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Re: Does DW_OP_deref work?
On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 08:44:05AM -0700, H. J. Lu wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 08:27:53PM -0400, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 05:23:06PM -0700, H. J. Lu wrote:
> > > On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 05:56:12PM -0400, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> > > > On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 02:54:21PM -0700, H. J. Lu wrote:
> > > > > Does DW_OP_deref work correctly with gdb?
> > > >
> > > > That depends on the context. Things that use decode_locdesc, probably
> > > > not. As we find time, things are being converted to the full
> > > > expression evaluator. Location descriptions and frame bases should
> > > > work.
> > >
> > > I don't think it does. Intel Fortran compiler generartes DW_OP_deref.
> > > I got
> >
> > Location descriptions for parameters may not work fully. Feel free to
> > fix it, or to investigate the reasons why more thoroughly - search for
> > LOC_COMPUTED_ARG, but I don't even think we generate those yet.
> >
>
> The problem is gdb has a different idea about DW_OP_deref than Intel
> compiler. From what I can tell in DWARF 3 draft, DW_OP_deref specifies
> an address. But dwarf2read.c and gdb doesn't support it at all. There
> is LOC_REF_ARG, which is an offset from the frame base register.
> new_symbol in dwarf2read.c has
>
> else if (offreg)
> {
> if (isderef)
> {
> if (basereg != frame_base_reg)
> dwarf2_complex_location_expr_complaint ();
> SYMBOL_CLASS (sym) = LOC_REF_ARG;
> }
> else
> {
> SYMBOL_CLASS (sym) = LOC_BASEREG_ARG;
> SYMBOL_BASEREG (sym) = DWARF2_REG_TO_REGNUM (basereg);
> }
> }
> else
> {
> SYMBOL_CLASS (sym) = LOC_ARG;
> }
>
> Since DW_OP_deref doesn't use basereg nor frame_base_reg, SYMBOL_CLASS
> is set to LOC_ARG. DW_OP_deref needs something like LOC_DEREF_ARG,
> which works on address instead of offset from a base register.
Please look more closely at what I suggested, and at how DW_OP_deref
works for DW_TAG_variable (as opposed to DW_TAG_formal_parameter). All
of the above should be turned into LOC_COMPUTED_ARG.
--
Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer