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[0/10] RFC: remove obj_section field
- From: Tom Tromey <tromey at redhat dot com>
- To: gdb-patches at sourceware dot org
- Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2013 12:41:01 -0700
- Subject: [0/10] RFC: remove obj_section field
This series removes general_symbol_info::obj_section.
The immediate benefit of doing this is that it shrinks all symbols by a
whole pointer. This is a reasonably good memory savings.
This series also has the nice effect of regularizing section indices:
now the SYMBOL_SECTION is the same (modulo minor weirdness, see patch
#6) as the BFD section index.
This series also supports my long-term goal of "objfile splitting". At
least patches 2, 3, and 4 go in this direction, by removing one
symbol->objfile backlink, and by introducing "bound minimal symbols".
I'll describe this more in those patches.
I've built and regtested this series on x86-64 Fedora 16, on PPC Fedora
18 (gcc110 in the compile farm), and on HP-UX. I also built and
regtested it on x86-64 Fedora 16 using -gstabs+.
However, it could certainly use more testing and inspection. The
individual patch messages will point out some of the questionable bits.
Joel, I will push a new branch for you to test, if you don't mind. I'll
send email when it is ready.
Tom