From: Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 13:23:45 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: 	* nm.c (print_symname): When demangling, strip leading dots from
X-Git-Url: https://git.libre-soc.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=eb3f2f5cfd7ff8acc1f6f03bc289643bd5384791;p=binutils-gdb.git

	* nm.c (print_symname): When demangling, strip leading dots from
	symbol names to avoid confusing the demangler.
---

diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog
index 72ccd381b42..8d39f9aabbf 100644
--- a/binutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/binutils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-06-26  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
+
+	* nm.c (print_symname): When demangling, strip leading dots from
+	symbol names to avoid confusing the demangler.
+
 2002-06-25  H.J. Lu <hjl@gnu.org>
 
 	* Makefile.am (check-DEJAGNU): Set LC_ALL=C and export it.
diff --git a/binutils/nm.c b/binutils/nm.c
index 306f2c60e3e..f97732e0e23 100644
--- a/binutils/nm.c
+++ b/binutils/nm.c
@@ -1086,6 +1086,7 @@ print_symname (format, name, abfd)
   if (do_demangle && *name)
     {
       char *res;
+      const char *p;
 
       /* In this mode, give a user-level view of the symbol name
 	 even if it's not mangled; strip off any leading
@@ -1093,9 +1094,30 @@ print_symname (format, name, abfd)
       if (bfd_get_symbol_leading_char (abfd) == name[0])
 	name++;
 
-      res = cplus_demangle (name, DMGL_ANSI | DMGL_PARAMS);
+      /* This is a hack for XCOFF, PowerPC64-ELF or the MS PE format.
+	 These formats have a number of leading '.'s on at least some
+	 symbols, so we remove all dots to avoid confusing the
+	 demangler.  */
+      p = name;
+      while (*p == '.')
+	++p;
+
+      res = cplus_demangle (p, DMGL_ANSI | DMGL_PARAMS);
       if (res)
 	{
+	  size_t dots = p - name;
+
+	  /* Now put back any stripped dots.  */
+	  if (dots != 0)
+	    {
+	      size_t len = strlen (res) + 1;
+	      char *add_dots = xmalloc (len + dots);
+
+	      memcpy (add_dots, name, dots);
+	      memcpy (add_dots + dots, res, len);
+	      free (res);
+	      res = add_dots;
+	    }
 	  printf (format, res);
 	  free (res);
 	  return;