Re: Gdb generates location list without DW_AT_frame_base

[Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at false dot org>]

On Thu, Dec 30, 2004 at 12:23:46PM -0800, H. J. Lu wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 30, 2004 at 03:07:20PM -0500, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> > On Thu, Dec 30, 2004 at 11:56:42AM -0800, H. J. Lu wrote:
> > > DW_AT_frame_base may be needed for location lists of local variables.
> > > But in case of tls_symbolic_operand, there is no local variable.
> > > Location lists are used for function parameters.
> > 
> > Then why is GDB calling get_frame_base?  It is only called for
> > DW_OP_fbreg.  If we don't have a frame base, we don't know what
> > DW_OP_fbreg refers to.
> 
> Gcc generates:
> 
>  <1><28c955>: Abbrev Number: 47 (DW_TAG_subprogram)
>      DW_AT_sibling     : <28c98f>
>      DW_AT_external    : 1
>      DW_AT_name        : (indirect string, offset: 0x3875d):
> tls_symbolic_operand
>      DW_AT_decl_file   : 1
>      DW_AT_decl_line   : 471
>      DW_AT_prototyped  : 1
>      DW_AT_type        : <2887cb>
>      DW_AT_low_pc      : 0x826c1d0
>      DW_AT_high_pc     : 0x826c1fc
>  <2><28c96f>: Abbrev Number: 48 (DW_TAG_formal_parameter)
>      DW_AT_name        : op
>      DW_AT_decl_file   : 1
>      DW_AT_decl_line   : 470
>      DW_AT_type        : <288a7b>
>      DW_AT_location    : 120fbf (location list)
>  <2><28c97e>: Abbrev Number: 49 (DW_TAG_formal_parameter)
>      DW_AT_name        : (indirect string, offset: 0x3db66): mode
>      DW_AT_decl_file   : 1
>      DW_AT_decl_line   : 470
>      DW_AT_type        : <288e5d>
>      DW_AT_location    : 121018 (location list)
> 
> for
> 
> int
> tls_symbolic_operand (rtx op, enum machine_mode mode ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
> {
>   return ((GET_CODE (op) == SYMBOL_REF) && (SYMBOL_REF_TLS_MODEL (op)
> != 0)) && (mode == VOIDmode || GET_MODE (op) == mode);
> }
> 
> It may be a gcc bug after all.

And what's in the location lists?  If it's DW_OP_fbreg, then I presume
it's a GCC bug.  According to my reading of the DWARF spec, anyway.

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz