2007-10-29 Jan Kratochvil * symfile.c (reread_symbols): Reread also EXEC_BFD if changed. 2008-04-11 Jan Kratochvil * symfile.c (reread_symbols): Reload whole EXEC_BFD by the EXEC module as its in-place patching did cause regressions. Testcase: Regressed by the gdb-6.7 version of `gdb-6.3-pie-20050110.patch': Running ../../../gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/reread.exp ... PASS: gdb.base/reread.exp: breakpoint foo in first file (PRMS 13484) PASS: gdb.base/reread.exp: run to foo() (PRMS 13484) -PASS: gdb.base/reread.exp: run to foo() second time +FAIL: gdb.base/reread.exp: run to foo() second time PASS: gdb.base/reread.exp: second pass: breakpoint foo in first file -PASS: gdb.base/reread.exp: second pass: run to foo() -PASS: gdb.base/reread.exp: second pass: continue to completion -PASS: gdb.base/reread.exp: second pass: run to foo() second time +FAIL: gdb.base/reread.exp: second pass: run to foo() +FAIL: gdb.base/reread.exp: second pass: continue to completion +FAIL: gdb.base/reread.exp: second pass: run to foo() second time --- gdb-6.7-orig/gdb/symfile.c 2007-10-29 01:04:35.000000000 +0100 +++ gdb-6.7-patched/gdb/symfile.c 2007-10-29 01:03:13.000000000 +0100 @@ -2810,6 +2810,12 @@ reread_symbols (void) /* We need to do this whenever any symbols go away. */ make_cleanup (clear_symtab_users_cleanup, 0 /*ignore*/); + if (exec_bfd != NULL && strcmp (bfd_get_filename (objfile->obfd), + bfd_get_filename (exec_bfd)) == 0) + { + exec_ops.to_open (bfd_get_filename (objfile->obfd), 0); + } + /* Clean up any state BFD has sitting around. We don't need to close the descriptor but BFD lacks a way of closing the BFD without closing the descriptor. */