[llvm-dev] IR to binary address mapping

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We preserve the source line/column for two reasons.  First, so that any compiler diagnostic messages can point to a source location that caused the diagnostic; second, because debugging information in the final binary wants to be able to map machine instruction addresses back to source locations.  There is never any need for the end-user to map machine instruction addresses back to IR instructions, so we don't maintain any information that could produce such a mapping.
--paulr

From: llvm-dev [mailto:llvm-dev-bounces at lists.llvm.org] On Behalf Of Muhui Jiang via llvm-dev
Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2018 3:09 AM
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Cc: llvm-dev
Subject: Re: [llvm-dev] IR to binary address mapping

Hi

However, frontend may also do various operations on the source code and one line number and column number could map to more than one binary address. Why LLVM IR cannot?

Regrads
Muhui

2018-06-12 23:18 GMT+08:00 mayuyu.io<http://mayuyu.io> <admin at mayuyu.io<mailto:admin at mayuyu.io>>:
In theory that’s not exactly possible/accurate. Due to various operations in the Backend like Instruction Legalization, one IR instruction might got emitted into multiple assembly instruction, for example

Zhang

> 在 2018年6月12日，22:30，Muhui Jiang via llvm-dev <llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org<mailto:llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org>> 写道：
>
> Hi
>
> I know that LLVM provide some debug API for us to know the source code information. For example, every IR instruction's source line number and column number.
>
> However, are there any method to get a mapping from IR instruction to binary address directly. I don't want to use dwarf line mapping table as a bridge. I think the binary is generated by clang and llvm. I think there definitely is some information about the mapping relationship between LLVM IR and the target binary address. Do anyone has suggestions? Many Thanks
>
> Regards
> Muhui
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