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Subject: Re: [patch] Speed up find_pc_section
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Paul Pluzhnikov wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 12:54 PM, Ulrich Weigand<uweigand@de.ibm.com> wrote:
> 
>> Section can partially overlap with overlays ...
> 
> Yes, the same thing also is happening on Darwin; some discussion here:
>   http://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2009-08/msg00201.html
> 
> The thing is: when the assumptions are violated, (AFAICT) find_pc_section
> couldn't have worked correctly before my patch, except by accident.
> 
> What is the simplest way to test overlays?

If you can build a d10v or m32r toolchain, you can run the
gdb overlay tests against the simulator.  That is, I hope
they still work -- I haven't touched them in years...