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Re: [PATCH] Use mmap for symbol tables

From: Andrew STUBBS <andrew dot stubbs at st dot com>
To: Eirik Fuller <eirik at hackrat dot com>
Cc: gdb-patches at sourceware dot org
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 11:31:48 +0000
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Use mmap for symbol tables
References: <20060129233630.3EFA6690067@ns.hackrat.org>

Eirik Fuller wrote:

My immediate goal is to solicit opinions on whether the basic approach
is sound.  Comments in gdb/dwarf2read.c indicate the idea is not new.
I first started using an approach similar to what's in the enclosed
patch long before I noticed those comments; those comments finally
motivated me to dust this off.

I don't know much about mmap, so I'm not going to comment on the specific implementation, but I do know it isn't available on all systems GDB supports. E.g. Windows.

You'll need to put in a configure test and/or use conditional compilation for this stuff.

You probably knew this already, but I thought I would mention it anyway.

Andrew Stubbs

Follow-Ups:
- Re: [PATCH] Use mmap for symbol tables
  - From: Corinna Vinschen

References:
- [PATCH] Use mmap for symbol tables
  - From: Eirik Fuller

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