[Dwarf-Discuss] dwarf and local variables's offset

[Jan Kratochvil]

On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 08:18:12 +0200, ranjith kumar wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>  <2><8d>: Abbrev Number: 6 (DW_TAG_variable)
[...]
>     <98>   DW_AT_location    : 2 byte block: 91 70      (DW_OP_fbreg: -16)
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> What I think is that  the address of localvariable = (contents of ebp)-16
>   since DW_OP_fbreg: -16  and ebp is the Base Pointer.

DW_OP_fbreg is not relative to %ebp.


> But when I   debug, the address of localvariable=0xbfa3ac10 and ebp=0xbfa3ac18

DWARF3:
# The DW_OP_fbreg operation provides a signed LEB128 offset from the address
# specified by the location description in the DW_AT_frame_base attribute of
# the current function.

 <1><75>: Abbrev Number: 5 (DW_TAG_subprogram)
    <77>   DW_AT_name        : (indirect string, offset: 0x68): main
[...]
    <89>   DW_AT_frame_base  : 0x0      (location list)
->
Contents of the .debug_loc section:
    Offset   Begin    End      Expression
    00000000 080483c4 080483ec (DW_OP_breg5: 8)
    00000000 <End of list>

GDB i386_register_names[] says register #5 (=breg5) is "ebp".

variable = fbreg - 16
variable = (breg5 + 8) - 16
variable = (%ebp + 8) - 16
variable = %ebp - 8

> So the differnce between ebp and address of localvariable is -8 not -16.


Regards,
Jan