[PATCH] D125779: [llvm-dva] 04 - Locations and ranges

[Paul Robinson via Phabricator via llvm-commits]

probinson added inline comments.


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Comment at: llvm/lib/DebugInfo/LogicalView/Core/LVLocation.cpp:323
+  //-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  case 0:
+    Stream << "offset " << int(Operands[0]);
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CarlosAlbertoEnciso wrote:
> probinson wrote:
> > CarlosAlbertoEnciso wrote:
> > > psamolysov wrote:
> > > > Is there any enum in the `dwarf` namespace which is equals to zero? If not it could make sense to use a named constant instead of magic number `0`.
> > > @probinson How do you feel in creating something like dwarf::DW_OP_null similar to the existing dwarf::DW_TAG_null.
> > DW_TAG_NULL is meaningful in the sense that a 0 tag indicates no more siblings at this nesting level, in the debug info.  But a 0 operator should never appear; are you inserting these yourself for some reason?
> Thanks for the clear answer on `DW_TAG_null`.
> 
> This is an extract from the llvm-dwarfdump output for an ELF test case:
> ```
> DW_TAG_member
>      DW_AT_name	("name")
>      DW_AT_type	("int")
>      DW_AT_decl_line	(1858)
>      DW_AT_data_member_location	(0x00)
> ```
> Which `llvm-dva` converts into
> ```
> 1858           {Member} private 'name' -> 'int'
>                  {Location}
>                    {Entry} offset 0
> ```
> The `0 operator` corresponds to the `DW_AT_data_member_location` value.
What I'm understanding from this is that when `llvm-dva` reads the DIE for "name" it finds `DW_AT_data_member_location`, and encodes that into an `LVOperation` with `Opcode` = 0. Then `LVOperation::getOperandsDWARFInfo()` sees the 0 opcode and knows it means this is a simple offset.
If I am understanding that correctly, then this is something `llvm-dva` is doing for its own benefit, and should not be considered a DWARF expression opcode of any kind.  `llvm-dva` should define its own constant for this, and really should not use a `DW_OP_*` spelling for the name.


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