During debugging I get 10-30 seconds for a response to simple commands like:
(gdb) print vectorvar.size()
With this patch the performance gets to 1-2 seconds which is somehow
acceptable. The problem is that dwarf2_gdb_index_functions.lookup_symbol
(quick_symbol_functions::lookup_symbol) may return (and returns) NULL even for
symbols which are present in .gdb_index but which can be found in already
expanded symtab. But searching in the already expanded symtabs is just too
slow when there are 400000+ expanded symtabs. There would be needed some
single global hash table for each objfile so that one does not have to iterate
all symtabs. Which .gdb_index could perfectly serve for, just its
lookup_symbol() would need to return authoritative yes/no answers.
Even after such fix these two simple patches are useful for example for
non-.gdb_index files.
One can reproduce the slugging interactive GDB performance with:
#include <string>
using namespace std;
string var;
class C {
public:
void m() {}
};
int main() {
C c;
c.m();
return 0;
}
g++ -o slow slow.C -Wall -g $(pkg-config --libs gtkmm-3.0)
gdb ./slow -ex 'b C::m' -ex 'maintenance set per-command space' -ex 'maintenance set per-command symtab' -ex 'maintenance set per-command
time' -ex r
[...]
(gdb) p <tab><tab>
Display all 183904 possibilities? (y or n) n
(gdb) p/r var
$1 = {static npos = <optimized out>, _M_dataplus = {<std::allocator<char>> = {<__gnu_cxx::new_allocator<char>> = {<No data fields>}, <No
data fields>}, _M_p = 0x3a4db073d8 <std::string::_Rep::_S_empty_rep_storage+24> ""}}
Command execution time: 20.023000 (cpu), 20.118665 (wall)
^^^^^^^^^
Space used:
927997952 (+0 for this command)
Without DWZ there are X global blocks for X primary symtabs for X CUs of
objfile. With DWZ there are X+Y global blocks for X+Y primary symtabs for
X+Y CUs where Y are 'DW_TAG_partial_unit's.
For 'DW_TAG_partial_unit's (Ys) their blockvector is usually empty. But not
always, I have found there typedef symbols, there can IMO be optimized-out
static variables etc.
Neither of the patches should cause any visible behavior change.
gdb/ChangeLog
2014-12-04 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
* block.c (block_lookup_symbol_primary): New function.
* block.h (block_lookup_symbol_primary): New declaration.
* symtab.c (lookup_symbol_in_objfile_symtabs): Assert BLOCK_INDEX.
Call block_lookup_symbol_primary.
+2014-12-04 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
+
+ * block.c (block_lookup_symbol_primary): New function.
+ * block.h (block_lookup_symbol_primary): New declaration.
+ * symtab.c (lookup_symbol_in_objfile_symtabs): Assert BLOCK_INDEX.
+ Call block_lookup_symbol_primary.
+
2014-12-03 Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@codesourcery.com>
* tramp-frame.h (tramp_frame): Add `validate' member.
return (sym_found); /* Will be NULL if not found. */
}
}
+
+/* See block.h. */
+
+struct symbol *
+block_lookup_symbol_primary (const struct block *block, const char *name,
+ const domain_enum domain)
+{
+ struct symbol *sym;
+ struct dict_iterator dict_iter;
+
+ /* Verify BLOCK is STATIC_BLOCK or GLOBAL_BLOCK. */
+ gdb_assert (BLOCK_SUPERBLOCK (block) == NULL
+ || BLOCK_SUPERBLOCK (BLOCK_SUPERBLOCK (block)) == NULL);
+
+ for (sym = dict_iter_name_first (block->dict, name, &dict_iter);
+ sym != NULL;
+ sym = dict_iter_name_next (name, &dict_iter))
+ {
+ if (symbol_matches_domain (SYMBOL_LANGUAGE (sym),
+ SYMBOL_DOMAIN (sym), domain))
+ return sym;
+ }
+
+ return NULL;
+}
const char *name,
const domain_enum domain);
+/* Search BLOCK for symbol NAME in DOMAIN but only in primary symbol table of
+ BLOCK. BLOCK must be STATIC_BLOCK or GLOBAL_BLOCK. Function is useful if
+ one iterates all global/static blocks of an objfile. */
+
+extern struct symbol *block_lookup_symbol_primary (const struct block *block,
+ const char *name,
+ const domain_enum domain);
+
/* Macro to loop through all symbols in BLOCK, in no particular
order. ITER helps keep track of the iteration, and must be a
struct block_iterator. SYM points to the current symbol. */
{
struct compunit_symtab *cust;
+ gdb_assert (block_index == GLOBAL_BLOCK || block_index == STATIC_BLOCK);
+
ALL_OBJFILE_COMPUNITS (objfile, cust)
{
const struct blockvector *bv;
bv = COMPUNIT_BLOCKVECTOR (cust);
block = BLOCKVECTOR_BLOCK (bv, block_index);
- sym = block_lookup_symbol (block, name, domain);
+ sym = block_lookup_symbol_primary (block, name, domain);
if (sym)
{
block_found = block;