var_string and var_string_noescape vars that are NULL.
From the fsf:
* solib.c (solib_absolute_prefix, solib_search_path): New variables.
(_initialize_solib): Add set/show commands for those variables.
(solib_map_sections): Implement searching using them.
* coffread.c (record_minimal_symbol): Don't presave name string
on symbol_obstack before passing to prim_record_minimal_symbol.
It now handles saving the string itself.
* dbxread.c (read_dbx_dynamic_symtab): Ditto.
* mipsread.c (read_alphacoff_dynamic_symtab): Ditto.
* os9kread.c (record_minimal_symbol): Ditto.
* solib.c (solib_add_common_symbols): Ditto.
* coffread.c (coff_symtab_read): Don't presave name string on
symbol_obstack before passing to prim_record_minimal_symbol_and_info.
It now handles saving the string itself.
* dbxread.c (record_minimal_symbol): Ditto.
* elfread.c (record_minimal_symbol_and_info): Ditto.
* dstread.c (record_minimal_symbol): Remove static function that just
called prim_record_minimal_symbol with the same args (after change to
prim_record_minimal_symbol to do it's own name string saves).
* nlmread.c (record_minimal_symbol): Ditto.
* somread.c (record_minimal_symbol): Ditto.
* hpread.c (hpread_read_enum_type): Save symbol name on symbol obstack.
(hpread_read_function_type): Ditto.
(hpread_process_one_debug_symbol): Ditto.
* mdebugread.c (parse_symbol): Ditto.
(new_symbol): Ditto.
* minsyms.c (prim_record_minimal_symbol_and_info): Ditto.
* coffread.c (process_coff_symbol): Use obsavestring to save
SYMBOL_NAME, rather than obstack_copy0.
* dstread.c (create_new_symbol): Ditto
* symfile.c (obconcat): Ditto.
* stabsread.c (patch_block_stabs): Ditto.
* xcoffread.c (SYMNAME_ALLOC): Ditto.
* symfile.c (obsavestring): Update comments
* solib.c (solib_add_common_symbols): Remove local var origname.
* infrun.c (wait_for_inferior): Remove breakpoints and
switch terminal settings before calling SOLIB_ADD.
* solib.c (enable_break, SVR4 variant): Don't map in symbols
for the dynamic linker, the namespace pollution causes real
problems.
(enable_break): For SVR4 systems, first try to use the debugger
interfaces in the dynamic linker to track shared library events
as they happen, then fall back to BKPT_AT_SYMBOL code. Convert
BKPT_AT_SYMBOL code to use shared library event breakpoints.
(solib_create_inferior_hook): Simplify BKPT_AT_SYMBOL code,
it no longer needs to restart/wait on the inferior.
* symfile.c (find_lowest_section): No longer static.
* symfile.h (find_lowest_section): Corresponding changes.
Wraps up 7763 work, simplifies BKPT_AT_SYMBOL code somewhat, and allows
debugging of startup code.
change by replacing `symbols_added' with `so_last'.
* mdebugread.c (parse_external, parse_partial_symbols): Ignore
global common symbols, they will be resolved by the runtime loader.
* mdebugread.c (parse_symbol, parse_partial_symbols, cross_ref):
Handle scSCommon like scCommon symbols.
are in the .plt section.
* minsyms.c (lookup_solib_trampoline_symbol_by_pc,
find_solib_trampoline_target): New functions for handling
stepping into -g compiled shared libraries.
* symtab.h (lookup_solib_trampoline_symbol_by_pc,
find_solib_trampoline_target): Add prototypes.
* config/tm-sunos.h (IN_SOLIB_TRAMPOLINE, SKIP_TRAMPOLINE_CODE):
Define to handle stepping into -g compiled shared libraries.
* config/tm-sysv4.h (SKIP_TRAMPOLINE_CODE): Define to handle
stepping into -g compiled shared libraries.
* configure.in: Add mips-*-sysv4* support.
* config/mips/mipsv4.mh, config/mips/mipsv4.mt,
config/mips/tm-mipsv4.h, config/mips/xm-mipsv4.h, mipsv4-nat.c:
New files for MIPS SVR4 support.
* Makefile.in: Update for new mipsv4 files.
* alpha-tdep.c (heuristic_proc_desc, find_proc_desc): Use
read_next_frame_reg to obtain the frame relative stack pointer.
* mips-tdep.c (heuristic_proc_desc): Use read_next_frame_reg to
obtain the frame relative stack pointer.
* mdebugread.c (parse_partial_symbols, psymtab_to_symtab1):
Handle stStatic and stStaticProc symbols in stabs-in-ecoff output
by entering them into the minimal symbol table.
* printcmd.c (print_scalar_formatted): Do not try to unpack to
a long for float formats.
