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authorDavid Carlton <carlton@bactrian.org>2002-12-04 22:54:59 +0000
committerDavid Carlton <carlton@bactrian.org>2002-12-04 22:54:59 +0000
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2002-12-04 David Carlton <carlton@math.stanford.edu>
* symtab.c (lookup_symbol_aux): Move minsym code into a separate function. (lookup_symbol_aux_minsyms): New function.
-rw-r--r--gdb/ChangeLog6
-rw-r--r--gdb/symtab.c294
2 files changed, 160 insertions, 140 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 6ce60aa..bed9a7c 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2002-12-04 David Carlton <carlton@math.stanford.edu>
+
+ * symtab.c (lookup_symbol_aux): Move minsym code into a separate
+ function.
+ (lookup_symbol_aux_minsyms): New function.
+
2002-12-04 J. Brobecker <brobecker@gnat.com>
* pa64solib.c: s/boolean/int/. Fixes a build failure on hppa64-hpux.
diff --git a/gdb/symtab.c b/gdb/symtab.c
index ef70e3f..a891d35 100644
--- a/gdb/symtab.c
+++ b/gdb/symtab.c
@@ -103,6 +103,14 @@ struct symbol *lookup_symbol_aux_psymtabs (int block_index,
const namespace_enum namespace,
struct symtab **symtab);
+static
+struct symbol *lookup_symbol_aux_minsyms (const char *name,
+ const char *mangled_name,
+ const namespace_enum namespace,
+ int *is_a_field_of_this,
+ struct symtab **symtab,
+ int *force_return);
+
static struct symbol *find_active_alias (struct symbol *sym, CORE_ADDR addr);
/* This flag is used in hppa-tdep.c, and set in hp-symtab-read.c */
@@ -786,9 +794,14 @@ lookup_symbol_aux (const char *name, const char *mangled_name,
int *is_a_field_of_this, struct symtab **symtab)
{
struct symbol *sym;
- struct symtab *s = NULL;
- struct blockvector *bv;
- struct minimal_symbol *msymbol;
+
+ /* FIXME: carlton/2002-11-05: This variable is here so that
+ lookup_symbol_aux will sometimes return NULL after receiving a
+ NULL return value from lookup_symbol_aux_minsyms, without
+ proceeding on to the partial symtab and static variable tests. I
+ suspect that that's a bad idea. */
+
+ int force_return;
/* Search specified block and its superiors. */
@@ -875,65 +888,14 @@ lookup_symbol_aux (const char *name, const char *mangled_name,
a mangled variable that is stored in one of the minimal symbol tables.
Eventually, all global symbols might be resolved in this way. */
- if (namespace == VAR_NAMESPACE)
- {
- msymbol = lookup_minimal_symbol (name, NULL, NULL);
- if (msymbol != NULL)
- {
- s = find_pc_sect_symtab (SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (msymbol),
- SYMBOL_BFD_SECTION (msymbol));
- if (s != NULL)
- {
- /* This is a function which has a symtab for its address. */
- bv = BLOCKVECTOR (s);
- block = BLOCKVECTOR_BLOCK (bv, GLOBAL_BLOCK);
+ force_return = 0;
- /* This call used to pass `SYMBOL_NAME (msymbol)' as the
- `name' argument to lookup_block_symbol. But the name
- of a minimal symbol is always mangled, so that seems
- to be clearly the wrong thing to pass as the
- unmangled name. */
- sym = lookup_block_symbol (block, name, mangled_name, namespace);
- /* We kept static functions in minimal symbol table as well as
- in static scope. We want to find them in the symbol table. */
- if (!sym)
- {
- block = BLOCKVECTOR_BLOCK (bv, STATIC_BLOCK);
- sym = lookup_block_symbol (block, name,
- mangled_name, namespace);
- }
-
- /* sym == 0 if symbol was found in the minimal symbol table
- but not in the symtab.
- Return 0 to use the msymbol definition of "foo_".
-
- This happens for Fortran "foo_" symbols,
- which are "foo" in the symtab.
-
- This can also happen if "asm" is used to make a
- regular symbol but not a debugging symbol, e.g.
