From: Sanjoy Das <sanjoyd@sourceware.org>
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2013 14:17:16 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: * jit.c (jit_reader_load_command): Interpret the jit reader name as an
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* jit.c (jit_reader_load_command): Interpret the jit reader name as an
  absolute path if it begins with a forward slash.
---

diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 9a29599199..67af8d2964 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2012-01-17  Sanjoy Das <sanjoy@playingwithpointers.com>
+
+	* jit.c (jit_reader_load_command): Interpret the jit reader name
+	as an absolute path if it begins with a forward slash.
+
 2012-01-17  Sanjoy Das <sanjoy@playingwithpointers.com>
 
 	PR gdb/14550
diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
index 5281095b30..b53b7a8a13 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2012-01-17  Sanjoy Das <sanjoy@playingwithpointers.com>
+	* gdb.texinfo (Using JIT Debug Info Readers): Change documentation
+	to reflect that jit-reader-load now supports absolute file-names.
+
 2013-01-16  Tom Tromey  <tromey@redhat.com>
 
 	* gdb.texinfo (Set Catchpoints): Document "catch signal".
diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index 0fb6601610..728e44b220 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -33973,15 +33973,19 @@ Readers can be loaded and unloaded using the @code{jit-reader-load}
 and @code{jit-reader-unload} commands.
 
 @table @code
-@item jit-reader-load @var{reader-name}
-Load the JIT reader named @var{reader-name}.  On a UNIX system, this
-will usually load @file{@var{libdir}/gdb/@var{reader-name}}, where
-@var{libdir} is the system library directory, usually
-@file{/usr/local/lib}.  Only one reader can be active at a time;
-trying to load a second reader when one is already loaded will result
-in @value{GDBN} reporting an error.  A new JIT reader can be loaded by
-first unloading the current one using @code{jit-reader-load} and then
-invoking @code{jit-reader-load}.
+@item jit-reader-load @var{reader}
+Load the JIT reader named @var{reader}.  @var{reader} is a shared
+object specified as either an absolute or a relative file name.  In
+the latter case, @value{GDBN} will try to load the reader from a
+pre-configured directory, usually @file{@var{libdir}/gdb/} on a UNIX
+system (here @var{libdir} is the system library directory, often
+@file{/usr/local/lib}).
+
+Only one reader can be active at a time; trying to load a second
+reader when one is already loaded will result in @value{GDBN}
+reporting an error.  A new JIT reader can be loaded by first unloading
+the current one using @code{jit-reader-unload} and then invoking
+@code{jit-reader-load}.
 
 @item jit-reader-unload
 Unload the currently loaded JIT reader.
diff --git a/gdb/jit.c b/gdb/jit.c
index f542f9ebdf..4623f15f1d 100644
--- a/gdb/jit.c
+++ b/gdb/jit.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "breakpoint.h"
 #include "command.h"
 #include "dictionary.h"
+#include "filenames.h"
 #include "frame-unwind.h"
 #include "gdbcmd.h"
 #include "gdbcore.h"
@@ -208,7 +209,10 @@ jit_reader_load_command (char *args, int from_tty)
   if (loaded_jit_reader != NULL)
     error (_("JIT reader already loaded.  Run jit-reader-unload first."));
 
-  so_name = xstrprintf ("%s/%s", jit_reader_dir, args);
+  if (IS_ABSOLUTE_PATH (args))
+    so_name = xstrdup (args);
+  else
+    so_name = xstrprintf ("%s%s%s", SLASH_STRING, jit_reader_dir, args);
   prev_cleanup = make_cleanup (xfree, so_name);
 
   loaded_jit_reader = jit_reader_load (so_name);