Noted slowness in profile loading with binutils 2.37

[Nick Clifton]

Hi Alexander,

> - binutils version 2.36.1: 6.5 seconds
> - binutils version 2.37: Still not loaded at 6 minutes
> 
> I think the relevant binutil tool here is addr2line. Does anyone have a
> quick idea for what may have caused the slow-down? 

It will be a change in the BFD library.  More specifically it
is likely to be a change to bfd/dwarf2.c.  Have a look at the
ChangeLog in the bfd/ directory for the 2.37 release for more
hints.

I suspect, but do not know for sure, that it could be the patch
for PR 27484 ....

Cheers
   Nick