From: Joel Brobecker Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 09:22:53 +0000 (-0500) Subject: Deprecate windows-specific dll-symbols command and aliases X-Git-Url: https://git.libre-soc.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=95060284901dbfb617a988069604f0835c36c0ca;p=binutils-gdb.git Deprecate windows-specific dll-symbols command and aliases The "dll-symbols" command, specific to native Windows platforms, gives the impression that the symbols were not loaded, first because it completes silently, and second because the "info shared" output does not get updated after the command completes: (gdb) dll-symbols C:\WINDOWS\syswow64\rpcrt4.dll (gdb) info shared From To Syms Read Shared Object Library [...] 0x77e51000 0x77ee2554 No C:\WINDOWS\system32\rpcrt4.dll (we exected the "Syms Read" column to read "Yes"). As far as I can tell, the symbols actually do get loaded, but completely independently from the solib framework, which explains the silent loading and the fact that the "Syms Read" column does not get updated. See windows-nat.c::safe_symbol_file_add_stub, which calls symbol_file_add instead of calling solib_add. But, aside from the fact that the "Syms Read" status does not get updated, I also noticed that it does not take into account the DLL's actual load address when loading its symbols. As a result, I believe that we get it wrong if the DLL does not get loaded at the prefered address. Rather than trying to fix this command, there does not seem to be a reason other than historical for having Windows-specific commands which essentially re-implements the "sharedlibrary" command. The command interface is slightly different (the latter takes a regexp rather than a plain filename), but it should be just as easy to use the "sharedlibrary" command, or its "share" alias, as usisng the "dll-symbols" command. For instance: (gdb) share rpcrt4.dll Reading symbols from C:\WINDOWS\system32\rpcrt4.dll...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for C:\WINDOWS\system32\rpcrt4.dll (gdb) info shared From To Syms Read Shared Object Library [...] 0x77e51000 0x77ee2554 Yes (*) C:\WINDOWS\system32\rpcrt4.dll This patch therefore deprecates the "dll-symbols" command, as well as its two aliases "add-shared-symbol-files" and "assf", with a view of deleting them as soon as the 7.8 branch gets cut. gdb/ChangeLog: * windows-nat.c (_initialize_windows_nat): Deprecate the "dll-symbols" command. Turn the "add-shared-symbol-files" and "assf" aliases into commands, and deprecate them as well. * NEWS: Add entry explaining that "dll-symbols" and its two aliases are now deprecated. gdb/doc/ChangeLog: * gdb.texinfo (Files): Document "add-shared-symbol-files" and "assf" as being deprecated. (Cygwin Native): Likewise for "dll-symbols". (Non-debug DLL Symbols): Remove reference to "dll-symbols" as a way to force the loading of symbols from a DLL. --- diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog index 7c54e0a9cd2..43a25390b9a 100644 --- a/gdb/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,11 @@ +2014-02-20 Joel Brobecker + + * windows-nat.c (_initialize_windows_nat): Deprecate the + "dll-symbols" command. Turn the "add-shared-symbol-files" + and "assf" aliases into commands, and deprecate them as well. + * NEWS: Add entry explaining that "dll-symbols" and its two + aliases are now deprecated. + 2014-02-20 Joel Brobecker * dec-thread.c (dec_thread_get_ada_task_ptid): Avoid unescaped diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS index 135858ef21e..2a384ba71a4 100644 --- a/gdb/NEWS +++ b/gdb/NEWS @@ -91,6 +91,10 @@ qXfer:btrace:read's annex * New targets PowerPC64 GNU/Linux little-endian powerpc64le-*-linux* +* The "dll-symbols" command, and its two aliases ("add-shared-symbol-files" + and "assf"), have been deprecated. Use the "sharedlibrary" command, or + its alias "share", instead. + *** Changes in GDB 7.7 * Improved support for process record-replay and reverse debugging on diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index 961990765da..cfde65c3a61 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,11 @@ +2014-02-20 Joel Brobecker + + * gdb.texinfo (Files): Document "add-shared-symbol-files" + and "assf" as being deprecated. + (Cygwin Native): Likewise for "dll-symbols". + (Non-debug DLL Symbols): Remove reference to "dll-symbols" + as a way to force the loading of symbols from a DLL. + 2014-02-19 Siva Chandra Reddy * python.texi (Values From Inferior): Add description about the diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index 7dc1564fc69..de5ac6349a3 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -16923,6 +16923,9 @@ For this command to work, you must have used @code{symbol-file} or @kindex assf @item add-shared-symbol-files @var{library-file} @itemx assf @var{library-file} +This command is deprecated and will be removed in future versions +of @value{GDBN}. Use the @code{sharedlibrary} command instead. + The @code{add-shared-symbol-files} command can currently be used only in the Cygwin build of @value{GDBN} on MS-Windows OS, where it is an alias for the @code{dll-symbols} command (@pxref{Cygwin Native}). @@ -19901,6 +19904,9 @@ This is a Cygwin-specific alias of @code{info shared}. @kindex dll-symbols @item dll-symbols +This command is deprecated and will be removed in future versions +of @value{GDBN}. Use the @code{sharedlibrary} command instead. + This command loads symbols from a dll similarly to add-sym command but without the need to specify a base address. @@ -19998,13 +20004,7 @@ describes working with such symbols, known internally to @value{GDBN} as Note that before the debugged program has started execution, no DLLs will have been loaded. The easiest way around this problem is simply to start the program --- either by setting a breakpoint or letting the -program run once to completion. It is also possible to force -@value{GDBN} to load a particular DLL before starting the executable --- -see the shared library information in @ref{Files}, or the -@code{dll-symbols} command in @ref{Cygwin Native}. Currently, -explicitly loading symbols from a DLL with no debugging information will -cause the symbol names to be duplicated in @value{GDBN}'s lookup table, -which may adversely affect symbol lookup performance. +program run once to completion. @subsubsection DLL Name Prefixes diff --git a/gdb/windows-nat.c b/gdb/windows-nat.c index e0dac7ba7f3..f5fb34bf82a 100644 --- a/gdb/windows-nat.c +++ b/gdb/windows-nat.c @@ -2672,12 +2672,17 @@ _initialize_windows_nat (void) c = add_com ("dll-symbols", class_files, dll_symbol_command, _("Load dll library symbols from FILE.")); set_cmd_completer (c, filename_completer); + deprecate_cmd (c, "sharedlibrary"); - add_com_alias ("sharedlibrary", "dll-symbols", class_alias, 1); - - add_com_alias ("add-shared-symbol-files", "dll-symbols", class_alias, 1); + c = add_com ("add-shared-symbol-files", class_files, dll_symbol_command, + _("Load dll library symbols from FILE.")); + set_cmd_completer (c, filename_completer); + deprecate_cmd (c, "sharedlibrary"); - add_com_alias ("assf", "dll-symbols", class_alias, 1); + c = add_com ("assf", class_files, dll_symbol_command, + _("Load dll library symbols from FILE.")); + set_cmd_completer (c, filename_completer); + deprecate_cmd (c, "sharedlibrary"); #ifdef __CYGWIN__ add_setshow_boolean_cmd ("shell", class_support, &useshell, _("\