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-rw-r--r--gdb/NEWS3
-rw-r--r--gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo23
-rw-r--r--gdb/dwarf2/index-write.c54
-rw-r--r--gdb/dwarf2/read-gdb-index.c54
-rw-r--r--gdb/dwarf2/read.c13
-rw-r--r--gdb/dwarf2/read.h12
6 files changed, 146 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
index d8c83be..0f75abe 100644
--- a/gdb/NEWS
+++ b/gdb/NEWS
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
*** Changes since GDB 14
+* GDB index now contains information about the main function. This speeds up
+ startup when it is being used for some large binaries.
+
*** Changes in GDB 14
* GDB now supports the AArch64 Scalable Matrix Extension 2 (SME2), which
diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index 4932e49..db1a82e 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -49663,13 +49663,14 @@ unless otherwise noted:
@enumerate
@item
-The version number, currently 8. Versions 1, 2 and 3 are obsolete.
+The version number, currently 9. Versions 1, 2 and 3 are obsolete.
Version 4 uses a different hashing function from versions 5 and 6.
Version 6 includes symbols for inlined functions, whereas versions 4
and 5 do not. Version 7 adds attributes to the CU indices in the
symbol table. Version 8 specifies that symbols from DWARF type units
(@samp{DW_TAG_type_unit}) refer to the type unit's symbol table and not the
-compilation unit (@samp{DW_TAG_comp_unit}) using the type.
+compilation unit (@samp{DW_TAG_comp_unit}) using the type. Version 9 adds
+the name and the language of the main function to the index.
@value{GDBN} will only read version 4, 5, or 6 indices
by specifying @code{set use-deprecated-index-sections on}.
@@ -49691,6 +49692,9 @@ The offset, from the start of the file, of the address area.
The offset, from the start of the file, of the symbol table.
@item
+The offset, from the start of the file, of the shortcut table.
+
+@item
The offset, from the start of the file, of the constant pool.
@end enumerate
@@ -49766,6 +49770,21 @@ don't currently have a simple description of the canonicalization
algorithm; if you intend to create new index sections, you must read
the code.
+@item The shortcut table
+This is a data structure with the following fields:
+
+@table @asis
+@item Language of main
+An @code{offset_type} value indicating the language of the main function as a
+@code{DW_LANG_} constant. This value will be zero if main function information
+is not present.
+
+@item Name of main
+An @code{offset_type} value indicating the offset of the main function's name
+in the constant pool. This value must be ignored if the value for the language
+of main is zero.
+@end table
+
@item
The constant pool. This is simply a bunch of bytes. It is organized
so that alignment is correct: CU vectors are stored first, followed by
diff --git a/gdb/dwarf2/index-write.c b/gdb/dwarf2/index-write.c
index 3acff26..6ea4217 100644
--- a/gdb/dwarf2/index-write.c
+++ b/gdb/dwarf2/index-write.c
@@ -1079,14 +1079,15 @@ write_gdbindex_1 (FILE *out_file,
const data_buf &types_cu_list,
const data_buf &addr_vec,
const data_buf &symtab_vec,
- const data_buf &constant_pool)
+ const data_buf &constant_pool,
+ const data_buf &shortcuts)
{
data_buf contents;
- const offset_type size_of_header = 6 * sizeof (offset_type);
+ const offset_type size_of_header = 7 * sizeof (offset_type);
uint64_t total_len = size_of_header;
/* The version number. */
- contents.append_offset (8);
+ contents.append_offset (9);
/* The offset of the CU list from the start of the file. */
contents.append_offset (total_len);
@@ -1104,6 +1105,10 @@ write_gdbindex_1 (FILE *out_file,
contents.append_offset (total_len);
total_len += symtab_vec.size ();
+ /* The offset of the shortcut table from the start of the file. */
+ contents.append_offset (total_len);
+ total_len += shortcuts.size ();
+
/* The offset of the constant pool from the start of the file. */
contents.append_offset (total_len);
total_len += constant_pool.size ();
@@ -1125,6 +1130,7 @@ write_gdbindex_1 (FILE *out_file,
types_cu_list.file_write (out_file);
addr_vec.file_write (out_file);
symtab_vec.file_write (out_file);
+ shortcuts.file_write (out_file);
constant_pool.file_write (out_file);
assert_file_size (out_file, total_len);
@@ -1187,6 +1193,34 @@ write_cooked_index (cooked_index *table,
}
}
+/* Write shortcut information. */
+
+static void
+write_shortcuts_table (cooked_index *table, data_buf& shortcuts,
+ data_buf& cpool)
+{
+ const auto main_info = table->get_main ();
+ size_t main_name_offset = 0;
+ dwarf_source_language dw_lang = (dwarf_source_language)0;
+
+ if (main_info != nullptr)
+ {
+ dw_lang = main_info->per_cu->dw_lang;
+
+ if (dw_lang != 0)
+ {
+ auto_obstack obstack;
+ const auto main_name = main_info->full_name (&obstack, true);
+
+ main_name_offset = cpool.size ();
+ cpool.append_cstr0 (main_name);
+ }
+ }
+
+ shortcuts.append_uint (4, BFD_ENDIAN_LITTLE, dw_lang);
+ shortcuts.append_offset (main_name_offset);
+}
+
/* Write contents of a .gdb_index section for OBJFILE into OUT_FILE.
