From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Simon Marchi <simon.marchi@efficios.com>
Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 9/9] gdb: remove psymtab.{c,h}
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2026 12:18:20 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <86qzq541eb.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260228035425.422765-10-simon.marchi@efficios.com> (message from Simon Marchi on Fri, 27 Feb 2026 22:51:56 -0500)
> From: Simon Marchi <simon.marchi@efficios.com>
> Cc: Simon Marchi <simon.marchi@polymtl.ca>
> Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2026 22:51:56 -0500
>
> From: Simon Marchi <simon.marchi@polymtl.ca>
>
> The last user of psymtabs has been changed not to use them, remove them.
>
> Update the tests minimally to avoid introducing failures (mostly due to
> tests using the removed maintenance commands). There are still a lot of
> references to partial symtabs in the comments or test names. There are
> probably some tests that are just not relevant anymore. It would be quite
> difficult to do this job all at once, we can clean this up little by
> little.
>
> Update the docs to remove references to partial symbols/symtabs.
>
> Mention the removal of the maintenance commands in NEWS.
>
> Change-Id: I58ae48c30e0303bcaa48298146d69fb8f059cb32
> ---
> gdb/Makefile.in | 2 -
> gdb/NEWS | 8 +
> gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo | 95 +-
> gdb/psymtab.c | 1575 ----------------------
> gdb/psymtab.h | 691 ----------
> gdb/testsuite/gdb.ada/maint_with_ada.exp | 2 -
> gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/check-psymtab.c | 28 -
> gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/check-psymtab.exp | 26 -
> gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/main-psymtab.exp | 38 -
> gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/maint.exp | 96 +-
> gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/readnever.exp | 4 -
> gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp | 22 -
> 12 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 2549 deletions(-)
> delete mode 100644 gdb/psymtab.c
> delete mode 100644 gdb/psymtab.h
> delete mode 100644 gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/check-psymtab.c
> delete mode 100644 gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/check-psymtab.exp
> delete mode 100644 gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/main-psymtab.exp
Thanks, the documentation parts are okay.
Reviewed-By: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-28 10:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 52+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-03 6:45 [RFC PATCH 0/8] Make CTF reader build full symtabs, get rid of psymtab simon.marchi
2026-02-03 6:45 ` [RFC PATCH 1/8] gdb/ctf: add debug logging in ctfread.c simon.marchi
2026-02-03 12:40 ` Eli Zaretskii
2026-02-03 16:21 ` Simon Marchi
2026-02-03 16:37 ` Eli Zaretskii
2026-02-03 20:39 ` Simon Marchi
2026-02-03 6:45 ` [RFC PATCH 2/8] gdb/ctf: add unique_ptr types simon.marchi
2026-02-03 6:45 ` [RFC PATCH 3/8] gdb/ctf: editorial renames simon.marchi
2026-02-03 6:45 ` [RFC PATCH 4/8] gdb/ctf: use ctf_per_objfile in ctf_archive_iter_psymtab_data and ctf_context simon.marchi
2026-02-12 17:44 ` Tom Tromey
2026-02-12 18:35 ` Simon Marchi
2026-02-03 6:45 ` [RFC PATCH 5/8] gdb/ctf: check return value of ctf_type_align simon.marchi
2026-02-12 17:49 ` Tom Tromey
2026-02-12 18:37 ` Simon Marchi
2026-02-03 6:45 ` [RFC PATCH 6/8] gdb/ctf: add scoped_time_it in elfctf_build_psymtabs simon.marchi
2026-02-03 6:45 ` [RFC PATCH 7/8] gdb/ctf: don't use psymtabs, create symtabs directly simon.marchi
2026-02-12 17:54 ` Tom Tromey
2026-02-03 6:45 ` [RFC PATCH 8/8] gdb: remove psymtab.{c,h} simon.marchi
2026-02-12 17:58 ` [RFC PATCH 0/8] Make CTF reader build full symtabs, get rid of psymtab Tom Tromey
2026-02-12 18:47 ` Simon Marchi
2026-02-17 19:50 ` [PATCH v2 0/9] " simon.marchi
2026-02-17 19:50 ` [PATCH v2 1/9] gdb/ctf: add debug logging in ctfread.c simon.marchi
2026-02-17 19:50 ` [PATCH v2 2/9] gdb/ctf: add unique_ptr types simon.marchi
2026-02-17 19:50 ` [PATCH v2 3/9] gdb/ctf: editorial renames simon.marchi
2026-02-17 19:50 ` [PATCH v2 4/9] gdb/ctf: use ctf_per_objfile in ctf_archive_iter_psymtab_data and ctf_context simon.marchi
2026-02-17 19:50 ` [PATCH v2 5/9] gdb/ctf: check return value of ctf_type_align simon.marchi
2026-02-17 19:50 ` [PATCH v2 6/9] gdb/ctf: add scoped_time_it in elfctf_build_psymtabs simon.marchi
2026-02-17 19:50 ` [PATCH v2 7/9] gdb: make expanded_symbols_functions hold compunit symtabs simon.marchi
2026-02-17 19:50 ` [PATCH v2 8/9] gdb/ctf: don't use psymtabs, create symtabs directly simon.marchi
2026-02-17 19:50 ` [PATCH v2 9/9] gdb: remove psymtab.{c,h} simon.marchi
2026-02-28 3:51 ` [PATCH v3 0/9] Make CTF reader build full symtabs, get rid of psymtab Simon Marchi
2026-02-28 3:51 ` [PATCH v3 1/9] gdb/ctf: add debug logging in ctfread.c Simon Marchi
2026-02-28 10:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
2026-02-28 16:23 ` Simon Marchi
2026-02-28 3:51 ` [PATCH v3 2/9] gdb/ctf: add unique_ptr types Simon Marchi
2026-02-28 3:51 ` [PATCH v3 3/9] gdb/ctf: editorial renames Simon Marchi
2026-02-28 3:51 ` [PATCH v3 4/9] gdb/ctf: use ctf_per_objfile in ctf_archive_iter_psymtab_data and ctf_context Simon Marchi
2026-02-28 3:51 ` [PATCH v3 5/9] gdb/ctf: check return value of ctf_type_align Simon Marchi
2026-02-28 3:51 ` [PATCH v3 6/9] gdb/ctf: add scoped_time_it in elfctf_build_psymtabs Simon Marchi
2026-02-28 3:51 ` [PATCH v3 7/9] gdb: make expanded_symbols_functions hold compunit symtabs Simon Marchi
2026-03-04 19:21 ` Tom Tromey
2026-03-04 19:32 ` Tom Tromey
2026-03-09 18:56 ` Simon Marchi
2026-03-09 18:48 ` Simon Marchi
2026-03-10 17:09 ` Tom Tromey
2026-02-28 3:51 ` [PATCH v3 8/9] gdb/ctf: don't use psymtabs, create symtabs directly Simon Marchi
2026-03-04 19:29 ` Tom Tromey
2026-03-09 18:51 ` Simon Marchi
2026-02-28 3:51 ` [PATCH v3 9/9] gdb: remove psymtab.{c,h} Simon Marchi
2026-02-28 10:18 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2026-03-04 19:33 ` [PATCH v3 0/9] Make CTF reader build full symtabs, get rid of psymtab Tom Tromey
2026-03-09 18:57 ` Simon Marchi
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