http://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2010-07/msg00184.html

Subject: Re: [0/4] RFC: add DWARF index support

Jan Kratochvil: Fixed $d -> $dir.

Jan Kratochvil: Remove /dev/null redirection.

>>>>> "Tom" == Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com> writes:

Tom> This patch series adds support for a DWARF index to gdb.

Roland suggested we wrap up the index-creation code into a helper

script.

I'm not sure if this is something people would want in gdb proper, but I

figured I would send it here just in case.

Tom

2010-07-09  Tom Tromey  <tromey@redhat.com>

	* Makefile.in (install-only): Install gdb-add-index.

	* gdb-add-index: New file.

2010-07-09  Tom Tromey  <tromey@redhat.com>

	* gdb.texinfo (Index Files): Mention gdb-add-index.

>From 30714fe719e61baea03d0dc5793eb0d564faebb7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001

From: Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>

Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2010 11:17:54 -0600

Subject: [PATCH 4/4] add gdb-add-index

Subject: [PATCH 4/4] add gdb-add-index

---

 gdb/ChangeLog       |    5 +++++

 gdb/Makefile.in     |   11 ++++++++++-

 gdb/doc/ChangeLog   |    4 ++++

 gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo |    8 ++++++++

 gdb/gdb-add-index   |   30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

 5 files changed, 57 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

 create mode 100755 gdb/gdb-add-index

Index: gdb-7.6.90.20140127/gdb/Makefile.in

===================================================================

--- gdb-7.6.90.20140127.orig/gdb/Makefile.in	2014-02-06 17:37:54.555975958 +0100

+++ gdb-7.6.90.20140127/gdb/Makefile.in	2014-02-06 17:38:52.110038415 +0100

@@ -1093,6 +1093,15 @@ install-only: install-gstack $(CONFIG_IN

 		  $(INSTALL_SCRIPT) gcore \

 			  $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/$$transformed_name; \

 	fi

+	transformed_name=`t='$(program_transform_name)'; \

+			  echo gdb-add-index | sed -e "$$t"` ; \

+		if test "x$$transformed_name" = x; then \

+		  transformed_name=gdb-add-index ; \

+		else \

+		  true ; \

+		fi ; \

+		$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) $(srcdir)/contrib/gdb-add-index.sh \

+			$(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/$$transformed_name$(EXEEXT)

 	@$(MAKE) DO=install "DODIRS=$(SUBDIRS)" $(FLAGS_TO_PASS) subdir_do

 install-strip:

Index: gdb-7.6.90.20140127/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo

===================================================================

--- gdb-7.6.90.20140127.orig/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo	2014-02-06 17:37:50.822971940 +0100

+++ gdb-7.6.90.20140127/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo	2014-02-06 17:37:54.565975968 +0100

@@ -17749,6 +17749,14 @@ There are currently some limitation on i

 for DWARF debugging information, not stabs.  And, they do not

 currently work for programs using Ada.

+@value{GDBN} comes with a program, @command{gdb-add-index}, which can

+be used to add the index to a symbol file.  It takes the symbol file

+as its only argument:

+

+@smallexample

+$ gdb-add-index symfile

+@end smallexample

+

 @node Symbol Errors

 @section Errors Reading Symbol Files

@@ -43878,6 +43886,7 @@ switch (die->tag)

 * gdbserver man::               Remote Server for the GNU Debugger man page

 * gcore man::                   Generate a core file of a running program

 * gdbinit man::                 gdbinit scripts

+* gdb-add-index man::           Add index files to speed up GDB

 @end menu

 @node gdb man

@@ -44530,6 +44539,54 @@ gdb(1), @code{info -f gdb -n Startup}

 The full documentation for @value{GDBN} is maintained as a Texinfo manual.

 If the @code{info} and @code{gdb} programs and @value{GDBN}'s Texinfo

 documentation are properly installed at your site, the command

+

+@smallexample

+info gdb

+@end smallexample

+

+should give you access to the complete manual.

+

+@cite{Using GDB: A Guide to the GNU Source-Level Debugger},

+Richard M. Stallman and Roland H. Pesch, July 1991.

+@end ifset

+@c man end

+

+@node gdb-add-index man

+@heading gdb-add-index

+

+@c man title gdb-add-index Add index files to speed up GDB

+

+@c man begin SYNOPSIS gdb-add-index

+gdb-add-index @var{filename}

+@c man end

+

+@c man begin DESCRIPTION gdb-add-index

+When GDB finds a symbol file, it scans the symbols in the file in order

+to construct an internal symbol table.  This lets most GDB operations

+work quickly--at the cost of a delay early on.  For large programs,

+this delay can be quite lengthy, so GDB provides a way to build an

+index, which speeds up startup.

+

+To determine whether a file contains such an index, use the command

+@command{readelf -S filename}: the index is stored in a section named

+@code{.gdb_index}.  Note that the index is never generated for files that do

+not contain DWARF debug information (sections named @code{.debug_*}).

+

+See more in

+@ifset man

+the @value{GDBN} manual in node @code{Index Files}

+-- shell command @code{info -f gdb -n 'Index Files'}.

+@end ifset

+@ifclear man

+@ref{Index Files}.

+@end ifclear

+@c man end

+

+@c man begin SEEALSO gdb-add-index

+@ifset man

+The full documentation for @value{GDBN} is maintained as a Texinfo manual.

+If the @code{info} and @code{gdb} programs and @value{GDBN}'s Texinfo

+documentation are properly installed at your site, the command

 @smallexample

 info gdb

Index: gdb-7.6.90.20140127/gdb/doc/Makefile.in

===================================================================

--- gdb-7.6.90.20140127.orig/gdb/doc/Makefile.in	2014-02-06 17:37:50.824971942 +0100

+++ gdb-7.6.90.20140127/gdb/doc/Makefile.in	2014-02-06 17:37:54.565975968 +0100

@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ POD2MAN5 = pod2man --center="GNU Develop

 		   --release="gdb-`sed q version.subst`" --section=5

 # List of man pages generated from gdb.texi

-MAN1S = gdb.1 gdbserver.1 gcore.1

+MAN1S = gdb.1 gdbserver.1 gcore.1 gdb-add-index.1

 MAN5S = gdbinit.5

 MANS = $(MAN1S) $(MAN5S)

@@ -590,6 +590,13 @@ gcore.1: $(GDB_DOC_FILES)

 		mv -f $@.T$$$$ $@) || (rm -f $@.T$$$$ && exit 1)

 	rm -f gcore.pod

+gdb-add-index.1: $(GDB_DOC_FILES)

+	touch $@

+	-$(TEXI2POD) $(MANCONF) -Dgdb-add-index < $(srcdir)/gdb.texinfo > gdb-add-index.pod

+	-($(POD2MAN1) gdb-add-index.pod | sed -e '/^.if n .na/d' > $@.T$$$$ && \

+		mv -f $@.T$$$$ $@) || (rm -f $@.T$$$$ && exit 1)

+	rm -f gdb-add-index.pod

+

 gdbinit.5: $(GDB_DOC_FILES)

 	touch $@

 	-$(TEXI2POD) $(MANCONF) -Dgdbinit < $(srcdir)/gdb.texinfo > gdbinit.pod