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* [Bug python/17936] New: clear_objfiles event is called twice for executable + separate debug file
@ 2015-02-06 18:34 dje at google dot com
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From: dje at google dot com @ 2015-02-06 18:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: gdb-prs
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17936
Bug ID: 17936
Summary: clear_objfiles event is called twice for executable +
separate debug file
Product: gdb
Version: HEAD
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: P2
Component: python
Assignee: unassigned at sourceware dot org
Reporter: dje at google dot com
When the separate debug file for the main executable is loaded SYMFILE_MAINLINE
is still set and so clear_symtab_users is called which will in turn trigger a
clear_objfiles python event.
Then, later, when resuming processing of the "real" objfile a second call to
clear_symtab_users is done triggering a second clear_objfiles python event.
Python scripts shouldn't have to cope with this internal quirk of how gdb loads
separate debug files.
Plus, I wonder if internal users of observer_attach_new_objfile are, or can be,
tripped up by this.
OTOH, the solution may be slightly non-trivial. I think we want
clear_symtab_users to be called early, and not after the separate debug file
is loaded (e.g., we can't just turn off SYMFILE_MAINLINE when loading the
separate debug file).
Also, I noticed that new_symfile_objfile will have, temporarily, set
symfile_objfile to the separate debug file. This gets fixed when processing
of the "real" objfile resumes, after having completed processing of the
separate
debug file. Still, this feels like a bug waiting to happen.
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