[i386/stabs] Arguments of main on gcc >= 4.1
Joel Brobecker
brobecker@adacore.com
Mon Dec 3 18:25:00 GMT 2007
> Since gcc 4.1 and later started putting code in the prologue
> to realign the stack pointer, the offset on the
> parameter stabs changed from being relative to the frame pointer
> to being relative to the argument's address.
This is somewhat fuzzy because the stabs format has never been really
well defined like DWARF is, but IMO this is a GCC bug.
> E.g.:
> int main (int argc, char **argv, char **envp);
>
> notice the 0, 4, 8:
>
> .zero 16
> .text
> .stabs "main:F(0,1)",36,0,10,main
> .stabs "argc:p(0,1)",160,0,9,0
> .stabs "argv:p(0,16)=*(3,54)",160,0,9,4
> .stabs "envp:p(0,16)",160,0,9,8
> .globl main
> .type main, @function
Looking at your example above, what would work is if GCC was using
N_LSYM (128) symbols instead of N_PSYM symbols (160).
I would definitely be interested in what others think on this.
--
Joel
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