If OBJFILE has an associated dwz file, write contents of a .gdb_index
section for that dwz file into DWZ_OUT_FILE. If OBJFILE does not have an
@@ -1263,11 +1297,14 @@ write_gdbindex (dwarf2_per_bfd *per_bfd, cooked_index *table,
write_hash_table (&symtab, symtab_vec, constant_pool);
+ data_buf shortcuts;
+ write_shortcuts_table (table, shortcuts, constant_pool);
+
write_gdbindex_1(out_file, objfile_cu_list, types_cu_list, addr_vec,
- symtab_vec, constant_pool);
+ symtab_vec, constant_pool, shortcuts);
if (dwz_out_file != NULL)
- write_gdbindex_1 (dwz_out_file, dwz_cu_list, {}, {}, {}, {});
+ write_gdbindex_1 (dwz_out_file, dwz_cu_list, {}, {}, {}, {}, {});
else
gdb_assert (dwz_cu_list.empty ());
}
@@ -1573,8 +1610,9 @@ gdb_index ()
pretend_data_buf addr_vec;
pretend_data_buf symtab_vec;
pretend_data_buf constant_pool;
+ pretend_data_buf short_cuts;
- const size_t size_of_header = 6 * sizeof (offset_type);
+ const size_t size_of_header = 7 * sizeof (offset_type);
/* Test that an overly large index will throw an error. */
symtab_vec.set_pretend_size (~(offset_type)0 - size_of_header);
@@ -1584,7 +1622,7 @@ gdb_index ()
try
{
write_gdbindex_1 (nullptr, cu_list, types_cu_list, addr_vec,
- symtab_vec, constant_pool);
+ symtab_vec, constant_pool, short_cuts);
}
catch (const gdb_exception_error &e)
{
@@ -1604,7 +1642,7 @@ gdb_index ()
try
{
write_gdbindex_1 (nullptr, cu_list, types_cu_list, addr_vec,
- symtab_vec, constant_pool);
+ symtab_vec, constant_pool, short_cuts);
}
catch (const gdb_exception_error &e)
{
diff --git a/gdb/dwarf2/read-gdb-index.c b/gdb/dwarf2/read-gdb-index.c
index 9bfc530..b96eaa9 100644
--- a/gdb/dwarf2/read-gdb-index.c
+++ b/gdb/dwarf2/read-gdb-index.c
@@ -88,6 +88,9 @@ struct mapped_gdb_index final : public mapped_index_base
/* A pointer to the constant pool. */
gdb::array_view<const gdb_byte> constant_pool;
+ /* The shortcut table data. */
+ gdb::array_view<const gdb_byte> shortcut_table;
+
/* Return the index into the constant pool of the name of the IDXth
symbol in the symbol table. */
offset_type symbol_name_index (offset_type idx) const
@@ -583,7 +586,7 @@ to use the section anyway."),
/* Indexes with higher version than the one supported by GDB may be no
longer backward compatible. */
- if (version > 8)
+ if (version > 9)
return 0;
map->version = version;
@@ -610,6 +613,16 @@ to use the section anyway."),
symbol_table_end));
++i;
+
+ if (version >= 9)
+ {
+ const gdb_byte *shortcut_table = addr + metadata[i];
+ const gdb_byte *shortcut_table_end = addr + metadata[i + 1];
+ map->shortcut_table
+ = gdb::array_view<const gdb_byte> (shortcut_table, shortcut_table_end);
+ ++i;
+ }
+
map->constant_pool = buffer.slice (metadata[i]);
if (map->constant_pool.empty () && !map->symbol_table.empty ())
@@ -758,6 +771,43 @@ create_addrmap_from_gdb_index (dwarf2_per_objfile *per_objfile,
= new (&per_bfd->obstack) addrmap_fixed (&per_bfd->obstack, &mutable_map);
}
+/* Sets the name and language of the main function from the shortcut table. */
+
+static void
+set_main_name_from_gdb_index (dwarf2_per_objfile *per_objfile,
+ mapped_gdb_index *index)
+{
+ const auto expected_size = 4 + sizeof (offset_type);
+ if (index->shortcut_table.size () < expected_size)
+ /* The data in the section is not present, is corrupted or is in a version
+ * we don't know about. Regardless, we can't make use of it. */
+ return;
+
+ auto ptr = index->shortcut_table.data ();
+ const auto dw_lang = extract_unsigned_integer (ptr, 4, BFD_ENDIAN_LITTLE);
+ if (dw_lang >= DW_LANG_hi_user)
+ {
