Re: [PING][PATCH v7 0/5] Introduce syntax for linker-namespace specific symbols

[Guinevere Larsen <guinevere@redhat.com>]

ping :)

On 9/2/26 4:32 PM, Guinevere Larsen wrote:
> Ping :)
>
> On 8/6/26 3:46 PM, Guinevere Larsen wrote:
>> Ping :)
>>
>> On 6/1/26 4:22 PM, Guinevere Larsen wrote:
>>> This series adds support for the syntax [[N]]::foo to find symbols that
>>> belong to specific namespaces, while also making GDB's behavior more
>>> consistent when a namespace is not specified. This needs 2 preparatory
>>> patches and 2 patches actually implementing this feature, and one final
>>> patch to make symtab searching more consistent with the [[N]]::foo
>>> syntax.
>>>
>>> Patch 1 is a small refactor, creating a function to figure out the
>>> current linker namespace. Patch 2 is an essential fix, updating how we
>>> calculate a variable's copy relocation to take linker namespaces into
>>> account.
>>>
>>> Patches 3 and 4 implement the new syntax, adding the necessary
>>> supporting code and updating error messages when symbols can't be found
>>> - where it made sense. Patch 5 is a small change to the find_symtab
>>> function, to prefer symtabs from the current linker namespace.
>>>
>>> Changes for v7:
>>> * Added 2 new patches to the series, one to solve Andrew's feedback and
>>>    another to fix an inconsistency I found.
>>> * Minor cosmetic fixes
>>> * rebased on master
>>>
>>> Changes for v6:
>>> * Rebased on master
>>> * Fixed a crash when using the [[N]]::foo syntax before starting the
>>>    inferior
>>>
>>> Changes for v5:
>>> * fixed crash when getting the value of a variable before the inferior
>>>    starts.
>>> * Rebased on master
>>>
>>> Changes for v4:
>>> * Fixed final documentation feedback from Eli.
>>> * Changed error message when [[N]]::foo::bar fails to find 'foo'.
>>> * Fixed build breakage.
>>>
>>> Changes for v3:
>>> * Removed previous patches 1 and 2, as Simon's recently merged patches
>>>    already did those in a better way.
>>> * parser_state now also takes the current solib_ops, since that 
>>> can't be
>>>    obtained from gdbarch anymore.
>>>
>>> Changes for v2:
>>> * solib_supports_linker_namespaces now always expects a pointer.
>>> * Previous patches 2 and 3 were dropped.
>>> * lookup_minimal_symbol_linkage now takes an array_view.
>>> * created new tokens for [[ and ]], to ensure that [[N]] looks like
>>>    that.
>>> * Fixed formatting nits from Eli.
>>>
>>>
>>> Guinevere Larsen (5):
>>>    gdb: Create helper function for the current namespace
>>>    gdb: make lookup_minimal_symbol_linkage work with linker namespaces
>>>    gdb: Make the parser recognize the [[N]] syntax for variables
>>>    gdb: extend the [[N]]::foo syntax for files
>>>    gdb: prefer symtabs for the current linker namespace
>>>
>>>   gdb/NEWS                                     |   5 +
>>>   gdb/c-exp.y                                  |  93 ++++++++++---
>>>   gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo                          |   6 +
>>>   gdb/dwarf2/ada-imported.c                    |   8 +-
>>>   gdb/linespec.c                               |   4 +-
>>>   gdb/minsyms.c                                | 137 
>>> ++++++++++++-------
>>>   gdb/minsyms.h                                |  21 ++-
>>>   gdb/parse.c                                  |   3 +-
>>>   gdb/parser-defs.h                            |  50 ++++++-
>>>   gdb/rust-parse.c                             |   3 +-
>>>   gdb/solib-svr4.c                             |  20 ---
>>>   gdb/solib.c                                  | 108 +++++++++++++--
>>>   gdb/solib.h                                  |  29 ++++
>>>   gdb/symtab.c                                 |  94 +++++++++++--
>>>   gdb/symtab.h                                 |  12 +-
>>>   gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/dlmopen-ns-ids-lib.c  |  14 ++
>>>   gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/dlmopen-ns-ids-main.c |   8 ++
>>>   gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/dlmopen-ns-ids.exp    |  83 +++++++++++
>>>   18 files changed, 570 insertions(+), 128 deletions(-)
>>>
>>>
>>> base-commit: 909db30adab1688870e978c85d014d4a36641f4e
>>
>>
-- 
Cheers,
Guinevere Larsen
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