Landing: a2ceac895716

Project / Subsystem

binutils / binutils

Date

2026-04-30

Author

Frank Ch. Eigler <fche@sourceware.org>

Commit

a2ceac895716f71daf67eca5b5897bf316500749

Source

public_inbox

Perf win

No

Breaking

No

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binutils
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binutils
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a2ceac895716f71daf67eca5b5897bf316500749
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public_inbox
headline
Gprof supports split debuginfo, tweak.
tldr
gprof now correctly handles binaries stripped with "strip -g" by using debug BFD for symbol and line information.
author
Frank Ch. Eigler <fche@sourceware.org>
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committed
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false
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  • gprof
  • debugging
  • debuginfo
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date
2026-04-30T00:00:00.000Z

This commit removes a conditional that enabled decompression on the debug file in gprof/corefile.c. The BFD_DECOMPRESS flag is no longer explicitly set on the debug BFD, simplifying the logic for handling split debuginfo.