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Re: Runtime regression for gdb.base/reread.exp & co. [Re: [RFA] Remove target_section.bfd]
- From: Tom Tromey <tromey at redhat dot com>
- To: Doug Evans <dje at google dot com>
- Cc: jan dot kratochvil at redhat dot com, gdb-patches <gdb-patches at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 10:24:55 -0600
- Subject: Re: Runtime regression for gdb.base/reread.exp & co. [Re: [RFA] Remove target_section.bfd]
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>>>>> "Doug" == Doug Evans <dje@google.com> writes:
Doug> The change was added here:
Doug> http://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2012-07/msg00742.html
Doug> Tom: Can you remember the reproducer for the issue fixed by this patch?
This is all I have:
http://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2011-12/msg00493.html
Basically, I tripped across a case where gdb assumed that BFDs were not
shared.
Doug> Note that all calls to remove_target_sections pass the bfd from "key":
I didn't understand this, but reading the patch made it all clear.
It looks good to me, thanks.
Tom