From: Simon Marchi <simon.marchi@efficios.com>
To: Andrew Burgess <aburgess@redhat.com>,
simon.marchi@polymtl.ca, gdb-patches@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 09/11] gdb: add matching helpers to global_symbol_searcher
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2026 11:48:34 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3063f0b3-75fc-43eb-a73f-4c8aeb21b284@efficios.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87pkxtxwew.fsf@redhat.com>
On 10/1/26 11:39 AM, Andrew Burgess wrote:
> simon.marchi@polymtl.ca writes:
>
>> From: Simon Marchi <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 | 16 ++++
>> 2 files changed, 130 insertions(+), 91 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/gdb/symtab.c b/gdb/symtab.c
>> index fc0ff22448ee..ef21f285abcd 100644
>> --- a/gdb/symtab.c
>> +++ b/gdb/symtab.c
>
>
>> @@ -4906,34 +4938,25 @@ 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)
>
> Two lines here where NULL can be updated to nullptr.
Yes, I had already fixed them following your previous review.
> With that fix:
>
> Approved-By: Andrew Burgess <aburgess@redhat.com>
Thanks,
Simon
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-01 15:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 59+ 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
2026-09-30 9:31 ` Rohr, Stephan
2026-09-30 14:50 ` Simon Marchi
2026-09-29 19:39 ` [PATCH 2/9] gdb: factor out regexp compilation from global_symbol_searcher::search Simon Marchi
2026-09-30 12:10 ` Rohr, Stephan
2026-09-30 16:21 ` Simon Marchi
2026-09-29 19:39 ` [PATCH 3/9] gdb: simplify insertion in global_symbol_searcher::add_matching_symbols Simon Marchi
2026-09-30 8:20 ` Rohr, Stephan
2026-09-30 16:36 ` Simon Marchi
2026-09-29 19:39 ` [PATCH 4/9] gdb: use a switch on m_kind in add_matching_symbols Simon Marchi
[not found] ` <DS7PR11MB624725508FC878F3C263C2B3938B2@DS7PR11MB6247.namprd11.prod.outlook.com>
2026-09-30 19:41 ` Simon Marchi
2026-09-29 19:39 ` [PATCH 5/9] gdb: make global_symbol_searcher::is_suitable_msymbol non-static Simon Marchi
2026-09-30 12:39 ` Rohr, Stephan
2026-09-29 19:39 ` [PATCH 6/9] gdb: update comment of global_symbol_searcher::expand_symtabs Simon Marchi
2026-09-30 13:08 ` Rohr, Stephan
2026-09-30 20:01 ` Simon Marchi
2026-09-29 19:39 ` [PATCH 7/9] gdb: add matching helpers to global_symbol_searcher Simon Marchi
2026-09-30 13:51 ` Rohr, Stephan
2026-09-30 20:27 ` Simon Marchi
2026-09-29 19:39 ` [PATCH 8/9] gdb: pass result containers by reference in global_symbol_searcher Simon Marchi
2026-09-30 13:58 ` Rohr, Stephan
2026-10-01 1:33 ` Simon Marchi
2026-09-29 19:39 ` [PATCH 9/9] gdb: fix some comments " Simon Marchi
2026-09-30 14:01 ` Rohr, Stephan
2026-10-01 1:38 ` Simon Marchi
2026-10-01 2:09 ` [PATCH v2 00/11] Cleanups " simon.marchi
2026-10-01 2:09 ` [PATCH v2 01/11] gdb: add symbol_search_kind enum for global_symbol_searcher simon.marchi
2026-10-01 10:30 ` Andrew Burgess
2026-10-01 13:22 ` Simon Marchi
2026-10-01 15:35 ` Tom Tromey
2026-10-01 2:09 ` [PATCH v2 02/11] gdb: rename some preg/treg variables simon.marchi
2026-10-01 12:59 ` Andrew Burgess
2026-10-01 13:52 ` Simon Marchi
2026-10-01 2:09 ` [PATCH v2 03/11] gdb: factor out regexp compilation from global_symbol_searcher::search simon.marchi
2026-10-01 13:19 ` Andrew Burgess
2026-10-01 13:54 ` Simon Marchi
2026-10-01 2:09 ` [PATCH v2 04/11] gdb: use compile_symbol_search_regex in stack.c simon.marchi
2026-10-01 13:43 ` Andrew Burgess
2026-10-01 15:36 ` Tom Tromey
2026-10-01 15:52 ` Simon Marchi
2026-10-01 2:09 ` [PATCH v2 05/11] gdb: simplify insertion in global_symbol_searcher::add_matching_symbols simon.marchi
2026-10-01 13:46 ` Andrew Burgess
2026-10-01 2:09 ` [PATCH v2 06/11] gdb: use a switch on m_kind in add_matching_symbols simon.marchi
2026-10-01 15:01 ` Andrew Burgess
2026-10-01 15:07 ` Simon Marchi
2026-10-01 2:09 ` [PATCH v2 07/11] gdb: make global_symbol_searcher::is_suitable_msymbol non-static simon.marchi
2026-10-01 15:09 ` Andrew Burgess
2026-10-01 2:09 ` [PATCH v2 08/11] gdb: update comments of global_symbol_searcher::expand_symtabs simon.marchi
2026-10-01 15:13 ` Andrew Burgess
2026-10-01 2:09 ` [PATCH v2 09/11] gdb: add matching helpers to global_symbol_searcher simon.marchi
2026-10-01 15:39 ` Andrew Burgess
2026-10-01 15:48 ` Simon Marchi [this message]
2026-10-01 2:09 ` [PATCH v2 10/11] gdb: change some pointers to references in global_symbol_searcher simon.marchi
2026-10-01 15:53 ` Andrew Burgess
2026-10-01 15:55 ` Simon Marchi
2026-10-01 2:09 ` [PATCH v2 11/11] gdb: fix some comments " simon.marchi
2026-10-01 15:56 ` Andrew Burgess
2026-10-01 17:47 ` Simon Marchi
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