* solib.c: Include "elf/mips.h" only if DT_MIPS_RLD_MAP does not
get defined in <link.h>.
* solib.c (solib_add): Add shared library sections to the section
table of the target before adding the symbols.
* partial-stab.h: Relocate static and global functions.
* dbxread.c (read_dbx_symtab): Remove unused variable
end_of_text_address. Relocate text_addr when passing it
to end_psymtab.
For Alpha OSF/1 targets, enable gdb to set breakpoints in shared
library functions before the executable is run. Retrieve dynamic
symbols from stripped executables.
* mipsread.c (read_alphacoff_dynamic_symtab): New function.
* mipsread.c (mipscoff_symfile_read): Use it. Issue warning message
if no debugging symbols were found.
* alpha-tdep.c (alpha_skip_prologue): Silently return the unaltered
pc if memory at the pc is not accessible and GDB_TARGET_HAS_SHARED_LIBS
is defined.
* config/alpha/nm-alpha.h (GDB_TARGET_HAS_SHARED_LIBS): Define,
OSF/1 has shared libraries.
caller. Put string in malloc'd space, so caller need not impose
arbitrary limits.
* solib.c (find_solib): Update to use new interface.
* irix5-nat.c (find_solib): Read o_path from inferior
(clear_solib): Free storage for o_path.
* valprint.c (val_print_string): Add comments.
* defs.h (demangle_and_match): Remove prototype.
* dwarfread.c (STREQ, STREQN): Remove macros, replaced with STREQ
and STREQN defined in defs.h.
* dwarfread.c (set_cu_language): For completely unknown languages,
try to deduce the language from the filename. Retain behavior
that for known languages we don't know how to handle, we use
language_unknown.
* dwarfread.c (enum_type, symthesize_typedef): Initialize language
and demangled name fields in symbol.
* dwarfread.c, mipsread.c, partial-stab.h: For all usages of
ADD_PSYMBOL_TO_LIST, add language and objfile parameters.
* dwarfread.c (new_symbol): Attempt to demangle C++ symbol names
and cache the results in SYMBOL_DEMANGLED_NAME for the symbol.
* elfread.c (STREQ): Remove macro, use STREQ defined in defs.h.
Replace usages throughout.
* elfread.c (demangle.h): Include.
* elfread.c (record_minimal_symbol): Remove prototype and function.
* gdbtypes.h, symtab.h (B_SET, B_CLR, B_TST, B_TYPE, B_BYTES,
B_CLRALL): Moved from symtab.h to gdbtypes.h.
* infcmd.c (jump_command): Remove code to demangle name and add
it to a cleanup list. Now just use SYMBOL_DEMANGLED_NAME.
* minsyms.c (demangle.h): Include.
* minsyms.c (lookup_minimal_symbol): Indent comment to match code.
* minsyms.c (install_minimal_symbols): Attempt to demangle symbol
names as C++ names, and cache them in SYMBOL_DEMANGLED_NAME.
* mipsread.c (psymtab_language): Add static variable.
* stabsread.c (demangle.h): Include.
* stabsread.c (define_symbol): Attempt to demangle C++ symbol
names and cache them in the SYMBOL_DEMANGLED_NAME field.
* stack.c (return_command): Remove explicit demangling of name
and use of cleanups. Just use SYMBOL_DEMANGLED_NAME.
* symfile.c (demangle.h): Include.
* symfile.c (add_psymbol_to_list, add_psymbol_addr_to_list): Fix
to match macros in symfile.h and allow them to be compiled
if INLINE_ADD_PSYMBOL is not true.
* symfile.h (INLINE_ADD_PSYMBOL): Default to true if not set.
* symfile.h (ADD_PSYMBOL_*): Add language and objfile parameters.
Add code to demangle and cache C++ symbol names. Use macro form
if INLINE_ADD_PSYMBOL is true, otherwise use C function form.
* symmisc.c (add_psymbol_to_list, add_psymbol_addr_to_list):
Remove, also defined in symfile.c, which we already fixed.
* symtab.c (expensive_mangler): Remove prototype and function.
* symtab.c (find_methods): Remove physnames parameter and fix
prototype to match.
* symtab.c (completion_list_add_symbol): Name changed to
completion_list_add_name.
* symtab.c (COMPLETION_LIST_ADD_SYMBOL): New macro, adds both
the normal symbol name and the cached C++ demangled name.
* symtab.c (lookup_demangled_partial_symbol,
lookup_demangled_block_symbol): Remove prototypes and functions.
* symtab.c (lookup_symbol): Remove use of expensive_mangler,
use lookup_block_symbol instead of lookup_demangled_block_symbol.
Remove code to try demangling names and matching them.
* symtab.c (lookup_partial_symbol, lookup_block_symbol):
Fix to try matching the cached demangled name if no match is
found using the regular symbol name.
