Landing: a2ceac895716
Project / Subsystem
binutils / binutils
Date
2026-04-30
Author
Frank Ch. Eigler <fche@sourceware.org>
Commit
a2ceac895716f71daf67eca5b5897bf316500749
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- Gprof supports split debuginfo, tweak.
- tldr
- gprof now correctly handles binaries stripped with "strip -g" by using debug BFD for symbol and line information.
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- Frank Ch. Eigler <fche@sourceware.org>
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- • gprof
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- 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.