[2/4] Make add-symbol-file's address argument optional
Commit Message
From: Petr Tesarik <petr@tesarici.cz>
The (first) .text section must be always specified as the second
non-option argument. The documentation states that GDB cannot
figure out this address by itself. This is true if the object file
was indeed relocated, but it is also confusing, because all other
sections can be omitted and will use the address provided by BFD.
gdb/ChangeLog:
2018-06-08 Petr Tesarik <ptesarik@suse.com>
* symfile.c (add_symbol_file_command): Do not require the second
argument. If omitted, load sections at the addresses specified in
the file.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
2018-06-08 Petr Tesarik <ptesarik@suse.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Files): The address argument for "add-symbol-file"
is no longer mandatory.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
2018-06-08 Petr Tesarik <ptesarik@suse.com>
* gdb.base/relocate.exp: Test add-symbol-file behavior when the
address argument is omitted.
---
gdb/ChangeLog | 2 ++
gdb/doc/ChangeLog | 2 ++
gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo | 13 ++++++++-----
gdb/symfile.c | 23 +++++++++++------------
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog | 2 ++
gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/relocate.exp | 15 +++++++++++++++
6 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
Comments
> From: Petr Tesarik <ptesarik@suse.cz>
> Cc: Simon Marchi <simon.marchi@polymtl.ca>, John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>, Petr Tesarik <petr@tesarici.cz>, Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@suse.com>
> Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2018 14:39:58 +0200
>
> gdb/ChangeLog:
> 2018-06-08 Petr Tesarik <ptesarik@suse.com>
>
> * symfile.c (add_symbol_file_command): Do not require the second
> argument. If omitted, load sections at the addresses specified in
> the file.
>
> gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
> 2018-06-08 Petr Tesarik <ptesarik@suse.com>
>
> * gdb.texinfo (Files): The address argument for "add-symbol-file"
> is no longer mandatory.
>
> gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
> 2018-06-08 Petr Tesarik <ptesarik@suse.com>
>
> * gdb.base/relocate.exp: Test add-symbol-file behavior when the
> address argument is omitted.
Thanks, the documentation part is OK.
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
* symfile.c (symbol_file_command, symbol_file_add_main_1)
(_initialize_symfile): Add option "-o" to symbol-file to add an
offset to each section of the symbol file.
+ (add_symbol_file_command): Do not require the second argument. If
+ omitted, load sections at the addresses specified in the file.
2018-06-07 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
2018-06-08 Petr Tesarik <ptesarik@suse.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Files): Document "symbol-file -o offset".
+ (Files): The address argument for "add-symbol-file" is no longer
+ mandatory.
2018-06-05 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
@@ -18917,18 +18917,21 @@ the program is running. To do this, use the @code{kill} command
@kindex add-symbol-file
@cindex dynamic linking
-@item add-symbol-file @var{filename} @var{address}
-@itemx add-symbol-file @var{filename} @var{address} @r{[} -readnow @r{|} -readnever @r{]}
-@itemx add-symbol-file @var{filename} @var{address} -s @var{section} @var{address} @dots{}
+@item add-symbol-file @var{filename} @r{[} @var{address} @r{]}
+@itemx add-symbol-file @var{filename} @r{[} @var{address} @r{]} @r{[} -readnow @r{|} -readnever @r{]}
+@itemx add-symbol-file @var{filename} @r{[} @var{address} @r{]} -s @var{section} @var{address} @dots{}
The @code{add-symbol-file} command reads additional symbol table
information from the file @var{filename}. You would use this command
when @var{filename} has been dynamically loaded (by some other means)
into the program that is running. The @var{address} should give the memory
-address at which the file has been loaded; @value{GDBN} cannot figure
-this out for itself. You can additionally specify an arbitrary number
+address at which the file has been loaded.
+You can additionally specify an arbitrary number
of @samp{-s @var{section} @var{address}} pairs, to give an explicit
section name and base address for that section. You can specify any
@var{address} as an expression.
+If @var{address} is omitted, @value{GDBN} will use the section
+addresses found in @var{filename}. You can use @samp{-s} to
+override this default and load a section at a different address.
The symbol table of the file @var{filename} is added to the symbol table
originally read with the @code{symbol-file} command. You can use the
@@ -2161,29 +2161,26 @@ add_symbol_file_command (const char *args, int from_tty)
validate_readnow_readnever (flags);
- /* This command takes at least two arguments. The first one is a
- filename, and the second is the address where this file has been
- loaded. Abort now if this address hasn't been provided by the
- user. */
- if (!seen_addr)
- error (_("The address where %s has been loaded is missing"),
- filename.get ());
-
/* Print the prompt for the query below. And save the arguments into
a sect_addr_info structure to be passed around to other
functions. We have to split this up into separate print
statements because hex_string returns a local static
string. */
- printf_unfiltered (_("add symbol table from file \"%s\" at\n"),
+ printf_unfiltered (_("add symbol table from file \"%s\""),
filename.get ());
section_addr_info section_addrs;
- for (sect_opt § : sect_opts)
+ std::vector<sect_opt>::const_iterator it = sect_opts.begin ();
+ if (!seen_addr)
+ ++it;
+ for (; it != sect_opts.end (); ++it)
{
CORE_ADDR addr;
- const char *val = sect.value;
- const char *sec = sect.name;
+ const char *val = it->value;
+ const char *sec = it->name;
+ if (section_addrs.size () == 0)
+ printf_unfiltered (_(" at\n"));
addr = parse_and_eval_address (val);
/* Here we store the section offsets in the order they were
@@ -2198,6 +2195,8 @@ add_symbol_file_command (const char *args, int from_tty)
At this point, we don't know what file type this is,
so we can't determine what section names are valid. */
}
+ if (section_addrs.size () == 0)
+ printf_unfiltered ("\n");
if (from_tty && (!query ("%s", "")))
error (_("Not confirmed."));
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
2018-06-08 Petr Tesarik <ptesarik@suse.com>
* gdb.base/relocate.exp: Add test for "symbol-file -o ".
+ Test add-symbol-file behavior when the address argument is
+ omitted.
2018-06-05 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
@@ -73,6 +73,21 @@ gdb_test_multiple "add-symbol-file -s .text 0x200 $binfile 0x100" $test {
gdb_test "n" "Not confirmed\." $test
}
}
+# Check that passing a single "-s .text" is equivallent to passing
+# the text address in a positional argument.
+set test "add-symbol-file -s .text, no address"
+gdb_test_multiple "add-symbol-file $binfile -s .text 0x100" $test {
+ -re "add symbol table from file \"${binfile}\" at\r\n\t\.text_addr = 0x100\r\n\\(y or n\\) " {
+ gdb_test "n" "Not confirmed\." $test
+ }
+}
+# Check section addresses can be omitted.
+set test "add-symbol-file no address"
+gdb_test_multiple "add-symbol-file $binfile" $test {
+ -re "add symbol table from file \"${binfile}\"\r\n\\(y or n\\) " {
+ gdb_test "n" "Not confirmed\." $test
+ }
+}
# Test that passing "--" disables option processing.
gdb_test "add-symbol-file -- $binfile 0x100 -s .bss 0x3" \
"Unrecognized argument \"-s\"" \