[PING]Re: [PATCH v6 0/3] Introduce syntax for linker-namespace specific symbols

[Guinevere Larsen <guinevere@redhat.com>]

Ping :)

On 10/29/25 9:58 AM, Guinevere Larsen wrote:
> This series adds support for the syntax [[N]]::foo to find symbols that
> belong to specific namespaces, while also making GDB's behavior more
> consistent when a namespace is not specified. This needs one preparatory
> patch and 2 patches actually implementing this feature
>
> Patch 1 is an essential fix, updating how we calculate a variable's copy
> relocation to take linker namespaces into account.
>
> Patches 2 and 3 implement the new syntax, adding the necessary
> supporting code and updating error messages when symbols can't be found
> - where it made sense.
>
> Changes for v6:
> * Rebased on master
> * Fixed a crash when using the [[N]]::foo syntax before starting the
>    inferior
>
> Changes for v5:
> * fixed crash when getting the value of a variable before the inferior
>    starts.
> * Rebased on master
>
> Changes for v4:
> * Fixed final documentation feedback from Eli.
> * Changed error message when [[N]]::foo::bar fails to find 'foo'.
> * Fixed build breakage.
>
> Changes for v3:
> * Removed previous patches 1 and 2, as Simon's recently merged patches
>    already did those in a better way.
> * parser_state now also takes the current solib_ops, since that can't be
>    obtained from gdbarch anymore.
>
> Changes for v2:
> * solib_supports_linker_namespaces now always expects a pointer.
> * Previous patches 2 and 3 were dropped.
> * lookup_minimal_symbol_linkage now takes an array_view.
> * created new tokens for [[ and ]], to ensure that [[N]] looks like
>    that.
> * Fixed formatting nits from Eli.
>
> Guinevere Larsen (3):
>    gdb: make lookup_minimal_symbol_linkage work with linker namespaces
>    gdb: Make the parser recognize the [[N]] syntax for variables
>    gdb: extend the [[N]]::foo syntax for files
>
>   gdb/NEWS                                     |   6 +
>   gdb/c-exp.y                                  |  88 +++++++++---
>   gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo                          |   6 +
>   gdb/dwarf2/ada-imported.c                    |   8 +-
>   gdb/linespec.c                               |   4 +-
>   gdb/minsyms.c                                | 139 ++++++++++++-------
>   gdb/minsyms.h                                |  17 ++-
>   gdb/parse.c                                  |   3 +-
>   gdb/parser-defs.h                            |  39 +++++-
>   gdb/rust-parse.c                             |   3 +-
>   gdb/solib-svr4.c                             |  20 ---
>   gdb/solib.c                                  |  86 +++++++++++-
>   gdb/solib.h                                  |  19 +++
>   gdb/symtab.c                                 |  76 ++++++++--
>   gdb/symtab.h                                 |  15 +-
>   gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/dlmopen-ns-ids-lib.c  |  14 ++
>   gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/dlmopen-ns-ids-main.c |   3 +
>   gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/dlmopen-ns-ids.exp    |  65 +++++++++
>   18 files changed, 499 insertions(+), 112 deletions(-)
>
>
> base-commit: 0633b78640dc892265d148f24881d544d4ddd16e


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Cheers,
Guinevere Larsen
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