https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=97718
Bug ID: 97718 Summary: [11 regression] Excessive GDB memory usage after GCC "Save some memory at debug stream-in time" Product: gcc Version: 11.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: debug Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org Reporter: tschwinge at gcc dot gnu.org CC: rguenth at gcc dot gnu.org Target Milestone: --- As of commit r11-4664-g104ca9cfa60aa1d5dd6666d3574bed012d394e8c "Save some memory at debug stream-in time", I notice excessive GDB memory usage for certain testcases, for example: PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND 26165 tschwing 20 0 6514108 6.087g 5752 R 99.1 39.0 1:07.45 gdb -nx -nw -quiet -batch -x pr54519-4.gdb ./pr54519-4.exe (Growing much bigger, rendering the GCC testsuite unusable due to thrashing, timeouts.) This is on an up-to-date Ubuntu 14.04 x86_64 GNU/Linux system using: - GNU assembler (GNU Binutils for Ubuntu) 2.24 - GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Ubuntu) 2.24 - GNU gdb (Ubuntu 7.7.1-0ubuntu5~14.04.3) 7.7.1