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author | Fred Fish <fnf@specifix.com> | 1991-11-15 03:36:45 +0000 |
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committer | Fred Fish <fnf@specifix.com> | 1991-11-15 03:36:45 +0000 |
commit | a7446af61b18b09f1b217838a1f22d152975c009 (patch) | |
tree | 9efa013d65f23d5ff974e8c15ec4d08d62d6fa0d /gdb/elfread.c | |
parent | 811b9ab2186dc1d89d64400602d163ca0eef11f1 (diff) | |
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Changes to build misc function vector entries from canonical bfd symbol
table entries.
Diffstat (limited to 'gdb/elfread.c')
-rw-r--r-- | gdb/elfread.c | 93 |
1 files changed, 92 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/elfread.c b/gdb/elfread.c index 49b5d34..d203e2e 100644 --- a/gdb/elfread.c +++ b/gdb/elfread.c @@ -94,6 +94,71 @@ DEFUN(elf_locate_sections, (abfd, sectp, ei), } } +/* + +LOCAL FUNCTION + + record_misc_function -- add entry to miscellaneous function vector + +SYNOPSIS + + static void record_misc_function (char *name, CORE_ADDR address) + +DESCRIPTION + + Given a pointer to the name of a symbol that should be added to the + miscellaneous function vector, and the address associated with that + symbol, records this information for later use in building the + miscellaneous function vector. + +NOTES + + FIXME: For now we just use mf_unknown as the type. This should be + fixed. + */ + +static void +DEFUN(record_misc_function, (name, address), char *name AND CORE_ADDR address) +{ + prim_record_misc_function (obsavestring (name, strlen (name)), address, + mf_unknown); +} + +static void +DEFUN (elf_symtab_read, (abfd, addr), + bfd *abfd AND + CORE_ADDR addr) +{ + unsigned int storage_needed; + asymbol *sym; + asymbol **symbol_table; + unsigned int number_of_symbols; + unsigned int i; + struct cleanup *back_to; + + storage_needed = get_symtab_upper_bound (abfd); + + if (storage_needed > 0) + { + symbol_table = (asymbol **) bfd_xmalloc (storage_needed); + back_to = make_cleanup (free, symbol_table); + number_of_symbols = bfd_canonicalize_symtab (abfd, symbol_table); + + for (i = 0; i < number_of_symbols; i++) + { + sym = *symbol_table++; + /* Select global symbols that are defined in a specific section + or are absolute. */ + if (sym -> flags & BSF_GLOBAL + && ((sym -> section != NULL) || (sym -> flags & BSF_ABSOLUTE))) + { + record_misc_function ((char *) sym -> name, sym -> value); + } + } + do_cleanups (back_to); + } +} + /* Scan and build partial symbols for a symbol file. We have been initialized by a call to elf_symfile_init, which currently does nothing. @@ -111,7 +176,14 @@ DEFUN(elf_locate_sections, (abfd, sectp, ei), file, the corresponding partial symbol table is mutated into a full fledged symbol table by going back and reading the symbols for real. The function dwarf_psymtab_to_symtab() is the function that - does this for DWARF symbols. */ + does this for DWARF symbols. + + Note that ELF files have a "minimal" symbol table, which looks a lot + like a COFF symbol table, but has only the minimal information necessary + for linking. We process this also, and just use the information to + add to the misc function vector. This gives us some minimal debugging + capability even for files compiled without -g. + */ static void DEFUN(elf_symfile_read, (sf, addr, mainline), @@ -121,7 +193,19 @@ DEFUN(elf_symfile_read, (sf, addr, mainline), { bfd *abfd = sf->objfile->obfd; struct elfinfo ei; + struct cleanup *back_to; + init_misc_bunches (); + back_to = make_cleanup (discard_misc_bunches, 0); + + /* Process the normal ELF symbol table first. */ + + elf_symtab_read (abfd, addr); + + /* Now process the DWARF debugging information, which is contained in + special ELF sections. We first have to find them... */ + + (void) memset ((char *) &ei, 0, sizeof (ei)); bfd_map_over_sections (abfd, elf_locate_sections, &ei); if (ei.dboffset && ei.lnoffset) { @@ -132,12 +216,19 @@ DEFUN(elf_symfile_read, (sf, addr, mainline), ei.dboffset, ei.dbsize, ei.lnoffset, ei.lnsize, sf->objfile); } + if (!partial_symtab_list) { wrap_here (""); printf_filtered ("(no debugging symbols found)..."); wrap_here (""); } + + /* Go over the miscellaneous functions and install them in the + miscellaneous function vector. */ + + condense_misc_bunches (!mainline); + do_cleanups (back_to); } /* Initialize anything that needs initializing when a completely new symbol |