Re: [patch/rfc] Recognize non-DW_AT_location symbols

Jan Kratochvil
2009-03-20T15:51:24Z

Hi Joel,

On Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:02:48 +0100, Joel Brobecker wrote:
> I have been trying to understand what is going on in this patch, so
> can you bear with me?
On Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:17:11 +0100, Joel Brobecker wrote:
> OK - got it, now. The problem is when the DW_AT_location is missing
> entirely. Aha...

Yes, so assuming this question is gone.

> I'll see if I can reproduce using the testcase you provided (I don't
> have gcc-4.4 handy, so I can't use the C example you gave).

That gcc-4.4 problem is gone - fixed by Jakub Jelinek gcc PR debug/39474.
It has now just a meaning for the debugging of a -O2 optimized code.

Thanks,
Jan