[lldb-dev] lldb keeping .a file open

[jingham at apple.com]

That's a bug.  The archives need to track what modules they came from and release themselves when there are no more modules referencing them.

Jim

On Nov 22, 2013, at 9:06 AM, Carlo Kok <ck at remobjects.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 22 Nov 2013 17:28:25 +0100, <jingham at apple.com> wrote:
> 
>> Did you try "target delete <Target that loaded .a file>"?
>> 
>> That should clear all the modules held onto by that target.  "target list" will show you all the currently open targets.
> 
> 
> I did, doesn't seem to do much for bsd .a files. This does work though:
> 
> #include "Plugins/ObjectContainer/BSD-Archive/ObjectContainerBSDArchive.h"
> 
> class MyBSDStuff : private ObjectContainerBSDArchive {
> public:
>  static void ClearCache() {
>    Mutex::Locker locker(Archive::GetArchiveCacheMutex());
>    Archive::Map &archive_map = Archive::GetArchiveCache();
>    archive_map.clear();
>  }
> };
> 
> 
> 
> MyBSDStuff::ClearCache();
> 
> which I know is a terrible hack, but I didn't see it anywhere else exposed.
> 
> -- 
> Carlo Kok
> RemObjects Software