* symtab.c (find_methods): Remove unused physnames array.
* symtab.c (name_match, NAME_MATCH): Remove function and macro,
replaced with SYMBOL_MATCHES_REGEXP from symtab.h.
* symtab.c (completion_list_add_symbol): Rewrite to use cached
C++ demangled symbol names.
* symtab.h: Much reformatting of structures and such to add
whitespace to make them more readable, and make them more
consistent with other gdb structure definitions.
* symtab.h (general_symbol_info): New struct containing fields
common to all symbols.
* symtab.h (SYMBOL_LANGUAGE, SYMBOL_DEMANGLED_NAME,
SYMBOL_SOURCE_NAME, SYMBOL_LINKAGE_NAME, SYMBOL_MATCHES_NAME,
SYMBOL_MATCHES_REGEXP, MSYMBOL_INFO, MSYMBOL_TYPE): New macros.
* symtab. (struct minimal_symbol, struct partial_symbol, struct
symbol): Use general_symbol_info struct.
* utils.c (demangle_and_match): Remove, no longer used.
* valops.c (demangle.h): Include.
* xcoffexec.c (eq): Remove macro, replace usages with STREQ.
* blockframe.c, breakpoint.c, c-exp.y, c-valprint.c, dbxread.c,
infcmd.c, m2-exp.y, minsyms.c, objfiles.h, solib.c, stack.c,
symmisc.c, symtab.c, valops.c: Replace references to minimal
symbol fields with appropriate macros.
* breakpoint.c, buildsym.c, c-exp.y, c-typeprint.c, c-valprint.c,
coffread.c, command.c, convex-tdep.c, cp-valprint.c, dbxread.c,
demangle.c, elfread.c, energize.c, environ.c, exec.c,
gdbtypes.c, i960-tdep.c, infrun.c, infrun-hacked.c, language.c,
main.c, minsyms.c, mipsread.c, partial-stab.h, remote-es1800.c,
remote-nindy.c, remote-udi.c, rs6000-tdep.c, solib.c, source.c,
sparc-pinsn.c, stabsread.c, standalone.c, state.c, stuff.c,
symfile.c, symmisc.c, symtab.c, symtab.h, tm-sysv4.h,
tm-ultra3.h, values.c, xcoffexec.c, xcoffread.c: Replace strcmp
and strncmp usages with STREQ, STREQN, or STRCMP as appropriate.
* breakpoint.c, buildsym.c, c-typeprint.c, expprint.c, findvar.c,
mipsread.c, printcmd.c, source.c, stabsread.c, stack.c,
symmisc.c, tm-29k.h, valops.c, values.c: Replace SYMBOL_NAME
references with SYMBOL_SOURCE_NAME or SYMBOL_LINKAGE_NAME as
appropriate.
* buildsym.c (start_subfile, patch_subfile_names): Default the
source language to what can be deduced from the filename.
* buildsym.c (end_symtab): Update the source language in the
allocated symtab to match what we have been using.
* buildsym.h (struct subfile): Add a language field.
* c-typeprint.c (c_print_type): Remove code to do explicit
demangling.
* dbxread.c (psymtab_language): Add static variable.
* dbxread.c (start_psymtab): Initialize psymtab_language using
deduce_language_from_filename.
bfd_get_symbol_leading_char instead.
* coffread.c (EXTERNAL_NAME): New macro for removing possible
leading character from names.
(read_coff_symtab): Use BFD's FILE *, don't open a second one.
(read_coff_symtab): Complain() about .bb/.eb mismatch, don't error().
(process_coff_symbol, coff_read_struct_type, coff_read_enum_type):
Replace NAMES_HAVE_UNDERSCORE with EXTERNAL_NAME.
* kdb-start.c (main): Remove NAMES_HAVE_UNDERSCORE.
* minsyms.c (install_minimal_symbols): Replace NAMES_HAVE_UNDERSCORE.
Remove SOME_NAMES_HAVE_DOT support (apparently unused).
* partial-stab.h: Replace NAMES_HAVE_UNDERSCORE.
* solib.c: Replace NAMES_HAVE_UNDERSCORE.
* stabsread.h: Remove NAMES_HAVE_UNDERSCORE and HASH_OFFSET.
* symfile.c (syms_from_objfile): Insert debugging check to test
NAMES_HAVE_UNDERSCORE setting against the BFD support. FIXME,
remove this (and all tm-*.h NAMES_HAVE_UNDERSCORE) soon.
* doc/gdbint.texinfo (Host Conditionals): Remove
NAMES_HAVE_UNDERSCORE, SOME_NAMES_HAVE_DOT, document
MEM_FNS_DECLARED.
(Target Conditionals): Remove all of the above.
symtab.h, tm-i386v4.h, valprint.c, values.c: Lint.
