From: Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>
To: Andreas Arnez <arnez@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: gcc@gcc.gnu.org, gdb@sourceware.org,
Ulrich Weigand <uweigand@de.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC] DW_OP_piece vs. DW_OP_bit_piece on a Register
Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2016 13:27:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160116132653.GF4027@adacore.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m3vb6wm86q.fsf@oc1027705133.ibm.com>
> After analyzing some test case failures in GCC and GDB I realized that
> there are various problems with the handling of DWARF pieces
> (particularly from registers) in the current implementations of GCC and
> GDB. I'm working on a fix for the GDB part, but first I'd like to check
> whether I'm heading into the right direction -- or what the right
> direction is supposed to be. The article below outlines these issues
> and the suggested solution options.
This is a very nice and detailed analysis of the current situation.
Thank You!
I admit that I read through the document fairly rapidly; it does
seem to me, at this point, that the first step might be to get
clarification from the DWARF committee? Or is input from the GCC/GDB
community going to help the discussion with the DWARF committee?
--
Joel
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-01-16 13:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-01-14 16:34 Andreas Arnez
2016-01-16 13:27 ` Joel Brobecker [this message]
2016-01-18 16:00 ` Andreas Arnez
2016-01-25 22:01 ` Matthew Fortune
2016-01-26 11:57 ` Andreas Arnez
2016-02-11 12:18 ` Matthew Fortune
2016-02-11 17:04 ` Andreas Arnez
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