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

[Guinevere Larsen <guinevere@redhat.com>]

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
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>
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Guinevere Larsen
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