[Dwarf-Discuss] .cfi_offset questions

[Jonas Haag]

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> On 19 Mar 2016, at 12:46, Jonas H. <jonas at lophus.org> wrote:
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> I?m working on a edu/research compiler that has yet to be equipped with DWARF info. Unlike GCC/Clang/? it doesn?t have spill slots that are ?constant? within a procedure, i.e. may procedure code like this:
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>  ?
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> Is this supported by the DWARF .cfi_offset directives at all, and if so, how? Generally speaking, what?s the ?scope?/?validity period?/?life span? of such directive?

Wondering about the lack of response here ? is this a stupid question; didn?t I do my homework? I couldn?t find any discussion about this in the archives. I?ve also already looked for an answer in the lib unwind mailing list archives.

Jonas