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Re: [0/4] RFC: add DWARF index support


>>>>> "Tom" == Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com> writes:

Tom> Roland suggested we wrap up the index-creation code into a helper
Tom> script.

Tom> I'm not sure if this is something people would want in gdb proper, but I
Tom> figured I would send it here just in case.

I am going to check this in.
I'm actually committing the appended.  I addressed Eli's comments, and I
added ".sh" to the name of the file as it appears in the source tree.

Tom

2010-07-30  Tom Tromey  <tromey@redhat.com>

	* Makefile.in (install-only): Install gdb-add-index.
	* gdb-add-index.sh: New file.

2010-07-30  Tom Tromey  <tromey@redhat.com>

	* gdb.texinfo (Index Files): Mention gdb-add-index.

Index: Makefile.in
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/Makefile.in,v
retrieving revision 1.1128
diff -u -r1.1128 Makefile.in
--- Makefile.in	28 Jul 2010 18:32:33 -0000	1.1128
+++ Makefile.in	30 Jul 2010 20:45:30 -0000
@@ -1018,7 +1018,16 @@
 		$(SHELL) $(srcdir)/../mkinstalldirs \
 			$(DESTDIR)$(man1dir) ; \
 		$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/gdb.1 \
-			$(DESTDIR)$(man1dir)/$$transformed_name.1
+			$(DESTDIR)$(man1dir)/$$transformed_name.1; \
+	transformed_name=`t='$(program_transform_name)'; \
+			  echo gdb-add-index | sed -e "$$t"` ; \
+		if test "x$$transformed_name" = x; then \
+		  transformed_name=gdb-add-index ; \
+		else \
+		  true ; \
+		fi ; \
+		$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) $(srcdir)/gdb-add-index.sh \
+			$(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/$$transformed_name$(EXEEXT)
 	@$(MAKE) DO=install "DODIRS=$(SUBDIRS)" $(FLAGS_TO_PASS) subdir_do
 .PHONY: install-tui
 install-tui:
Index: gdb-add-index.sh
===================================================================
RCS file: gdb-add-index.sh
diff -N gdb-add-index.sh
--- /dev/null	1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 -0000
+++ gdb-add-index.sh	30 Jul 2010 20:45:30 -0000
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+
+# Add a .gdb_index section to a file.
+
+# Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+file="$1"
+dir="${file%/*}"
+
+gdb --batch-silent -ex "file $file" -ex "save gdb-index $dir"
+
+if test -f "${file}.gdb-index"; then
+   objcopy --add-section .gdb_index="${file}.gdb-index" --set-section-flags .gdb_index=readonly "$file" "$file"
+   rm -f "${file}.gdb-index"
+fi
+
+exit 0
Index: doc/gdb.texinfo
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo,v
retrieving revision 1.745
diff -u -r1.745 gdb.texinfo
--- doc/gdb.texinfo	30 Jul 2010 14:32:02 -0000	1.745
+++ doc/gdb.texinfo	30 Jul 2010 20:45:34 -0000
@@ -15244,6 +15244,15 @@
 for DWARF debugging information, not stabs.  And, they do not
 currently work for programs using Ada.
 
+@pindex gdb-add-index
+@value{GDBN} comes with a program, @command{gdb-add-index}, which can
+be used to add the index to a symbol file.  It takes the symbol file
+as its only argument:
+
+@smallexample
+$ gdb-add-index symfile
+@end smallexample
+
 
 @node Symbol Errors
 @section Errors Reading Symbol Files


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