[LLVMdev] Extra padding on DWARF debug info?

[Chris Lattner]

>> Does anybody know what the bug is in GDB that this works around? The
>> workaround was added as part of r103439[1], which added support for
>> multiple compilation units in one module. Does the bug ever affect
>> modules with only a single compilation unit?
>> 
> 
> It was not added by r103439. In fact, it was added by r32035.
> 
> http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project?view=rev&revision=32035 
> 
> Unfortunately the log message and comments do not provide any hints, and I do not have access to the author anymore.

Sounds like we should rip it out and see if there is any regression on the gdb testsuite.

-Chris

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