From: tromey Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 07:19:09 +0000 (+0000) Subject: * symfile.c (add_psymbol_to_bcache): Make 'psymbol' static again. X-Git-Url: http://git.osdn.net/view?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e0aabeb00eef432e9fb3a00bb4eae155fd14ccf5;p=pf3gnuchains%2Fpf3gnuchains3x.git * symfile.c (add_psymbol_to_bcache): Make 'psymbol' static again. Zero the 'value' field. --- diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog index 659e9d12a6..bf20ded4d3 100644 --- a/gdb/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2009-11-05 Tom Tromey + + * symfile.c (add_psymbol_to_bcache): Make 'psymbol' static again. + Zero the 'value' field. + 2009-11-05 Doug Evans * amd64-tdep.c (amd64_init_frame_cache): Enhance comment describing diff --git a/gdb/symfile.c b/gdb/symfile.c index 7461ed6288..117f17fb16 100644 --- a/gdb/symfile.c +++ b/gdb/symfile.c @@ -3105,9 +3105,15 @@ add_psymbol_to_bcache (char *name, int namelength, domain_enum domain, enum language language, struct objfile *objfile, int *added) { - struct partial_symbol psymbol; - - memset (&psymbol, 0, sizeof (struct partial_symbol)); + /* psymbol is static so that there will be no uninitialized gaps in the + structure which might contain random data, causing cache misses in + bcache. */ + static struct partial_symbol psymbol; + + /* However, we must ensure that the entire 'value' field has been + zeroed before assigning to it, because an assignment may not + write the entire field. */ + memset (&psymbol.ginfo.value, 0, sizeof (psymbol.ginfo.value)); /* val and coreaddr are mutually exclusive, one of them *will* be zero */ if (val != 0) {