[lldb-dev] Accessing DWARF information from C++

[Stefan Kratochwil via lldb-dev]

Hi,

well, I found the llvm-dwarfdump tool in the tools directory *facepalm*...
I'll use that as a reference.

That leaves the question about the two separate DWARF implementations.

Cheers,
Stefan

On 10/13/2015 11:42 AM, Stefan Kratochwil via lldb-dev wrote:
> Hi altogether,
>
> I currently am developing an application where I need to access the
> DWARF debugging information of my target process and its loaded .so files.
>
> In more detail, I need to match type information of certain entities
> within my code and its dynamically linked libraries.
>
>
> I already use the lldb scripting bridge in my application, hence I would
> like to use lldb's DWARF parsing capabilities in my application, too.
>
> Now, there is no (obvious) way to extract DIEs using the C++ API, so I
> need a few hints where to start. Does anyone have a minimal example for
> simply dumping DWARF info in a 'readelf -w' manner?
>
>
> I further  discovered another DWARF implementation within the llvm
> sources. After some investigation I found this discussion on lldb-dev:
> http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/pipermail/lldb-dev/2014-June/004197.html
>
> Does anybody know if there is already some effort made to implement a
> lldwarf solution as a replacement for both mentioned implementations?
>
> And, after going through the discussion, is it probably better for me to
> use the llvm fork?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
>
> Cheers,
> Stefan
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