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Line Table Problems


Hi,

I have an assembler file bar.s (attached) that I can compile (on x86),
  $ gcc -g3 -Wa,-gdwarf-2 -Wa,-g -o bar.x bar.s
  $ gcc --version
  gcc (Ubuntu 4.4.3-4ubuntu5) 4.4.3
  $ as --version
  GNU assembler (GNU Binutils for Ubuntu) 2.20.1-system.20100303

Now I debug bar.x using current gdb head,

  $ cat cmds.gdb
  set height 0
  set trace-commands 1
  start
  set $foo_s = &foo
  set $foo_e = &foo + 0x20
  p/x &foo
  interpreter-exec mi "-data-disassemble -s $foo_s -e $foo_e -- 3"
  $ gdb -x cmds.gdb bar.x

The interesting lines of output from gdb are,
  +p/x &foo
  $1 = 0x80483b4

and,

^done,asm_insns=[src_and_asm_line={line="11",file="bar.orig.s",line_asm_insn=[{address="0x080483b9",func-name="foo",offset="5",opcodes="90",inst="nop"}]},src_and_asm_line={line="12",file="bar.orig.s",line_asm_insn=[]},src_and_asm_line={line="13",file="bar.orig.s",line_asm_insn=[{address="0x080483ba",func-name="foo",offset="6",opcodes="90",inst="nop"}]},src_and_asm_line={line="14",file="bar.orig.s",line_asm_insn=[]},src_and_asm_line={line="15",file="bar.orig.s",line_asm_insn=[]},src_and_asm_line={line="16",file="bar.orig.s",line_asm_insn=[]},src_and_asm_line={line="17",file="bar.orig.s",line_asm_insn=[]},src_and_asm_line={line="18",file="bar.orig.s",line_asm_insn=[]},src_and_asm_line={line="19",file="bar.orig.s",line_asm_insn=[{address="0x080483bb",func-name="main",offset="0",opcodes="90",inst="nop"}]}]


In the disassembly view the first address covered is 0x080483b9 despite the function foo starting at 0x80483b4.


I believe this is caused by the line table that covers foo attributing some of the code to a different file. When we ask for a disassembly of a particular address I believe the process goes something like,

address -> funciton -> symtab -> line-table -> line-table-entry

But gdb only stores line table entries relating to the current symtab with each symtabs line table, as a result if in the DWARF a function is described as coming from two different files we will split the line number information between two different symtabs, only one of which we will find when performing a disassembly, and so we'll only every get part of the source code information.

My question then is, am I doing something wrong, what could I do differently to get gdb to give me the full file/line-number information, or does this look like a gdb bug?


Thanks, Andrew

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