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author | jimblandy@gmail.com <jimblandy@gmail.com@4c0a9323-5329-0410-9bdc-e9ce6186880e> | 2009-12-18 22:57:54 +0000 |
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committer | jimblandy@gmail.com <jimblandy@gmail.com@4c0a9323-5329-0410-9bdc-e9ce6186880e> | 2009-12-18 22:57:54 +0000 |
commit | 7a77f45f7999d47b2d3cde1b30a8d86363f01e5e (patch) | |
tree | 555bfe2235e388a38b54151674b273336cb0e9de /src | |
parent | Fix build break for 64-bit compilation. (diff) | |
download | breakpad-7a77f45f7999d47b2d3cde1b30a8d86363f01e5e.tar.xz |
Breakpad DWARF parser: Fix up documentation for DWARF reader classes.
Fix typos.
For CompilationUnit::Start, I was confused by the '-' in the original
comment, taking it for a parenthetic clause marker, assuming an
implicit "of the next compilation unit" at the end of the sentence.
The comments should refer to the ".debug_info" section, not the
"debug_info" section. The latter is not the section name actually used
on any system (ELF or Mach-O), and the former is the name prescribed
by the DWARF spec.
Some of the comments for ProcessAttribute* member functions claim that
OFFSET is from the start of the compilation unit, but that's not so:
the code has always passed an offset relative to the start of the
.debug_info section.
a=jimblandy, r=nealsid
git-svn-id: http://google-breakpad.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@453 4c0a9323-5329-0410-9bdc-e9ce6186880e
Diffstat (limited to 'src')
-rw-r--r-- | src/common/dwarf/dwarf2reader.h | 59 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | src/common/dwarf/functioninfo.h | 8 |
2 files changed, 34 insertions, 33 deletions
diff --git a/src/common/dwarf/dwarf2reader.h b/src/common/dwarf/dwarf2reader.h index 5d1c465b..f7d379e9 100644 --- a/src/common/dwarf/dwarf2reader.h +++ b/src/common/dwarf/dwarf2reader.h @@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ class LineInfoHandler { // The base of DWARF2/3 debug info is a DIE (Debugging Information // Entry. // DWARF groups DIE's into a tree and calls the root of this tree a -// "compilation unit". Most of the time, their is one compilation +// "compilation unit". Most of the time, there is one compilation // unit in the .debug_info section for each file that had debug info // generated. // Each DIE consists of @@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ class LineInfoHandler { // As a warning to the user, it should be noted that the reason for // using absolute offsets from the beginning of .debug_info is that -// DWARF2/3 support referencing DIE's from other DIE's by their offset +// DWARF2/3 supports referencing DIE's from other DIE's by their offset // from either the current compilation unit start, *or* the beginning // of the .debug_info section. This means it is possible to reference // a DIE in one compilation unit from a DIE in another compilation @@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ class CompilationUnit { public: // Initialize a compilation unit. This requires a map of sections, - // the offset of this compilation unit in the debug_info section, a + // the offset of this compilation unit in the .debug_info section, a // ByteReader, and a Dwarf2Handler class to call callbacks in. CompilationUnit(const SectionMap& sections, uint64 offset, ByteReader* reader, Dwarf2Handler* handler); @@ -224,8 +224,11 @@ class CompilationUnit { // Begin reading a Dwarf2 compilation unit, and calling the // callbacks in the Dwarf2Handler - // Return the offset of the end of the compilation unit - the passed - // in offset. + + // Return the full length of the compilation unit, including + // headers. This plus the starting offset passed to the constructor + // is the offset of the end of the compilation unit --- and the + // start of the next compilation unit, if there is one. uint64 Start(); private: @@ -326,53 +329,51 @@ class Dwarf2Handler { virtual ~Dwarf2Handler() { } // Start to process a compilation unit at OFFSET from the beginning of the - // debug_info section. Return false if you would like - // to skip this compilation unit. + // .debug_info section. Return false if you would like to skip this + // compilation unit. virtual bool StartCompilationUnit(uint64 offset, uint8 address_size, uint8 offset_size, uint64 cu_length, uint8 dwarf_version) { return false; } - // Start to process a DIE at OFFSET from the beginning of the - // debug_info section. Return false if you would like to skip this - // DIE. + // Start to process a DIE at OFFSET from the beginning of the .debug_info + // section. Return false if you would like to skip this DIE. virtual bool StartDIE(uint64 offset, enum DwarfTag tag, const AttributeList& attrs) { return false; } - // Called when we have an attribute