From 55f65171f27fa2ed4920142261af0494d3974c74 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Kingdon Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1993 14:47:10 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] add comment --- gdb/minsyms.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/gdb/minsyms.c b/gdb/minsyms.c index 3665380f27b..63850aa528d 100644 --- a/gdb/minsyms.c +++ b/gdb/minsyms.c @@ -183,7 +183,9 @@ lookup_minimal_symbol (name, objf) equal to PC. Returns a pointer to the minimal symbol if such a symbol is found, or NULL if PC is not in a suitable range. Note that we need to look through ALL the minimal symbol tables before deciding on the - symbol that comes closest to the specified PC. */ + symbol that comes closest to the specified PC. This is because objfiles + can overlap, for example objfile A has .text at 0x100 and .data at 0x40000 + and objfile B has .text at 0x234 and .data at 0x40048. */ struct minimal_symbol * lookup_minimal_symbol_by_pc (pc) -- 2.30.2