* breakpoint.c, c-exp.y, coffread.c, command.c, environ.c, eval.c,
findvar.c, infcmd.c, infptrace.c, infrun.c, m2-exp.y, parse.c,
putenv.c, solib.c, sparc-xdep.c, symtab.c, tm-i386v.h, tm-sparc.h,
utils.c, valarith.c, valops.c, valprint.c, values.c:
Replace bcopy() use with memcpy(), which is more standard and can
take advantage of gcc's builtin functions for increased performance.
* breakpoint.c, buildsym.c, coffread.c, dbxread.c, i386-tdep.c,
ieee-float.c, infcmd.c, sparc-tdep.c, stack.c, symtab.c, symtab.h,
target.c, values.c:
Replace bzero() use with memset(), which is more standard and can
take advantage of gcc's builtin functions for increased performance.
* i386-tdep.c, main.c, valprint.c:
Replace bcmp() use with memcmp(), which is more standard and can
take advantage of gcc's builtin functions for increased performance.
* target.c (target_read_string): Create this routine to read null
terminated strings from the target. It deals with running off the
end of memory elegantly as well. solib.c (find_solib): Use
target_read_string() to avoid problems with running off the end of
memory.
causing return of random value to callee.
* config/mh-amix, config/mh-i386v4: Change to find alloca by
compiling and linking alloca.c, even when it is not strictly
required. Also arrange to link with -ltermlib rather than
-ltermcap.
* Makefile.in: Move TERMCAP definition to prior to inclusion
of host makefile fragments so it can be overridden.
machines with different sized basic types (ints, ptrs, etc).
(Idea from pierre@la.tce.com (Pierre Willard).)
* value.c (value_from_longest): Rename from value_from_long.
Handle pointer types as well as integers, so that targets with
different pointer sizes from the host can be accomodated.
* breakpoint.c, convex-tdep.c, eval.c, expprint.c, printcmd.c,
valarith.c, valops.c, valprint.c, value.h, values.c: Rename
uses of value_from_long to value_from_longest.
* eval.c, findvar.c, printcmd.c, valarith.c, valops.c: Pass
the correct pointer type to value_from_long{est}.
* remote-vx.c: Remove obsolete code for calling functions via
vxworks kludge interface (it referenced value_from_long).
* valops.c (value_string): Find malloc with lookup_misc_func, not
raw search.
* breakpoint.c, remote-vx.c: Reword strings printed by
catch_errors callers.
* core.c (core_open): Open file ourselves, read or r/w, depending on
write_files. Use bfd_fdopenr.
* gdbcore.h (write_files): New variable.
* exec.c (write_files): Define variable, add set&show for it.
(exec_file_command): Use write_files to open for read or r/write.
Make shared library reading happen automatically. These changes
are mostly from Peter Schauer <pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de>.
* inferior.h (stop_soon_quietly): Add to exported variables.
* infrun.c (child_create_inferior): call solib hook, if defined.
(child_attach): call solib hook, if defined.
* solib.c: Include inferior.h. Add from_tty to so_list as kludge.
(find_solib): Use lookup_misc_func rather than hand-rolled.
(symbol_add_stub): New stub for catch_errors.
(solib_add): Avoid output if !from_tty. Catch errors rather
than just calling symbol_file_add and bombing.
(solib_create_inferior_hook): Interface with the target process
to let it read and alloc shared libs, then figure out what it did.
* core.c (validate_files): Fix typo, soften warning.
(Fix from Hiroto Kagotani <kagotani@cs.titech.ac.jp>.)
* utils.c (fputs_demangled): Avoid duplicate printing if
demangling is off. (Fix from J.T. Conklin <jtc@cayenne.com>.)
* infrun.c (proceed): Cast -1 to (CORE_ADDR) before comparing.
(Fix from pierre@la.tce.com (Pierre Willard).)
* main.c (catch_errors): Change argument to a char * from an int,
since a char * can point to a struct full of glop, but an int
is not guaranteed to be able to hold a pointer.
* breakpoint.c (breakpoint_cond_eval, bpstat_stop_status,
breakpoint_re_set_one, breakpoint_re_set): Adapt.
* core.c (core_open, solib_add_stub): Adapt.
* remote-vx.c (symbol_stub, add_symbol_stub, callers): Adapt.
core.c (core_close): Call CLEAR_SOLIB.
(core_open): Remove comment about "should deal with shared lib".
(core_xfer_memory): If we can't xfer the usual way, try the
shared libraries.
solib.c (so_list): New fields so_bfd and so_sections{,_end}.
(find_solib): Use solib_map_sections to get ld_text.
(solib_map_sections, solib_xfer_memory): New functions.
(clear_solib): Free so_sections and close so_bfd.
tm-sunos.h: Add solib_xfer_memory, solib_add.
