+void MC_process_read_variable(mc_process_t process, const char* name, void* target, size_t size)
+{
+ dw_variable_t var = MC_process_find_variable_by_name(process, name);
+ if (!var->address)
+ xbt_die("No simple location for this variable");
+ if (!var->type->full_type)
+ xbt_die("Partial type for %s, cannot check size", name);
+ if (var->type->full_type->byte_size != size)
+ xbt_die("Unexpected size for %s (expected %zi, was %zi)",
+ name, size, (size_t) var->type->full_type->byte_size);
+ MC_process_read(process, MC_PROCESS_NO_FLAG, target, var->address, size,
+ MC_PROCESS_INDEX_ANY);
+}
+
+char* MC_process_read_string(mc_process_t process, void* address)
+{
+ if (!address)
+ return NULL;
+ if (MC_process_is_self(process))
+ return strdup((char*) address);
+
+ size_t len = 128;
+ char* res = malloc(len);
+ off_t off = 0;
+
+ while (1) {
+ ssize_t c = pread(process->memory_file, res + off, len - off, (off_t) address + off);
+ if (c == -1) {
+ if (errno == EINTR)
+ continue;
+ else
+ xbt_die("Could not read from from remote process");
+ }
+ if (c==0)
+ xbt_die("Could not read string from remote process");
+
+ void* p = memchr(res + off, '\0', c);
+ if (p)
+ return res;
+
+ off += c;
+ if (off == len) {
+ len *= 2;
+ res = realloc(res, len);
+ }
+ }
+}
+