[Dwarf-Discuss] Split Dwarf vs. CU DW_AT_ranges / DW_AT_low_pc placement

Jakub Jelinek jakub@redhat.com
Thu Mar 11 05:37:31 GMT 2021


On Wed, Mar 10, 2021 at 04:12:57PM -0800, David Blaikie via Dwarf-Discuss wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 10, 2021 at 4:02 PM Cary Coutant <ccoutant at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > > > So in the end the logical thing to do when encountering a
> > > > DW_FORM_rnglistx in a split-unit, in order to support everybody, is
> > > > probably to go to the .debug_rnglists.dwo section, if there's one,
> > > > disregarding the (inherited) DW_AT_rnglists_base.  If there isn't, then
> > > > try the linked file's .debug_rnglists section, using
> > > > DW_AT_rnglists_base.  If there isn't, then something is malformed.
> >
> > Looks reasonable to me. I think we need a new issue to clarify this in
> > DWARF 6.
> >
> 
> Given that DWARFv5 isn't on by default in GCC yet & I think has a few more

It is on by default.  But -gstrict-dwarf is not on by default.

	Jakub




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