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authorJim Kingdon <jkingdon@engr.sgi.com>1993-09-08 14:47:10 +0000
committerJim Kingdon <jkingdon@engr.sgi.com>1993-09-08 14:47:10 +0000
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-rw-r--r--gdb/minsyms.c4
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/minsyms.c b/gdb/minsyms.c
index 3665380..63850aa 100644
--- a/gdb/minsyms.c
+++ b/gdb/minsyms.c
@@ -183,7 +183,9 @@ lookup_minimal_symbol (name, objf)
equal to PC. Returns a pointer to the minimal symbol if such a symbol
is found, or NULL if PC is not in a suitable range. Note that we need
to look through ALL the minimal symbol tables before deciding on the
- symbol that comes closest to the specified PC. */
+ symbol that comes closest to the specified PC. This is because objfiles
+ can overlap, for example objfile A has .text at 0x100 and .data at 0x40000
+ and objfile B has .text at 0x234 and .data at 0x40048. */
struct minimal_symbol *
lookup_minimal_symbol_by_pc (pc)