2009-09-23 John Wright <john.wright@hp.com>

	PR gdb/10684:
	* event-top.c (command_line_handler): Terminate linebuffer before
	xstrdup.

diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 9bc6892..49ec64f 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2009-09-23  John Wright  <john.wright@hp.com>
+
+       PR gdb/10684:
+       * event-top.c (command_line_handler): Terminate linebuffer before
+       xstrdup.
+
 2009-09-22  Joel Brobecker  <brobecker@adacore.com>
 
        * solib.c (solib_bfd_open): Relax a bit the compatibility check.

diff --git a/gdb/event-top.c b/gdb/event-top.c
index 790cebf..52a5ad7 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/event-top.c
+++ b/gdb/event-top.c
@@ -622,6 +622,7 @@ command_line_handler (char *rl)
 
   if (p > linebuffer && *(p - 1) == '\\')
     {
+      *p = '\0';
       p--;                     /* Put on top of '\'.  */
 
       readline_input_state.linebuffer = xstrdup (linebuffer);