gold/

	* layout.cc (gdb_sections): Remove ".debug_" prefixes,
	add .debug_macro.
	(lines_only_debug_sections): Likewise.
	(gdb_fast_lookup_sections): New static array.
	(is_gdb_debug_section): Rename formal parameter.
	(is_lines_only_debug_section): Likewise.
	(is_gdb_fast_lookup_section): New function.
	(Layout::include_section): Check for ".zdebug_" prefix; pass
	section name suffix to is_gdb_debug_section, et al.; check for
	fast-lookup sections when building .gdb_index.
	* options.h (--strip-debug-gdb): Update GDB version number.

diff --git a/gold/ChangeLog b/gold/ChangeLog
index 3d93e22322650aa137d2474bd54c28fe7e6d051c..bc21207ce1747a037153d55168bef14dc9f96189 100644 (file)
--- a/gold/ChangeLog
+++ b/gold/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+2012-06-06  Cary Coutant  <ccoutant@google.com>
+
+       * layout.cc (gdb_sections): Remove ".debug_" prefixes,
+       add .debug_macro.
+       (lines_only_debug_sections): Likewise.
+       (gdb_fast_lookup_sections): New static array.
+       (is_gdb_debug_section): Rename formal parameter.
+       (is_lines_only_debug_section): Likewise.
+       (is_gdb_fast_lookup_section): New function.
+       (Layout::include_section): Check for ".zdebug_" prefix; pass
+       section name suffix to is_gdb_debug_section, et al.; check for
+       fast-lookup sections when building .gdb_index.
+       * options.h (--strip-debug-gdb): Update GDB version number.
+
 2012-06-06  Cary Coutant  <ccoutant@google.com>
 
        * configure.ac: Add check for fallocate.

diff --git a/gold/layout.cc b/gold/layout.cc
index c7ca322fd5856114fb2295cbba88053992b1cb9f..154be8836bd047a62db29c48813f4938295b68ed 100644 (file)
--- a/gold/layout.cc
+++ b/gold/layout.cc
@@ -453,60 +453,98 @@ Layout::Hash_key::operator()(const Layout::Key& k) const
  return k.first + k.second.first + k.second.second;
 }
 
-// Returns whether the given section is in the list of
-// debug-sections-used-by-some-version-of-gdb.  Currently,
-// we've checked versions of gdb up to and including 7.4.
+// These are the debug sections that are actually used by gdb.
+// Currently, we've checked versions of gdb up to and including 7.4.
+// We only check the part of the name that follows ".debug_" or
+// ".zdebug_".
 
 static const char* gdb_sections[] =
-{ ".debug_abbrev",
-  ".debug_addr",         // Fission extension
-  // ".debug_aranges",   // not used by gdb as of 7.4
-  ".debug_frame",
-  ".debug_info",
-  ".debug_types",
-  ".debug_line",
-  ".debug_loc",
-  ".debug_macinfo",
-  // ".debug_pubnames",  // not used by gdb as of 7.4
-  // ".debug_pubtypes",  // not used by gdb as of 7.4
-  ".debug_ranges",
-  ".debug_str",
+{
+  "abbrev",
+  "addr",         // Fission extension
+  // "aranges",   // not used by gdb as of 7.4
+  "frame",
+  "info",
+  "types",
+  "line",
+  "loc",
+  "macinfo",
+  "macro",
+  // "pubnames",  // not used by gdb as of 7.4
+  // "pubtypes",  // not used by gdb as of 7.4
+  "ranges",
+  "str",
 };
 
+// This is the minimum set of sections needed for line numbers.
+
 static const char* lines_only_debug_sections[] =
-{ ".debug_abbrev",
-  // ".debug_addr",      // Fission extension
-  // ".debug_aranges",   // not used by gdb as of 7.4
-  // ".debug_frame",
-  ".debug_info",
-  // ".debug_types",
-  ".debug_line",
-  // ".debug_loc",
-  // ".debug_macinfo",
-  // ".debug_pubnames",  // not used by gdb as of 7.4
-  // ".debug_pubtypes",  // not used by gdb as of 7.4
-  // ".debug_ranges",
-  ".debug_str",
+{
+  "abbrev",
+  // "addr",      // Fission extension
+  // "aranges",   // not used by gdb as of 7.4
+  // "frame",
+  "info",
+  // "types",
+  "line",
+  // "loc",
+  // "macinfo",
+  // "macro",
+  // "pubnames",  // not used by gdb as of 7.4
+  // "pubtypes",  // not used by gdb as of 7.4
+  // "ranges",
+  "str",
+};
+
+// These sections are the DWARF fast-lookup tables, and are not needed
+// when building a .gdb_index section.
+
+static const char* gdb_fast_lookup_sections[] =
+{
+  "aranges",
+  "pubnames",
+  "pubtypes",
 };
 
