Use code cache in aarch64 prologue analyzer
authorYao Qi <yao.qi@linaro.org>
Fri, 9 Dec 2016 09:51:20 +0000 (09:51 +0000)
committerYao Qi <yao.qi@linaro.org>
Fri, 9 Dec 2016 09:51:20 +0000 (09:51 +0000)
commitfc2f703edb656c69b0026a006c6063cdb255e06a
tree5169d18aa6acb1c9a56eb89f270efc7d8ede49b2
parent198cd59d289209ad63cdd6da45e02a1c12b423a7
Use code cache in aarch64 prologue analyzer

This patch change aarch prologue analyzer using code cache, in order
to improve the performance of remote debugging.

gdb.perf/skip-prologue.exp (measured by wall-time) is improved when
the program is compiled without debug information.

Original Patched Original Patched
without dbg without dbg with dbg with dbg

/ 11.1635239124 9.99472999573 9.65339517593 9.66648793221
-fstack-protector-all 11.2560930252 9.338118 9.63896489143 9.59474396706

gdb:

2016-12-9  Yao Qi  <yao.qi@linaro.org>

* aarch64-tdep.c (instruction_reader::read): Call
read_code_unsigned_integer instead of
read_memory_unsigned_integer.
gdb/ChangeLog
gdb/aarch64-tdep.c
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