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Improve performance of .debug_names lookups when DW_IDX_parent attributes are used.
When a .debug_names table has entries that use the DW_IDX_parent attributes, we can end up with entries in the .debug_names table that are not full definitions. This is because a class that is foward declared, can contain types. For example: 0x0090cdbf: DW_TAG_compile_unit DW_AT_producer ("clang version 15.0.7") DW_AT_language (DW_LANG_C_plus_plus_14) DW_AT_name ("UniqueInstance.cpp") 0x0090cdc7: DW_TAG_namespace DW_AT_name ("std") 0x0090cdd5: DW_TAG_class_type DW_AT_name ("ios_base") DW_AT_declaration (true) 0x0090cdd7: DW_TAG_class_type DW_AT_name ("Init") DW_AT_declaration (true) 0x0090cdda: DW_TAG_typedef DW_AT_type (0x0090ce4e "std::_Ios_Seekdir") DW_AT_name ("seekdir") DW_AT_decl_file (0x11) DW_AT_decl_line (479) 0x0090cde4: DW_TAG_typedef DW_AT_type (0x0090ce45 "std::_Ios_Openmode") DW_AT_name ("openmode") DW_AT_decl_file (0x11) DW_AT_decl_line (447) 0x0090cdee: DW_TAG_typedef DW_AT_type (0x0090ce3c "std::_Ios_Iostate") DW_AT_name ("iostate") DW_AT_decl_file (0x11) DW_AT_decl_line (416) 0x0090cdf8: NULL "std::ios_base" is forward declared and it contains typedefs whose entries in the .debug_names table will point to the DIE at offset 0x0090cdd5. These entries cause our type lookups to try and parse a TON of forward declarations and waste time and resources. This fix makes sure when/if we find an entry in the .debug_names table, we don't process it if it has a DW_AT_declaration(true) attribute.
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lldb/source/Plugins/SymbolFile/DWARF/DebugNamesDWARFIndex.cpp

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@@ -83,6 +83,10 @@ bool DebugNamesDWARFIndex::ProcessEntry(
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DWARFDIE die = dwarf.GetDIE(*ref);
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if (!die)
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return true;
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// Watch out for forward declarations that appear in the .debug_names tables
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// only due to being there for a DW_IDX_parent.
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// if (die.GetAttributeValueAsUnsigned(DW_AT_declaration, 0))
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// return true;
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return callback(die);
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}
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