Index: gdb/symfile.c
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RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/symfile.c,v
retrieving revision 1.198
diff -u -p -r1.198 symfile.c
--- gdb/symfile.c	29 Jan 2008 22:47:20 -0000	1.198
+++ gdb/symfile.c	11 Feb 2008 20:12:48 -0000
@@ -3102,15 +3103,20 @@ add_psymbol_to_list (char *name, int nam
 		     enum language language, struct objfile *objfile)
 {
   struct partial_symbol *psym;
-  char *buf = alloca (namelength + 1);
+  struct partial_symbol **ps;
+  char *buf = name;  
   /* psymbol is static so that there will be no uninitialized gaps in the
      structure which might contain random data, causing cache misses in
      bcache. */
   static struct partial_symbol psymbol;
-
-  /* Create local copy of the partial symbol */
-  memcpy (buf, name, namelength);
-  buf[namelength] = '\0';
+  
+  if (name[namelength] != '\0')
+    {
+      buf = alloca (namelength + 1);
+      /* Create local copy of the partial symbol */
+      memcpy (buf, name, namelength);
+      buf[namelength] = '\0';
+    }
   /* val and coreaddr are mutually exclusive, one of them *will* be zero */
   if (val != 0)
     {
@@ -3131,6 +3137,14 @@ add_psymbol_to_list (char *name, int nam
   psym = deprecated_bcache (&psymbol, sizeof (struct partial_symbol),
 			    objfile->psymbol_cache);
 
+  /* Check if the partial_symbol is already in the list. Do not add
+     it again if it is.  */
+  for (ps = list->list; ps != list->next; ps++)
+    {
+      if (psym == *ps)
+	return psym;
+    }
+
   /* Save pointer to partial symbol in psymtab, growing symtab if needed. */
   if (list->next >= list->list + list->size)
     {