[Dwarf-Discuss] question about [0x0..0xffffffff] location list entry
Joel Brobecker
brobecker@adacore.com
Thu Jan 20 19:28:42 GMT 2011
> >There are indeed two address computations here: adding the base address to
> >each of the two addresses in the location list entry. I think it would be
> >helpful for DWARF to say explicitly that such calculations should not
> >overflow/wrap. That is, if the base address plus a list entry address
> >exceeds the maximum address representable by the CU's address_size (as in
> >this example), the list entry is invalid.
>
> Please submit a comment at http://dwarfstd.org/Comment.php.
Since I asked the questions that started this thread, I think it is
only fair if I submit the comment.
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Joel
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