* rs6000-nat.c (xcoff_relocate_symtab): Do nothing if debugging

        a core file. Add comment in the function description.

diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 4852d1f09d6443eb7bc3301bc14ff74cf89c51c0..c5f0a6bafeb2c9e20407fca5444d44b37d389a69 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-05-19  Joel Brobecker  <brobecker@adacore.com>
+
+       * rs6000-nat.c (xcoff_relocate_symtab): Do nothing if debugging
+       a core file. Add comment in the function description.
+
 2007-05-18  Caroline Tice  <ctice@apple.com>
 
        * c-valprint.c (c_value_print):  If the initialized field of the

diff --git a/gdb/rs6000-nat.c b/gdb/rs6000-nat.c
index efb40e640767a194945d0b7e59c37a9ae3923015..3be2e9ff1051b6ea300cd435a4f93a31a091ce85 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/rs6000-nat.c
+++ b/gdb/rs6000-nat.c
@@ -1016,7 +1016,9 @@ rs6000_create_inferior (char *exec_file, char *allargs, char **env, int from_tty
 
 \f
 /* xcoff_relocate_symtab -      hook for symbol table relocation.
-   also reads shared libraries.  */
+   
+   This is only applicable to live processes, and is a no-op when
+   debugging a core file.  */
 
 void
 xcoff_relocate_symtab (unsigned int pid)
@@ -1028,6 +1030,9 @@ xcoff_relocate_symtab (unsigned int pid)
   int ldisize = arch64 ? sizeof (ldi->l64) : sizeof (ldi->l32);
   int size;
 
+  if (ptid_equal (inferior_ptid, null_ptid))
+    return;
+
   do
     {
       size = load_segs * ldisize;