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dwarflint allow strange combinations of attribute/form in gnu mode


Hi,

I came across a strange combination of new attribute with old form for
gcc. When gcc isn't using -gstrict-dwarf, it allows attributes from
newer versions, but doesn't use new forms, even if such an attribute
would need that. So this patch allows that (in particular for
DW_AT_ranges for dwarf2), but only in gnu mode. Does this look like a
sane solution?

Thanks,

Mark
>From 1872f992638d0d5b15c56c7dcb9a24b7a4b1d9c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark Wielaard <mjw@redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 12:44:14 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] dwarflint: Allow DW_AT_ranges with const form, as gnu version 2 extension.

Without -gstrict-dwarf gcc allows usage of attributes from
later versions. One strange case is DW_AT_ranges in version 2
since that version doesn't actually define a rangelistptr
class. This case is added in the form_allowed override for dwarf_gnu,
for version 2. In gnu mode form_allowed checks both variants, source
and extension, in no-gnu mode, only the latest is allowed.
---
 dwarflint/dwarf_gnu.cc     |   26 ++++++++++++++++++++------
 dwarflint/dwarf_gnu.hh     |    2 +-
 dwarflint/dwarf_version.cc |   22 ++++++++++++++++++----
 3 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/dwarflint/dwarf_gnu.cc b/dwarflint/dwarf_gnu.cc
index b70a6d2..6fa50be 100644
--- a/dwarflint/dwarf_gnu.cc
+++ b/dwarflint/dwarf_gnu.cc
@@ -86,13 +86,27 @@ namespace
   struct dwarf_gnu_ext_t
     : public std_dwarf
   {
-    dwarf_gnu_ext_t ()
-      : std_dwarf (dwarf_gnu_attributes (), form_table ())
-    {}
+    unsigned _m_version;
 
-    virtual bool
+    dwarf_gnu_ext_t (unsigned version)
+      : std_dwarf (dwarf_gnu_attributes (), form_table ()),
+	_m_version (version)
+    { }
+
+    bool
     form_allowed (attribute const *attr, form const *form) const
     {
+      // Without -gstrict-dwarf gcc allows usage of attributes from
+      // later versions. One strange case is DW_AT_ranges in version 2
+      // since that version doesn't actually define a rangelistptr
+      // class. So we just allow data4 or data8 here.
+      if (_m_version == 2 && attr->name () == DW_AT_ranges)
+	{
+	  form_width_t width = form->width (NULL);
+	  return (form->classes ()[cl_constant]
+		  && (width == fw_4 || width == fw_8));
+	}
+
       if (attr->name () == DW_AT_GNU_odr_signature)
 	return form->classes ()[cl_constant] && form->width (NULL) == fw_8;
       else
@@ -102,8 +116,8 @@ namespace
 }
 
 dwarf_version const *
-dwarf_gnu_ext ()
+dwarf_gnu_ext (unsigned version)
 {
-  static dwarf_gnu_ext_t dw;
+  static dwarf_gnu_ext_t dw (version);
   return &dw;
 }
diff --git a/dwarflint/dwarf_gnu.hh b/dwarflint/dwarf_gnu.hh
index dde52f4..14ce31c 100644
--- a/dwarflint/dwarf_gnu.hh
+++ b/dwarflint/dwarf_gnu.hh
@@ -28,6 +28,6 @@
 
 #include "dwarf_version.ii"
 
-dwarf_version const *dwarf_gnu_ext ();
+dwarf_version const *dwarf_gnu_ext (unsigned version);
 
 #endif//DWARFLINT_DWARF_GNU_HH
diff --git a/dwarflint/dwarf_version.cc b/dwarflint/dwarf_version.cc
index a74e169..6002152 100644
--- a/dwarflint/dwarf_version.cc
+++ b/dwarflint/dwarf_version.cc
@@ -219,6 +219,18 @@ namespace
 	ret = _m_source->ambiguous_class (form, attribute, candidates);
       return ret;
     }
+
+    bool
+    form_allowed (attribute const *attr, form const *form) const
+    {
+      // In GNU mode any combination of new attribute/old form goes,
+      // in strict mode only the latest.
+      if (opt_nognu)
+	return _m_extension->form_allowed (attr, form);
+      else
+	return (_m_source->form_allowed (attr, form)
+		|| _m_extension->form_allowed (attr, form));
+    }
   };
 }
 
@@ -235,7 +247,7 @@ dwarf_version::extend (dwarf_version const *source,
 
 namespace
 {
-  dwarf_version const *get_ext ()
+  dwarf_version const *get_ext (unsigned version)
   {
     // xxx The GNU toolchain commonly uses DW_AT_MIPS_linkage_name,
     // which is part of the MIPS extensions.  So that's what we
@@ -247,31 +259,33 @@ namespace
     if (opt_nognu)
       return dwarf_mips_ext ();
     else
-      return dwarf_version::extend (dwarf_mips_ext (), dwarf_gnu_ext ());
+      return dwarf_version::extend (dwarf_mips_ext (),
+                                    dwarf_gnu_ext (version));
   }
 }
 
 dwarf_version const *
 dwarf_version::get (unsigned version)
 {
-  static dwarf_version const *ext = get_ext ();
-
   switch (version)
     {
     case 2:
       {
+	static dwarf_version const *ext = get_ext (2);
 	static dwarf_version const *dw = extend (dwarf_2 (), ext);
 	return dw;
       }
 
     case 3:
       {
+	static dwarf_version const *ext = get_ext (3);
 	static dwarf_version const *dw = extend (dwarf_3 (), ext);
 	return dw;
       }
 
     case 4:
       {
+	static dwarf_version const *ext = get_ext (4);
 	static dwarf_version const *dw = extend (dwarf_4 (), ext);
 	return dw;
       }
-- 
1.7.4


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