[PATCH v4 17/19] Optimize lookup_minimal_symbol_text

Tom Tromey tom@tromey.com
Sun Dec 10 21:41:25 GMT 2023


lookup_minimal_symbol_text always loops over all objfiles, even when
an objfile is passed in as an argument.  This patch changes the
function to loop over the minimal number of objfiles in the latter
situation.
---
 gdb/minsyms.c | 69 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------
 1 file changed, 41 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gdb/minsyms.c b/gdb/minsyms.c
index 71e22ce1a90..0e24da918d9 100644
--- a/gdb/minsyms.c
+++ b/gdb/minsyms.c
@@ -623,38 +623,51 @@ lookup_minimal_symbol_text (const char *name, struct objfile *objf)
 
   unsigned int hash = msymbol_hash (name) % MINIMAL_SYMBOL_HASH_SIZE;
 
-  for (objfile *objfile : current_program_space->objfiles ())
-    {
-      if (found_symbol.minsym != NULL)
-	break;
+  auto search = [&] (struct objfile *objfile)
+  {
+    for (msymbol = objfile->per_bfd->msymbol_hash[hash];
+	 msymbol != NULL && found_symbol.minsym == NULL;
+	 msymbol = msymbol->hash_next)
+      {
+	if (strcmp (msymbol->linkage_name (), name) == 0 &&
+	    (msymbol->type () == mst_text
+	     || msymbol->type () == mst_text_gnu_ifunc
+	     || msymbol->type () == mst_file_text))
+	  {
+	    switch (msymbol->type ())
+	      {
+	      case mst_file_text:
+		found_file_symbol.minsym = msymbol;
+		found_file_symbol.objfile = objfile;
+		break;
+	      default:
+		found_symbol.minsym = msymbol;
+		found_symbol.objfile = objfile;
+		break;
+	      }
+	  }
+      }
+  };
 
-      if (objf == NULL || objf == objfile
-	  || objf == objfile->separate_debug_objfile_backlink)
+  if (objf == nullptr)
+    {
+      for (objfile *objfile : current_program_space->objfiles ())
 	{
-	  for (msymbol = objfile->per_bfd->msymbol_hash[hash];
-	       msymbol != NULL && found_symbol.minsym == NULL;
-	       msymbol = msymbol->hash_next)
-	    {
-	      if (strcmp (msymbol->linkage_name (), name) == 0 &&
-		  (msymbol->type () == mst_text
-		   || msymbol->type () == mst_text_gnu_ifunc
-		   || msymbol->type () == mst_file_text))
-		{
-		  switch (msymbol->type ())
-		    {
-		    case mst_file_text:
-		      found_file_symbol.minsym = msymbol;
-		      found_file_symbol.objfile = objfile;
-		      break;
-		    default:
-		      found_symbol.minsym = msymbol;
-		      found_symbol.objfile = objfile;
-		      break;
-		    }
-		}
-	    }
+	  if (found_symbol.minsym != NULL)
+	    break;
+	  search (objfile);
 	}
     }
+  else
+    {
+      for (objfile *objfile : objf->separate_debug_objfiles ())
+	{
+	  if (found_symbol.minsym != NULL)
+	    break;
+	  search (objfile);
+	}
+    }
+
   /* External symbols are best.  */
   if (found_symbol.minsym)
     return found_symbol;

-- 
2.43.0



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