From: Simon Marchi <simon.marchi@efficios.com>
To: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
Cc: Simon Marchi <simon.marchi@efficios.com>
Subject: [PATCH 7/9] gdb: add matching helpers to global_symbol_searcher
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2026 15:39:28 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260929194119.155169-8-simon.marchi@efficios.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260929194119.155169-1-simon.marchi@efficios.com>
The methods of global_symbol_searcher repeat the same checks in several
places. Add some helpers to make the code easier to follow:
- name_matches: check a name against the (optional) name regexp
- symtab_matches_filenames: check a symtab against the searched file
names
- symbol_matches: all the filtering done on full symbols in
add_matching_symbols
- msymbol_matches: the filtering done on minimal symbols, shared by
expand_symtabs and add_matching_msymbols
Switch expand_symtabs, add_matching_symbols and add_matching_msymbols to
use early continues to avoid deeply nested ifs.
Change-Id: I553f70fb8ea9c7e55b89bb1204a402938c116c3b
---
gdb/symtab.c | 205 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
gdb/symtab.h | 13 ++++
2 files changed, 127 insertions(+), 91 deletions(-)
diff --git a/gdb/symtab.c b/gdb/symtab.c
index 9ce6911666c6..79e43eafde18 100644
--- a/gdb/symtab.c
+++ b/gdb/symtab.c
@@ -4741,6 +4741,93 @@ global_symbol_searcher::is_suitable_msymbol
}
}
+/* Return true if NAME matches NAME_REGEX, or if NAME_REGEX is empty. */
+
+static bool
+name_matches (const std::optional<compiled_regex> &name_regex,
+ const char *name)
+{
+ return (!name_regex.has_value ()
+ || name_regex->exec (name, 0, nullptr, 0) == 0);
+}
+
+/* See symtab.h. */
+
+bool
+global_symbol_searcher::symtab_matches_filenames (symtab *symtab) const
+{
+ /* Check first sole SYMTAB->FILENAME. It does not need to be a substring
+ of symtab_to_fullname as it may contain "./" etc. */
+ if (file_matches (symtab->filename (), m_filenames, false))
+ return true;
+
+ if (!basenames_may_differ
+ && !file_matches (lbasename (symtab->filename ()), m_filenames, true))
+ return false;
+
+ return file_matches (symtab_to_fullname (symtab), m_filenames, false);
+}
+
+/* See symtab.h. */
+
+bool
+global_symbol_searcher::symbol_matches
+ (const symbol *sym,
+ const std::optional<compiled_regex> &name_regex,
+ const std::optional<compiled_regex> &type_regex) const
+{
+ if (!symtab_matches_filenames (sym->symtab ()))
+ return false;
+
+ if (!sym->matches (to_search_flags (m_kind)))
+ return false;
+
+ if (!name_matches (name_regex, sym->natural_name ()))
+ return false;
+
+ switch (m_kind)
+ {
+ case symbol_search_kind::VARIABLE:
+ /* LOC_CONST can be used for more than just enums, e.g., C++ static
+ const members. We only want to skip enums here. */
+ if (sym->loc_class () == LOC_UNRESOLVED
+ || (sym->loc_class () == LOC_CONST
+ && sym->type ()->code () == TYPE_CODE_ENUM))
+ return false;
+ [[fallthrough]];
+
+ case symbol_search_kind::FUNCTION:
+ if (type_regex.has_value ()
+ && !treg_matches_sym_type_name (*type_regex, sym))
+ return false;
+ break;
+
+ case symbol_search_kind::MODULE:
+ /* Skip module declarations, keep only definitions. */
+ if (sym->line () == 0)
+ return false;
+ break;
+ }
+
+ return true;
+}
+
+/* See symtab.h. */
+
+bool
+global_symbol_searcher::msymbol_matches
+ (const minimal_symbol *msymbol,
+ const std::optional<compiled_regex> &name_regex) const
+{
+ if (msymbol->created_by_gdb)
+ return false;
