[llvm-dev] Function start address

[Muhui Jiang via llvm-dev]

Hi

I tried to grep the "DW_TAG_subprogram" from the debug_info . However, I
noticed that the number I found is still less than the whole functions I
found with LLVM IR. Do you have any experiences? Many Thanks

Regards
Muhui

2018-06-02 13:34 GMT+08:00 Muhui Jiang <jiangmuhui at gmail.com>:

> Hi
>
> Actually, No particular reason. I just think this might be a solution,
> then I use think kind of method. Querying the symbol table would be a good
> choice, but I prefer to use LLVM and dwarf information. I am sorry that I
> am not familiar with debug_info. But thanks to your suggestions. I would
> like to try to solve it with debug_info. It seems work according to your
> comments
>
> By the way, I am still curious about the reason, why dwarf line mapping
> table would lost so many function's start addresses' information. It would
> be great if you have any comments on this problem. Many Thanks
>
> Regards
> Muhui
>
> 2018-06-01 23:00 GMT+08:00 David Blaikie <dblaikie at gmail.com>:
>
>> Any particular reason you're using debug info to achieve this (& if you
>> are, why you're using the line table?)? You could query the
>> object/executable file's symbol table to find all the functions in an
>> object or executable, and the instruction/address they start at. Or, if you
>> are using debug info for some reason, you could look in the debug_info
>> rather than the line table, and find the DW_TAG_subprogram for each
>> function and look at its low_pc.
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 1, 2018 at 3:36 AM Muhui Jiang via llvm-dev <
>> llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> I am using LLVM Pass combined with dwarf debug information to get all
>>> the function's start address. My steps are below:
>>>
>>> First, I write the function pass to get the start line of each function,
>>> which is finished.
>>>
>>> Then, based on the start line of every single function, I try to query
>>> the specific line from the dwarf's line binary table, which is generated
>>> with llvm-dwarfdump -debug-line.
>>>
>>> However, About one third of the whole functions' start line is not found
>>> in the mapping table. Thus, I can not get the start binary address. I know
>>> that the mapping between source locations and binary addresses is not
>>> bijective. I am using O1 optimization option. I know that some of the
>>> information might be lost legitimately because of optimization. But I don't
>>> think dwarf will miss so many functions' start addresses. Am I right? Any
>>> useful comments and suggestions are welcomed. Many Thanks
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Muhui
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