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Re: Display libc function names instead of address ?


On Thu, Jun 16, 2005 at 05:36:00AM +0200, Victor STINNER wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I woud like to know if it is possible to display libc functions name
> instead of their address. Example :
> 
> (1) (...) // prepare parameters
>     call 0x8048728
> 
> (2) jmp *0x804a6b0 // in relocation table, at 0x08048728
> 
> And if I do a "objdump -R file | grep 0x804a6b0", it answers printf. So
> is it possible to display "call printf" instead of "call 0x8048728" ? Or
> at least display "jmp *<printf>" instead of "jmp *0x804a6b0" ?
> 
> I think that gdb can already read relocation table because "print
> printf" command give me the function address.
> 
> I hope that it's just an option :-)

GDB can't do this - but, I think, that the very latest BFD/opcodes
library supports this for some targets.  Someone needs to hook those
bits up to GDB.

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery, LLC


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