[RFA 1/2] Use a distinguishing name for minidebug objfile

Tom Tromey tom@tromey.com
Thu Apr 13 04:44:00 GMT 2017


One part of PR cli/19951 is that the mini debug info objfile reuses the
name of the main objfile from which it comes.  This can be seen because
gdb claims to be reading symbols from the same file two times, like:

Reading symbols from /bin/gdb...Reading symbols from /bin/gdb...(no debugging symbols found)...done.

I think this would be less confusing if the minidebug objfile were given
a different name.  That is what this patch implements.  It also arranges
for the minidebug objfile to be marked OBJF_NOT_FILENAME.

gdb/ChangeLog
2017-04-12  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>

	PR cli/19551:
	* symfile-add-flags.h (enum symfile_add_flags)
	<SYMFILE_NOT_FILENAME>: New constant.
	* symfile.c (read_symbols): Use SYMFILE_NOT_FILENAME.  Get
	objfile name from BFD.
	(symbol_file_add_with_addrs): Check SYMFILE_NOT_FILENAME.
	* minidebug.c (find_separate_debug_file_in_section): Put
	".gnu_debugdata" into BFD's file name.
---
 gdb/ChangeLog           | 11 +++++++++++
 gdb/minidebug.c         |  5 ++++-
 gdb/symfile-add-flags.h |  7 +++++--
 gdb/symfile.c           |  4 +++-
 4 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 315932e..c56de68 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+2017-04-12  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>
+
+	PR cli/19551:
+	* symfile-add-flags.h (enum symfile_add_flags)
+	<SYMFILE_NOT_FILENAME>: New constant.
+	* symfile.c (read_symbols): Use SYMFILE_NOT_FILENAME.  Get
+	objfile name from BFD.
+	(symbol_file_add_with_addrs): Check SYMFILE_NOT_FILENAME.
+	* minidebug.c (find_separate_debug_file_in_section): Put
+	".gnu_debugdata" into BFD's file name.
+
 2017-04-13  Pedro Alves  <palves@redhat.com>
 
 	* breakpoint.h (struct breakpoint): Reindent.
diff --git a/gdb/minidebug.c b/gdb/minidebug.c
index d4687dd..c2ada46 100644
--- a/gdb/minidebug.c
+++ b/gdb/minidebug.c
@@ -270,7 +270,10 @@ find_separate_debug_file_in_section (struct objfile *objfile)
     return NULL;
 
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBLZMA
-  abfd = gdb_bfd_openr_iovec (objfile_name (objfile), gnutarget, lzma_open,
+  std::string filename = (std::string (".gnu_debugdata for ")
+			  + objfile_name (objfile));
+
+  abfd = gdb_bfd_openr_iovec (filename.c_str (), gnutarget, lzma_open,
 			      section, lzma_pread, lzma_close, lzma_stat);
   if (abfd == NULL)
     return NULL;
diff --git a/gdb/symfile-add-flags.h b/gdb/symfile-add-flags.h
index 4d5f58a..c2c6fd2 100644
--- a/gdb/symfile-add-flags.h
+++ b/gdb/symfile-add-flags.h
@@ -40,8 +40,11 @@ enum symfile_add_flag
 
     /* Do not immediately read symbols for this file.  By default,
        symbols are read when the objfile is created.  */
-    SYMFILE_NO_READ = 1 << 4
-  };
+    SYMFILE_NO_READ = 1 << 4,
+
+    /* The new objfile should be marked OBJF_NOT_FILENAME.  */
+    SYMFILE_NOT_FILENAME = 1 << 5,
+ };
 
 DEF_ENUM_FLAGS_TYPE (enum symfile_add_flag, symfile_add_flags);
 
diff --git a/gdb/symfile.c b/gdb/symfile.c
index 846aabe..ff1e726 100644
--- a/gdb/symfile.c
+++ b/gdb/symfile.c
@@ -876,7 +876,7 @@ read_symbols (struct objfile *objfile, symfile_add_flags add_flags)
 	     section.  Therefore use also non-canonical name form for the same
 	     file containing the section.  */
 	  symbol_file_add_separate (abfd.get (), objfile->original_name,
-				    add_flags, objfile);
+				    add_flags | SYMFILE_NOT_FILENAME, objfile);
 	}
     }
   if ((add_flags & SYMFILE_NO_READ) == 0)
@@ -1143,6 +1143,8 @@ symbol_file_add_with_addrs (bfd *abfd, const char *name,
       flags |= OBJF_READNOW;
       add_flags &= ~SYMFILE_NO_READ;
     }
+  if ((add_flags & SYMFILE_NOT_FILENAME) != 0)
+    flags |= OBJF_NOT_FILENAME;
 
   /* Give user a chance to burp if we'd be
      interactively wiping out any existing symbols.  */
-- 
2.9.3



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