+ complaint (_(".gdb_index shortcut table has invalid main language %u"),
+ (unsigned) dw_lang);
+ return;
+ }
+ if (dw_lang == 0)
+ {
+ /* Don't bother if the language for the main symbol was not known or if
+ * there was no main symbol at all when the index was built. */
+ return;
+ }
+ ptr += 4;
+
+ const auto lang = dwarf_lang_to_enum_language (dw_lang);
+ const auto name_offset = extract_unsigned_integer (ptr,
+ sizeof (offset_type),
+ BFD_ENDIAN_LITTLE);
+ const auto name = (const char*) (index->constant_pool.data () + name_offset);
+
+ set_objfile_main_name (per_objfile->objfile, name, (enum language) lang);
+}
+
/* See read-gdb-index.h. */
int
@@ -843,6 +893,8 @@ dwarf2_read_gdb_index
create_addrmap_from_gdb_index (per_objfile, map.get ());
+ set_main_name_from_gdb_index (per_objfile, map.get ());
+
per_bfd->index_table = std::move (map);
per_bfd->quick_file_names_table =
create_quick_file_names_table (per_bfd->all_units.size ());
diff --git a/gdb/dwarf2/read.c b/gdb/dwarf2/read.c
index 5bbc8e2..d4aec19 100644
--- a/gdb/dwarf2/read.c
+++ b/gdb/dwarf2/read.c
@@ -17796,7 +17796,9 @@ leb128_size (const gdb_byte *buf)
}
}
-static enum language
+/* Converts DWARF language names to GDB language names. */
+
+enum language
dwarf_lang_to_enum_language (unsigned int lang)
{
enum language language;
@@ -21725,6 +21727,7 @@ prepare_one_comp_unit (struct dwarf2_cu *cu, struct die_info *comp_unit_die,
/* Set the language we're debugging. */
attr = dwarf2_attr (comp_unit_die, DW_AT_language, cu);
enum language lang;
+ dwarf_source_language dw_lang = (dwarf_source_language)0;
if (cu->producer != nullptr
&& strstr (cu->producer, "IBM XL C for OpenCL") != NULL)
{
@@ -21733,18 +21736,24 @@ prepare_one_comp_unit (struct dwarf2_cu *cu, struct die_info *comp_unit_die,
language detection we fall back to the DW_AT_producer
string. */
lang = language_opencl;
+ dw_lang = DW_LANG_OpenCL;
}
else if (cu->producer != nullptr
&& strstr (cu->producer, "GNU Go ") != NULL)
{
/* Similar hack for Go. */
lang = language_go;
+ dw_lang = DW_LANG_Go;
}
else if (attr != nullptr)
- lang = dwarf_lang_to_enum_language (attr->constant_value (0));
+ {
+ lang = dwarf_lang_to_enum_language (attr->constant_value (0));
+ dw_lang = (dwarf_source_language)attr->constant_value (0);
+ }
else
lang = pretend_language;
+ cu->per_cu->dw_lang = dw_lang;
cu->language_defn = language_def (lang);
switch (comp_unit_die->tag)
diff --git a/gdb/dwarf2/read.h b/gdb/dwarf2/read.h
index 9dfc435..1d9432c 100644
--- a/gdb/dwarf2/read.h
+++ b/gdb/dwarf2/read.h
@@ -245,6 +245,14 @@ public:
functions above. */
std::vector <dwarf2_per_cu_data *> *imported_symtabs = nullptr;
+ /* The original DW_LANG_* value of the CU, as provided to us by
+ * DW_AT_language. It is interesting to keep this value around in cases where
+ * we can't use the values from the language enum, as the mapping to them is
+ * lossy, and, while that is usually fine, things like the index have an
+ * understandable bias towards not exposing internal GDB structures to the
+ * outside world, and so prefer to use DWARF constants in their stead. */
+ dwarf_source_language dw_lang;
+
/* Return true of IMPORTED_SYMTABS is empty or not yet allocated. */
bool imported_symtabs_empty () const
{
@@ -764,6 +772,10 @@ private:
std::unique_ptr<dwarf2_cu>> m_dwarf2_cus;
};
+/* Converts DWARF language names to GDB language names. */
+
+enum language dwarf_lang_to_enum_language (unsigned int lang);
+
/* Get the dwarf2_per_objfile associated to OBJFILE. */
dwarf2_per_objfile *get_dwarf2_per_objfile (struct objfile *objfile);