+
+ if (!is_suitable_msymbol (msymbol))
+ return false;
+
+ return name_matches (name_regex, msymbol->natural_name ());
+}
+
/* See symtab.h. */
bool
@@ -4763,8 +4850,7 @@ global_symbol_searcher::expand_symtabs
&lookup_name_info::match_any (),
[&] (const char *symname)
{
- return (!name_regex.has_value ()
- || name_regex->exec (symname, 0, NULL, 0) == 0);
+ return name_matches (name_regex, symname);
},
NULL,
SEARCH_GLOBAL_BLOCK | SEARCH_STATIC_BLOCK,
@@ -4790,25 +4876,16 @@ global_symbol_searcher::expand_symtabs
{
QUIT;
- if (msymbol->created_by_gdb)
+ if (!msymbol_matches (msymbol, name_regex))
continue;
- if (is_suitable_msymbol (msymbol))
- {
- if (!name_regex.has_value ()
- || name_regex->exec (msymbol->natural_name (), 0,
- NULL, 0) == 0)
- {
- /* An important side-effect of this lookup function is
- to expand the symbol table if msymbol is found, later
- in the process we will add matching symbols or
- msymbols to the results list, and that requires that
- the symbols tables are expanded. */
- if (find_compunit_symtab_for_pc
- (msymbol->value_address (objfile)) == nullptr)
- found_func_msymbol_without_debug_info = true;
- }
- }
+ /* An important side-effect of this lookup function is to expand
+ the symbol table if msymbol is found, later in the process we
+ will add matching symbols or msymbols to the results list, and
+ that requires that the symbols tables are expanded. */
+ if (find_compunit_symtab_for_pc
+ (msymbol->value_address (objfile)) == nullptr)
+ found_func_msymbol_without_debug_info = true;
}
}
@@ -4824,8 +4901,6 @@ global_symbol_searcher::add_matching_symbols
const std::optional<compiled_regex> &type_regex,
std::set<symbol_search> *result_set) const
{
- domain_search_flags domain = to_search_flags (m_kind);
-
/* Add matching symbols (if not already present). */
for (compunit_symtab &cust : objfile->compunits ())
{
@@ -4837,54 +4912,11 @@ global_symbol_searcher::add_matching_symbols
for (struct symbol *sym : block_iterator_range (b))
{
- struct symtab *real_symtab = sym->symtab ();
-
QUIT;
- /* Check first sole REAL_SYMTAB->FILENAME. It does
- not need to be a substring of symtab_to_fullname as
- it may contain "./" etc. */
- if (!(file_matches (real_symtab->filename (), m_filenames, false)
- || ((basenames_may_differ
- || file_matches (lbasename (real_symtab->filename ()),
- m_filenames, true))
- && file_matches (symtab_to_fullname (real_symtab),
- m_filenames, false))))
+ if (!symbol_matches (sym, name_regex, type_regex))
continue;
- if (!sym->matches (domain))
- continue;
-
- if (name_regex.has_value ()
- && name_regex->exec (sym->natural_name (), 0,
- nullptr, 0) != 0)
- continue;
-
- switch (m_kind)
- {
- case symbol_search_kind::VARIABLE:
- /* LOC_CONST can be used for more than just enums, e.g.,
- C++ static const members. We only want to skip enums
- here. */
- if (sym->loc_class () == LOC_UNRESOLVED
- || (sym->loc_class () == LOC_CONST
- && sym->type ()->code () == TYPE_CODE_ENUM))
- continue;
- [[fallthrough]];
-
- case symbol_search_kind::FUNCTION:
- if (type_regex.has_value ()
- && !treg_matches_sym_type_name (*type_regex, sym))
- continue;
- break;
-
- case symbol_search_kind::MODULE:
- /* Skip module declarations, keep only definitions. */
- if (sym->line () == 0)
- continue;
- break;
- }
-
/* Match, insert if not already in the results. */
if (result_set->size () < m_max_search_results)
result_set->emplace (block, sym);
@@ -4908,34 +4940,25 @@ global_symbol_searcher::add_matching_msymbols
{
QUIT;
- if (msymbol->created_by_gdb)
