Symbol Builder: PDB auto import of "<unnamed-*>" symbols can result in mismatches and import failure

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Symbol Builder: PDB auto import of "<unnamed-*>" symbols can result in mismatches and import failure

wmessmer-msft opened this issue a year ago · 1 comments

Repro:

Open a Win11 KD
dx @$s = Debugger.Utility.SymbolBuilder.CreateSymbols("nt", new {AutoImportSymbols=true})
.reload
!vad

When doing PDB auto-import, we do lookup "by name" for types to see if someone manually created a type before we try to import one of the same "name". Unfortunately, various things assign "<unnamed-tag"> or "<unnamed-*>" to "unnamed" symbols (e.g.: non-named unions/structures/etc...).

These names aren't unique... and when we attempt to look up that "name" and find something, it's the WRONG TYPE.

Answer 1 · 2023-10-11T20:05:18.000Z

Should be fixed by PR #94