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authorJoel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>2014-01-31 04:22:53 -0500
committerJoel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>2014-02-20 09:31:59 +0100
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Deprecate windows-specific dll-symbols command and aliases
The "dll-symbols" command, specific to native Windows platforms, gives the impression that the symbols were not loaded, first because it completes silently, and second because the "info shared" output does not get updated after the command completes: (gdb) dll-symbols C:\WINDOWS\syswow64\rpcrt4.dll (gdb) info shared From To Syms Read Shared Object Library [...] 0x77e51000 0x77ee2554 No C:\WINDOWS\system32\rpcrt4.dll (we exected the "Syms Read" column to read "Yes"). As far as I can tell, the symbols actually do get loaded, but completely independently from the solib framework, which explains the silent loading and the fact that the "Syms Read" column does not get updated. See windows-nat.c::safe_symbol_file_add_stub, which calls symbol_file_add instead of calling solib_add. But, aside from the fact that the "Syms Read" status does not get updated, I also noticed that it does not take into account the DLL's actual load address when loading its symbols. As a result, I believe that we get it wrong if the DLL does not get loaded at the prefered address. Rather than trying to fix this command, there does not seem to be a reason other than historical for having Windows-specific commands which essentially re-implements the "sharedlibrary" command. The command interface is slightly different (the latter takes a regexp rather than a plain filename), but it should be just as easy to use the "sharedlibrary" command, or its "share" alias, as usisng the "dll-symbols" command. For instance: (gdb) share rpcrt4.dll Reading symbols from C:\WINDOWS\system32\rpcrt4.dll...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for C:\WINDOWS\system32\rpcrt4.dll (gdb) info shared From To Syms Read Shared Object Library [...] 0x77e51000 0x77ee2554 Yes (*) C:\WINDOWS\system32\rpcrt4.dll This patch therefore deprecates the "dll-symbols" command, as well as its two aliases "add-shared-symbol-files" and "assf", with a view of deleting them as soon as the 7.8 branch gets cut. gdb/ChangeLog: * windows-nat.c (_initialize_windows_nat): Deprecate the "dll-symbols" command. Turn the "add-shared-symbol-files" and "assf" aliases into commands, and deprecate them as well. * NEWS: Add entry explaining that "dll-symbols" and its two aliases are now deprecated. gdb/doc/ChangeLog: * gdb.texinfo (Files): Document "add-shared-symbol-files" and "assf" as being deprecated. (Cygwin Native): Likewise for "dll-symbols". (Non-debug DLL Symbols): Remove reference to "dll-symbols" as a way to force the loading of symbols from a DLL.
Diffstat (limited to 'gdb/windows-nat.c')
-rw-r--r--gdb/windows-nat.c13
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/windows-nat.c b/gdb/windows-nat.c
index e0dac7b..f5fb34b 100644
--- a/gdb/windows-nat.c
+++ b/gdb/windows-nat.c
@@ -2672,12 +2672,17 @@ _initialize_windows_nat (void)
c = add_com ("dll-symbols", class_files, dll_symbol_command,
_("Load dll library symbols from FILE."));
set_cmd_completer (c, filename_completer);
+ deprecate_cmd (c, "sharedlibrary");
- add_com_alias ("sharedlibrary", "dll-symbols", class_alias, 1);
-
- add_com_alias ("add-shared-symbol-files", "dll-symbols", class_alias, 1);
+ c = add_com ("add-shared-symbol-files", class_files, dll_symbol_command,
+ _("Load dll library symbols from FILE."));
+ set_cmd_completer (c, filename_completer);
+ deprecate_cmd (c, "sharedlibrary");
- add_com_alias ("assf", "dll-symbols", class_alias, 1);
+ c = add_com ("assf", class_files, dll_symbol_command,
+ _("Load dll library symbols from FILE."));
+ set_cmd_completer (c, filename_completer);
+ deprecate_cmd (c, "sharedlibrary");
#ifdef __CYGWIN__
add_setshow_boolean_cmd ("shell", class_support, &useshell, _("\