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Re: gdb very slow during 'step into'

From: Jim Blandy <jimb at codesourcery dot com>
To: gdb at sourceware dot org
Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2007 11:48:35 -0800
Subject: Re: gdb very slow during 'step into'
References: <adeacfc10701020723g245481a7r7848b00db337ac00@mail.gmail.com> <m3zm91kz07.fsf@codesourcery.com> <20070102193049.GA19762@nevyn.them.org>

Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org> writes:
> On Tue, Jan 02, 2007 at 11:30:16AM -0800, Jim Blandy wrote:
>> If you set the environment variable LD_BIND_NOW to a non-empty value
>> before running your program (use GDB's 'set env' command), does that
>> eliminate the slow steps?
>
> Is this where we step through the dynamic linker?  We really should
> avoid that...

I'm pretty sure we set a breakpoint at the function's true entry point
(since we know it too), and wait for that to hit.  I believe I made
that change myself years ago.  But maybe something broke.

Follow-Ups:
- Re: gdb very slow during 'step into'
  - From: Mark Kettenis

References:
- gdb very slow during 'step into'
  - From: dodji Seketeli
- Re: gdb very slow during 'step into'
  - From: Jim Blandy
- Re: gdb very slow during 'step into'
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