[PATCH] libdw: set address size, offset size and version on fake CUs

Mark Wielaard mark@klomp.org
Sun Sep 12 19:43:31 GMT 2021


Hi,

On Wed, Sep 08, 2021 at 10:14:02PM +0200, Mark Wielaard wrote:
> There are three "fake CUs" that are associated with .debug_loc,
> .debug_loclist and .debug_addr.  These fake CUs are used for "fake
> attributes" to provide values that are stored in these sections
> instead of in the .debug_info section. These fake CUs didn't have the
> address size, offset size and DWARF version set. This meant that
> values that depended on those properties might not be interpreted
> correctly. One example was the value associated with a DW_OP_addrx
> (which comes from the .debug_addr section).
> 
> Add a testcase using varlocs to test that addresses can correctly be
> retrieved for gcc/clang, DWARF4/5 and 32/64 bits objects.
> 
> https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=28220

Added ChangeLog entries and pushed.

Cheers,

Mark


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