- asm(".globl _main");
- asm("_main:");
- */
-
- if (symtab != NULL)
- *symtab = s;
- return fixup_symbol_section (sym, s->objfile);
- }
- else if (MSYMBOL_TYPE (msymbol) != mst_text
- && MSYMBOL_TYPE (msymbol) != mst_file_text
- && !STREQ (name, SYMBOL_NAME (msymbol)))
- {
- /* This is a mangled variable, look it up by its
- mangled name. */
- return lookup_symbol_aux (SYMBOL_NAME (msymbol), mangled_name, NULL,
- namespace, is_a_field_of_this, symtab);
- }
- /* There are no debug symbols for this file, or we are looking
- for an unmangled variable.
- Try to find a matching static symbol below. */
- }
- }
+ sym = lookup_symbol_aux_minsyms (name, mangled_name,
+ namespace, is_a_field_of_this,
+ symtab, &force_return);
+
+ if (sym != NULL || force_return == 1)
+ return sym;
#endif
@@ -975,87 +937,15 @@ lookup_symbol_aux (const char *name, const char *mangled_name,
the static check in this case?
*/
- if (namespace == VAR_NAMESPACE)
- {
- msymbol = lookup_minimal_symbol (name, NULL, NULL);
- if (msymbol != NULL)
- {
- /* OK, we found a minimal symbol in spite of not
- * finding any symbol. There are various possible
- * explanations for this. One possibility is the symbol
- * exists in code not compiled -g. Another possibility
- * is that the 'psymtab' isn't doing its job.
- * A third possibility, related to #2, is that we were confused
- * by name-mangling. For instance, maybe the psymtab isn't
- * doing its job because it only know about demangled
- * names, but we were given a mangled name...
- */
-
- /* We first use the address in the msymbol to try to
- * locate the appropriate symtab. Note that find_pc_symtab()
- * has a side-effect of doing psymtab-to-symtab expansion,
- * for the found symtab.
- */
- s = find_pc_symtab (SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (msymbol));
- if (s != NULL)
- {
- bv = BLOCKVECTOR (s);
- block = BLOCKVECTOR_BLOCK (bv, GLOBAL_BLOCK);
- /* This call used to pass `SYMBOL_NAME (msymbol)' as the
- `name' argument to lookup_block_symbol. But the name
- of a minimal symbol is always mangled, so that seems
- to be clearly the wrong thing to pass as the
- unmangled name. */
- sym = lookup_block_symbol (block, name, mangled_name, namespace);
- /* We kept static functions in minimal symbol table as well as
- in static scope. We want to find them in the symbol table. */
- if (!sym)
- {
- block = BLOCKVECTOR_BLOCK (bv, STATIC_BLOCK);
- sym = lookup_block_symbol (block, name,
- mangled_name, namespace);
- }
- /* If we found one, return it */
- if (sym)
- {
- if (symtab != NULL)
- *symtab = s;
- return sym;
- }
- /* If we get here with sym == 0, the symbol was
- found in the minimal symbol table
- but not in the symtab.
- Fall through and return 0 to use the msymbol
- definition of "foo_".
- (Note that outer code generally follows up a call
- to this routine with a call to lookup_minimal_symbol(),
- so a 0 return means we'll just flow into that other routine).
-
- This happens for Fortran "foo_" symbols,
- which are "foo" in the symtab.
-
- This can also happen if "asm" is used to make a
- regular symbol but not a debugging symbol, e.g.
- asm(".globl _main");
- asm("_main:");
- */
- }
+ force_return = 0;
- /* If the lookup-by-address fails, try repeating the
- * entire lookup process with the symbol name from
- * the msymbol (if different from the original symbol name).