+// Returns whether the given debug section is in the list of
+// debug-sections-used-by-some-version-of-gdb.  SUFFIX is the
+// portion of the name following ".debug_" or ".zdebug_".
+
 static inline bool
-is_gdb_debug_section(const char* str)
+is_gdb_debug_section(const char* suffix)
 {
   // We can do this faster: binary search or a hashtable.  But why bother?
   for (size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(gdb_sections)/sizeof(*gdb_sections); ++i)
-    if (strcmp(str, gdb_sections[i]) == 0)
+    if (strcmp(suffix, gdb_sections[i]) == 0)
       return true;
   return false;
 }
 
+// Returns whether the given section is needed for lines-only debugging.
+
 static inline bool
-is_lines_only_debug_section(const char* str)
+is_lines_only_debug_section(const char* suffix)
 {
   // We can do this faster: binary search or a hashtable.  But why bother?
   for (size_t i = 0;
        i < sizeof(lines_only_debug_sections)/sizeof(*lines_only_debug_sections);
        ++i)
-    if (strcmp(str, lines_only_debug_sections[i]) == 0)
+    if (strcmp(suffix, lines_only_debug_sections[i]) == 0)
+      return true;
+  return false;
+}
+
+// Returns whether the given section is a fast-lookup section that
+// will not be needed when building a .gdb_index section.
+
+static inline bool
+is_gdb_fast_lookup_section(const char* suffix)
+{
+  // We can do this faster: binary search or a hashtable.  But why bother?
+  for (size_t i = 0;
+       i < sizeof(gdb_fast_lookup_sections)/sizeof(*gdb_fast_lookup_sections);
+       ++i)
+    if (strcmp(suffix, gdb_fast_lookup_sections[i]) == 0)
       return true;
   return false;
 }
@@ -583,16 +621,34 @@ Layout::include_section(Sized_relobj_file<size, big_endian>*, const char* name,
          && (shdr.get_sh_flags() & elfcpp::SHF_ALLOC) == 0)
        {
          // Debugging sections can only be recognized by name.
-         if (is_prefix_of(".debug", name)
-             && !is_lines_only_debug_section(name))
+         if (is_prefix_of(".debug_", name)
+             && !is_lines_only_debug_section(name + 7))
+           return false;
+         if (is_prefix_of(".zdebug_", name)
+             && !is_lines_only_debug_section(name + 8))
            return false;
        }
       if (parameters->options().strip_debug_gdb()
          && (shdr.get_sh_flags() & elfcpp::SHF_ALLOC) == 0)
        {
          // Debugging sections can only be recognized by name.
-         if (is_prefix_of(".debug", name)
-             && !is_gdb_debug_section(name))
+         if (is_prefix_of(".debug_", name)
+             && !is_gdb_debug_section(name + 7))
+           return false;
+         if (is_prefix_of(".zdebug_", name)
+             && !is_gdb_debug_section(name + 8))
+           return false;
+       }
+      if (parameters->options().gdb_index()
+         && (shdr.get_sh_flags() & elfcpp::SHF_ALLOC) == 0)
+       {
+         // When building .gdb_index, we can strip .debug_pubnames,
+         // .debug_pubtypes, and .debug_aranges sections.
+         if (is_prefix_of(".debug_", name)
+             && is_gdb_fast_lookup_section(name + 7))
+           return false;
+         if (is_prefix_of(".zdebug_", name)
+             && is_gdb_fast_lookup_section(name + 8))
            return false;
        }
       if (parameters->options().strip_lto_sections()

diff --git a/gold/options.h b/gold/options.h
index 6463b809dde8be306c89e6a3c75e7631e12f1d0a..50762a5446d81229f3960d721adabd2b8735d007 100644 (file)
--- a/gold/options.h
+++ b/gold/options.h
@@ -1011,7 +1011,7 @@ class General_options
               N_("Emit only debug line number information"), NULL);
   DEFINE_bool(strip_debug_gdb, options::TWO_DASHES, '\0', false,
               N_("Strip debug symbols that are unused by gdb "
-                 "(at least versions <= 6.7)"), NULL);
+                 "(at least versions <= 7.4)"), NULL);
   DEFINE_bool(strip_lto_sections, options::TWO_DASHES, '\0', true,
               N_("Strip LTO intermediate code sections"), NULL);