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authorDaniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org>2006-07-19 02:17:23 +0000
committerDaniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org>2006-07-19 02:17:23 +0000
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* blockframe.c (find_pc_partial_function): Use the minimal symbol
size to control the cache entry, if available. * minsyms.c (lookup_minimal_symbol_by_pc_section): Handle minimal symbols with zero and non-zero sizes differently. * gdb.arch/i386-size.c, gdb.arch/i386-size.exp: New files.
Diffstat (limited to 'gdb/minsyms.c')
-rw-r--r--gdb/minsyms.c107
1 files changed, 83 insertions, 24 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/minsyms.c b/gdb/minsyms.c
index e8ef95e..ae4c23a 100644
--- a/gdb/minsyms.c
+++ b/gdb/minsyms.c
@@ -412,6 +412,8 @@ lookup_minimal_symbol_by_pc_section (CORE_ADDR pc, asection *section)
if (objfile->minimal_symbol_count > 0)
{
+ int best_zero_sized = -1;
+
msymbol = objfile->msymbols;
lo = 0;
hi = objfile->minimal_symbol_count - 1;
@@ -461,34 +463,91 @@ lookup_minimal_symbol_by_pc_section (CORE_ADDR pc, asection *section)
== SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (&msymbol[hi + 1])))
hi++;
+ /* Skip various undesirable symbols. */
+ while (hi >= 0)
+ {
+ /* Skip any absolute symbols. This is apparently
+ what adb and dbx do, and is needed for the CM-5.
+ There are two known possible problems: (1) on
+ ELF, apparently end, edata, etc. are absolute.
+ Not sure ignoring them here is a big deal, but if
+ we want to use them, the fix would go in
+ elfread.c. (2) I think shared library entry
+ points on the NeXT are absolute. If we want
+ special handling for this it probably should be
+ triggered by a special mst_abs_or_lib or some
+ such. */
+
+ if (msymbol[hi].type == mst_abs)
+ {
+ hi--;
+ continue;
+ }
+
+ /* If SECTION was specified, skip any symbol from
+ wrong section. */
+ if (section
+ /* Some types of debug info, such as COFF,
+ don't fill the bfd_section member, so don't
+ throw away symbols on those platforms. */
+ && SYMBOL_BFD_SECTION (&msymbol[hi]) != NULL
+ && SYMBOL_BFD_SECTION (&msymbol[hi]) != section)
+ {
+ hi--;
+ continue;
+ }
+
+ /* If the minimal symbol has a zero size, save it
+ but keep scanning backwards looking for one with
+ a non-zero size. A zero size may mean that the
+ symbol isn't an object or function (e.g. a
+ label), or it may just mean that the size was not
+ specified. */
+ if (MSYMBOL_SIZE (&msymbol[hi]) == 0
+ && best_zero_sized == -1)
+ {
+ best_zero_sized = hi;
+ hi--;
+ continue;
+ }
+
+ /* Otherwise, this symbol must be as good as we're going
+ to get. */
+ break;
+ }
+
+ /* If HI has a zero size, and best_zero_sized is set,
+ then we had two or more zero-sized symbols; prefer
+ the first one we found (which may have a higher
+ address). Also, if we ran off the end, be sure
+ to back up. */
+ if (best_zero_sized != -1
+ && (hi < 0 || MSYMBOL_SIZE (&msymbol[hi]) == 0))
+ hi = best_zero_sized;
+
+ /* If the minimal symbol has a non-zero size, and this
+ PC appears to be outside the symbol's contents, then
+ refuse to use this symbol. If we found a zero-sized
+ symbol with an address greater than this symbol's,
+ use that instead. We assume that if symbols have
+ specified sizes, they do not overlap. */
+
+ if (hi >= 0
+ && MSYMBOL_SIZE (&msymbol[hi]) != 0
+ && pc >= (SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (&msymbol[hi])
+ + MSYMBOL_SIZE (&msymbol[hi])))
+ {
+ if (best_zero_sized != -1)
+ hi = best_zero_sized;
+ else
+ /* Go on to the next object file. */
+ continue;
+ }
+
/* The minimal symbol indexed by hi now is the best one in this
objfile's minimal symbol table. See if it is the best one
overall. */
- /* Skip any absolute symbols. This is apparently what adb
- and dbx do, and is needed for the CM-5. There are two
- known possible problems: (1) on ELF, apparently end, edata,
- etc. are absolute. Not sure ignoring them here is a big
- deal, but if we want to use them, the fix would go in
- elfread.c. (2) I think shared library entry points on the
- NeXT are absolute. If we want special handling for this
- it probably should be triggered by a special
- mst_abs_or_lib or some such. */
- while (hi >= 0
- && msymbol[hi].type == mst_abs)
- --hi;
-
- /* If "section" specified, skip any symbol from wrong section */
- /* This is the new code that distinguishes it from the old function */
- if (section)
- while (hi >= 0
- /* Some types of debug info, such as COFF,
- don't fill the bfd_section member, so don't
- throw away symbols on those platforms. */
- && SYMBOL_BFD_SECTION (&msymbol[hi]) != NULL
- && SYMBOL_BFD_SECTION (&msymbol[hi]) != section)
- --hi;
-
if (hi >= 0
&& ((best_symbol == NULL) ||
(SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (best_symbol) <