Index: source/Plugins/Process/gdb-remote/ProcessGDBRemote.cpp
===================================================================
--- source/Plugins/Process/gdb-remote/ProcessGDBRemote.cpp
+++ source/Plugins/Process/gdb-remote/ProcessGDBRemote.cpp
@@ -2729,16 +2729,19 @@
 size_t ProcessGDBRemote::DoReadMemory(addr_t addr, void *buf, size_t size,
                                       Error &error) {
   GetMaxMemorySize();
-  if (size > m_max_memory_size) {
+  bool binary_memory_read = m_gdb_comm.GetxPacketSupported();
+  // M and m packets take 2 bytes for 1 byte of memory
+  size_t max_memory_size =
+      binary_memory_read ? m_max_memory_size : m_max_memory_size / 2;
+  if (size > max_memory_size) {
     // Keep memory read sizes down to a sane limit. This function will be
     // called multiple times in order to complete the task by
     // lldb_private::Process so it is ok to do this.
-    size = m_max_memory_size;
+    size = max_memory_size;
   }
 
   char packet[64];
   int packet_len;
-  bool binary_memory_read = m_gdb_comm.GetxPacketSupported();
   packet_len = ::snprintf(packet, sizeof(packet), "%c%" PRIx64 ",%" PRIx64,
                           binary_memory_read ? 'x' : 'm', (uint64_t)addr,
                           (uint64_t)size);
@@ -2785,11 +2788,13 @@
 size_t ProcessGDBRemote::DoWriteMemory(addr_t addr, const void *buf,
                                        size_t size, Error &error) {
   GetMaxMemorySize();
-  if (size > m_max_memory_size) {
+  // M and m packets take 2 bytes for 1 byte of memory
+  size_t max_memory_size = m_max_memory_size / 2;
+  if (size > max_memory_size) {
     // Keep memory read sizes down to a sane limit. This function will be
     // called multiple times in order to complete the task by
     // lldb_private::Process so it is ok to do this.
-    size = m_max_memory_size;
+    size = max_memory_size;
   }
 
   StreamString packet;
@@ -3988,6 +3993,20 @@
         stub_max_size = reasonable_largeish_default;
       }
 
+      // Memory packet have other overheads too like Maddr,size:#NN
+      // Instead of calculating the bytes taken by size and addr every
+      // time, we take a maximum guess here.
+      if (stub_max_size > 70)
+        stub_max_size -= 32 + 32 + 6;
+      else {
+        // In unlikely scenario that max packet size is less then 70, we will
+        // hope that data being written is small enough to fit.
+        Log *log(lldb_private::GetLogIfAllCategoriesSet(LIBLLDB_LOG_PROCESS));
+        if (log)
+          log->Warning("Packet size is too small."
+                       "LLDB may face problems while writing memory");
+      }
+
       m_max_memory_size = stub_max_size;
     } else {
       m_max_memory_size = conservative_default;