gdb: ensure the cast in gdbarch_tdep is valid

This commit makes use of gdb::checked_static_cast when casting the
generic gdbarch_tdep pointer to a specific sub-class type.  This means
that, when compiled in developer mode, GDB will validate that the cast
is correct.

In order to use gdb::checked_static_cast the types involved must have
RTTI, which is why the gdbarch_tdep base class now has a virtual
destructor.

Assuming there are no bugs in GDB where we cast a gdbarch_tdep pointer
to the wrong type, then there should be no changes after this commit.

If any bugs do exist, then GDB will now assert (in a developer build).

diff --git a/gdb/gdbarch.h b/gdb/gdbarch.h
index b2c91db0c4f91e656263a14c83d70c9839b88d03..16c73915c6426e25684d0637c77a4967df150272 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/gdbarch.h
+++ b/gdb/gdbarch.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include "infrun.h"
 #include "osabi.h"
 #include "displaced-stepping.h"
+#include "gdbsupport/gdb-checked-static-cast.h"
 
 struct floatformat;
 struct ui_file;
@@ -58,7 +59,14 @@ struct inferior;
 
 #include "regcache.h"
 
-struct gdbarch_tdep {};
+/* The base class for every architecture's tdep sub-class.  The virtual
+   destructor ensures the class has RTTI information, which allows
+   gdb::checked_static_cast to be used, the gdbarch_tdep the function.  */
+
+struct gdbarch_tdep
+{
+  virtual ~gdbarch_tdep() = default;
+};
 
 /* The architecture associated with the inferior through the
    connection to the target.
@@ -157,7 +165,7 @@ static inline TDepType *
 gdbarch_tdep (struct gdbarch *gdbarch)
 {
   struct gdbarch_tdep *tdep = gdbarch_tdep_1 (gdbarch);
-  return static_cast<TDepType *> (tdep);
+  return gdb::checked_static_cast<TDepType *> (tdep);
 }
 
 /* Mechanism for co-ordinating the selection of a specific