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Re: dwarlint: check_range_out_of_scope only check location of pc_contained_dies
- From: Roland McGrath <roland at hack dot frob dot com>
- To: elfutils-devel at lists dot fedorahosted dot org
- Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:35:47 -0700
- Subject: Re: dwarlint: check_range_out_of_scope only check location of pc_contained_dies
> I was seeing lots of warnings from dwarflint saying a location attribute
> was outside containing scope. This was for things like the
> DW_AT_location of a DW_TAG_formal_parameter. I think these shouldn't be
> checked.
Why not? If the location is a locexpr, i.e. pseudo range [0,-1) then it
shouldn't complain, sure. But if it's a location list and the list has
entries outside the scope of the function, that sure seems suspect to me.
Perhaps you can cite an example of a valid case getting a warning.
Thanks,
Roland