From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 118840 invoked by alias); 15 Nov 2019 02:17:51 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org Received: (qmail 118831 invoked by uid 89); 15 Nov 2019 02:17:51 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-4.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 spammy= X-HELO: rock.gnat.com Received: from rock.gnat.com (HELO rock.gnat.com) (205.232.38.15) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Fri, 15 Nov 2019 02:17:49 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by filtered-rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5116011618F; Thu, 14 Nov 2019 21:17:48 -0500 (EST) Received: from rock.gnat.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (rock.gnat.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 6l9wF55lsrZk; Thu, 14 Nov 2019 21:17:48 -0500 (EST) Received: from joel.gnat.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EEFC2116181; Thu, 14 Nov 2019 21:17:47 -0500 (EST) Received: by joel.gnat.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 35A458C36C; Thu, 14 Nov 2019 18:17:46 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2019 02:17:00 -0000 From: Joel Brobecker To: Christian Biesinger Cc: gdb-patches Subject: Re: GDB 9.1 release -- 2019-11-01 Update Message-ID: <20191115021746.GA26530@adacore.com> References: <20191104011626.GA24625@adacore.com> <20191111174833.GC23568@adacore.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.9.4 (2018-02-28) X-SW-Source: 2019-11/txt/msg00455.txt.bz2 > > > > - [Christian B] The threaded symbol loading that tromey Christian have been working on > > > > Missing an URL to the patch, so can't check progress > > > > > > Sorry about that, this is the patchset ending in: > > > https://gnutoolchain-gerrit.osci.io/r/c/binutils-gdb/+/176 > > > > > > (Ideally my two followup patches as well; not necessarily the RFC one > > > at the top) > > > > Thanks for the link, Christian. I looked at it, and as I mentioned > > in today's update > > (https://www.sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2019-11/msg00293.html) > > I am proposing we do _not_ include this in 9.1 -- seems a bit risky > > to be making a change of this kind just prior to release... > > I was hoping that it would land sooner :( > > However, I would like to make a proposal? What if we push it with a > setting to turn it off by default, so that people who want can turn it > on sooner? It is a massive performance benefit for big programs. That would indeed be a very good compromise! -- Joel