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From: Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
To: Paul Pluzhnikov <ppluzhnikov@google.com>
Cc: gdb@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: Solibs and objfile BFD ownership
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:32:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3bpm92hyo.fsf@fleche.redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8ac60eac0908191656o6c7c876cp503a3b6973ea090b@mail.gmail.com> 	(Paul Pluzhnikov's message of "Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:56:42 -0700")

>>>>> "Paul" == Paul Pluzhnikov <ppluzhnikov@google.com> writes:

Paul> It would be slightly wasteful to set refcount to 1 everywhere,
Paul> since solib is the only place where sharing could (currently)
Paul> occur.

Yeah, I suppose.  But it seems clearer and more future-proof to me.

Paul> 2009-08-19  Paul Pluzhnikov  <ppluzhnikov@google.com>
Paul> 	* objfiles.h (gdb_bfd_ref): New prototype.
Paul> 	* objfiles.c (gdb_bfd_ref): New function.
Paul> 	(allocate_objfile): Call it.
Paul> 	(gdb_bfd_unref): Adjust assertion.
Paul> 	* solib.c (solib_map_sections): Add reference.
Paul> 	(symbol_add_stub): Don't add reference here.
Paul> 	* symfile.c (reread_symbols): Add reference.

This is ok.  Thanks.

Paul> +  gdb_assert (*p_refcount == 1 || *p_refcount == 2);

This assertion is a bit strange, but I suppose it is harmless.  If we
ever want more sharing, we can always just remove it.  In the meantime I
suppose it is checking that we don't over-share somehow.

Tom


  reply	other threads:[~2009-08-21 17:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-07-28 15:40 Daniel Jacobowitz
2009-07-29 23:56 ` Paul Pluzhnikov
2009-07-30 16:16   ` Tom Tromey
2009-08-04  0:50     ` Paul Pluzhnikov
2009-08-04 14:53       ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2009-08-04 17:37         ` Paul Pluzhnikov
2009-08-04 18:40           ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2009-08-04 18:47             ` Paul Pluzhnikov
2009-08-18  5:56               ` Paul Pluzhnikov
2009-08-19 22:29                 ` Tom Tromey
2009-08-20  1:50                   ` Paul Pluzhnikov
2009-08-21 17:32                     ` Tom Tromey [this message]
2009-08-21 18:04                       ` Paul Pluzhnikov

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