[Dwarf-discuss] dwarf ver3.0: prologue_end and epilogue_begin bits

[Michael Eager]

Quoting Ramanaiah Nalamothu <ramana.venkat83 at gmail.com>:

> Hi,
>
>  I am working at assembler context to emit the ELF-DWARF(dwarf ver3.0). I
> need to set the bits prologue_end and epilogue_begin. My compiler emits
> debug directive with specific -ve line numbers to indicate prologue_end and
> epilogue_begin. But they are not acceptable line numbers in source file.
> My doubt is, do I need to associate the their occurance with the source line
> numbers or is it sufficient just to tell at what 'address' the prologue_end
> or epilogue_begin occur? If debugger needs line number, what line numbers
> should be emitted in my case?

Each address in the line table is associated with a source line/column.

Commonly, the line number associated with the prolog_end is the first
line of the body of the function.  This is where a debugger will stop
when you ask to set a breakpoint on the function.

The line number associated with the epilogue_begin is after the body
of the function, usually the closing brace.



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