[binutils-gdb] doc: sframe: Clarify FDE/FRE function/range start address fields

Jens Remus jremus@sourceware.org
Tue Feb 4 14:14:40 GMT 2025


https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=45576ca2a8f9e3cb266f1d90256f337104b621ed

commit 45576ca2a8f9e3cb266f1d90256f337104b621ed
Author: Jens Remus <jremus@linux.ibm.com>
Date:   Tue Feb 4 15:13:24 2025 +0100

    doc: sframe: Clarify FDE/FRE function/range start address fields
    
    The function start address in a SFrame FDE (sfde_func_start_address)
    is encoded as a signed offset to the function start address from the
    SFrame section.
    
    The PC range start address in a SFrame FRE (sfre_start_address) is
    encoded as an unsigned offset to the range from the function start
    address.
    
    Signed-off-by: Jens Remus <jremus@linux.ibm.com>

Diff:
---
 libsframe/doc/sframe-spec.texi | 10 ++++++----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/libsframe/doc/sframe-spec.texi b/libsframe/doc/sframe-spec.texi
index eb706901d7f..ae115705ca7 100644
--- a/libsframe/doc/sframe-spec.texi
+++ b/libsframe/doc/sframe-spec.texi
@@ -459,7 +459,9 @@ Following table describes each component of the SFrame FDE structure:
 @tab @code{int32_t}
 @tab @code{sfde_func_start_address}
 @tab Signed 32-bit integral field denoting the virtual memory address of the
-described function.
+described function, for which the SFrame FDE applies.  The value encoded in
+the @code{sfde_func_start_address} field is the offset in bytes of the
+function's start address, from the SFrame section.
 
 @item 0x04
 @tab @code{uint32_t}
@@ -684,10 +686,10 @@ serializing and deserializing entities, if unaligned accesses need to be
 avoided.
 
 @code{sfre_start_address} is an unsigned 8-bit/16-bit/32-bit integral field
-identifies the start address of the range of program counters, for which the
+denoting the start address of a range of program counters, for which the
 SFrame FRE applies.  The value encoded in the @code{sfre_start_address} field
-is the offset in bytes of the start address of the SFrame FRE, from the start
-address of the function.
+is the offset in bytes of the range's start address, from the start address
+of the function.
 
 Further SFrame FRE types may be added in future.


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