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authorDoug Evans <dje@google.com>2013-10-05 01:44:16 +0000
committerDoug Evans <dje@google.com>2013-10-05 01:44:16 +0000
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downloadgdb-f84690b22b0653445a763e71f6b56010035eb013.tar.gz
Add support for DWP file format version 2.
* NEWS: Mention support for DWP file format version 2. * dwarf2read.c (dwarf2_section_info): Convert asection field to a union of asection, containing_section. New fields virtual_offset and is_virtual. Change type of readin filed from int to char. (dwo_sections, dwo_file): Tweak comments. (dwp_v2_section_ids): New enum. (dwp_sections): New fields abbrev, info, line, loc, macinfo, macro, str_offsets, types. (virtual_v1_dwo_sections): Renamed from virtual_dwo_sections. All uses updated. (virtual_v2_dwo_sections): New struct. (dwp_hash_table): New fields version, nr_columns. Change type of section_pool field to a union. (dwp_file): New field version. (dwarf2_has_info): Check for virtual sections. (get_containing_section): New function. (get_section_bfd_owner, get_section_bfd_section): Call it. (dwarf2_locate_sections): Update. (dwarf2_section_empty_p): Update. (dwarf2_read_section): Handle virtual sections. (locate_dwz_sections): Update. (create_dwp_hash_table): Document and handle V2 format. (locate_v1_virtual_dwo_sections): Renamed from locate_virtual_dwo_sections and update. All callers updated. (create_dwo_unit_in_dwp_v1): Renamed from create_dwo_in_dwp. Delete arg htab. Rename arg section_index to unit_index. All callers updated. (MAX_NR_V1_DWO_SECTIONS): Renamed from MAX_NR_DWO_SECTIONS. All uses updated. (create_dwp_v2_section, create_dwo_unit_in_dwp_v2): New functions. (lookup_dwo_unit_in_dwp): Add V2 support. (dwarf2_locate_dwo_sections): Update. (dwarf2_locate_common_dwp_sections): Renamed from dwarf2_locate_dwp_sections and update. All callers updated. (dwarf2_locate_v2_dwp_sections): New function. (open_and_init_dwp_file): Add V2 support. (read_str_index): New locals str_section, str_offsets_section.
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*** Changes since GDB 7.6
+* GDB now supports Fission DWP file format version 2.
+ http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/DebugFission
+
* New convenience function "$_isvoid", to check whether an expression
is void. A void expression is an expression where the type of the
result is "void". For example, some convenience variables may be