with unsigned data to give to - // our handler. The attribute is for the DIE at OFFSET from the - // beginning of compilation unit, has a name of ATTR, a form of - // FORM, and the actual data of the attribute is in DATA. + // Called when we have an attribute with unsigned data to give to our + // handler. The attribute is for the DIE at OFFSET from the beginning of the + // .debug_info section. Its name is ATTR, its form is FORM, and its value is + // DATA. virtual void ProcessAttributeUnsigned(uint64 offset, enum DwarfAttribute attr, enum DwarfForm form, uint64 data) { } - // Called when we have an attribute with signed data to give to - // our handler. The attribute is for the DIE at OFFSET from the - // beginning of compilation unit, has a name of ATTR, a form of - // FORM, and the actual data of the attribute is in DATA. + // Called when we have an attribute with signed data to give to our handler. + // The attribute is for the DIE at OFFSET from the beginning of the + // .debug_info section. Its name is ATTR, its form is FORM, and its value is + // DATA. virtual void ProcessAttributeSigned(uint64 offset, enum DwarfAttribute attr, enum DwarfForm form, int64 data) { } - // Called when we have an attribute with a buffer of data to give to - // our handler. The attribute is for the DIE at OFFSET from the - // beginning of compilation unit, has a name of ATTR, a form of - // FORM, and the actual data of the attribute is in DATA, and the - // length of the buffer is LENGTH. The buffer is owned by the - // caller, not the callee, and may not persist for very long. If - // you want the data to be available later, it needs to be copied. + // Called when we have an attribute with a buffer of data to give to our + // handler. The attribute is for the DIE at OFFSET from the beginning of the + // .debug_info section. Its name is ATTR, its form is FORM, DATA points to + // the buffer's contents, and its length in bytes is LENGTH. The buffer is + // owned by the caller, not the callee, and may not persist for very long. + // If you want the data to be available later, it needs to be copied. virtual void ProcessAttributeBuffer(uint64 offset, enum DwarfAttribute attr, enum DwarfForm form, const char* data, uint64 len) { } - // Called when we have an attribute with string data to give to - // our handler. The attribute is for the DIE at OFFSET from the - // beginning of compilation unit, has a name of ATTR, a form of - // FORM, and the actual data of the attribute is in DATA. + // Called when we have an attribute with string data to give to our handler. + // The attribute is for the DIE at OFFSET from the beginning of the + // .debug_info section. Its name is ATTR, its form is FORM, and its value is + // DATA. virtual void ProcessAttributeString(uint64 offset, enum DwarfAttribute attr, enum DwarfForm form, diff --git a/src/common/dwarf/functioninfo.h b/src/common/dwarf/functioninfo.h index ad42ec74..740f1463 100644 --- a/src/common/dwarf/functioninfo.h +++ b/src/common/dwarf/functioninfo.h @@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ class CUFunctionInfoHandler: public Dwarf2Handler { virtual ~CUFunctionInfoHandler() { } // Start to process a compilation unit at OFFSET from the beginning of the - // debug_info section. We want to see all compilation units, so we + // .debug_info section. We want to see all compilation units, so we // always return true. virtual bool StartCompilationUnit(uint64 offset, uint8 address_size, @@ -133,13 +133,13 @@ class CUFunctionInfoHandler: public Dwarf2Handler { uint8 dwarf_version); // Start to process a DIE at OFFSET from the beginning of the - // debug_info section. We only care about function related DIE's. + // .debug_info section. We only care about function related DIE's. virtual bool StartDIE(uint64 offset, enum DwarfTag tag, const AttributeList& attrs); // Called when we have an attribute with unsigned data to give to // our handler. The attribute is for the DIE at OFFSET from the - // beginning of compilation unit, has a name of ATTR, a form of + // beginning of the .debug_info section, has a name of ATTR, a form of // FORM, and the actual data of the attribute is in DATA. virtual void ProcessAttributeUnsigned(uint64 offset, enum DwarfAttribute attr, @@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ class CUFunctionInfoHandler: public Dwarf2Handler { // Called when we have an attribute with string data to give to // our handler. The attribute is for the DIE at OFFSET from the - // beginning of compilation unit, has a name of ATTR, a form of + // beginning of the .debug_info section, has a name of ATTR, a form of // FORM, and the actual data of the attribute is in DATA. virtual void ProcessAttributeString(uint64 offset, enum DwarfAttribute attr, |