Adding aix 64-bit check to bfd_get_sign_extend_vma
Sangamesh Mallayya
sangamesh.swamy@in.ibm.com
Thu Dec 7 06:17:00 GMT 2017
Hi All,
I see that their is no aix 64-bit check has been added to the
bfd_get_sign_extend_vma function in bfd.c.
One of the user of this function is gdb's dwarf reading function
read_comp_unit_head (dwarf2read.c).
This is causing most of the 64-bit application in gdb to fail with the
internal error as.
dwarf2read.c:4601: internal-error: read_comp_unit_head: dwarf from non elf
file
A problem internal to GDB has been detected,
further debugging may prove unreliable.
Create a core file of GDB? (y or n) n
To avoid this error we also need to add aix5coff64-rs6000 check.
--- ./bfd/bfd.c_orig 2017-12-07 11:34:28.128618919 +0530
+++ ./bfd/bfd.c 2017-12-07 11:36:07.781926367 +0530
@@ -1533,7 +1533,8 @@
|| strcmp (name, "pei-x86-64") == 0
|| strcmp (name, "pe-arm-wince-little") == 0
|| strcmp (name, "pei-arm-wince-little") == 0
- || strcmp (name, "aixcoff-rs6000") == 0)
+ || strcmp (name, "aixcoff-rs6000") == 0
+ || strcmp (name, "aix5coff64-rs6000") == 0)
return 1;
if (CONST_STRNEQ (name, "mach-o"))
After adding this check gdb is able to debug 64-bit applications.
Let me know your views.
Thanks,
Sangamesh
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