[EXT] Re: gdb does not stop at printf for ppc

[Peter Bergner]

On 10/7/25 12:21 PM, Adhemerval Zanella Netto wrote:
> On 03/10/25 16:43, Tom Tromey wrote:
>> Yes, DWARF can use DW_TAG_imported_declaration.  However gdb's support
>> for this is incomplete and you'd have to try it out to see if it's
>> sufficient for this purpose.
> 
> Thanks for the information, but it seems that it can not be easily created
> by the compiler on C code (typedef creates DW_TAG_typedef and asm function
> aliases do not generate DWARF entries); and relying on a possible incomplete
> is kinda fragile because we would like to support old gdb releases.
> 
> I think the local symbol aliases seems the best strategy.


Ok, then I think we have a plan.  Sachin, how about you use Adhemerval's
local symbol alias solution and place it through some thorough testing?

Peter