[gdb/symtab] Find main language without symtab expansion

When loading an executable using "file a.out", the language is set according
to a.out, which can involve looking up the language of symbol "main", which
will cause the symtab expansion for the containing CU.

Expansion of lto debug info can be slow, so in commit d3214198119 ("[gdb] Use
partial symbol table to find language for main") a feature was added to avoid
the symtab expansion.

This feature stopped working after commit 7f4307436fd ("Fix "start" for D,
Rust, etc").

[ The commit addresses problems related to command start, which requires finding
the main function:
- for language D, "main" was found instead of "D main", and
- for Rust, the correct function was found, but attributed the wrong name
  (not fully qualified). ]

Reimplement the feature by adding
cooked_index_functions::lookup_global_symbol_language.

Tested on x86_64-linux.

PR symtab/30661
Bug: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30661

diff --git a/gdb/dwarf2/read.c b/gdb/dwarf2/read.c
index d5d405f780d72fa2ff24014dfcc6a70d748a0e7a..dd4fac52ca89dcfb0bf9caf3914414aa31f976ee 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/dwarf2/read.c
+++ b/gdb/dwarf2/read.c
@@ -16713,6 +16713,46 @@ struct cooked_index_functions : public dwarf2_base_index_functions
     if (dwarf2_has_info (objfile, nullptr))
       dwarf2_build_psymtabs (objfile);
   }
+
+  enum language lookup_global_symbol_language (struct objfile *objfile,
+                                              const char *name,
+                                              domain_enum domain,
+                                              bool *symbol_found_p) override
+  {
+    *symbol_found_p = false;
+
+    if (!(domain == VAR_DOMAIN && streq (name, "main")))
+      return language_unknown;
+
+    dwarf2_per_objfile *per_objfile = get_dwarf2_per_objfile (objfile);
+    struct dwarf2_per_bfd *per_bfd = per_objfile->per_bfd;
+    if (per_bfd->index_table == nullptr)
+      return language_unknown;
+
+    /* Expansion of large CUs can be slow.  By returning the language of main
+       here for C and C++, we avoid CU expansion during set_initial_language.
+       But by doing a symbol lookup in the cooked index, we are forced to wait
+       for finalization to complete.  See PR symtab/30174 for ideas how to
+       bypass that as well.  */
+    cooked_index *table
+      = (gdb::checked_static_cast<cooked_index *>
+        (per_bfd->index_table.get ()));
+
+    for (const cooked_index_entry *entry : table->find (name, false))
+      {
+       if (entry->tag != DW_TAG_subprogram)
+         continue;
+
+       enum language lang = entry->per_cu->lang ();
+       if (!(lang == language_c || lang == language_cplus))
+         continue;
+
+       *symbol_found_p = true;
+       return lang;
+      }
+
+    return language_unknown;
+  }
 };
 
 dwarf2_per_cu_data *

diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/main-c.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/main-c.exp
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..144b719
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/main-c.exp
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# Copyright 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# Check that finding main to set the current language doesn't cause any symtab
+# to be expanded.
+
+standard_testfile main.c
+
+require !readnow
+
+if { [prepare_for_testing "failed to prepare" $testfile $srcfile] } {
+    return -1
+}
+
+require {string eq [have_index $binfile] ""}
+
+gdb_test_no_output "maint info symtabs"

diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.cp/main-cp.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.cp/main-cp.exp
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..7404f39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.cp/main-cp.exp
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# Copyright 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# Check that finding main to set the current language doesn't cause any symtab
+# to be expanded.
+
+standard_testfile main.cc
+
+require !readnow
+
+if { [prepare_for_testing "failed to prepare" $testfile $srcfile] } {
+    return -1
+}
+
+require {string eq [have_index $binfile] ""}
+
+gdb_test_no_output "maint info symtabs"

diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.cp/main.cc b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.cp/main.cc
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..c6beff7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.cp/main.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/* This testcase is part of GDB, the GNU debugger.
+
+   Copyright 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+   (at your option) any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+int
+main (void)
+{
+  return 0;
+}