Re: [PATCHv6 3/4] gdb: allow 'until' to work in outermost frame

[Simon Marchi <simark@simark.ca>]

On 7/10/26 1:00 PM, Simon Marchi wrote:
> get_prev_frame_always is called quite often, inside_entry_func is going
> to be called quite often (the other parts of the conjunction are often
> going to be true), inside_entry_func calls
> program_space::get_entry_point_info, which calls
> solib_ops::inferior_entry_point_address.
> svr4_solib_ops::inferior_entry_point_address is somewhat heavy (ELF
> parsing and all).  I wonder if the inferior entry point should be
> cached, as it's not going to change often.
> 
> I put a printf in svr4_solib_ops::inferior_entry_point_address, attached
> to gnome-calculator (with debuginfod, so debug info for all the libs)
> and ran a backtrace.  For 10 frames,
> svr4_solib_ops::inferior_entry_point_address was called 242 times.
> 
> Perhaps it's premature optimization, but it just feels wrong.

Ah well... I hadn't read the next patch yet.

Simon