+ if (!msymbol_matches (msymbol, name_regex))
continue;
- if (is_suitable_msymbol (msymbol))
- {
- if (!name_regex.has_value ()
- || name_regex->exec (msymbol->natural_name (), 0,
- NULL, 0) == 0)
- {
- /* For functions we can do a quick check of whether the
- symbol might be found via find_pc_symtab. */
- if (m_kind != symbol_search_kind::FUNCTION
- || (find_compunit_symtab_for_pc
- (msymbol->value_address (objfile)) == NULL))
- {
- if (lookup_symbol_in_objfile_from_linkage_name
- (objfile, msymbol->linkage_name (),
- SEARCH_VFT).symbol == NULL)
- {
- /* Matching msymbol, add it to the results list. */
- if (results->size () < m_max_search_results)
- results->emplace_back (GLOBAL_BLOCK, msymbol, objfile);
- else
- return false;
- }
- }
- }
- }
+ /* For functions we can do a quick check of whether the
+ symbol might be found via find_pc_symtab. */
+ if (m_kind == symbol_search_kind::FUNCTION
+ && (find_compunit_symtab_for_pc
+ (msymbol->value_address (objfile)) != NULL))
+ continue;
+
+ if (lookup_symbol_in_objfile_from_linkage_name
+ (objfile, msymbol->linkage_name (), SEARCH_VFT).symbol != NULL)
+ continue;
+
+ /* Matching msymbol, add it to the results list. */
+ if (results->size () < m_max_search_results)
+ results->emplace_back (GLOBAL_BLOCK, msymbol, objfile);
+ else
+ return false;
}
return true;
diff --git a/gdb/symtab.h b/gdb/symtab.h
index acbe41d131b7..5dd0475e4491 100644
--- a/gdb/symtab.h
+++ b/gdb/symtab.h
@@ -2675,6 +2675,19 @@ class global_symbol_searcher
/* Compile M_SYMBOL_TYPE_REGEXP, if set. */
std::optional<compiled_regex> compile_type_regex () const;
+ /* Return true if SYMTAB matches one of M_FILENAMES. */
+ bool symtab_matches_filenames (symtab *symtab) const;
+
+ /* Return true if SYM is of type M_KIND, is in a file matching
+ M_FILENAMES, and matches NAME_REGEX and TYPE_REGEX. */
+ bool symbol_matches (const symbol *sym,
+ const std::optional<compiled_regex> &name_regex,
+ const std::optional<compiled_regex> &type_regex) const;
+
+ /* Return true if MSYMBOL is of type M_KIND and matches NAME_REGEX. */
+ bool msymbol_matches (const minimal_symbol *msymbol,
+ const std::optional<compiled_regex> &name_regex) const;
+
/* Expand symtabs in OBJFILE that match NAME_REGEX, are of type M_KIND.
Return true if a matching function msymbol without debug info was
seen, meaning that msymbols should later be considered for the results
--
2.55.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-29 19:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-29 19:39 [PATCH 0/9] Cleanups in global_symbol_searcher Simon Marchi
2026-09-29 19:39 ` [PATCH 1/9] gdb: add symbol_search_kind enum for global_symbol_searcher Simon Marchi
2026-09-29 19:39 ` [PATCH 2/9] gdb: factor out regexp compilation from global_symbol_searcher::search Simon Marchi
2026-09-29 19:39 ` [PATCH 3/9] gdb: simplify insertion in global_symbol_searcher::add_matching_symbols Simon Marchi
2026-09-29 19:39 ` [PATCH 4/9] gdb: use a switch on m_kind in add_matching_symbols Simon Marchi
2026-09-29 19:39 ` [PATCH 5/9] gdb: make global_symbol_searcher::is_suitable_msymbol non-static Simon Marchi
2026-09-29 19:39 ` [PATCH 6/9] gdb: update comment of global_symbol_searcher::expand_symtabs Simon Marchi
2026-09-29 19:39 ` Simon Marchi [this message]
2026-09-29 19:39 ` [PATCH 8/9] gdb: pass result containers by reference in global_symbol_searcher Simon Marchi
2026-09-29 19:39 ` [PATCH 9/9] gdb: fix some comments " Simon Marchi
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