- */
- else if (MSYMBOL_TYPE (msymbol) != mst_text
- && MSYMBOL_TYPE (msymbol) != mst_file_text
- && !STREQ (name, SYMBOL_NAME (msymbol)))
- {
- return lookup_symbol_aux (SYMBOL_NAME (msymbol), mangled_name,
- NULL, namespace, is_a_field_of_this,
- symtab);
- }
- }
- }
+ sym = lookup_symbol_aux_minsyms (name, mangled_name,
+ namespace, is_a_field_of_this,
+ symtab, &force_return);
+
+ if (sym != NULL || force_return == 1)
+ return sym;
#endif
@@ -1202,6 +1092,130 @@ lookup_symbol_aux_psymtabs (int block_index, const char *name,
return NULL;
}
+/* Check for the possibility of the symbol being a function or a
+ mangled variable that is stored in one of the minimal symbol
+ tables. Eventually, all global symbols might be resolved in this
+ way. */
+
+static struct symbol *
+lookup_symbol_aux_minsyms (const char *name,
+ const char *mangled_name,
+ const namespace_enum namespace,
+ int *is_a_field_of_this,
+ struct symtab **symtab,
+ int *force_return)
+{
+ struct symbol *sym;
+ struct blockvector *bv;
+ const struct block *block;
+ struct minimal_symbol *msymbol;
+ struct symtab *s;
+
+ if (namespace == VAR_NAMESPACE)
+ {
+ msymbol = lookup_minimal_symbol (name, NULL, NULL);
+
+ if (msymbol != NULL)
+ {
+ /* OK, we found a minimal symbol in spite of not finding any
+ symbol. There are various possible explanations for
+ this. One possibility is the symbol exists in code not
+ compiled -g. Another possibility is that the 'psymtab'
+ isn't doing its job. A third possibility, related to #2,
+ is that we were confused by name-mangling. For instance,
+ maybe the psymtab isn't doing its job because it only
+ know about demangled names, but we were given a mangled
+ name... */
+
+ /* We first use the address in the msymbol to try to locate
+ the appropriate symtab. Note that find_pc_sect_symtab()
+ has a side-effect of doing psymtab-to-symtab expansion,
+ for the found symtab. */
+ s = find_pc_sect_symtab (SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (msymbol),
+ SYMBOL_BFD_SECTION (msymbol));
+ if (s != NULL)
+ {
+ /* This is a function which has a symtab for its address. */
+ bv = BLOCKVECTOR (s);
+ block = BLOCKVECTOR_BLOCK (bv, GLOBAL_BLOCK);
+
+ /* This call used to pass `SYMBOL_NAME (msymbol)' as the
+ `name' argument to lookup_block_symbol. But the name
+ of a minimal symbol is always mangled, so that seems
+ to be clearly the wrong thing to pass as the
+ unmangled name. */
+ sym =
+ lookup_block_symbol (block, name, mangled_name, namespace);
+ /* We kept static functions in minimal symbol table as well as
+ in static scope. We want to find them in the symbol table. */
+ if (!sym)
+ {
+ block = BLOCKVECTOR_BLOCK (bv, STATIC_BLOCK);
+ sym = lookup_block_symbol (block, name,
+ mangled_name, namespace);
+ }
+
+ /* NOTE: carlton/2002-12-04: The following comment was
+ taken from a time when two versions of this function
+ were part of the body of lookup_symbol_aux: this
+ comment was taken from the version of the function
+ that was #ifdef HPUXHPPA, and the comment was right
+ before the 'return NULL' part of lookup_symbol_aux.
+ (Hence the "Fall through and return 0" comment.)
+ Elena did some digging into the situation for
+ Fortran, and she reports:
+
+ "I asked around (thanks to Jeff Knaggs), and I think
+ the story for Fortran goes like this:
+
+ "Apparently, in older Fortrans, '_' was not part of
+ the user namespace. g77 attached a final '_' to
+ procedure names as the exported symbols for linkage
+ (foo_) , but the symbols went in the debug info just
+ like 'foo'. The rationale behind this is not
+ completely clear, and maybe it was done to other
+ symbols as well, not just procedures." */
+
+ /* If we get here with sym == 0, the symbol was
+ found in the minimal symbol table
+ but not in the symtab.
+ Fall through and return 0 to use the msymbol
+ definition of "foo_".
+ (Note that outer code generally follows up a call
+ to this routine with a call to lookup_minimal_symbol(),
+ so a 0 return means we'll just flow into that other routine).
+
+ This happens for Fortran "foo_" symbols,
+ which are "foo" in the symtab.
+
+ This can also happen if "asm" is used to make a
+ regular symbol but not a debugging symbol, e.g.
+ asm(".globl _main");
+ asm("_main:");
+ */
+
+ if (symtab != NULL && sym != NULL)
+ *symtab = s;
+ *force_return = 1;
+ return fixup_symbol_section (sym, s->objfile);
+ }
+ else if (MSYMBOL_TYPE (msymbol) != mst_text
+ && MSYMBOL_TYPE (msymbol) != mst_file_text
+ && !STREQ (name, SYMBOL_NAME (msymbol)))
+ {
+ /* This is a mangled variable, look it up by its
+ mangled name. */
+ *force_return = 1;
+ return lookup_symbol_aux (SYMBOL_NAME (msymbol), mangled_name,
+ NULL, namespace, is_a_field_of_this,
+ symtab);
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
+ return NULL;
+}
+
/* Look, in partial_symtab PST, for symbol NAME. Check the global
symbols if GLOBAL, the static symbols if not */