Makes objdump --dwarf as flexible as readelf --debug-dump
Nick Clifton
nickc@redhat.com
Fri Feb 6 12:36:00 GMT 2009
Hi Tristan,
> currently objdump --dwarf dumps all dwarf sections while readelf --dwarf
> can dump only selected one.
Presumably you mean that "objdump --dwarf" will only dump all dwarf
sections whereas "readelf --debug-dump" has the option of specifying
which dwarf sections to dump.
> binutils/
> 2009-02-03 Tristan Gingold <gingold@adacore.com>
>
> * NEWS: Mention feature match between objdump and readelf for dumping
> dwarf info.
>
> * doc/binutils.texi (objdump): Document -W/--dwarf improvments to
> objdump.
>
> * objdump.c (usage): Update documentation for -W/--dwarf.
> (enum option_values): Add OPTION_DWARF.
> (long_options): --dwarf can accept arguments.
> (dump_dwarf_section): Also check enabled field.
> (main): Option -W can accept arguments, code moved to
> dwarf.c and call dwarf_select_sections_all instead.
> * readelf.c (process_section_headers): Remove do_debug_lines_decoded.
> (parse_args): Move code to...
> * dwarf.c (dwarf_select_sections_by_letters,
> dwarf_select_sections_by_names): : ...here (new functions).
> (do_debug_lines_decoded): Remove and replaced by ...
> (FLAG_DEBUG_LINES_RAW, FLAG_DEBUG_LINES_DECODED): ... new macros.
> (display_debug_lines): Adjust for previous change.
> (dwarf_select_sections_all): New function.
> (debug_displays): Add initializer for enabled field.
> * dwarf.h (do_debug_lines_decoded): Remove.
> Add prototypes for the new functions.
> (struct dwarf_section_display): Add enabled field.
Approved - please apply.
Cheers
Nick
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