<div dir="ltr">Yeah, not sure what GHC might be doing to generate novel DWARF that llvm-symbolizer can't consume - if you could create a small example (preferably source I can compile, but also LLVM IR (since it'll save me having to setup GHC, hopefully) I could feed into clang/llvm and get an object file out that demonstrates the llvm-symbolizer failure) that'd be helpful.<br><br>It may also be useful to compare Clang's behavior on similar C or C++ source to see if there are any critical differences in the DWARF that might explain the difference in behavior.<br><br>- Dave</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Mon, Dec 3, 2018 at 4:46 AM Dean Michael Berris <<a href="mailto:dean.berris@gmail.com">dean.berris@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
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> On 3 Dec 2018, at 23:01, Matthew Pickering via llvm-dev <<a href="mailto:llvm-dev@lists.llvm.org" target="_blank">llvm-dev@lists.llvm.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> <br>
> Is anyone able to help me with this or suggest where I might be able<br>
> to get help?<br>
<br>
You’ve asked the right place, apologies for the delay I’m supposed to be answering these questions.<br>
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> <br>
> Matt<br>
> On Mon, Nov 26, 2018 at 3:02 PM Matthew Pickering<br>
> <<a href="mailto:matthewtpickering@gmail.com" target="_blank">matthewtpickering@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> <br>
>> Hi all,<br>
>> <br>
>> I am trying to add XRay support to the IR produced by GHC. Getting the<br>
>> basics working is not too complicated after adding the right function<br>
>> attribute but any analysis shows the function names but not the<br>
>> locations of the functions.<br>
>> <br>
>> In particular, I run a program which has been instrumented as follows:<br>
>> <br>
>> XRAY_OPTIONS="patch_premain=true xray_mode=xray-basic verbosity=1" ./llvm<br>
>> <br>
>> which then writes out an xray-log file.<br>
>> <br>
>> ==4193==XRay: Log file in 'xray-log.llvm.hgD9oi'<br>
>> ==4193==Cleaned up log for TID: 4193<br>
>> <br>
>> I then attempt to use the xray-account utility to analyse the log but<br>
>> whilst the functions are named, the locations of the functions are<br>
>> displayed as <invalid>:0:0:.<br>
>> <br>
>>> llvm-xray account -sort=sum -sortorder=dsc -instr_map ./llvm xray-log.llvm.hgD9oi<br>
>> <br>
>> Functions with latencies: 5<br>
>> funcid count [ min, med, 90p, 99p,<br>
>> max] sum function<br>
>> 6 9 [ 0.000006, 0.000006, 0.000040, 0.000040,<br>
>> 0.000040] 0.000089 <invalid>:0:0: fqux<br>
>> ... 4 lines omitted<br>
>> <br>
>> If I then inspect the executable with llvm-dwarfdump, I can see that<br>
>> the debug information for fqux clearly lists the location as well.<br>
>> <br>
>> 0x00000918: DW_TAG_subprogram<br>
>> DW_AT_low_pc (0x00000000004207c8)<br>
>> DW_AT_high_pc (0x0000000000420817)<br>
>> DW_AT_frame_base (DW_OP_reg7 RSP)<br>
>> DW_AT_linkage_name ("fqux")<br>
>> DW_AT_name ("fqux")<br>
>> DW_AT_decl_file ("TODO/llvm.hs")<br>
>> DW_AT_decl_line (8)<br>
>> DW_AT_external (true)<br>
>> <br>
>> I suspect this is a problem with the DWARF information as when I try<br>
>> to use `llvm-symboliser` with address 0x00000000004207c8 as retrieved<br>
>> from the above paste, the source location is also not reported.<br>
>> <br>
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Yes, this is the issue. Getting llvm-symboliser to understand the DWARF information generated will get you better debugging information for XRay.<br>
<br>
>> So, can anyone give me some practical advice about how to troubleshoot<br>
>> this problem/validate the DWARF information that is produced?<br>
>> <br>
>> It might also be helpful is someone could point me to some<br>
>> documentation which explains at a high-level how llvm-symboliser<br>
>> works. Reading the source code was too difficult for me as I am not<br>
>> very experienced with C++ programming.<br>
>> <br>
<br>
I suspect all the usual resources apply — resources on DWARF4, and potentially looking at the various encodings. I’m not a DWARF expert, but <br>
David Blaikie might be able to help more specifically on emitting useful DWARF information via LLVM.<br>
<br>
>> Many thanks for your help,<br>
>> <br>
<br>
Apologies for the delay again.<br>
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Cheers<br>
<br>
-- Dean<br>
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