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diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index b11d61c..aef5308 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -11856,6 +11856,16 @@ _initialize_vx + 396 in section .text This is the opposite of the @code{info address} command. You can use it to find out the name of a variable or a function given its address. +For dynamically linked executables, the name of executable or shared +library containing the symbol is also printed: + +@smallexample +(@value{GDBP}) info symbol 0x400225 +_start + 5 in section .text of /tmp/a.out +(@value{GDBP}) info symbol 0x2aaaac2811cf +__read_nocancel + 6 in section .text of /usr/lib64/libc.so.6 +@end smallexample + @kindex whatis @item whatis [@var{arg}] Print the data type of @var{arg}, which can be either an expression or @@ -24611,6 +24621,10 @@ the symbol's location to the specified address. This is similar to the @code{info address} command (@pxref{Symbols}), except that this command also allows to find symbols in other sections. +If section was not specified, the section in which the symbol was found +is also printed. For dynamically linked executables, the name of +executable or shared library containing the symbol is printed as well. + @end table The following command is useful for non-interactive invocations of |