--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/utilities/elfSymbolTable.cpp	Wed Nov 27 16:16:21 2013 -0800
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/utilities/elfSymbolTable.cpp	Thu Dec 05 19:19:09 2013 +0100
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #if !defined(_WINDOWS) && !defined(__APPLE__)
 
 #include "memory/allocation.inline.hpp"
+#include "utilities/elfFuncDescTable.hpp"
 #include "utilities/elfSymbolTable.hpp"
 
 ElfSymbolTable::ElfSymbolTable(FILE* file, Elf_Shdr shdr) {
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@
   }
 }
 
-bool ElfSymbolTable::lookup(address addr, int* stringtableIndex, int* posIndex, int* offset) {
+bool ElfSymbolTable::lookup(address addr, int* stringtableIndex, int* posIndex, int* offset, ElfFuncDescTable* funcDescTable) {
   assert(stringtableIndex, "null string table index pointer");
   assert(posIndex, "null string table offset pointer");
   assert(offset, "null offset pointer");
@@ -77,19 +78,25 @@
     return false;
   }
 
-  address pc = 0;
   size_t  sym_size = sizeof(Elf_Sym);
   assert((m_shdr.sh_size % sym_size) == 0, "check size");
   int count = m_shdr.sh_size / sym_size;
   if (m_symbols != NULL) {
     for (int index = 0; index < count; index ++) {
       if (STT_FUNC == ELF_ST_TYPE(m_symbols[index].st_info)) {
-        address sym_addr = (address)m_symbols[index].st_value;
-        if (sym_addr < addr && (addr - sym_addr) < *offset) {
-          pc = (address)m_symbols[index].st_value;
-          *offset = (int)(addr - pc);
+        Elf_Word st_size = m_symbols[index].st_size;
+        address sym_addr;
+        if (funcDescTable != NULL && funcDescTable->get_index() == m_symbols[index].st_shndx) {
+          // We need to go another step trough the function descriptor table (currently PPC64 only)
+          sym_addr = funcDescTable->lookup(m_symbols[index].st_value);
+        } else {
+          sym_addr = (address)m_symbols[index].st_value;
+        }
+        if (sym_addr <= addr && (Elf_Word)(addr - sym_addr) < st_size) {
+          *offset = (int)(addr - sym_addr);
           *posIndex = m_symbols[index].st_name;
           *stringtableIndex = m_shdr.sh_link;
+          return true;
         }
       }
     }
@@ -105,12 +112,19 @@
     for (int index = 0; index < count; index ++) {
       if (fread(&sym, sym_size, 1, m_file) == 1) {
         if (STT_FUNC == ELF_ST_TYPE(sym.st_info)) {
-          address sym_addr = (address)sym.st_value;
-          if (sym_addr < addr && (addr - sym_addr) < *offset) {
-            pc = (address)sym.st_value;
-            *offset = (int)(addr - pc);
+          Elf_Word st_size = sym.st_size;
+          address sym_addr;
+          if (funcDescTable != NULL && funcDescTable->get_index() == sym.st_shndx) {
+            // We need to go another step trough the function descriptor table (currently PPC64 only)
+            sym_addr = funcDescTable->lookup(sym.st_value);
+          } else {
+            sym_addr = (address)sym.st_value;
+          }
+          if (sym_addr <= addr && (Elf_Word)(addr - sym_addr) < st_size) {
+            *offset = (int)(addr - sym_addr);
             *posIndex = sym.st_name;
             *stringtableIndex = m_shdr.sh_link;
+            return true;
           }
         }
       } else {
@@ -123,4 +137,4 @@
   return true;
 }
 
-#endif // _WINDOWS
+#endif // !_WINDOWS && !__APPLE__