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| author | Jim Kingdon <jkingdon@engr.sgi.com> | 1993-09-08 14:47:10 +0000 |
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| committer | Jim Kingdon <jkingdon@engr.sgi.com> | 1993-09-08 14:47:10 +0000 |
| commit | 55f65171f27fa2ed4920142261af0494d3974c74 (patch) | |
| tree | af00c19dc4e6873e97969568378d1ec564fef3ad /gdb/minsyms.c | |
| parent | 31a932d84c4418fb27c485d69b4071489d192a95 (diff) | |
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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) |