2010-07-13 Emmanuel Thomé <Emmanuel.Thome@gmail.com>

[binutils-gdb.git] / gdb / auxv.c

diff --git a/gdb/auxv.c b/gdb/auxv.c
index 4fc5c9c5f4a0126a786699ef4291b59e484fec98..593b0c8059b545dec8d5312b970721909b55dd25 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/auxv.c
+++ b/gdb/auxv.c
@@ -208,8 +208,10 @@ memory_xfer_auxv (struct target_ops *ops,
   gdb_assert (readbuf || writebuf);
 
    /* ld_so_xfer_auxv is the only function safe for virtual executables being
-      executed by valgrind's memcheck.  As using ld_so_xfer_auxv is problematic
-      during inferior startup GDB does call it only for attached processes.  */
+      executed by valgrind's memcheck.  Using ld_so_xfer_auxv during inferior
+      startup is problematic, because ld.so symbol tables have not yet been
+      relocated.  So GDB uses this function only when attaching to a process.
+      */
 
   if (current_inferior ()->attach_flag != 0)
     {