find_function_addr uses this function to get the function address
from a function pointer. */
-/* Return real function address if ADDR (a function pointer) is in the data
- space and is therefore a special function pointer. */
+/* If ADDR points at what is clearly a function descriptor, transform
+ it into the address of the corresponding function. Be
+ conservative, otherwize GDB will do the transformation on any
+ random addresses such as occures when there is no symbol table. */
static CORE_ADDR
ppc64_linux_convert_from_func_ptr_addr (CORE_ADDR addr)
struct obj_section *s;
s = find_pc_section (addr);
- if (s && s->the_bfd_section->flags & SEC_CODE)
- return addr;
- /* ADDR is in the data space, so it's a pointer to a descriptor, not
- the entry point. */
- return ppc64_desc_entry_point (addr);
+ /* Check if ADDR points to a function descriptor. */
+ if (s && strcmp (s->the_bfd_section->name, ".opd") == 0)
+ return read_memory_unsigned_integer (addr, 8);
+
+ return addr;
}