[PINGv3][PATCH v6 0/3] Introduce syntax for linker-namespace specific symbols

[Guinevere Larsen <guinevere@redhat.com>]

Ping :)
On 1/14/26 11:11 AM, Guinevere Larsen wrote:
> 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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