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1 files changed, 22 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/solib-svr4.c b/gdb/solib-svr4.c
index 6a866560ceb..3ab247248d8 100644
--- a/gdb/solib-svr4.c
+++ b/gdb/solib-svr4.c
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ static CORE_ADDR breakpoint_addr; /* Address where end bkpt is set */
static int match_main (char *);
-static CORE_ADDR bfd_lookup_symbol (bfd *, char *);
+static CORE_ADDR bfd_lookup_symbol (bfd *, char *, flagword);
/*
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ static CORE_ADDR bfd_lookup_symbol (bfd *, char *);
SYNOPSIS
- CORE_ADDR bfd_lookup_symbol (bfd *abfd, char *symname)
+ CORE_ADDR bfd_lookup_symbol (bfd *abfd, char *symname, flagword sect_flags)
DESCRIPTION
@@ -196,12 +196,15 @@ static CORE_ADDR bfd_lookup_symbol (bfd *, char *);
shared library support to find the address of the debugger
interface structures in the shared library.
+ If SECT_FLAGS is non-zero, only match symbols in sections whose
+ flags include all those in SECT_FLAGS.
+
Note that 0 is specifically allowed as an error return (no
such symbol).
*/
static CORE_ADDR
-bfd_lookup_symbol (bfd *abfd, char *symname)
+bfd_lookup_symbol (bfd *abfd, char *symname, flagword sect_flags)
{
long storage_needed;
asymbol *sym;
@@ -222,7 +225,8 @@ bfd_lookup_symbol (bfd *abfd, char *symname)
for (i = 0; i < number_of_symbols; i++)
{
sym = *symbol_table++;
- if (STREQ (sym->name, symname))
+ if (STREQ (sym->name, symname)
+ && (sym->section->flags & sect_flags) == sect_flags)
{
/* Bfd symbols are section relative. */
symaddr = sym->value + sym->section->vma;
@@ -249,7 +253,9 @@ bfd_lookup_symbol (bfd *abfd, char *symname)
for (i = 0; i < number_of_symbols; i++)
{
sym = *symbol_table++;
- if (STREQ (sym->name, symname))
+
+ if (STREQ (sym->name, symname)
+ && (sym->section->flags & sect_flags) == sect_flags)
{
/* Bfd symbols are section relative. */
symaddr = sym->value + sym->section->vma;
@@ -355,7 +361,7 @@ look_for_base (int fd, CORE_ADDR baseaddr)
for (symbolp = debug_base_symbols; *symbolp != NULL; symbolp++)
{
- address = bfd_lookup_symbol (interp_bfd, *symbolp);
+ address = bfd_lookup_symbol (interp_bfd, *symbolp, 0);
if (address != 0)
{
break;
@@ -1061,7 +1067,16 @@ enable_break (void)
/* Now try to set a breakpoint in the dynamic linker. */
for (bkpt_namep = solib_break_names; *bkpt_namep != NULL; bkpt_namep++)
{
- sym_addr = bfd_lookup_symbol (tmp_bfd, *bkpt_namep);
+ /* On ABI's that use function descriptors, there are usually
+ two linker symbols associated with each C function: one
+ pointing at the actual entry point of the machine code,
+ and one pointing at the function's descriptor. The
+ latter symbol has the same name as the C function.
+
+ What we're looking for here is the machine code entry
+ point, so we are only interested in symbols in code
+ sections. */
+ sym_addr = bfd_lookup_symbol (tmp_bfd, *bkpt_namep, SEC_CODE);
if (sym_addr != 0)
break;
}