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 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 * Makefile.in (install-only): Install gdb-add-index. * gdb-add-index: New file. 2010-07-09 Tom Tromey * gdb.texinfo (Index Files): Mention gdb-add-index. >From 30714fe719e61baea03d0dc5793eb0d564faebb7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tom Tromey 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-7.2.50.20101116/gdb/Makefile.in =================================================================== --- gdb-7.2.50.20101116.orig/gdb/Makefile.in 2010-11-16 08:03:17.000000000 +0100 +++ gdb-7.2.50.20101116/gdb/Makefile.in 2010-11-16 08:47:45.000000000 +0100 @@ -986,7 +986,16 @@ install-only: install-gstack $(CONFIG_IN $(SHELL) $(srcdir)/../mkinstalldirs \ $(DESTDIR)$(man1dir) ; \ $(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/gdb.1 \ - $(DESTDIR)$(man1dir)/$$transformed_name.1 + $(DESTDIR)$(man1dir)/$$transformed_name.1; \ + 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)/gdb-add-index \ + $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/$$transformed_name$(EXEEXT) @$(MAKE) DO=install "DODIRS=$(SUBDIRS)" $(FLAGS_TO_PASS) subdir_do .PHONY: install-tui install-tui: Index: gdb-7.2.50.20101116/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo =================================================================== --- gdb-7.2.50.20101116.orig/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo 2010-11-16 08:04:18.000000000 +0100 +++ gdb-7.2.50.20101116/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo 2010-11-16 08:56:30.000000000 +0100 @@ -15500,6 +15500,14 @@ There are currently some limitation on i for DWARF debugging information, not stabs. And, they do not currently work for programs using Ada. +@value{GDBN} comes with a program, @command{gdb-add-index}, which can +be used to add the index to a symbol file. It takes the symbol file +as its only argument: + +@smallexample +$ gdb-add-index symfile +@end smallexample + @node Symbol Errors @section Errors Reading Symbol Files Index: gdb-7.2.50.20101116/gdb/gdb-add-index =================================================================== --- /dev/null 1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000 +++ gdb-7.2.50.20101116/gdb/gdb-add-index 2010-11-16 08:47:45.000000000 +0100 @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +#! /bin/sh + +# Add a .gdb_index section to a file. + +# Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify +# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by +# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or +# (at your option) any later version. +# +# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, +# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of +# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the +# GNU General Public License for more details. +# +# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License +# along with this program. If not, see . + +file="$1" +dir="${file%/*}" + +# We don't care if gdb gives an error. +gdb -nx --batch-silent -ex "file $file" -ex "save gdb-index $dir" + +if test -f "${file}.gdb-index"; then + objcopy --add-section .gdb_index="${file}.gdb-index" --set-section-flags .gdb_index=readonly "$file" "$file" + rm -f "${file}.gdb-index" +fi + +exit 0