Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] Correct invalid assumptions made by (mostly) DWARF-2 tests

Doug Evans
2014-11-16T19:49:36Z

Doug Evans <xdje42@gmail.com> writes:

> On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 3:09 AM, Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com> wrote:
>>> Index: gdb-fsf-trunk-quilt/gdb/testsuite/gdb.dwarf2/dw2-canonicalize-type.S
>>> ===================================================================
>>> ---
>>> gdb-fsf-trunk-quilt.orig/gdb/testsuite/gdb.dwarf2/dw2-canonicalize-type.S
>>> 2014-10-02 07:56:23.000000000 +0100
>>> +++
>>> gdb-fsf-trunk-quilt/gdb/testsuite/gdb.dwarf2/dw2-canonicalize-type.S
>>> 2014-10-02 07:58:10.978958268 +0100
>>> @@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
>>>
>>> .text
>>> .globl main
>>> -main: .byte 0
>>> +main:
>>> + .dc.l 0
>>
>> We've never used .dl.l before, and I don't know how widely available
>> it is (in fact, I couldn't find it in the GAS manual). How about using
>> .word or .4byte? It would also be consistent with what we've usually be
>> using. Would that work?
>
> Agreed.

Sorry for the followup, but FAOD, .4byte.
.word may be a different size on some platforms.