Re: [PATCH 0/4] make probes independent of the program space

[Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>]

On 12/03/2013 07:46 PM, Tom Tromey wrote:
> This patch series changes SystemTap probes to be independent of the
> program space, and then to be stored in the per-BFD object.  That way,
> they can be shared by all objfiles referring to a given BFD.  This
> saves memory and perhaps a bit of time, in the multi-inferior case.
> 
> This is based on my similar patch series to make minimal symbols
> independent of the program space:
> 
>     https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2013-10/msg00521.html
> 
> This is part of the obj file splitting project:
> 
>     https://sourceware.org/gdb/wiki/ObjfileSplitting
> 
> I built and regtested the series on x86-64 Fedora 18.

I read this series, and it looked excellent to me.

I only wondered whether sal.objfile should be named
sal.probe_objfile to avoid confusion, but I realized that
down the road sal.objfile will probably end up set when
sal.symtab is too, so I understand that choice.  Or at
least, I think I do.  :-)

-- 
Pedro Alves