[PATCH][gdb/testsuite] Generate .debug_aranges entry for dummy CU
Tom de Vries
tdevries@suse.de
Thu Aug 26 11:58:17 GMT 2021
Hi,
A best practise for DWARF [1] is to generate .debug_aranges entries for CUs
even if they have no address range.
Generate .debug_arange entries for the dummy CUs added by the DWARF assembler.
Tested on x86_64-linux.
[1] http://wiki.dwarfstd.org/index.php?title=Best_Practices
Any comments?
Thanks,
- Tom
[gdb/testsuite] Generate .debug_aranges entry for dummy CU
---
gdb/testsuite/lib/dwarf.exp | 8 +++++++-
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/lib/dwarf.exp b/gdb/testsuite/lib/dwarf.exp
index 32b110b3f3e..02cb4db729c 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/lib/dwarf.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/lib/dwarf.exp
@@ -2436,8 +2436,14 @@ namespace eval Dwarf {
# Emit a dummy CU.
proc dummy_cu {} {
+ declare_labels dummy_cu
+
# Generate a CU with default options and empty body.
- cu {} {
+ cu {label dummy_cu} {
+ }
+
+ # Generate an .debug_aranges entry for the dummy CU.
+ aranges {} dummy_cu {
}
}
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