Re: [branching soon!] GDB 13 release -- 2022-12-04 update

[Luis Machado <luis.machado@arm.com>]

Hi Joel,

Thanks for the update.

On 12/4/22 04:33, Joel Brobecker via Gdb-patches wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> *GREAT* progress with the list of issues that were addressed last week,
> as you'll see in the summary below. Thanks to everyone who helped with
> that strong push!
> 
> We're down to one issue left, which have been under discussion.
> Hopefully we converge soon. Otherwise, I propose we still go ahead
> and branch, and we'll look at backporting the fix to the branch
> once it is available.
> 
> Based on the above, I propose we aim for branching next weekend,
> Sat-Sun Dec 10-11.
> 
> Thanks again, everyone.
> 
> Fixed Since the Previous Update:
> --------------------------------
> 
>    * [SimonM[ PR gdb/28275
>      commit_resumed_state assertion failure when killing running inferior and running again
>      https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=28275
> 
>    * [TomT] PR symtab/29105
>      new DWARF reader still slow
>      https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29105
> 
>    * [TomDV,AndrewB] PR python/29712
>      UNRESOLVED: gdb.python/py-disasm.exp: global_disassembler=ReadMemoryGdbErrorDisassembler: disassemble test
>      https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29712
> 
>    * [TomT] PR gdb/29787
>      Bug 29787 - Using "set debug infrun on" and "set logging enabled" breaks GDB prompt and makes GDB crash
>      https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29787
> 
>    * [TomT] cli/29800
>      Trying to "document" an undefined command causes crash
>      https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29800
> 
> Added Since the Last Update:
> ----------------------------
> 
>    < none :) >
> 
> Other Ongoing Items:
> --------------------
> 
>    * [Torbjorn] tdep/29738
>      Arm M-profile dwarf2 unwinder performance suffers from exponential growth
>      https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29738
> 
>      patch v2, 2022-11-18, reviewed 2022-11-21:
>      https://sourceware.org/pipermail/gdb-patches/2022-November/193960.html
> 

It would be nice if someone could take a look at Torbjörn's patches for the performance issue.

They touch generic code, so we need to make sure it works correctly and that the strategy is sound.