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| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/ChangeLog | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/dwarf2read.c | 9 |
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diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog index b20f0e9..296dbc0 100644 --- a/gdb/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2004-01-26 Andrew Cagney <cagney@redhat.com> + + * dwarf2read.c (read_func_scope): Document frame-base hack. + 2004-01-25 Mark Kettenis <kettenis@gnu.org> * infcmd.c (print_return_value): Plug memory leak; delete diff --git a/gdb/dwarf2read.c b/gdb/dwarf2read.c index 2276562..3acbc58 100644 --- a/gdb/dwarf2read.c +++ b/gdb/dwarf2read.c @@ -2211,6 +2211,15 @@ read_func_scope (struct die_info *die, struct dwarf2_cu *cu) it. */ attr = dwarf_attr (die, DW_AT_frame_base); if (attr) + /* FIXME: cagney/2004-01-26: The DW_AT_frame_base's location + expression is being recorded directly in the function's symbol + and not in a separate frame-base object. I guess this hack is + to avoid adding some sort of frame-base adjunct/annex to the + function's symbol :-(. The problem with doing this is that it + results in a function symbol with a location expression that + has nothing to do with the location of the function, ouch! The + relationship should be: a function's symbol has-a frame base; a + frame-base has-a location expression. */ dwarf2_symbol_mark_computed (attr, new->name, cu); list_in_scope = &local_symbols; |