Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2019 20:14:36 +0100 From: Oliver Pinter <oliver.pinter@hardenedbsd.org> To: Dimitry Andric <dim@freebsd.org> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dwarf2 today on 13-CURRENT Message-ID: <CAPQ4ffv_fupps8fOajAV4bgUETU6p3UwJDGuqoxo40-jQukoOg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <70C62120-8F26-4EE6-AAA5-EBDAF7F65ACE@FreeBSD.org> References: <CAPQ4ffsAZDdPyArrLAMRM-YTDYP_4Lz9HP=Ve=0UmyfFa4H5Qg@mail.gmail.com> <70C62120-8F26-4EE6-AAA5-EBDAF7F65ACE@FreeBSD.org>
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On 1/12/19, Dimitry Andric <dim@freebsd.org> wrote: > On 12 Jan 2019, at 19:40, Oliver Pinter <oliver.pinter@hardenedbsd.org> > wrote: >> According the following comment in ${SRCTOP}/sys/conf/kern.mk: >> >> # >> # Add -gdwarf-2 when compiling -g. The default starting in clang v3.4 >> # and gcc 4.8 is to generate DWARF version 4. However, our tools don't >> # cope well with DWARF 4, so force it to genereate DWARF2, which they >> # understand. Do this unconditionally as it is harmless when not needed, >> # but critical for these newer versions. >> # >> .if ${CFLAGS:M-g} != "" && ${CFLAGS:M-gdwarf*} == "" >> CFLAGS+= -gdwarf-2 >> .endif >> >> this dwarf2 limitation still exists in today's HEAD? >> >> I mean the FreeBSD project switched to elftoolchain and mostly to LLVM >> tools. LLDB is compiled by default on 13-CURRENT (~ HEAD) and the kgdb >> has moved under the libexec directory, to hide them from the common >> usage. > > See https://reviews.freebsd.org/D17930, where there is a proposed patch > for this very topic. Thanks! >From the other side, is there any result from the GSoC14's klldb? I can't really find any info in the project's github branch, but I've found this patch: https://reviews.llvm.org/rLLDB314672 . > > -Dimitry > >
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