[PATCH] gdb: do not add const sections to the section map

Ilya Leoshkevich iii@linux.ibm.com
Mon May 16 19:42:09 GMT 2022


From: Ulrich Weigand <ulrich.weigand@de.ibm.com>

build_objfile_section_table () creates four synthetic sections, which
significantly slow down section map sorting.  This is especially
noticeable when debugging JITs that report a lot of objfiles.  Since
these sections are not useful for find_pc_section (), do not add them
to the section map.
---
 gdb/objfiles.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gdb/objfiles.c b/gdb/objfiles.c
index 80f68fda1c1..259c19584a6 100644
--- a/gdb/objfiles.c
+++ b/gdb/objfiles.c
@@ -1005,6 +1005,9 @@ insert_section_p (const struct bfd *abfd,
   if ((bfd_section_flags (section) & SEC_THREAD_LOCAL) != 0)
     /* This is a TLS section.  */
     return 0;
+  if (bfd_is_const_section (section))
+    /* This is one of the global *ABS*, *UND*, *IND*, or *COM* sections.  */
+    return 0;
 
   return 1;
 }
-- 
2.35.1



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