2004-11-24 Andrew Cagney <cagney@gnu.org>
* printcmd.c (build_address_symbolic): Find a section for the
address.
Index: gdb-6.8.50.20081128/gdb/printcmd.c
===================================================================
--- gdb-6.8.50.20081128.orig/gdb/printcmd.c 2008-12-04 01:36:05.000000000 +0100
+++ gdb-6.8.50.20081128/gdb/printcmd.c 2008-12-04 01:37:18.000000000 +0100
@@ -616,6 +616,14 @@ build_address_symbolic (CORE_ADDR addr,
addr = overlay_mapped_address (addr, section);
}
+ /* To ensure that the symbol returned belongs to the correct setion
+ (and that the last [random] symbol from the previous section
+ isn't returned) try to find the section containing PC. First try
+ the overlay code (which by default returns NULL); and second try
+ the normal section code (which almost always succeeds). */
+ section = find_pc_overlay (addr);
+ if (section == NULL)
+ section = find_pc_section (addr);
/* First try to find the address in the symbol table, then
in the minsyms. Take the closest one. */