Description of problem: Upstream reports up to 96x slower GDB-7.6 (DTS-2.0) over GDB-7.5 (DTS-1.1). Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): gdb-7.6-31.fc19 How reproducible: I have not tried to reproduce it. Steps to Reproduce: N/A Additional info: QA: Expecting it is enough to test it has no known functionality regressions. GDB 7.6 is 94x slower than GDB 7.5.1 using a certain core file http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15519 [patch] Improve symbol lookup performance noted in PR 15519 http://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2013-05/msg01097.html http://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2013-06/msg00003.html [GDB 7.6/GCC 4.8.0] Slowdown in GDB macro processing for cores? http://sourceware.org/ml/gdb/2013-05/msg00074.html
Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2013-1223.html