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| author | Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com> | 2013-10-17 12:03:06 -0600 |
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| committer | Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com> | 2014-02-26 12:11:18 -0700 |
| commit | 9b333ba3405066be10f4fc1c497b7fb1a7cafd53 (patch) | |
| tree | e7b0d723883d105815fbd2c81ecbb25b22858b8b /gdb | |
| parent | 5f6cac4085c95c5339b9549dc06d4f9184184fa6 (diff) | |
| download | binutils-gdb-9b333ba3405066be10f4fc1c497b7fb1a7cafd53.tar.gz | |
make "file" use the BFD cache better
Right now the "file" command will discard the exec_bfd and then
possibly open a new one.
If this ends up reopening the same file, it can cause needless work by
gdb -- destroying all the per-BFD data just to re-read it again.
This patch changes the code to hold a reference to the old exec_bfd
while opening the new one.
The possible downside of this is a higher peak memory use.
2014-02-26 Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
* exec.c (exec_file_attach): Hold a reference to exec_bfd.
Diffstat (limited to 'gdb')
| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/ChangeLog | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/exec.c | 16 |
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog index f5df2f2724c..71723e9a5b3 100644 --- a/gdb/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/ChangeLog @@ -1,5 +1,9 @@ 2014-02-26 Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com> + * exec.c (exec_file_attach): Hold a reference to exec_bfd. + +2014-02-26 Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com> + * elfread.c (elf_read_minimal_symbols): Return early if minimal symbols have already been read. Add "ei" parameter. (elf_symfile_read): Call elf_read_minimal_symbols earlier. diff --git a/gdb/exec.c b/gdb/exec.c index 44dddc1ef56..908858ec883 100644 --- a/gdb/exec.c +++ b/gdb/exec.c @@ -168,6 +168,14 @@ exec_file_clear (int from_tty) void exec_file_attach (char *filename, int from_tty) { + struct cleanup *cleanups; + + /* First, acquire a reference to the current exec_bfd. We release + this at the end of the function; but acquiring it now lets the + BFD cache return it if this call refers to the same file. */ + gdb_bfd_ref (exec_bfd); + cleanups = make_cleanup_bfd_unref (exec_bfd); + /* Remove any previous exec file. */ exec_close (); @@ -182,7 +190,6 @@ exec_file_attach (char *filename, int from_tty) } else { - struct cleanup *cleanups; char *scratch_pathname, *canonical_pathname; int scratch_chan; struct target_section *sections = NULL, *sections_end = NULL; @@ -205,7 +212,7 @@ exec_file_attach (char *filename, int from_tty) if (scratch_chan < 0) perror_with_name (filename); - cleanups = make_cleanup (xfree, scratch_pathname); + make_cleanup (xfree, scratch_pathname); /* gdb_bfd_open (and its variants) prefers canonicalized pathname for better BFD caching. */ @@ -261,9 +268,10 @@ exec_file_attach (char *filename, int from_tty) /* Tell display code (if any) about the changed file name. */ if (deprecated_exec_file_display_hook) (*deprecated_exec_file_display_hook) (filename); - - do_cleanups (cleanups); } + + do_cleanups (cleanups); + bfd_cache_close_all (); observer_notify_executable_changed (); } |