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Re: [RFC] Uninitialized section index internal error on Tru64 5.1
Joel Brobecker writes:
> Thank you Elena for reviewing my changes. May I suggest the following
> patch for inclusion, then?
Yes, OK.
Thanks
Elena
>
> 2002-04-16 J. Brobecker <brobecker@gnat.com>
>
> * symfile.h (get_section_index): Define.
> * symfile.c (get_section_index): New function.
> * mdebugread.c (SC_IS_SBSS): New macro.
> (SC_IS_BSS): Return true for the scBss storage class only, as
> the scSBss storage class refers to the .sbss section.
> (parse_partial_symbols): Discard the symbols which associated
> section does not exist.
> Make sure to use the .sbss section index for symbols which
> storage class is scBss, rather than using the .bss section index.
>
> One additional note: I split the SC_IS_BSS macro into 2 macros, one for
> scBss and one for scSBss. I wonder if the same should not be done for
> the SC_IS_TEXT and SC_IS_DATA macros as well. So far, I haven't found a
> case where this causes a problem, so left them unchanged for now.
>
> --
> Joel
> Index: symfile.h
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/symfile.h,v
> retrieving revision 1.12
> diff -c -3 -p -r1.12 symfile.h
> *** symfile.h 1 Feb 2002 01:14:20 -0000 1.12
> --- symfile.h 16 Apr 2002 13:18:36 -0000
> *************** extern void find_lowest_section (bfd *,
> *** 252,257 ****
> --- 252,259 ----
>
> extern bfd *symfile_bfd_open (char *);
>
> + extern int get_section_index (struct objfile *, char *);
> +
> /* Utility functions for overlay sections: */
> extern enum overlay_debugging_state {
> ovly_off,
> Index: symfile.c
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/symfile.c,v
> retrieving revision 1.58
> diff -c -3 -p -r1.58 symfile.c
> *** symfile.c 29 Mar 2002 01:09:27 -0000 1.58
> --- symfile.c 16 Apr 2002 13:18:36 -0000
> *************** static void cashier_psymtab (struct part
> *** 120,125 ****
> --- 120,127 ----
>
> bfd *symfile_bfd_open (char *);
>
> + int get_section_index (struct objfile *, char *);
> +
> static void find_sym_fns (struct objfile *);
>
> static void decrement_reading_symtab (void *);
> *************** symfile_bfd_open (char *name)
> *** 1113,1118 ****
> --- 1115,1132 ----
> bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
> }
> return (sym_bfd);
> + }
> +
> + /* Return the section index for the given section name. Return -1 if
> + the section was not found. */
> + int
> + get_section_index (struct objfile *objfile, char *section_name)
> + {
> + asection *sect = bfd_get_section_by_name (objfile->obfd, section_name);
> + if (sect)
> + return sect->index;
> + else
> + return -1;
> }
>
> /* Link a new symtab_fns into the global symtab_fns list. Called on gdb
> Index: mdebugread.c
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/mdebugread.c,v
> retrieving revision 1.24
> diff -c -3 -p -r1.24 mdebugread.c
> *** mdebugread.c 19 Mar 2002 19:00:03 -0000 1.24
> --- mdebugread.c 16 Apr 2002 13:18:36 -0000
> *************** struct symloc
> *** 143,149 ****
> || (sc) == scPData \
> || (sc) == scXData)
> #define SC_IS_COMMON(sc) ((sc) == scCommon || (sc) == scSCommon)
> ! #define SC_IS_BSS(sc) ((sc) == scBss || (sc) == scSBss)
> #define SC_IS_UNDEF(sc) ((sc) == scUndefined || (sc) == scSUndefined)
>
> /* Various complaints about symbol reading that don't abort the process */
> --- 143,150 ----
> || (sc) == scPData \
> || (sc) == scXData)
> #define SC_IS_COMMON(sc) ((sc) == scCommon || (sc) == scSCommon)
> ! #define SC_IS_BSS(sc) ((sc) == scBss)
> ! #define SC_IS_SBSS(sc) ((sc) == scSBss)
> #define SC_IS_UNDEF(sc) ((sc) == scUndefined || (sc) == scSUndefined)
>
> /* Various complaints about symbol reading that don't abort the process */
> *************** parse_partial_symbols (struct objfile *o
> *** 2425,2450 ****
> --- 2426,2497 ----
> ms_type = mst_bss;
> svalue += ANOFFSET (objfile->section_offsets, SECT_OFF_BSS (objfile));
> }
> + else if (SC_IS_SBSS (ext_in->asym.sc))
> + {
> + ms_type = mst_bss;
> + svalue += ANOFFSET (objfile->section_offsets,
> + get_section_index (objfile, ".sbss"));
> + }
> else
> ms_type = mst_abs;
> break;
> case stLabel:
> /* Label */
> +
> + /* On certain platforms, some extra label symbols can be
> + generated by the linker. One possible usage for this kind
> + of symbols is to represent the address of the begining of a
> + given section. For instance, on Tru64 5.1, the address of
> + the _ftext label is the start address of the .text section.
> +
> + The storage class of these symbols is usually directly
> + related to the section to which the symbol refers. For
> + instance, on Tru64 5.1, the storage class for the _fdata
> + label is scData, refering to the .data section.
> +
> + It is actually possible that the section associated to the
> + storage class of the label does not exist. On True64 5.1
> + for instance, the libm.so shared library does not contain
> + any .data section, although it contains a _fpdata label
> + which storage class is scData... Since these symbols are
> + usually useless for the debugger user anyway, we just
> + discard these symbols.
> + */
> +
> if (SC_IS_TEXT (ext_in->asym.sc))
> {
> + if (objfile->sect_index_text == -1)
> + continue;
> +
> ms_type = mst_file_text;
> svalue += ANOFFSET (objfile->section_offsets, SECT_OFF_TEXT (objfile));
> }
> else if (SC_IS_DATA (ext_in->asym.sc))
> {
> + if (objfile->sect_index_data == -1)
> + continue;
> +
> ms_type = mst_file_data;
> svalue += ANOFFSET (objfile->section_offsets, SECT_OFF_DATA (objfile));
> }
> else if (SC_IS_BSS (ext_in->asym.sc))
> {
> + if (objfile->sect_index_bss == -1)
> + continue;
> +
> ms_type = mst_file_bss;
> svalue += ANOFFSET (objfile->section_offsets, SECT_OFF_BSS (objfile));
> }
> + else if (SC_IS_SBSS (ext_in->asym.sc))
> + {
> + const int sbss_sect_index = get_section_index (objfile, ".sbss");
> +
> + if (sbss_sect_index == -1)
> + continue;
> +
> + ms_type = mst_file_bss;
> + svalue += ANOFFSET (objfile->section_offsets, sbss_sect_index);
> + }
> else
> ms_type = mst_abs;
> break;