Re: [PINGv2][PATCH v6 0/3] Introduce syntax for linker-namespace specific symbols

[Guinevere Larsen <guinevere@redhat.com>]

Ping :)
On 1/6/26 2:17 PM, Guinevere Larsen wrote:
> Ping!
> On 11/27/25 5:30 PM, Guinevere Larsen wrote:
>> Ping :)
>>
>> On 10/29/25 9:58 AM, 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 one 
>>> preparatory
>>> patch and 2 patches actually implementing this feature
>>>
>>> Patch 1 is an essential fix, updating how we calculate a variable's 
>>> copy
>>> relocation to take linker namespaces into account.
>>>
>>> Patches 2 and 3 implement the new syntax, adding the necessary
>>> supporting code and updating error messages when symbols can't be found
>>> - where it made sense.
>>>
>>> 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 (3):
>>>    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/NEWS                                     |   6 +
>>>   gdb/c-exp.y                                  |  88 +++++++++---
>>>   gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo                          |   6 +
>>>   gdb/dwarf2/ada-imported.c                    |   8 +-
>>>   gdb/linespec.c                               |   4 +-
>>>   gdb/minsyms.c                                | 139 
>>> ++++++++++++-------
>>>   gdb/minsyms.h                                |  17 ++-
>>>   gdb/parse.c                                  |   3 +-
>>>   gdb/parser-defs.h                            |  39 +++++-
>>>   gdb/rust-parse.c                             |   3 +-
>>>   gdb/solib-svr4.c                             |  20 ---
>>>   gdb/solib.c                                  |  86 +++++++++++-
>>>   gdb/solib.h                                  |  19 +++
>>>   gdb/symtab.c                                 |  76 ++++++++--
>>>   gdb/symtab.h                                 |  15 +-
>>>   gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/dlmopen-ns-ids-lib.c  |  14 ++
>>>   gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/dlmopen-ns-ids-main.c |   3 +
>>>   gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/dlmopen-ns-ids.exp    |  65 +++++++++
>>>   18 files changed, 499 insertions(+), 112 deletions(-)
>>>
>>>
>>> base-commit: 0633b78640dc892265d148f24881d544d4ddd16e
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>

-- 
Cheers,
Guinevere Larsen
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