* solib-svr4.c: Add include of "auxv.h".

[deliverable/binutils-gdb.git] / gdb / solib-svr4.c

diff --git a/gdb/solib-svr4.c b/gdb/solib-svr4.c
index 0c658ea5ab0ec6525dcf81ed5337f89555c263bc..702e6f685bb53bcdf5e5cd6c8b0b979ef2ede299 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/solib-svr4.c
+++ b/gdb/solib-svr4.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 #include "bfd-target.h"
 #include "elf-bfd.h"
 #include "exec.h"
+#include "auxv.h"
 
 static struct link_map_offsets *svr4_fetch_link_map_offsets (void);
 static int svr4_have_link_map_offsets (void);
@@ -1008,11 +1009,6 @@ enable_break (void)
          be trivial on GNU/Linux).  Therefore, we have to try an alternate
          mechanism to find the dynamic linker's base address.  */
 
-      /* TODO drow/2006-09-12: This is somewhat fragile, because it
-        relies on read_pc.  On both Solaris and GNU/Linux we can use
-        the AT_BASE auxilliary entry, which GDB now knows how to
-        access, to find the base address.  */
-
       tmp_fd = solib_open (buf, &tmp_pathname);
       if (tmp_fd >= 0)
        tmp_bfd = bfd_fopen (tmp_pathname, gnutarget, FOPEN_RB, tmp_fd);
@@ -1048,9 +1044,19 @@ enable_break (void)
          so = so->next;
        }
 
+      /* If we were not able to find the base address of the loader
+         from our so_list, then try using the AT_BASE auxilliary entry.  */
+      if (!load_addr_found)
+        if (target_auxv_search (&current_target, AT_BASE, &load_addr) > 0)
+          load_addr_found = 1;
+
       /* Otherwise we find the dynamic linker's base address by examining
         the current pc (which should point at the entry point for the
-        dynamic linker) and subtracting the offset of the entry point.  */
+        dynamic linker) and subtracting the offset of the entry point.
+
+         This is more fragile than the previous approaches, but is a good
+         fallback method because it has actually been working well in
+         most cases.  */
       if (!load_addr_found)
        {
          load_addr = (read_pc ()