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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/symtab.h b/gdb/symtab.h index 8b086f3..f7689f6 100644 --- a/gdb/symtab.h +++ b/gdb/symtab.h @@ -472,7 +472,13 @@ enum address_class in another object file or runtime common storage. The linker might even remove the minimal symbol if the global symbol is never referenced, in which case the symbol remains - unresolved. */ + unresolved. + + GDB would normally find the symbol in the minimal symbol table if it will + not find it in the full symbol table. But a reference to an external + symbol in a local block shadowing other definition requires full symbol + without possibly having its address available for LOC_STATIC. Testcase + is provided as `gdb.dwarf2/dw2-unresolved.exp'. */ LOC_UNRESOLVED, |