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[RFA] bug in symtab.c:lookup_block_symbol()'s search method
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- Subject: [RFA] bug in symtab.c:lookup_block_symbol()'s search method
- From: Jason Molenda <jason-swarelist at molenda dot com>
- Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2001 07:48:00 -0700
This patch fixes a bug introduced in October, 2000. Discussion and history
are here:
http://sources.redhat.com/ml/gdb-patches/2001-09/msg00076.html
Analysis of performance impact is here:
http://sources.redhat.com/ml/gdb-patches/2001-09/msg00084.html
This patch should be approved for both the mainline and the 5.1 branch.
It adds no new testsuite failures.
Jason
2001-09-07 Jason Molenda (jmolenda@apple.com)
* symtab.c (lookup_block_symbol): Break out of linear search
if we're past the range of possible matches.
Index: symtab.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/symtab.c,v
retrieving revision 1.42
diff -u -p -r1.42 symtab.c
--- symtab.c 2001/07/07 17:19:50 1.42
+++ symtab.c 2001/09/09 14:17:25
@@ -1249,6 +1249,10 @@ lookup_block_symbol (register const stru
{
return sym;
}
+ if (SYMBOL_SOURCE_NAME (sym)[0] > name[0])
+ {
+ break;
+ }
bot++;
}
}