variables can have the
> -.Ql :u
> -modifier to indicate a
> -user register (e.g.,
> -.Ql $eax:u ) .
> -.Pp
>  Built-in debugger variables currently supported are:
>  .Bl -tag -width 10n -compact -offset indent
>  .It Va $radix
> @@ -1277,16 +1269,13 @@ command.
>  The last address explicitly specified.
>  .It Li $ Ns Ar variable
>  The value of a register or variable.
> -The name may be followed by a
> -.Ql \&:
> -and modifiers as described above with
> -.Ar identifier .
>  .It Ar expr Li # Ar expr
>  A binary operator which rounds up the left hand side to the next
>  multiple of right hand side.
>  .It Li * Ns Ar expr
>  Indirection.
> -It may be followed by a ':' and modifiers as described above.
> +It may be followed by a ':' as described above with
> +.Ar identifier .
>  .El
>  .Sh SEE ALSO
>  .Xr ctfstrip 1 ,
>