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To: Kevin Buettner <kevinb@redhat.com>
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Subject: Re: [ppc64-linux]: Recognize dl event entry point symbol
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From: Jim Blandy <jimb@redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 21:20:00 -0000
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Kevin Buettner <kevinb@redhat.com> writes:

> On Jun 11,  8:02am, Jim Blandy wrote:
> 
> > 2003-06-11  Jim Blandy  <jimb@redhat.com>
> > 
> > 	* solib-svr4.c (solib_break_names): Recognize the 64-bit PowerPC
> > 	Linux entry point symbols for _dl_debug_state, too.
> > 
> > Index: gdb/solib-svr4.c
> > ===================================================================
> > RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/solib-svr4.c,v
> > retrieving revision 1.32.8.1
> > diff -c -r1.32.8.1 solib-svr4.c
> > *** gdb/solib-svr4.c	11 Jun 2003 08:57:46 -0000	1.32.8.1
> > --- gdb/solib-svr4.c	11 Jun 2003 12:59:25 -0000
> > ***************
> > *** 79,84 ****
> > --- 79,85 ----
> >     "r_debug_state",
> >     "_r_debug_state",
> >     "_dl_debug_state",
> > +   "._dl_debug_state",
> >     "rtld_db_dlactivity",
> >     "_rtld_debug_state",
> >     NULL
> 
> Okay.
> 
> (I wonder why the tools implementor's felt compelled to add that
> leading ".".)

On PPC64 Linux, the symbol whose name lacks the dot points to the
function descriptor; the symbol with the dot is the entry point.  So
this change works along with this patch I just posted:

http://sources.redhat.com/ml/gdb-patches/2003-06/msg00430.html