From dcaf7c2c09e2c689575fa13a443e4a3365af9269 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2004 14:11:33 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] 2004-10-23 Eli Zaretskii * gdb.texinfo(Files): Add a tip for decreasing memory used for symtabs from shared libraries. --- gdb/doc/ChangeLog | 2 ++ gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo | 10 ++++++++++ 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index b15da41da9..93061fca9d 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ * gdb.texinfo (SVR4 Process Information): Document subcommands of "info proc" that are already implemented. Add index entries. (Working Directory): Add a cross-reference to "info proc" command. + (Files): Add a tip for decreasing memory used for symtabs from + shared libraries. 2004-10-12 Andrew Cagney diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index c5b0a664c8..3c798be5f5 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -10453,6 +10453,16 @@ informs @value{GDBN} that a new library has been loaded. If @var{mode} is @code{off}, symbols must be loaded manually, using the @code{sharedlibrary} command. The default value is @code{on}. +@cindex memory used for symbol tables +If your program uses lots of shared libraries with debug info that +takes large amounts of memory, you can decrease the @value{GDBN} +memory footprint by preventing it from automatically loading the +symbols from shared libraries. To that end, type @kbd{set +auto-solib-add off} before running the inferior, then load each +library whose debug symbols you do need with @kbd{sharedlibrary +@var{regexp}}, where @var{regexp} is a regular expresion that matches +the libraries whose symbols you want to be loaded. + @kindex show auto-solib-add @item show auto-solib-add Display the current autoloading mode.