Re: A hack for DW_FORM_ref_addr

Daniel Jacobowitz
2003-07-31T18:22:23Z

On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 09:16:19AM -0700, H. J. Lu wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 10:16:53PM -0700, H. J. Lu wrote:
> > > >
> > > > While waiting for your new DWARF reader, I will see how my hack
> > > > goes :-(.
> > >
> > > Since the die table is hashed by offset (isn't it?), presumably very
> > > badly.
> >
> > It is OK for different compilation units within the same .debug_info
> > section.
> >
> >
>
> FYI, this is the hack I am going to try.

It may be safe, but it's unacceptable. Take a look at the memory usage
requirements for -readnow, if libc.so.6 has debugging information.
You've just eaten probably 200MB of RAM.

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Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer